Brian Farrell

Brian Farrell was born in Southampton, New York,1968. In 1986, he went to study Landscape Development/Architecture at the University Cobleskill, NY and was to complete his degree at the Syracuse University program. Not satisfied with his choice of career, Farrell went on to study Advertising Communications at the Fashion Institute of Technology.  In 2007, Farrell had his first formal art training at The New York Academy of Art in traditional figure painting.
Farrell began to seriously paint in 1997. That same year, he had his first show in New York City. The pieces were of abstracted, two toned landscapes. They were architectural and explored depth of field with solid color. By 1998 to 2000, Farrell had explored a wide variety of techniques, styles, and materials. Areas of Quantum Physics became his focus of interest. it was during this time he began adding the figure to his work. He used it, with mixed media, to explain theories of wormhole travel, parallel worlds, particle matter light, death, thermodynamics. Music had also become the main driving influence of his work.
After attending the academy of art in 2007-2009, the work drastically changed in its technical skill. It was more honed and organized with a more consistent ...

University at Cobleskill; Landscape Development; 1986-1988
Fashion Institute of Technology; Fine Arts, Advertising Communications; 1990-1992
New York Academy of Art; Figurative Drawing and Painting; 2007

Exhibition Record (Museums, Institutions and Awards):
2006, Nueberger Berman Foundation, N.Y
2000, Bertlesman BMG National Artists Award
1999, The Henry Buhl/Soho Foundation

Group Exhibition:
2010, Chelsea Museum; NYC
2010,  Livestrong show; Smashbox Studios; Los Angeles, CA
2010, Edinburg Fringe Festival; Edinburg, Scotland
2010, Athens Fringe Festival; Athens, Greece
2009, Littlefields; Brooklyn, NY
2009, Mikhail Lombardo Gallery, NYC
2009, Armory Art Week, Juvenal Reis Studios, New York
2008, Open Studios, Juvenal Reis Studios/P.S.1 MOMA, New York
2007, Flowers Gallery, N.Y.C., Group Exhibition
2007, Petra Projects U-Turn, Soho N.Y.C. Group Exhibition
2004, Gale Martin Fine Art, N.Y.C., Group Exhibition
2003, Gallery @49, N.Y.C., Group Exhibition
2002, The Children's Museum, N.Y.C., Group Exhibition
1999, Bruce Lewin Gallery, N.Y.C.,

Solo Exhibition:
2011, Chelsea Modern, NYC, Solo
2011, Vanessa Noel Gallery, Nantucket
2009, Blerancourt Franco American Museum, NY Solo Show
2006, RVS Fine Art, N.Y., Solo Exhibition
2004, Works Gallery, N.Y.C., Solo Exhibition
2003, RVS Fine Art, N.Y., Solo Exhibition