Jenny Brillhart

Jenny Brillhart was born 1972 in Keene, New Hampshire.
She receive a BFA from Smith College – Northhampton, MA. Then she went on to study painting and drawing at The Art Students League, NY. In 2003 she graduated from the The New York Academy of Art with an MFA in painting.
She lives and works in Stonington, Maine.

Grants and Awards

  • 2005

    Chestler Foundation Grant, Miami Beach, FL

  • 2003

    Art Center/South Florida, Atelier Grant (3 years), Miami Beach, FL
    Vermont Studio Center, Atelier Grant, Johnson, Vermont

  • 2021

    Ellis Beauregard Residency, Rockland, Maine

Solo Shows

  • 2023

    PLACEMENT, Zillman Art Museum, University of Maine, Bangor, ME

  • 2022

    Object Hours, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2021

    Housekeeping, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL

  • 2020

    Shaded Ground, Dowling and Walsh, Rockland, Maine

  • 2019

    Floor Matters, PerimeterGallery, Belfast, Maine
    Selectmen’s Office, Dowling and Walsh, Rockland, Maine

  • 2018

    Where the rubber meets the road, Kuckei + Kuckei Gallery, Berlin, DE

  • 2017

    Temporality, with Sara Stites, CMCA – Centre for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine

  • 2015

    Overcast, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2014

    Noonday, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
    Flat Prospects, Fringe Projects public works, The History Museum, Miami, FL

  • 2013

    Accumulation, Art and Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
    An Extra Space, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2011

    Material, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
    Lot Lines, Alice and William Jenkins Gallery, Winterpark, FL

  • 2010

    North Miami Court Interiors, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2009

    Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2008

    Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin
    Landscape Show, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

  • 2006

    Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2005

    The Art Gallery at Government Center, Miami Beach, FL
    Contemporary Landscape, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut

Group Shows

  • 2019

    fragments of the familiar, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
    deCordova Biennial 2019, deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

  • 2018

    Viewfinders, Cynthia Winnings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
    Sunrise, Sunset, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
    Art Miami, Kuckei + Kuckei Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2017

    Atmosphere, Cynthia Winnings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME

  • 2016

    Smash & Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

  • 2015

    Sara Stites / Jenny Brillhart – Double-Take, Pascal Hall, Maine
    Habit: the politics of repetition, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL

  • 2014

    Room Service – Vom Hotel in der Kunst und Künstlern im Hotel, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany

  • 2013

    The Drawing Project, Florida International University, Miami, FL
    Cut Outs, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL

  • 2012

    By Hand, ArtCenter / South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
    Let’s Begin with a Line, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
    Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadesloh, Germany

  • 2010

    New Work Miami 2010, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
    Florida Contemporary 2010, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL

  • 2009

    New world school of the Arts-Faculty Exhibition, Miami, FL
    Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • 2008

    Shapeshifter, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
    Die Sprache der Dinge – Niederländische Stillleben der Sammlung SØR Rusche im Dialog mit Kunst der Gegenwart, Anhaltinische Gemäldegalerie Dessau, Germany
    David Castillo Gallery, Miami

  • 2007

    Miami Contemporary Artists, Freedom Tower Basel Show, Miami, FL
    Reduce to maximum, Galerie Römerapotheke, Zürich, CH Group Show, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

  • 2005

    Arte Citi, Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
    Body Heat, Miami Beach City Hall, Miami Beach, FL
    Beyond Technique, Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
    Small Works Show, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut