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