STATEMENT
The deeply layered and reworked surfaces of the Constructed Paintings form a record of experience and emotion – a revelation of the time-honored process of self-exploration and all that it reveals. Hidden forms, apertures, geometric planes imposed onto flat layered surfaces suggest a geography, a key to exploring our own life experiences and how we came to be shaped and molded by them. These portals broach an elusive mystery: reflecting what has been discovered, what has been lost and what history is yet to be written.
Visual, tactile and structural elements allow viewers to mine their own experiences, allowing for the opportunity of quiet reflection amid the chaos and uncertainty of the surrounding world. These mediators of mystery elevate the contemplation of deep surfaces – work undone and remade through scraping, sanding, painting over, like memories that have been reformed, polished, and retold from the distance of time.
This work does not reference a specific place, person or event, but rather suggests a collage of interrelated subjects and cultures. The knotted angles and landscapes of thick paint offer vistas of tactile and structural elements which evolved from earliest memories of the Helderberg mountain region in upstate New York, and the rich countryside surrounding the village of Ballycastle, County Mayo on the northwest coast of Ireland.
While this work evolves from personal references, experiences and memories unknown to the viewer, it is the hope that this work will prove a catalyst for individuals to wander through their own mysteries of uncertainty, and contemplation.
EXHIBITIONS (Partial Listing)
2023
Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (With)in or (With)out – The Significance of Borders and Boundaries.
Lightforms, Hudson, NY. “The Future of the Past” – Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings.
2022
“Between known and unknown worlds” – The Humanist Magazine. Spring issue 2022. Authored by Christopher C. Cornog
2018
Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA. “Sanctum” – One-person exhibition.
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE. ” Point / Counterpoint” Paintings and Sculpture by Brian Dickerson, Alan Soffer, Moe Broker.
Center For Art In Wood, Philadelphia, PA. “Criss Cross” – Brian Dickerson & Robyn Horn.
2014
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC. Bader Fund Recipients
OK Harris – New York, NY “Constructed Paintings” One-person exhibition
Ballinglen Arts Foundation – “Images From North Mayo” Ballycastle County Mayo, Ireland
2013
Woodmere Museum – Philadelphia, PA. “Objects of Desire: Philip Jamison Collection”
Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia “Masters and Mavericks”
2012
Museum of the University of Wyoming – “Constructed Paintings and Drawings” One-person exhibition
Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia “Constructed Paintings and Drawings from Ballinglen” One-person exhibition
2011
CFEVA, Philadelphia – “Beyond Abstraction”
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY – “Constructed Paintings” One-person exhibition
Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia – “Printible – Philagrafika”
2010
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY “Accrochage”
Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship – Ballycastle-County Mayo, Ireland
“Beyond Abstraction” – Curated by Katrin Elia – Traveling group exhibition
2007
Opalka Gallery – Sage College, Albany, NY – Brian Dickerson & Sarah Bowen
“Resonant Journeys” – West Chester University- Brian Dickerson & Sarah Bowen
Mangel Gallery Philadelphia – “The Helderberg Paintings” – One-person exhibition
Butler Institute of American Art – Biennial Juried Exhibition
“The Unbroken Line” Centennial Exhibition of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts – American Museum of Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Knickerbocker Artists Group – Salmagundi Club NYC- Juried Exhibition
“Family Values Rhetoric vs. Reality” Wood Gallery – Vermont College-Montpelier, Vt.
Vermont College – Wood Gallery – Montpelier, Vermont
Woodmere Museum Philadelphia, PA. Juried Exhibitions
National Arts Club – NYC – Juried Exhibition
Berkshire Museum – Pittsfield, Mass.
SUNY Cobleskill “Landscape as Mystical Metaphor” One-person exhibition
Visual Arts Gallery – Cobleskill NY – One-person Exhibition
Honorable Mention – Woodmere Museum – Philadelphia, PA
SUNY Cobleskill – Invitational Exhibitions
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Delaware County Community College- One-person exhibition
Hahn Gallery – Philadelphia, PA. One-person exhibition(s)
Artist in Residence – Institute on Man and Science – Renssealearville, NY One-person exhibition
National Academy of Design – NYC – Juried Exhibition
Ralph Fabri Medal of Merit – NSPCA – American Academy of Arts and Letters NYC
First Prize Painting – Woodmere Museum – Philadelphia, PA.
First Prize Painting – Lower Merion Cultural Center
First Prize Painting – Chester County Art Association – Westchester, PA.
Berkshire Museum – Pittsfield, Mass. Juried Exhibition