Curriculum Vitae
Colleen Brand | Professional Artist
BA in Graphic Design/Advertising with a concentration in Studio Art, Moravian College ‘01
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
2025
New Works, Calm Waters Coffee - Newtown, PA
2024
New Works, Calm Waters Coffee - Newtown, PA
New Works, Calm Waters Coffee - Bristol, PA
New Works, Village Players of Hatboro, Hatboro, PA
2023
Colorful Visions, Solomon Levy Gallery at Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG), Philadelphia, PA
2022
Colorful Horizons, Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Beyond the Brush, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA
2019
Beyond the Horizon, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Recent Works, Easttown Library, Berwyn, PA
2016
Shapes and Colors, Darlington Arts Center, Garnet Valley, PA
Colorful Spaces, Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Evolving Horizon, Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
New Members 2025, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
3rd Annual Heart of Gold Charity Exhibition, Gold Door Gallery, Hatboro, PA
126th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2024
In the Distance, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Back to Basics, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Works on Paper, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Small Works, Sweet Mabel, Narberth, PA
2023
Art Under $100, Sweet Mabel, Narberth, PA
2022
Colorways, Gallery at Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
New Now V, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Radical Love Show, Eclipse Center for Creative Community, Lansdale, PA
2021
New Normal: Working through Quarantine, Payne Gallery at Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA
2020
Colors/Shapes of Summer Show, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Fairmount Arts Crawl, Wallace & Nilan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Dear Fleisher Invitational, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
What's My Line, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2017
9th Annual Westhampton Beach Festival of the Arts, Westhampton Beach, NY
2016
6th Annual Community Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
2015 National Painting Show, North Valley Art League, Redding, CA
2014
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Small Worlds Show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Member/Student Group Show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA (1st Place in Abstract Painting)
2013
Lucky 13 Group Show, Mesquite Fine Arts Center Gallery, Mesquite, NV
Seven Deadly Sins, RRCA North Gallery, Millville, NJ
Scapes, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA (1st Place)
215/610, Delaware County Community College (DCCC) Art Gallery, Media, PA
Women in Charge Group Show, Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2011
The French Connection, Art in City Hall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Select Alumni Group Show, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Presentations
2017
Painting Intuitively and Energizing Your Work, Greater Norristown Art League, E. Norriton, PA
Teaching
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2025
Abstract Impressions of Nature, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring Semester)
Creative Background Papers, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring Semester)
2024
Abstract Mixed Media, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Fall Semester)
Abstract Painting, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring Semester)
Neurographic Art, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring Semester)
2023
Abstract Painting, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring and Fall Semesters)
Neurographic Art, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring and Fall Semesters)
2022
Abstract Painting, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring and Fall Semesters)
Neurographic Art, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA (Spring and Fall Semesters)
Abstract Painting, Parke Towne Apartments, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Abstract Painting, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA
2020
Intuitive Acrylic Painting, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA
2019
Intuitive Acrylic Painting, Utility Works, Lansdowne, PA
2018
Intuitive Painting, North Penn Arts Alliance, Lansdale, PA
2017
Intuitive Acrylic Painting, Greater Norristown Art League, E. Norriton, PA
2014
Paint Night, Whitemarsh Art Center, Whitemarsh, PA