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