ABOUT BRYAN

Bryan Nash Gill was born and raised in the same rural, north-western corner of Connecticut were he works as an artist today. His sculptures and drawings are heavily influenced by the New England countryside but also by geographical regions as diverse as Carrara, Italy, New Orleans, and northern California where he has lived and worked.

Gill earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Tulane University in 1984 and his Masters of Fine Arts from the California College of the Arts in Oakland four years later.

A California Arts Council fellow, Gill has since showed his work at many exhibitions and galleries across the United States, including a solo show at the New Britain Museum of American Art in 2004 and 2006, and at the prestigious DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park located in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Gill is also a two time recipient of the Individual Artists Grant from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. He was also commissioned to create an installation for the American Pavilion at the Japanese Worlds Fair in Aichi, Japan, in 2005.

Gill currently works out of his own studio in New Hartford, Connecticut, mainly with bronze, wood and hundreds of found objects for use in abstract sculpture. Pat Rosoff an art critic for the Hartford Advocate wrote �Bryan Nash Gill is not simply a naturalist, he is an artist rooted in nature�he draws his vocabulary from the world of New England's woods�.

His work is in many private and public collections including IBM Corporation in New York, Kaiser Permanente Medical Facility in Fairfield, California and the Boston Public Library just to name a few. In addition to his own work Gill has recently been awarded the Goodman-Banks Artist Residency at the Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut. Gill has worked as assistant to Andrew Ginzel and Kristin Jones for a new urban landscape exhibition at the Worlds Financial Center in New York and as an assistant to Dennis Leon at the Fuller-Gross Gallery in San Francisco, California.

RESUME

EDUCATION

1988                        M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

1984                        B.F.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2007                        From The Woods, Assemblages, Woodcuts and Paintings Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT

2006                        Spring Island Nature and Arts Trust Residency Exhibit, Okatie, SC

Bryan Nash Gill, Paintings & Works on Paper, The Minor Memorial Community Studio and Gallery, Roxbury, CT

2005                        Bryan Nash Gill, Sculpture and Works on Paper, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery, The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT

Bryan Nash Gill, Sculptures, Drawings & Prints, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT

Installation in the American Pavilion at the Japanese Worlds Fair, Aichi, Japan

2004                        New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Willington, DE

Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, DE

2003                        Blow Down DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

2002                        Pastels, Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA

Works By: Bryan Nash Gill, Visual Research Gallery, New Haven, CT

2001                        Bryan Nash Gill, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2000                        Sculpture and Prints, Bryan Nash Gill, Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA

Recent Work, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

1998                        Recent Work, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

1996                        Drawings & Sculpture, Paesaggio Gallery, Canton, CT

                                Installation, (site-specific), New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

1995                        Installation, (site-specific), DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

Pierce Pond - Recent Sculpture and Drawings, Paesaggio Gallery, Canton, CT

1993                        Sculpture and Drawings, Taub Hall, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

Woods: Installation and Drawings, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

1991                        100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT

1990                        Featured Artist, Greene Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL

1984                        Featured Artist, Natalie Scott Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007                                    New England Now,Paper New England,Hartford,CT

                                    Natural Elements, Flynn Gallery, Greenwich, CT

The Park Avenue Amory, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT

Night Vision: Printing Darkness, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT

2006                        The Maine Print Project, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME

The Elements: Fire ,Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT

Hotpics/06, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

2005                        All Paintings Great and Small, The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT

El Bosque/The Forest, Traveling Show in Mexico & USA, curator Naomi Siegmann

Less Than A Grand: You CAN Take It With You, Alva Gallery, New London, CT

Works On Paper, White Gallery, Lakeville, CT

Bryan Nash Gill Sculpture, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME,

The Nature of Art, Alva Gallery, New London, CT

Black + White, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

The Innocent Eye, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

2004                        Outside, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY

The Painted Gift 2004, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY

All Paintings Great and Small, The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT

