Brent Godfrey
Salt Lake City, Utah
Having Studied in Italy following his master’s degree, Godfrey has been in museum and gallery exhibitions internationally and mounted significant solo shows.
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ARTIST STATEMENT Combining varying degrees of abstraction and representation, Godfrey explores identity and memory, interpersonal relationships, social conventions and universal connections.
EDUCATION
Master's degree-Brigham Young University, BA (Cum Laude)-Weber State University. post-graduate studies: Arte Vita-Florence, Italy, University of Utah, Fetchin Art Academy, Taos, New Mexico.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Identities, A GALLERY/ALLEN+ALAN FINE ART, SLC, 2026
Matter of Time, A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art, SLC, 2023
Observation- A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art, SLC, 2017
Re-Visions-William Havu Gallery,Denver, CO, 2016
Nature Nurture-LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2015.
Personae- A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art, SLC, UT, 2014.
Connections-Translations Gallery, Denver, CO, 2011.
Connections- A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art, 2011.
Abstractions-Loge Gallery, University of Utah, SLC, UT, 2010.
Getting Real-Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, 2010.
Processes of Abstraction- A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art, 2008.
A Path to the Self- A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art, 2005.
Explorations of a Wandering Mind- A GALLERY/Allen+Alan Fine Art, 2003.
Dancing on the Walls, A Gallery/Allen+Alan Fine Art, 1998.
MUSEUM/JURIED EXHIBITIONS (partial listing)
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO, 2016.
Abstract-Rio Gallery, SLC, UT, 2014.
Relevant-Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, 2012,13&14.
Springville Art Museum, UT, 2005,06,08&11.
SOMArts (Chronotopia)-San Francisco, CA, 2010.
50th International-San Diego Art Institute, CA, 2009.
National Competition-Highlands Museum of the Arts, Sebring, Florida, 2009 (Juried by Ken Rollins, past Director of Polk and Gulf Coast Museums).
Alpan International-Long Island, NY, (Juried by, Phyllis Braff, past President, International Association of Art Critics, USA divisiion) 2008.
Featured Artist, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, SLC, UT, 2008.
Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, 2007.
A Century of Art, Museum of Utah Art & History, SLC, UT, 2006.
Regional Exhibition, St. George Art Museum, UT, 2006.
Utah Artists Invitational, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT, 2002.
Utah Artist Invitational, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, SLC, UT, 2001.
CURRENT REPRESENTATION
“A” Gallery/Allen+ Alan Fine Art Salt Lake City, UT.
Statement
Brent Godfrey uses the painting process to translate objects, figures and landscapes into physical metaphor. Combining varying degrees of abstraction and representation, he explores identity and memory, interpersonal relationships and social conventions.