Denise Brook

I am a Contemporary Surrealist working in acrylic, investigating women’s narratives, historical trajectory, and psychological space. My imagery merges the era I grew up in with the conflicting cultural messages and tensions shaping women’s lives today, reflecting on autonomy, identity, and inherited expectations across generations.

Denise has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from California State University Fresno, and resides in San Diego, California, USA.

GROUP SHOWS
Oceanside Museum of Art/Artist Alliance Biennial San Diego, CA 2025
Woodward Contemporary San Diego, CA 2025
Shoebox Gallery Los Angeles, CA 2025
Covet Gallery Oceanside, CA 2025
Covet Gallery Oceanside, CA 2025
Brea Gallery Brea, CA 2024
ShockBoxx Hermosa Beach, CA 2023
Viridian Artist New York, NY 2023
Brea Gallery Brea, CA 2023
GALEX Galesburg, IL 2023
ShockBoxx Hermosa Beach, CA 2023
San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, CA 2023
Hopkins Center for the Arts Hopkins, MN 2023
Blue Line Arts/Crocker-Kingsley Sacramento, CA 2022
Marin Society of Artists San Rafael, CA 2022
District Arts Frederick, ME 2022
ACCOLADES
Create Magazine 9-year Anniversary Edition December 2025
Oceanside Museum of Art/Artist Alliance Quarterly Critique 2 December 2025
The Writing Disorder Featured Artist Spring/2025
Oceanside Museum of Art/Artist Alliance Quarterly Critique 1 April 2025