Current Schedule
(For inquiries and bookings please email jb@jonathanbrilliant.com) for detailed current schedule please click here
Building a Universe, SC State Museum of Art, Columbia SC, Spring 2014
A group show of southeastern installation artists curated my Paul Matheny is currently being developed for the Lipscomb gallery and related sites on the grounds of the museum.
Campaign of Good Fortune, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids MI, September – October 2013
Campaign of Good Fortune is a series of human scale fortune cookie fortunes, printed yard signs, and custom printed fortune cookies. These fortunes are arranged to create a series of encounters in the grassy areas in front of the Kendall College Federal building, The Grand Rapids Public Museum, and at various sites throughout town. more images here http://jonathanbrilliant.com/goodfortune
Out of The Box,2013, Artfields Festival, Lake City, SC
I was one of four featured artists for the “Installation Art of the Carolinas” show curated by Erin Glaze-Nathanson for the Artfields festival. Along with artists, Jarod Charzewski, Jocelyn Chateauvert, and Herb Parker, I was in residence creating a new site-specific work for this event.
details http://jonathanbrilliant.com/lakecity/
Crates and Impressions, April 28-May 19, 2013
Artnow Lecture, May 2, 2013, 6:30pm
Morris Museum of art, Augusta Georgia
As part of the Artnow lecture series, focused on Southern contemporary artists, I will be giving a talk on my work and the “Have Sticks Will Travel” tour that has consumed the past 4 years of my life. A selection of prints, crates, and tour related ephemera was on display in the Education gallery, details herehttp://jonathanbrilliant.com/cratesandimpressions/
Modern Monday lecture series, Becthler Museum of Modern Art,Charlotte NC, March 11 2013
I will be giving a talk on my work, my process, and post ww2 artists represented within in the Becthler collection who have influenced me. more information and tickets here http://www.bechtler.org/Programs/Modern-mondays
Woven Structure, City Hall Plaza, North Charleston, SC, 2013
A new permanent work comprised of woven and welded steel has been sited in a traffic circle at North Charleston’s new city hall site. view images here http://jonathanbrilliant.com/wovenstructure
2012
September – California State University, Fresno CA
August – Cairns Festival, North Queensland Australia
July- Artist in Residence , Artspace, Raleigh, NC
June- Make Ends Meet, 3 person exhibition with Olek, and Mathew Curran, Flamders Gallery, Raleigh NC
March- North Carolina Museum of Art Spring Educator Expo- Featured panelist
February – Fine Lines, Found Textures, and First Impressions. Columbia College, Columbia,SC
January – Weaving, Stacking, and Staining. Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
2011
November 2011- Stick, Stack, Show. Visual Arts Center of Richmond
September 2011- Solo installation in conjunction with Artprize 2011, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids
May 2011- Field of Good Fortune,City of Colimbia SC, commissioned Temporary outdoor installation
February 2011- Greenlight III, Charlotte NC
January 2011- Two Rooms, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA
2010
*indicates stop on Have Sticks Will Travel World Tour
Sept 7-Nov 22 Artist in Residence, McColl Center For Visual Art, Charlotte, NC *
Sept 2010-January 2011 -Zipstir, Two Person Exhibition, McColl Center For Visual Art, Charlotte, NC*
September 2010- Installation for Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Washington*
Iced Beverage Basket, outdoor steel work installed at University of West Georgia
May 19-28- Exhibition on view through August- The Los Cabos Piece, Pezgordo Gallery, Los Cabos, Mexico*
I will be in residence weaving stir sticks in the gallery creating a new site specific installation which will remain on view for 3 months following my time in residence
March 26-May 7- Solo Exhibition, 18Rabbitgallery, Ft Lauderdale FL *
For 18 Rabbit i will exhibiting a new site specific installation as well as works on paper and related editions including any of the succesful experiments from Henderson State University
March 2-March 13- Artist In Residence,Ouachita Baptist University and Henderson State University Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Exhibition on View March 11-April 1*
I will be in residence weaving stir sticks in the gallery at OBU creating a new site specific installation which will remain on view for 3 weeks following my time in residence, in addition I will be making a new series of prints in The Henderson State University Print Shop
January 22- February 27- (Group Show) Eternal Return, Nurtureart, Brooklyn, New York *
January 15-February 23- Sticks, Straws, Sleeves and Lids(solo exhibition), Mcmaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC *
2009
November-December- Kickstarter Fundraiser *
November 21 - THiNGS a group show curated by Jonathan Brilliant opens at EYE Level 103 Gallery, Charleston SC
THiNGS The title of the exhibition Things is taken from Martin Heidegger’s seminal essay Das Ding. This is meant to be a show in celebration of things and all their thingness. The show will include both functional and non-functional works of art, craft, and new media.
October 23-November 25- Site Specific stir stick installation, Dam Stuhltrager , Berlin Germany *
September 27-October 8- Artist in Residence University of Memphis, Memphis Tennessee,*
Exhibition on view October 8-November 1, 2009
I will be in residence weaving stir sticks in the gallery creating a new site specific installation which will remain on view for 3 weeks following my time in residence
August 17-30- Lightwell Projects Artist in Residence, University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma*
Exhibition on view August 28-September 25, 2009
While in Residence I will be attempting to create a suspended Structure entirely out of wooden coffee stir sticks woven in place and held by tension. The resulting installation will be on display through September 25, 2009
July 24-August 16- Past Presence, Group show curated by Karen Ann Myers, Redux Contemporary Art Center link
I will be installing a new kinetic sculpture with audio piece titled Vibrating Coffee Cups With Mocha Tone Generator as part of this exhibition.
June-display ongoing- Plum Elements, 161.5 King Street, Charleston SC
A suite of recent rust on paper works, as well as the goldsworthy of the coffee shop to-go piece were taken into the inventory of the gallery
May 15-July 26- Contemporary Charleston 2009: Revelation of Process, City Gallery, Charleston SC*
Ten days spent weaving stir sticks on site to create the new commisioned installation the city gallery piece
April 2009-March 2010- National Outdoor Sculpture exhibition, Riverfront park, North Charleston SC
The welded steel sculpture Big Ass Water Bottle Basket was included in this juried outdoor sculpture exhibition which remains on display through 2010