Bryan Nash Gill, Eve Stockton, H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT

Out of the Woods, The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT

Printed Matter, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, NY

Art From Connecticut Forests: the Centennial Tree Project, CT DEP Traveling Show

Spring Print Exhibition, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

New Prints 2004 Spring, International Print Center New York, New York City

2004                        Dialogues In Abstraction, University of Connecticut/Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, CT

                                Cabin Fever, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT

2003                        The Painted Gift, Hubert Gallery, New York, New York

Ink From Wood: Two Traditions, curated by Anthony Kirk, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut

Unleashed, NewArts Gallery, Litchfield, CT

Elements of Nature, Concord Arts Association. Concord, MA

Contemporary Landscapes, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT

Group Show of Gallery Artists, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME

Collinsville Site Responsive Public Art Competition, Collinsville Arts Initiative, Collinsville, CT

Trees, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

2002                         Smaller than a Breadbox ,Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
Striking Impressions: Paper Ink and Process, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Claiming the Landscape, Alva Gallery, New London, CT

Outdoor Sculpture, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME

Prints From Within II, Connecticut Graphics Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

2001                        Parts Untitled Space Gallery, New Haven, CT

                                Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME

Spokes & Wheels, Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

Acacia Gallery, Glouster, MA

Collecting at Paesaggio, West Hartford, CT

            Small Version, Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA

Salon Show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA

Selections, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

2000                        On The Farm, The Silo, New Milford, CT

Prints from Within, Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

New Year, New Work Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA

1999                        Works by Bryan Nash Gill, Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA

Fellowship Recipients, Connecticut Commission On The Arts, Hartford, CT

                                Small Sculpture, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

Exhibited Works, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA

1998                        Holiday Salon, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

Members' Show, Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

Exhibited Works, Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME.

Small Works, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

Group Show, Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME

1997                        Member's Exhibition, Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

Small Works, Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

Earth, Water, Sky, 100 Pearl Gallery, Hartford, CT

Natural Soundings: Art, Artist & Nature, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT

Gallery Artists, Paesaggio Gallery, Canton, CT

1996                        Branching Out: The Trees as Inspiration, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

The Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

Hollycroft International '96, The Hollycroft Foundation, Ivorytown, CT

No England/No Amsterdam, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

Hollycroft Invitational '96, 50/50, The Hollycroft Foundation, Ivorytown, CT, The Essex Art Gallery, Essex, CT

Trees, 100 Pearl Gallery, Hartford, CT

1995                        Inspiring Sensitivity, The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT (traveling exhibition of CT. Commission on the Arts Grant Recipients)

Gallery Artists, Paesaggio Gallery, Canton, CT

Into The Garden, 100 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT

Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 1995, site-specific installation, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

RAW Space, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

Winter Light, 100 Pearl Gallery, Hartford, CT

1994                        Holiday Salon, Paesaggio Gallery, Canton, CT

Landscape: Seen and Remembered, curated by Janie Paul, organized by Organization of Independent Artists, The Police Building, New York, NY

1993                        Gallery Artist, Paesaggio Gallery, Hartford, CT

Landscapes, Washington Art Association, Washington, CT

Invitational I, Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York, NY

1993                        Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Samuel S.T. Chen Art Center, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain

Curator's Choice, Connecticut Invitational, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT

Year-End Show, The Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT

1992                        Small Works Invitational, Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT

Selected Landscapes, Paesaggio Gallery, Hartford, CT

Elemental Images, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT

Connecticut Vision, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

                                Young Artists, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY

New Work, New Haven '92, Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT

Off the Wall 5, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT

1991                        Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

AWARDS

2008                        Visiting Artist Program in printmaking, Hartford Art Scool , Hartford, CT

2006                        New Boston Fund Individual Artist Fellowship, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, CT

2006                        Visitig Artist  Workshop/Program, Westminster School, Simsbury ,CT

2005                        Artists Resources Trust, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation,, Great Barrington, MA

