ABOUT
Brian Booth Craig (b. 1968; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a contemporary sculptor who specializes in bronze. Sculpting from life, his work translates classically derived figures into contemporary icons. His females nudes are imbued with a sense of agency. Mixing 21st century gestures with surprising talismans, his statues are very much of our time, despite the medium’s classical origins. Verist in nature, Craig’s figures capture moments of individual self-assertion. Brian holds a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University (1993) as well as an M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art (2013) and is an Honorary Member of the International Sculpture Center (2013). A former apprentice and assistant of the painter and sculptor Audrey Flack, Brian also has extensive teaching experience, first as a professor of sculpture at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts (2004-2015) and at art workshops in the USA, Italy, Brazil, and South Africa. His work has been exhibited extensively in the United States and Internationally. Brian is represented by Louis K Meisel Gallery in New York City.
Brian Booth Craig
Born
1968 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Education
2013 M.F.A., The New York Academy of Art, cum laude
1993 B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, summa cum laude
Exhibitions
2019 Brian Booth Craig — Body Languages: Louis K Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Personification: Yigal Ozeri and Brian Booth Craig
2016 Brian Booth Craig — Internal Variations: Figures and Gestures, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2019 Art Miami: Louis K Meisel Gallery
2019 Ceci n'est pas un Corps, La Boverie à Liège, Liège, Belgium
2019 Reshaped Reality, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Philadelphia Fine Art Fair: Louis K Meisel Gallery
2019 Food for Thought, Louis K Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Art Palm Beach: Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts
2018 Art Miami: Louis K Meisel Gallery
2018 Almost Alive, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
2018 Hyperrealism Sculpture, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 Art Miami: Louis K Meisel Gallery
2017 Size Doesn't Matter, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Gosh! Is It Alive?, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 An Invitation to Rome, Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico
2016 Art Miami: Louis K Meisel Gallery
2016 Hyperrealist Sculpture 1973-2016, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
2016 Hour by Hour, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA
2015 Art Miami: Louis K Meisel Gallery
2015 Figures & Interiors, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Art Miami: Louis K Meisel Gallery
2014 International Sculpture Center Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2014 About Face, Thomas Center Galleries, Gainesville, FL
2014 Figures, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, The International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
2012 Big as Life, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
2012 Re-presenting the Nude II, curated by John O’Hern, EVOKE Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Persons of Interest, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Studio Faculty Exhibition, Chauncey Stallman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2010 Studio Faculty Exhibition, Chauncey Stallman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2010 The Human Figure, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Studio Faculty Exhibition, Chauncey Stallman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2007 Summer in San Francisco, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Seven Sculptors, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Studio Faculty Exhibition, Chauncey Stallman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2005 Go Figure, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Artists Talk, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
2003 Woman, James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, NF
2000 Recent Works, Thomas Gallery, New Hope, PA
1999 Group Exhibiton, Foxglove Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
1997 Group Exhibition, Bloomfield Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Group Exhibition, Bloomfield Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 Juried Exhibition, Conference of Art Educators, New York, NY
1993 Juried Exhibition, Hazleton Art Center, Hazleton, PA
1993 Medicine and the Arts, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
1993 Annual Juried Show, Holler Art Gallery, State College, PA
1991 Annual Juried Show, Holler Art Gallery, State College, PA
Selected Publications
2015 O’Hern, John, “Cast of Characters,” American Art Collector, December
2015 Andrés, Ramón “Semper Dolens,” Acantilado Press
2013 “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture,” Sculpture, October
2012 Logan, Olwen, “Profile,” Sculpture Review, opus 007
2012 Ewing, John, “Head First: Educating a New Generation of Figurative Sculptors,” Sculpture Review, Winter
2012 O’Hern, John, “Re-presenting the Nude II,” American Art Collector, July
2012 Arribas, Rafael, “Brain Craig Wankiiri: El Homre a su Imagen y Semejanza,” El Músculo Oblicuo: Antología Contemporánea del Desnudo, May 17
2012 Exhibition review, “Persons of Interest,” ArtBusiness, March
2012 Alaine DiBenedetto Benard, “Art Gallery,” Rose and Thorn Journal, August
2011 “Brian Craig-Wankiiri racconta a Siena il fascino dell’autoritratto, Cittadina Online, July 6
2011 “In Chianti Brian Craig-Wankiiri si racconta al Siena Art Institute.” In Chianti, July 6
2011 Reeder, Adam, “The Process and Form of Brian Craif-Wankiiri,” Wonder How To, May
2010 Slatton, Traci L., “In the Mouth of the Serpent,” Traci L. Slatton, October 21
2010 Exhibition review, “The Human Figure,” ArtBusiness, February
2010 Matano, Adam, “Artist’s Studio,” Adam Matano, July 3
2009 Cohler, Eric, “A Conversation With George Billis,” American Art Collector, April
2008 Cho, Jenna, “Teaching by Example,” The Lyme Times, February 11
2007 O’Hern, John, “Art Market Insights,” American Art Collector, March
2007 Rose, Joshua, “Body of Knowledge,” American Art Collector, May
2007 Cooper, James F., “Contemporary Realism,” American Arts Quarterly, Fall, Volume 24, number 4
2007 “Seven Sculptors at S.F.’s John Pence Gallery,” ArtInfo, September 11
2005 Exhibition review, “Seven Sculptors,” ArtBusiness, December
Awards
2013 Honorary Member, International Sculpture Center
2013 International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
2011 Artist in Residence, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
1993 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant