Jenny Brillhart

Jenny Brillhart was born 1972 in Keene, New Hampshire. She receive a BFA from Smith College – Northhampton, MA. Then she went on to study painting and drawing at The Art Students League, NY. In 2003 she graduated from the The New York Academy of Art with an MFA in painting. She lives and works in Stonington, Maine.

Grants and Awards

  • 2021
    • Ellis Beauregard Residency, Rockland, Maine

  • 2005
    • Chestler Foundation Grant, Miami Beach, FL

  • 2003
    • Art Center/South Florida, Atelier Grant (3 years), Miami Beach, FL

    • Vermont Studio Center, Atelier Grant, Johnson, Vermont

Solo Shows

  • 2023
    • PLACEMENT, Zillman Art Museum, University of Maine, Bangor, ME

  • 2022
    • Object Hours, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2021
    • Housekeeping, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL

  • 2020
    • Shaded Ground, Dowling and Walsh, Rockland, Maine

  • 2019
    • Floor Matters, PerimeterGallery, Belfast, Maine

    • Selectmen's Office, Dowling and Walsh, Rockland, Maine

  • 2018
    • Where the rubber meets the road, Kuckei + Kuckei Gallery, Berlin, DE

  • 2017
    • Temporality, with Sara Stites, CMCA – Centre for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine

  • 2015
    • Overcast, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2014
    • Noonday, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL

    • Flat Prospects, Fringe Projects public works, The History Museum, Miami, FL

  • 2013
    • Accumulation, Art and Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

    • An Extra Space, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2011
    • Material, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

    • Lot Lines, Alice and William Jenkins Gallery, Winterpark, FL

  • 2010
    • North Miami Court Interiors, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2009
    • Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2008
    • Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

    • Landscape Show, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

  • 2006
    • Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2005
    • The Art Gallery at Government Center, Miami Beach, FL

    • Contemporary Landscape, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut

Group Shows

  • 2019
    • fragments of the familiar, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

    • deCordova Biennial 2019, deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

  • 2018
    • Viewfinders, Cynthia Winnings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME

    • Sunrise, Sunset, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

    • Art Miami, Kuckei + Kuckei Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2017
    • Atmosphere, Cynthia Winnings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME

  • 2016
    • Smash & Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

  • 2015
    • Sara Stites / Jenny Brillhart – Double-Take, Pascal Hall, Maine

    • Habit: the politics of repetition, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL

  • 2014
    • Room Service – Vom Hotel in der Kunst und Künstlern im Hotel, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany

  • 2013
    • The Drawing Project, Florida International University, Miami, FL

    • Cut Outs, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL

  • 2012
    • By Hand, ArtCenter / South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

    • Let's Begin with a Line, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

    • Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadesloh, Germany

  • 2010
    • New Work Miami 2010, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

    • Florida Contemporary 2010, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL

  • 2009
    • New world school of the Arts-Faculty Exhibition, Miami, FL

    • Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • 2008
    • Shapeshifter, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

    • Die Sprache der Dinge – Niederländische Stillleben der Sammlung SØR Rusche im Dialog mit Kunst der Gegenwart, Anhaltinische Gemäldegalerie Dessau, Germany

    • David Castillo Gallery, Miami

  • 2007
    • Miami Contemporary Artists, Freedom Tower Basel Show, Miami, FL

    • Reduce to maximum, Galerie Römerapotheke, Zürich, CH

    • Group Show, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

  • 2005
    • Arte Citi, Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL

    • Body Heat, Miami Beach City Hall, Miami Beach, FL

    • Beyond Technique, Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL

    • Small Works Show, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut

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