Brian Belott

Brian Belott
Born1973 (age 51–52)
East Orange, New Jersey, US
Education

Brian Belott (born 1973 in East Orange, New Jersey) is an artist, performer and found object art collector based in New York City.[1]

Belott received his BFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York in 1995 after 1 year attending Cooper Union (thrown out).[2]

Brian Belott's work has been exhibited at Canada Gallery,[3] the Zürcher Studio,[4] the Museum of Modern Art[5] in New York, Performa 17, and Galerie Zürcher in Paris, France in 2009.

Brian Belott's first book, Wipe That Clock Off Your Face (2007, PictureBox) includes a selection of his practices, including comic drawings, painting, collage, collage books, and a DVD with found sound and photography.

In November 2018, Gavin Brown's Enterprise opened a solo exhibition featuring Brian Belott's never-before-exhibited frozen art works. The works, some of which included toothpaste, dog food and Play-doh, were exhibited throughout the gallery using industrial freezers.[6]

One of 75 artists selected, Belott will participate in the 2019 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta.[7]

References

  1. ^ Smith, Roberta (26 September 2013). "Brian Belott: 'Draw Gym'". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Jurek, Irena (27 June 2017). "An Interview with Brian Belott: Frustrating Expectations". Art F City.
  3. ^ "CANADA : Brian Belott : Artist Page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  4. ^ Goodman, Jonathan (November 2012). "Brian Belott: A Goosh Noosh". The Brooklyn Rail.
  5. ^ "MoMA". MoMA.org.
  6. ^ "http://www.artcritical.com/2019/01/09/wallace-whitney-on-brian-belott/" Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Whitney Biennial 2019". whitney.org.


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