BIO

Brian Cirmo (b. 1977) is an internationally exhibiting artist and recipient of the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant, awarded by the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. His solo exhibitions include 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel (New York, NY); ProjekTraum FN (Friedrichshafen, Germany); and Pratt Munson Gallery (Utica, NY). Selected group exhibitions include the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (MA); GR Gallery (New York, NY); 19 Karen Gallery (Australia); the Boston Center for the Arts (Boston, MA); and The Hyde Collection (Glens Falls, NY). His work has also been featured in multiple art fairs, including CONTEXT Miami, Pinta Miami, and Aspen Art.

Cirmo has been an artist-in-residence at the Saltonstall Foundation, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Lake Constance Cultural Department (Salem, Germany), Vermont Studio Center, the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, and Salem Art Works. His work has appeared in Vast Magazine, Lunch Ticket, The Matador Review, Gambling the Aisle, and Studio Visit Magazine.

As a curator, Cirmo has organized exhibitions such as Our Heads and Masters of War at Albany Center Gallery; Abstract /'kelCHer/ at the OCC Art Gallery (SUNY Onondaga, Syracuse, NY); and The Roaring Twenties at Joyce Goldstein Gallery (Chatham, NY).

Born and raised in Utica, NY, Cirmo holds an M.F.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and a B.F.A. from The College of Saint Rose. He also studied at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (now Pratt Munson). He lives and works in Albany, NY, and is an Assistant Professor at Russell Sage College.