Jonathan Brilliant

Jonathan Brilliant was born in 1976 in Charleston, South Carolina. Brilliant holds a B.A. in studio art from the College of Charleston and an M.F.A. in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University. He has exhibited his work in several group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally. He has received numerous fellowships to artist residencies and communities including: McColl Center for Visual Art, The Ox-Bow school of Art, The Vermont Studio Center, The Penland School of Crafts, The Redux Contemporary Art Center, The University of Oklahoma, The University of Memphis, and The East/West Project in Berlin Germany. From May
2009-December 2010 he conducted his "Have Sticks Will Travel world Tour". The tour was a marathon series of site-specific installations that took place in thirteen galleries in eighteen months, in three countries, on two continents. Brilliant is a recent recipient of an individual artist grant from the Pollock Krasner Foundation and is the South Carolina Arts Commission 2011-2012 Visual Arts Fellow. In November 2011 a large comprehensive exhibition, titled "Stick, Stack, Show" including new site work, sculptures, prints, and other gallery interventions opened at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. In 201...

Education
2007 M.F.A., Spatial Arts, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2002 B.A., Studio Art; minor Art History, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Awards and Residencies
2012 Artist in Residence, Tanks Arts Centre, North Queensland Australia
2012 Visiting Artist, Center for Creativity and the Arts, CSU Fresno
2012 Artist in Residence, Artspace Raleigh
2012 Visiting Artist, Coastal Carolina University
2011 Pollock Krasner Foundation Individual Artist Grant
2011 South Carolina Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellow
2011 Artist in Residence, Visual Arts Center of Richmond
2011 Visiting Artist, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011 Visiting Artist, Winthrop University
2011 Visiting Artist, Georgia College State University
2010 Artist in Residence, McColl Center For Visual Art
2010 Visiting Artist, Henderson State University
2010 Visiting Artist, Ouachita Baptist University
2009 Artist in Residence, East/West Project, Berlin Germany
2009 Visiting Artist, University of Memphis
2009 Visiting Artist, University of Oklahoma
2009 Juror’s Award, National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, North Charleston, SC
2008 Visiting Artist, South Carolina State University
2008 Winner Bridge art fair Miami/Myartspace.com emer...

Solo, Two, and Three Person Exhibitions (* indicates site-specific installation)
2012 Woven and Stacked, California State University, Fresno, CA*
The Cairns Piece, Cairns Festival, Queensland, Australia*
To Weave, To Stack, To Stain, Artspace, Raleigh, NC*
Make Ends Meet, Olek, Matthew Curran, Jonathan Brilliant, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC*Fine Lines, Found Textures, and First Impressions. Columbia College, Columbia , SC*
Weaving, Stacking, and Staining. Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC*
2011 Stick, Stack, Show, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA*
First Impressions(works on paper), The Warehouse, Greenville, SC
Have Sticks Will Travel @Artprize, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI*
Field of Good Fortune, outdoor installation, Columbia Museum of Art Design League, Columbia, SC*
Two Rooms, Georgia College State University, Milledgeville, GA*
2010 ZipStir, McColl Center, Charlotte North Carolina*
Mas Alla de Las Palabres, Galeria Pez Gordo, San Jose Del Cabo, BCS, Mexico*
Have Sticks Will Travel World Tour, 18Rabbit Gallery, Ft Lauderdale FL*
The Arkadelphia Piece, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR*
Sticks, Straws, Sleeves and Lids, University of South Carolina, Columbia, ...