2004                        Goodman-Banks Artist Residency, Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, CT

1997                        Individual Artists Grant, Connecticut Commission of the Arts, Hartford, CT

                                Individual Artist Fellowship, Special Projects Grant, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, CT

1993                        Individual Artist Project Grant, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT

1992                        Best in Show, Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT, Juror-Charlotta Kotik

1989                        Drawing Fellowship, California Art Council, Sacramento, CA

COLLECTIONS

Riverside Associates, Westport, CT

                                Andrew Hirschl, Coconut Grove, FL

Jorge and Natalie Virgili, Madrid, Spain

Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT

Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

IBM, New York, NY

Kaiser Permanente Medical Facility, Fairfield, CA

Molten Metal Technologies, Fall River, MA

William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT

The Ensign-Bickford Company, Simsbury, CT

Wood Structures, Inc. Biddeford, ME

Nancy and Robinson Grover

                                Janice and Mickey Cartin

BIBLIOGRAPHY

                                Orion Magazine, Nature Restructured�, volume 26/No. 3, May/June 2007

                                Patricia Rosoff, �Bryan Nash Gill � Mercer Gallery�, Sculpture Magazine, December 2006

                                Rufus Foshee, � Prints: CMCA in full sway�, Village Soup Times ME, November 15, 2006

Nature Genetics, volume 38, #9, Cover Art, September 2006; volume 38, #10, October 2006; volume 38, #11; volume 38, #12, December 2006

                                Nature Genetics, volume 38, #3, Cover Art, March 2006; volume 38, #5, May 2006

Phyllis A.S. Boros, �Artists fired up about latest installment of SHU exhibit�, Connecticut Post, September 12, 2006

                                Lea Lion, �A Forest Among High-Rises�, Los Angeles DWN Town News, May 15, 2006

                                Alex Chu, �Can't see the Forest� LA Times, May 5, 2006

                                Erica Browne Grivas, �Surprise Inside�, Connecticut Home & Garden, Premier Issue, 2006

                                Abby Luby, �Freeze Frame�, The Advocate& Greenwich Times, May 21, 2006

                                Gregory Seay, �Out of the Natural World�, The Hartford Courant, May 1^st, 2006

                                Art Resource Trust, The First 10 Years, Grant-making to New England Artists and Institutions, 1996-

                                    2006

                                Merry MacMasters, �El Bosque/The Forest�, Palace of Fine Arts, Sculpture, May 2006

                                Patricia Rosoff, �Bryan Nash Gill�, Art New England, April-May 2006

                                Nature Genetics, volume 38, #3, Cover Art, March 2006; volume 38, #5, May 2006

John Maxim, �Sculptured �Forest' appears before Belles Artes�, The Mexican Herald, November �05

Fred A. Bernstein, �National Treasure�, Interior Design Magazine #9, July, 2005

                                Patricia Rosoff, �Everything that God Made�, The Hartford Advocate, October 6, 2004

                                �Gills work featured at museum�, The Herald, August 15, 2004

BILBIOGRAPHY CONTINUED

                                Lisa Brisson, �From one giant oak, many visions are born�, Newington Life, July �04

L.P. Stritfeld, �Drawing �Ink From Wood�, The Advocate & Greenwich Times, October 19, 2003

 Patricia Rosoff, Wheels in the Fields: Bryan Nash Gill, Sculpture Magazine, April 2002

Judy Birke, �Minimalism, updated, is looking more relaxed, New Haven Register, December 23, 2001

Patricia Rosoff, �At Home in the Deafening Silence of the Woods: Bryan Nash Gill�, Art New England , December/January 2002                                                                                   

BethSurdut, Gloucester's Acacia Gallery Branches Out, Arts Media, June 2001           

Dina Walker, New Hartford Artist Joins Nature with Art, The Winsted Journal,,June 8, 2001

