Brent Wahl 7151 Bryan Street, Philadelphia, PA 19119 · 646-209-4984 · wahl.art@gmail.com · brentwahl.com
education
2006 MFA Photography, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Certificate, Time-Based Media, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1992 BFA Photography, Department of Photography, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
teaching experience
2012- Senior Lecturer, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2006-12 Lecturer, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Instructor, Julian Krinsky Camps & Programs, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Penn Art and Architecture Summer Studios
2006 Instructor of Record, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004-06 Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
solo exhibitions
2018 Think Much, Cry Much, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, Pa
2011 ‘Group Show’, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pa
2009 Arrivals and Departures, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Motets For Architecture and Fear, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Interplanetary Death Star, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2006 The Phantom Limb, Vox Populi Screening Room, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Mind the Gap, Jackson Gallery, Aiken, SC
1999 5 Days of Drawing, Jackson Gallery, Aiken, SC
1995 Collision, Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
1994 A Dialog Between Love and Disaster, Motor Supply Annex Gallery, Columbia, SC
1992 The Still Life and Inamorata, Pratt Studios Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
public art project
2016-18 Dawn Chorus, The Rail Park, a permanent sculptural installation, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy,
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
selected group exhibitions
2026 Of the Grid: Systems + Structures in Contemporary Art, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia
2019 Miniscule II, Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, United Kingdom
2016 Debris, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia Staff, Addams Gallery, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2014 Do It / instructions / conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia
2013 Citywide, Mount Airy Contemporary at Marginal Utility, Philadelphia
2013 Fiat Lux, The Print Center, Philadelphia, curated by John Caperton
2012 Community Supported Arts, Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Grizzly Grizzly Galleries, Philadelphia
2012 Remainder (4 person exhibit), PPAC Gallery, Philadelphia
2012 A Closer Look 8: Alone Together (4 person exhibit), Arcadia University, curated by Adelina Vlas, Glenside, PA
2012 Space Savers, Esther Kline Gallery, Philadelphia
2011 Open/Urban Spaces, Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia
2011 Bounce, The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2010 #Rank Miami, curated by Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida, Seven Gallery, Miami
2010 No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents, organized by curators Cecilia Alemani, Maurizio Cattelan, and Massimiliano Gioni,
Tate Modern, London
2010 Miniscule, Oblong Gallery, London, England
2009 No Soul for Sale, organized by Elizabeth Dee, X-Initiative, New York
2009 Bulk, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2009 Space Show, Space, Portland, ME
2009 1:5:25, Emergent Perspectives, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia
2008 Holy Holes: Absolute Stalls, curated by Denise Carvalho, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Locally Localized Gravity, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2007 Hello Cleveland!, Publico Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Continuum: Past, Present, and Future, Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia
2006 The Day After, curated by Aaron Levy & Osvaldo Romberg, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia
2006 It Was Easy. It Was All New, Vox Populi, Philadelphia
2006 Faculty works on Paper, Addams Gallery, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2006 24th Biennial Works on Paper, selections by Cornelia Butler, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2006 UPenn MFA Exhibit, selections by Ingrid Schaffner, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia
2006 Show Me Where the Devil Bit You, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia
2005 ICA Winter Video Lounge, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2005 Abstracting the Visible, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia
