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bréa corcoran- painter

Bréa Corcoran is a painter based in Portland, Maine. They received their BFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2022. Bréa is primarily a portrait artist, focused on creating intimate and colorful depictions of friends, family, and the self, as well as the environments around her. They draw inspiration from their favorite cartoons, objects in their apartment, as well as the thousands of photos in their camera roll. 

Education 

2016 - 2018

Walnut Hill School for the Arts (concentration in Visual Arts)

2018-2022

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA Painting)

Awards 

2019

2021

2022

Studio Foundation Award, MassArt

Foundation Painting Award, MassArt

Foundation Painting Award, MassArt

MetroWest Artist Award, Danforth Museum

2023

Juried Award, New Hampshire Art Association

Exhibitions 

Group

2019

First Year's Finest, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery at MassArt, Boston, MA

Caminos Por/ Pass Through Cuba, Student Life Gallery at MassArt, Boston, MA

2021

All School Show, MassArt (Virtual Gallery)

2021-2022

Love... In All Forms, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA

2022

2023

All School Show, Student Life Gallery at MassArt, Boston, MA

Senior Thesis Exhibition, Student Life Gallery at MassArt, Boston, MA

Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA 

6th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition: (RE)CONNECT, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery at MassArt, Boston, MA

Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA

Fledglings: Under 30, Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH

Housewarming, 82Parris, Portland, ME

Critical Mass, See/Saw Gallery, Manchester, NH

2024

Heatwave, See/Saw Gallery, Manchester, NH

Nor'Easterly 3, Katzman Contemporary, Dover, NH

Challenge the Norm, Aplomb Gallery, Dover NH

ARTPM, Buoy, Kittery, ME

Group Effort, See/Saw Gallery, Manchester, NH

In The Making, New Art Center, Newton, MA

Shadows We Saw on Our Way Home, 82 Parris, Portland, ME

NANO 2024, PILLAR Gallery, Concord, NH

Projects

Single Art for Meet Me in the Dark by Clementine Was Right

Album Art for Tell Yourself You're Going Home by Clementine Was Right

Single Art for Sober Living by Ike's Point

Publications

artscope, September/October Issue 2022

The Portland Dirt, Issue 01, October 2024

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