SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2019

2017     HOLIDAY SHOW, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY

             FUN HOUSE, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY

             MYTHS & LEGENDS, pop up exhibition, Saugerties, NY

             BOX, SQUARE, CUBE, ARTbar Gallery, Kingston, NY

             INTERNAL JOURNAL, (solo exhibition), ARTbar, Gallery Kingston, NY

             WHITE OUT, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY

2016     TREAD LIGHTLY, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY

             CIRCLE, DOT, SPHERE, ARTbar Gallery, Kingston, NY

2015     HEAD, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, MA

2012     CELLAR DOOR, 571 Projects, New York, NY

2011      VERGE ART FAIR, Brooklyn, NY 

             BROOKLYN OENOLOGY, Brooklyn, NY

2010     ROBERT WILBERT, TEACHER, MENTOR, FRIEND, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

2009    FEATURED ARTIST, ElliotLorber.com

2009    GROUP EXBHIBITION, Edward Andrew Gallery, Gelabert Studios, New York, NY

2007    SOAPBOX GALLERY, Brooklyn,  NY

2005    PRESENTATIONS, Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York, NY

2001, 1999, 1998, ANNUAL OPEN STUDIO EVENT, 103 Lexington, Brooklyn, NY

1997     SALIENT GREEN, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1996     THIS MORTAL COIL, solo exhibition, Bunting Gallery, Detroit, MI

1995     BLACK AND WHITE REVIEW, Biegas Gallery, Detroit, MI

             INTERVENTIONS, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

1994     HOLIDAY EXHIBITION, The Edge Gallery, Pontiac, MI

             8th ANNUAL CELEBRATE MICHIGAN ARTISTS, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

             MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham, MI

             ANNUAL PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION, Ann Arbor, Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI

1993     IN AN JUST OUT, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI (invitational)

1992     ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXHIBITION AND SALE, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

             MFA GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

1991     ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI (scholarship recipient).

1990    MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham, MI

             GRADUATE EXHIBITION, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

             ART FOR LIFE, Galleria Officenter, Southfield, MI (invitational)

1989     MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham, MI

             MICHIGAN ANNUAL XVII, The Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI

             SUMMER EXHIBITION, The Joy Emery Gallery, Grosse Point, MI

1988     BRIAN FEKETE, Solo Exhibition, The Broadway Gallery, Detroit, MI

             FROM ARTISTS STUDIOS/CURRENT WORK, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1987     CHOICES: TWENTY PAINTERS FROM THE MIDWEST, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

             DETROIT EXPRESSIONISTS, The Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI

             FROM ARTISTS STUDIOS/CURRENT WORK, The Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI

             SUMMER EXHIBITION, The Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI

             DISSECTION OF A MYTH, Dual Exhibition, The Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI

             MICHIGAN ANNUAL XV, The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

             MICHIGAN ARTISTS/RECENT WORK, The Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI

1986     PREMIER EXHIBITION, The Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI

              OTHER SPACES: AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT ART WORK, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

              WSU IN MICHIGAN, Alumni Exhibition, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

              ANNUAL FALL EXHIBITION, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

              MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS 1985/86 ARTIST GRANTEES EXHIBITION, Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI

              MICHIGAN ANNUAL XIV, The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

1985     AUTOEFFLUVIA, The Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI

             MICHIGAN ANNUAL XIII, The Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI

1984     ANNUAL FALL EXHIBITION, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

             VIEWPOINT '84 - OUT OF SQUARE, The Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1983     EXTRA TENURE, Solo Exhibition, Ongoing Works Series, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

             ANNUAL FALL EXHIBITION, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

1982     DETROIT SUMMER MONTHS III, Park West Galleries, Southfield, MI

             TUNNEL VISION III, International Freedom Festival, Detroit, MI

1981     SLIDE REVIEW EXHIBITION PART II, The Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI

             WORKS IN WOOD, The Detorit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI

             BRIAN FEKETE, Solo Exhibition, The Detroit Artists Market Other Space at J.L. Hudson Co., Detroit, MI

1980     MICHIGAN ARTISTS 80/81, in conjunction with the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI

 

AWARDS

1994     BEST IN SHOW, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1991     SCHOLARSHIP, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

             SCHOLARSHIP, Wayne State University Graduate Professional Scholarship, Detroit, MI

1990     SCHOLARSHIP, Wayne State University Alumni Teaching Fellowship, Detroit, MI

             HONORABLE MENTION, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1989     JURORS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1988     FELLOWSHIP, National Endowment for the Arts

             PROJECT GRANT, Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artists Program

1987     HONORARIUM, The Detroit Focus Gallery in conjunction with the Arts Foundation of Michigan

             FIRST PRIZE, Michigan Annual XV, The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

1986     FELLOWSHIP, Artist Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Artist Grant

             SECOND PRIZE, Michigan Annual XIV, The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

1985     PROJECT GRANT, Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artists Program

             FIRST PRIZE, MIchigan Annual XIII, The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

1982     FIRST PRIZE, Tunnel Vision III, Detroit, MI

 

INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, Detroit, MI

CB Commercial, Detroit, MI

 

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

James Kirchener, "This Mortal Coil," The Detroit Focus Quarterly, September 1996

Hobey Echlin, "Post Modern, Pre-Med," The Metro Times, September 1996

Veronica Pasfield, "Anatomy of an Artist," Detroit Monthly, May 1995

Marsha Miro, "Defining Michigan Through its Artists," The Detroit Free Press, September 4, 1994

Marsha Miro, "Juror Makes MIchigan Fine Arts Competition a Fine, Personal Show," The Detroit Free Press, May 1, 1994

Joy Hakanson Colby, "For Ways That Art Lovers Can Spend the Weekend," The Detroit News, October 1988

Manon Meilgaard, "Detroit Expressionists Filled with Energy," Observer-Eccentric Newspapers, September 24, 1987

Marsha Miro, "Eye on Art, Detroit Focus Gallery," The Detroit Free Press, July 1987

Marsha Miro, "Eye on Art, The Pontiac Art Center," The Detroit Free Press, April 1987

Joy Hakanson Colby, "Oil and Gas  Pair Up in Pontiac," The Detroit News, April 1987

Mary Frey, "A Couple of Prize Artists," The Detroit Free Press, March 1987

"Husband, Wife Take Top Awards," The Grosse Pointe News, February 1987

Marsha Miro, "Recent Works, Detroit Focus," The Detroit Free Press, February 1987

Joy Hakanson Colby, "Michigan Artists," The Detroit News, February 1987

Marsha Miro, "Eye on Art, WSU Community Arts Gallery," The Detroit Free Press, November 1986

Joy Hakanson Colby, "Signatures: The End of an Eyesore?" The Detroit News, May 1985

Dennis Nawrocki, "Detroit Decay Still Shines in Art," The New Art Examiner, June 1984

Marsha Miro, "Detroit Summer Months," The Detroit Free Press, August 1982

Joy Hakanson Colby, "When Junk Beomes Art," The Detroit News, July 1982

Khristi Sigurdson, "WSU Grad Featured in Exhibit," The South End, April 1982