Colleen Brand Art

Colleen Brand | Professional Artist

BA in Graphic Design/Advertising with a concentration in Studio Art, Moravian College ‘01

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Presentations

• October 10, 2017 | Painting Intuitively and Energizing Your Work | Greater Norristown Art League | E. Norriton, PA

• Feb. 22, 2014 | Demo on Acrylic Painting | Whitemarsh Art Center | Whitemarsh, PA

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Classes

• UPCOMING: April 19 - May 10, 2023 | Abstract Painting | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• UPCOMING: April 29, 2023 | Neurographic Art | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• October 26 - November 16, 2022 | Abstract Painting | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• October 29, 2022 | Neurographic Art | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• August 2, 2022 | Abstract Painting | Parke Towne Apartments | Philadelphia, PA

• May 7, 2022 | Abstract Painting | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• September 25, 2021 | Abstract Painting | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• March 2-30, 2020 | Intuitive Acrylic Painting Workshop | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• June 8, 2019 | Intuitive Acrylic Painting | Utility Works | Lansdowne, PA

• September 24 - October 22, 2018 | Intuitive Painting Class | North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA

• October 21, 2017 | Intuitive Acrylic Painting | Greater Norristown Art League | E. Norriton, PA

• June 6, 2014 | Paint Night | Whitemarsh Art Center | Whitemarsh, PA

 

Press

• "Beyond the Brush" at Moravian University | Paintings by Colleen Brand, October 21, 2021

• Abstract artist puts ‘pouring paint’ Brand on display, Chestnut Hill Local, April 2017

• MRAC Art Exhibit, City Suburban, June 2016

• "Evolving Horizon" Exhibition Shows Works by Colleen Brand, May 2015

• Smoky Horizon Wins First Place at Scapes Show, The Plastic Club, November 2013

• "Why I Chose What I Chose" by Dr. Donald Kuspit (originally posted on Delaware Community College website), September 2013

• Women in Charge, SOHO20, July 2013

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Awards/Honors

• Honorable Mention for "See the Forest for the Trees", Reconfiguration Show at The Plastic Club, jurored by Rick Snyderman, former owner of the Snyderman Gallery, December 2018

• Second Place for "Going Coastal", Member/Student Show at Fleisher Art Memorial, Abstract Painting category, jurored by Sophie Sanders, 2018

• Honorable Mention for "Untitled", Member/Student Group Show at Fleisher Art Memorial, Works on Paper Category (Painting Intuitively), 2017

• First Place for “Puddle Dance”, Member/Student Group Show at Fleisher Art Memorial, Painting Category (Painting Intuitively), jurored by Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator, Prints and Drawings, Phila. Museum of Art, 2014

• First Place for “Smoky Horizon”, Scapes, The Plastic Club, jurored by Karen Baumeister, Adjunct Professor at Montgomery County Community College and Faculty at Fleisher Art Memorial, 2013

• Best of Show, Moravian College, Celebrating Moravian Women, 2000

• Third Place, Best of Print, Fleisher Art Memorial, 2011

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• UPCOMING: Reception: Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 3pm to 5pm
  September 8 - October 8, 2023 | Solomon Levy Gallery at Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG) | 7054 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119 | Colorful Visions

• November 1-31, 2022 | Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center | Philadelphia, PA

• September 16 - November 7, 2021 | Haupert Union Building at Moravian University | Bethlehem, PA | Beyond the Brush Show
  - Reception and artist's talk on October 26, 2021 @ 4PM

• December 1-22, 2019 | Da Vinci Art Alliance | Philadelphia, PA

• February 24 - March 31, 2018 | Easttown Library | Berwyn, PA

• October 3-30, 2016 | Darlington Arts Center | Garnet Valley, PA

• June 9-19, 2016 | Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center | Philadelphia, PA

• July 29 - August 29, 2015 | Gryphon Cafe | Rosemont, PA

• June 4-29, 2015 | Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center | Philadelphia, PA

• September 12 - October 25, 2014 | MIXX Restaurant | Rehoboth Beach, DE

• May 4 - June 29, 2014 | Earth Bread + Brewery | Philadelphia, PA

• March 4-31, 2014 | Darlington Arts Center | Garnet Valley, PA

• February 5 - March 4, 2014 | Sweet Mabel | Narberth, PA

• January 5 - February 2, 2014 | Alliance Bank | Concord, PA

• October 31 - December 1, 2013 | Race Street Cafe | Philadelphia, PA

• September 28 - November 28, 2013 | MIXX Restaurant | Rehoboth Beach, DE

• May 1-31, 2013 | Balance Gallery | Philadelphia, PA | Rittenhouse Park

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

• September 20, 2022 - January 15, 2023 | Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard | Philadelphia, PA | Colorways sponsored by InLiquid (Check out the reception on October 23rd from 2 to 4PM in the USS Wisconsin Room.)

• July 29 - September 3, 2022 | Crane Arts | Philadelphia, PA | New Now V

• May 20 - July 1, 2022 | Radical Love Show | Eclipse Center for Creative Community | Lansdale, PA

• October 9 - December 31, 2021 | Earth Bread + Brewery | Philadelphia, PA | Northwest Artist's Collective Group Show

• September 9 - October 17, 2021 | Payne Gallery at Moravian University | Bethlehem, PA | Juror: Grace Graupe-Pillard | New Normal: Working through Quarantine

• July 1-22, 2020 | Plastic Club | Philadelphia, PA | Colors/Shapes of Summer Show

• April 28, 2019 | Fairmount Arts Crawl | Wallace & Nilan | 1714 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA

• September 6-16, 2018 | Fleisher Art Memorial | Philadelphia, PA | Dear Fleisher Invitational

• September 2-22, 2018 | Plastic Club | Philadelphia, PA | What's My Line Show

• September 2-3, 2017 | 9th Annual Westhampton Beach Festival of the Arts | Westhampton Beach, NY

• January 7-29, 2016 | 3rd Street Gallery | Philadelphia, PA | 6th Annual Community Exhibition

• January 29 - February 28, 2015 | North Valley Art League | Redding, CA | 2015 National Painting Show

• December 13, 2014 - January 24, 2015 | Abington Art Center | Jenkintown, PA | Annual Juried Show

• March 2-27, 2014 | The Plastic Club | Philadelphia, PA | Small Worlds Show

• February 18 - March 7, 2014 | Fleisher Art Memorial | Philadelphia, PA | Member/Student Group Show | 1st Place in Abstract Painting

• November 3 - December 27, 2013 | Mesquite Fine Arts Center Gallery | Mesquite, NV | Lucky 13 Group Show

• October 18 - November 10, 2013 | RRCA North Gallery | Millville, NJ | Seven Deadly Sins Group Show

• September 8-26, 2013 | The Plastic Club | Philadelphia, PA | Scapes | 1st Place

• September 12 - October 4, 2013 | Delaware County Community College (DCCC) Art Gallery | Media, PA | 215/610

• July 18 - August 10, 2013 | Soho20 Gallery | New York, NY | Women in Charge Group Show

• August 31 - September 22, 2012  | Philadelphia Sketch Club | Philadelphia, PA | Absolutely Abstract Show

• March 14 - June 24, 2011  |  Art in City Hall  |  Philadelphia, PA  |  The French Connection Show

• September 28 - November 1, 2009  |  Moravian College  |  Bethlehem, PA  |  Select Alumni Group Show

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Affiliations

• InLiquid

• International Society of Experimental Artists

• Northwest Artist's Alliance | Philadelphia, PA

• Sweet Mabel | Narberth, PA

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