Kathryn Boughton, Litchfield County Times, June 1, 2001

Patricia Rosoff, �Wood Work�, The Hartford Advocate, April 25, 2001

Owen McNally, �Into the Woods�, The Hartford Courant, April 20, 2001

Steve Starger, �Bryan Nash Gill: Recent Work�, Art New England, August/September 2000

Emma White, �Art Inspired by Nature�, Hartford Courant, May 25, 2000

Owen McNally, �The Rhythms of Nature�, The Hartford Courant, May 4, 20

                Life on the Farm�, Good Living, April 28, 2000

Patricia Rosoff.�Bryan Nash Gill: Drawing and Sculptures�, Art New England, March/April 1997.

Jeff Parrott, �The Eighth Triennial Exhibition�, artsMEDIA, January/February, 1997.

Mary Sherman, �Triennial' trumpets works by New England artists�, Boston Sunday Herald, October 13, 1996. .   

ChristineTemin, �Best of Show, Fuller surveys art scene-indoors and out-for the pick of New England�. The Boston Globe, September 20, 1996.

June Schwendenwien,�More restrained works from Gill at Paesaggio Gallery�, The Hartford Courant, 17, 1996.           

Owen McNally. �Star Treck, the next generation�, The Hartford Courant, September 15, 1996.

Susan Tamulevich. �A 100 Percent �50/50'�, The New Haven Advocate, May, 1996

Patricia Rosoff. �Making Connections�, The Hartford Advocate, May 30, 1996.

Owen McNally. �Real Art Ways tours magical mystery of nature:, The Hartford Courant, May 24, 1996.

 �Reception Tuesday opens contemporary art show�, The Herald, March 8, 1996.

William Zimmer. �Trees That Can Hold Up In Any Weather�, The New York Times, March 31,       

1996

Jude Schwendenwein. �Trees�, The Hartford Courant, March 31, 1996.

Patricia Rosoff.�Going Out on a Limb�, Hartford Advocate, March 13, 1996.

Christine Tenim. �Nature plays a starring role in Chesterwood sculpture show�, The Boston

Globe, August 9,1995.

Peg Churchill Wright. �Chesterwood sculptures work harmoniously with surroundings�, The Daily Gazette, July 27, 1995

                                Christine Tenim. �Nature plays a starring role in Chesterwood sculpture show�, The Boston

Globe, August 9,1995.

Peg Churchill Wright. �Chesterwood sculptures work harmoniously with surroundings�, The Daily Gazette, July 27, 1995.

Patricia Rosoff. �Pearl Street's Secret Garden�, Hartford Advocate, July 27, 1995.

Patricia Rosoff. �Bryan Nash Gill: Drawings and Sculptures�, Art New England, March/April, 1997.

Dennis Anderson. �Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 1995� catalogue essay, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA, 1995.

John Cusano. �Investing In Dreams�, catalogue essay, Connecticut Commission on the Arts traveling exhibition of grant recipients, 1995.

Robert Edelman. �Landscape: Seen and Remembered�, catalogue essay, Organization of Independent Artists, 1994.

Patricia Rosoff. �Artistic Winter Reveries�, Hartford Advocate, December 29, 1994.

Vivien Raynor. �Appreciation for Color�, The New York Times, August 7, 1994.

Vivien Raynor. �Through Medium and Process�, The New York Times, February 7, 1993.

Judy Birke. �Creative Chaos? Grin and bear it at Ely House�, New Haven Register, January 31, 1993.

Patrick McCaughey. �Woods�, catalogue essay, William Benton Museum of Art, 1993.

Raymond Smith. �The Elemental Image at John Slade Ely House, New Haven Arts, October, 1992.

Kristine A. Harger. �Bringing the Outside In�, Canton News, December, 1992.

James Weiss. �Pointing out the good and bad in contemporary art�, New Haven Register, June, 28, 1992.

Jock Reynolds. �1991 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture�, catalogue essay, The Berkshire Museum, 1991