Brian Belott (born 1973 in East Orange, New Jersey) is an artist, performer and found object art collector based in New York City.[1]

Brian Belott
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Education

Belott received his BFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York in 1995 after 1 year attending Cooper Union (thrown out).[2]

Brian Belott's work has been exhibited at Canada Gallery,[3] the Zürcher Studio,[4] the Museum of Modern Art[5] in New York, Performa 17, and Galerie Zürcher in Paris, France in 2009.

Brian Belott's first book, Wipe That Clock Off Your Face (2007, PictureBox) includes a selection of his practices, including comic drawings, painting, collage, collage books, and a DVD with found sound and photography.

In November 2018, Gavin Brown's Enterprise opened a solo exhibition featuring Brian Belott's never-before-exhibited frozen art works. The works, some of which included toothpaste, dog food and Play-doh, were exhibited throughout the gallery using industrial freezers.[6]

One of 75 artists selected, Belott will participate in the 2019 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Roberta (26 September 2013). "Brian Belott: 'Draw Gym'". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Jurek, Irena (27 June 2017). "An Interview with Brian Belott: Frustrating Expectations". Art F City.
  3. ^ "CANADA : Brian Belott : Artist Page". Archived from the original on 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  4. ^ Goodman, Jonathan (November 2012). "Brian Belott: A Goosh Noosh". The Brooklyn Rail.
  5. ^ "MoMA". MoMA.org.
  6. ^ "http://www.artcritical.com/2019/01/09/wallace-whitney-on-brian-belott/" Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Whitney Biennial 2019". whitney.org.
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