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Brian T. Kershisnik was born the fourth and last son of excellent parents. Because of his father's employment as a petroleum geologist, he grew up in Luanda Angola, Bangkok Thailand, Conroe Texas, and Islamabad Pakistan. He graduated from high school early, not because of sterling merit, but because the American Embassy in Islamabad Pakistan was burned and he was evacuated and the seniors graduated. After a year of college at the University of Utah searching in vain for vocation, he served for a time as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark. He returned to the USA to study art at Brigham Young University, during which studies he received a grant to study in London for six months. After graduate studies in Austin Texas, he and his young family moved to Kanosh, a very small town in central Utah where he paints and works on his house and studio. He is not so young anymore and has 3 excellent children.
BORN
1962, Oklahoma City, OK
EDUCATION
1991, M.F.A. Printmaking — The University of Texas at Austin
1988, B.F.A. Painting — Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002, David Ericson Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2001, Smaller Than Life, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR (December)
A Turn at the Kite , David Ericson Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Mother and Child, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002, Sleeping Musicians, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
David Ericson Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
1999, David Ericson Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
1998, Sur l'Herbe, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
New Paintings, Grover/Thurston, Seattle, WA
1997, Spoon Tricks, Dolores Chase Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
1996, Dancing Home, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
The Difficult Part, Dolores Chase Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Brian Kershisnik: New Work, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995, B. Kershisnik, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
Central Utah Fine Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
1994, No Dog, Dolores Chase Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Gallery 303, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT
1993, Flood, Dolores Chase Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
1992, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
1991, Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, TX
Pilgrim, Delores Chase Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
1990, Flood Gallery, Austin ,TX
1988, Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City , UT
1987, Wilkinson Gallery, Provo, UT
KERSHISNIK/ADAMS COLLABORATIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002, SLC Cultural Olympiad featured artists, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT
2000, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT
1999, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Slug Fest Gallery, Austin, TX
1998, Joe Adams & Brian Kershisnik: Collaborative Paintings, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
Brian & Joe: New Work, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1996, Brian & Joe, The Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1995, Inclusions, Springville Museum of ARt, Springville, UT (collaborative)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002, The Red Show, Cheryl Hazan Arts, New York, NY
2000, Winter Whimsey, Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Winter Group Show, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
1999, Plant Forms, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
1998, A View of 9: Fellowship Finalists in the Visual Arts, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake Center, UT,
Juror: Stuart Ashman, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe (catalogue)
74th Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Figurative Group Exhibition, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
Paper, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
1997, A View of 8: Fellowship Finalists in the Visual Arts, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake Center,
Juror: Katy Vargas (catalogue)
1996, 72nd Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT (award)
1995, Fifteen Years, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
1994, Drawing 1994, Brent F. Larsen Gallery, Provo, UT (award)
National Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Utah 94, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
1993, National Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1992, Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City Art Center, UT
Utah 92, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Heroism, Peconic Gallery, Riverhead, NY
1991, Utah 91 , Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Invitational Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Queen Elizabeth II: Official Exhibition, accompanying her state visit to Austin, TX
1990, Salt Lake City Arts Center, Salt Lake City, UT
1989, Utah 89, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Dolores Chase Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
1986, Harris Fine Arts Center Annual, Provo
HONORS
1998, Fellowship Finalist in the Visual Arts, Utah Arts Council
1997, Fellowship Finalist in the Visual Arts, Utah Arts Council
1996, Best of Show, 72nd Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, UT
1995, New American Paintings, The Open Studio Press, volume V, a juried exhibition in print
1994, Juror's Choice Award, B F Larson Gallery, Provo, UT
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake County, UT
Delta Airlines
Springville Museum of Art, Springvile, UT
Eccles Community Art Center, UT
State of Utah
Illinois State University, IL
Tanner Law Library, Provo, UT
Museum of Church History and Art, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Ohio, Athens, OH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2001, Brian Kershisnik Utah Preservation , Salt Lake City, UT, volume 6, p 26
2000, Jamaica Jenson Utah Homes & Garden , Salt Lake City, UT, Winter 2000-2001, p 131
Dave Gagon The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, March (collaboration review)
Dave Gagon The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, October (review)
1998, Old Master Hues, D.K. Row, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, 10 April, p 62
A View of 9: Fellowship Finalists in the Visual Arts, Utah Arts Council (catalogue)
Conflict in Collaboration, Kate Bonansinga, Willamette Week , Portland, OR, 29 July, p 63
Adams, Kershisnik: Flesh-an-Bones Approach to Art, Martha Sonntag Bradley, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June, p D8
Brian & Joe: New Work, Dave Gagon, The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, 5 July, E1
Utah Painting and Sculpture, Swanson, Olpin, and Seifrit, Gibbs Smith Publisher, cover
1997, Spoon Tricks Exhibit is Spoonful of Art History, Dave Gagon, The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, 26 October, E2
A View of 8: Fellowship Awards Finalists, Utah Arts Council (catalogue)
Brian and Joe, Peter Rosen, Channel 2 News , Salt Lake City, UT (feature)
1996, The Art of Simplicity, D.K. Row, Willamette Week, Portland, OR, 4 September, p 62
1995, New American Paintings, The Open Studio, Ephraim, UT volume V, (catalogue)
1994, Master's Dogs Awash With Textural Wizardry, Dave Gagon, The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, November
1991, Pilgrim, Allen Dodworth, Art Center, Fall, p 8
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