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BRIGHTON SMITH

Brighton Smith CV

Exhibitions

2025
High Speed Horizon, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Palm Desert, CA

2024
Some Trees, Baldwin Avenue Gallery, CA
Summer Splash, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Palm Desert, CA
Above and Below MFA Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Earth + Sky, Skidmore Contemporary Art
New Works, De Sarthe USA, Scottsdale, AZ

2023
Palms. Skies., Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Welcome to the Desert, Skidmore Contemporary Art
Summer Residency Group Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2022
Paradise Garden, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Gallery Artists Ongoing Group Exhibitions, Skidmore Contemporary Art

2021
Gallery Artists Ongoing Group Exhibitions, Skidmore Contemporary Art

2020
New Works by Gallery Artists, Skidmore Contemporary Art
In Memoriam to Michael Zakian, Skidmore Contemporary Art
Free Arts Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Free Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2019 - 2020
Desert Garden, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Dreaming of Summer, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI

2019
Ongoing Group Shows for Gallery Artists, Skidmore Contemporary Art

2018
Flowers (Two-Person Exhibition with Alexandra Averbach), Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Fall Gallery Artists Group Show, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI

2017
Flowers, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Coffee or Cocktails, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Free Arts Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Free Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2016
Bookends, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Being Present: 10th Anniversary Celebration, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Ongoing Group Exhibitions, Skidmore Contemporary Art

2015
Stacks, Skidmore Contemporary Art
ArtMrkt San Francisco, with Skidmore Contemporary Art
Work in Progress, Skidmore Contemporary Art

2014
Gallery Artists, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA

2012
Group Exhibition, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2011
Winter, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Poprealism, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Summer: Paintings, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA

Museum Collections

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University
Ocean Palm, 2023

Reviews

Paradise Garden: A Blend of Fragility and Fierceness, Art Now LA
Flowers Review, Mirabelle Alan
Bookends Review, Michael Zakian Ph.D., Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art

Education

2024
MFA Studio Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2013
BA Studio Art and Art History, Pepperdine University

2009
HS Diploma, Visual Arts Conservatory, Orange County High School of the Arts

Employment

2024 - Present
Adjunct Lecturer, Benedictine University

2013 - Present
Faculty, Great Hearts Academies

Publications

2024
MFA Written Theses Night in Painting and Agnes Pelton: Light Bringer, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2023 - 2024
Studio Art Curriculum and Professional Development Modules (Grades 6 – 12), Great Hearts Academies

2022
Essentials of Drawing (10 Episode Video Course), Classical Academic Press