BIOGRAPHY
Brian Jerome was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1990.
He was raised in Dallastown, Pennsylvania next to a corn field.
He moved to Philadelphia in 2008 to pursue and receive a BFA in Printmaking with double minor in Philosophy and Art History.
In 2017, he was awarded his MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts on merit scholarship.
The artist has been show and collected all around the world including the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the UK.
When not in the studio, Jerome spends time with his wife and 3 daughters or cooking as a professional chef.
He loves gold.
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b. 1990 York, Pennsylvania
Lives and Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Master of Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2017
Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2013
Exhibitions
Group Show, Hope and Healing: A Journey Into Light
Creative York
York, Pennsylvania 2021
Benefit Group Show, Art with Heart
Creative York
York, Pennsylvania 2021
Solo Show, Brian Jerome
Galerie Sonia Monti
Paris, France 2021
Digital Show, Round Up
Art in Res
https://artinres.com/articles/curations-with-jordan-holms-round-up 2020
Digital Show, Materials
Art in Res
https://artinres.com/articles/the-weekly-curation-materials 2020
Group Show, Hearts and Minds
Maxum Gallery
Northfield, New Jersey 2019
Group Show, Stories in Self Portraits
Rincliffe Gallery, Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2018
MFA Thesis Show, Annual Student Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2017
Solo Show, Eremophobia | Brian Jerome
Circle of Hope
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2017
Group Show, The Plurals: Duality | Identity | The Big Other
Exhibitions Lab, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2016
Group Show, Canary in a Coal Mine
Exhibitions Lab, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2016
Group Show, Mapping York
The Parliament Arts Organization
York, Pennsylvania 2016
Group Show, Gallery 8
Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2016
Group Show, Mash ‘Em Up
Seminar Space, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2016
Call for Entry, #CharacterSelfie
Pictoplasma Portait Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2014
Museum of Contemporary Art MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico 2014 – 2015
Group Show, 100 Miles of Illustration
The Parliament Arts Organization
York, Pennsylvania 2013
Group Show, Azuldecobalt Book Launch
Ritter Butzke
Berlin, Germany 2013
BFA Thesis, I Remember Where I Came From and How I Became a Human
Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art at Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2012
Print
Interview
Artinres.com
https://artinres.com/articles/visit-the-studio-with-brian-jerome 2020
Interview
Young Space
https://yngspc.com/artists/2017/11/brian-jerome/ 2017
Awards
Merit Award Grant
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Exchanges and Collections
Tyler School of Art Printmaking Dept. Print Portfolio Exchange
Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2012
Tyler School of Art Printmaking Collection
Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2012
STATEMENT
The work speaks for the artist’s inability to properly express anything linguistically, verbally, or conversationally outside of the visual representation. The artist decides to allow the viewer to decide the judgement and interpretation of the work.
I do not consider my work to be about trauma, but it is based around it. Writing artist statements have always been difficult for me. I had previously thought I had to be rather be academic and philosophical to allow an open ended and inviting approach to an audience.
I do consider my work to be about life and about my experience as a human. It is an abstract, diaristic approach to talk about the things I find difficult to be vulnerable about.
In 2010, I fell 5 stories through an abandoned building and was left in a medically induced coma for 10 days. I woke up to learn that I almost died, my femurs were broken, and the last 10 days of memory I had were all hallucinations. That experience resulted in complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with previously diagnosed Bipolar II disorder.
I found abstraction as a way to comfort and deal with these things. I found painting and mixed media as a mindful approach to deal with overwhelming thoughts. I know it is not just me that has gone through the confusing nature of life. In fact, I know I am lucky to not have suffered as hard as others have.
However, I cannot shake the fact that we all deal with these atrocities that surround us, no matter how small or large. The hopes of my work are not just to serve as my diaries and therapy, but to allow for a discussion for each and everyone of us to admit that things are hard, and even harder to explain.
