Brendan Shea ’18
BRENDAN SHEA (b.1995 Massachusetts) Is a painter and installation artist whose work explores popular sentiment, affect, and queerness. Brendan received his BFA in painting from Maine College of Art in 2018, and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded the David Bruton Jr. Endowment Graduate Fellowship. Brendan has exhibited work across the U.S. including at Ortega Y Gasset Projects (NYC), Grant Wahlquist Gallery (Portland, Me.), BU Gallery (Boston, MA.), SaveArtSpace(Los Angeles, CA.), Able Baker Contemporary (Portland, Me.), SOIL Gallery (Seattle, Washington), and SPACE Gallery (Portland ME.)