2005 Animation Salon, The Weiss Tech House, Philadelphia
2004 Sense of Place, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2004 The Unspeakable Monster, Philomathean Society, Philadelphia
2004 Mural, selections by James Rosenquist, Sackler Center for Arts Education, Guggenheim Museum, New York
2002 Post-Systemic, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Hunterdon, NJ
2002 Alumni Exhibition, curated by Fereshteh Daftari, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York
2002 Abstract Photography, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Hunterdon, NJ
2002 25th Small Works, curated by Barbara Millstein, Washington Square East Gallery, N.Y.U., New York
1995 The Self-Conscious Camera, Columbia, Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
1995 Aesthetic Transplantation's, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
1994 Artists Choose Artists, Nations Bank Plaza, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
1992 Pratt Photography Survey, Puck Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Selections, The Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
selected bibliography
2018 Wise, Robyn, “The Illusionist: An Interview with Brent Wahl”, SpeakSpeak, https://grizzlygrizzly.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/interview-with-brent-wahl-by-robyn-wise/
2015 Browne, Laynie, “Practice”, Split Level Texts, cover
2014 Wahl, Brent, “Do It / Artists Instructions A-Z” / conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, ed. Kaytie Johnson (Philadelphia: The Galleries at Moore)
2014 Pew Center for the Arts & Heritage, “Fellows Friday with Brent Wahl”, http://www.pcah.us/posts/204_fellows_friday_q_a_with_brent_wahl (accessed January 2015)
2014 Abboud, Rebecca, “Re-contextualizing Art”, University of Pennsylvania Arts & Humanities, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMv3BHZuofU (accessed January 2015)
2014 Leong, Jeanne, “Artist Uses Everyday Objects to Tell a Poignant Story”, University of Pennsylvania Arts & Humanities, http://www.upenn.edu/spotlights/artist-uses-everyday-objects-tell-poignant-story (accessed January 2015)
2014 Featured on Friday Arts, “Cornelius Varley and his Fantastical Patent Graphic Telescope Machine”, produced by Michael O’Reilly on WHYY and PBS, http://whyy.org/cms/fridayarts/cornelius-varley-and-his-fantastical-patent-graphic-telescope-machine/ (accessed January 2014)
2014 Fazzare, Elizabeth, “Pew Center Awards Over $9M to Philadelphia Artists, Institutions”, Art in America, http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/pew-center-awards-over-9m-to-philadelphia-artists-institutions/(accessed June 2014)
2013 Hunter, Becky Huff, “Artists Reclaim the Commons: New Works, New Territories / New Publics”, ed. Glenn Harper and Twylene Moyer (Hamilton: International Sculpture Center Press, 2013)
2013 Featured on Friday Arts, “Cornelius Varley and his Fantastical Patent Graphic Telescope Machine”, produced by Michael O’Reilly, aired on WHYY and PBS (August)
2013 Van Duzer, Leigh, “Photography as a Medium and a Subject”, Concept Plus Object (June 14)
2013 Dell, Alison, "Last Chance: Fiat Lux at the Print Center, Title Magazine (May 21)
2012 “9 Perspectives On a Photography Collection”, Arthur Ross Gallery, exhibition catalog, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania)
2012 Newhall, Edith, “Arcadia features minimalist works in 'A Closer Look' ”, Philadelphia Inquirer (April 8)
2012 Rosof, Libby, “Arcadia's A Closer Look 8”, The Artblog (April 5)
2012 Vlas, Adelina, “Alone Together”, A Closer Look 8, exhibition/catalog essay (March) Van Duzer, Leigh, “Remainder”, Title Magazine (June 10)
2011 Bischoff, Dan, “Challenging Meaning and Inspiration…”, The Star-Ledger (July 30)
2011 De Bellis, Jon, “The Jersey Bounce”, Summit Patch (August 16)
2010 “Vox Populi, We’re Working on It”, published by Vox Populi, 120 pages
2009 Tucker, Theodore, “Archeology of Cinema at Vox Populi”, Machete, Vol.1, No.1 (October)
2009 Wallis, Jonathan, “30 Days Hath September, Arrivals and Departures”, City Paper (September 18)
2009 Martinez, Gabriel, “Photography at Penn: Then and Now”, Penn Design Annual (January)
2009 Upitis, Alise, “Expanded Marks at Space Gallery”, Big, Red & Shiny, Boston, MA (August 11)
2008 Wang, Margaret, “Exploration of Space at Repetti Gallery”, Queens Chronicle (October 16)
2007 “Portfolio”, Popular Photography, American Photo on Campus, featured (July)
2006 Epstein, Edward M., “One City, Two Art Worlds”, Fallon and Rosof ArtBlog (May 28)
2006 Schaffner, Ingrid. “University of Pennsylvania MFA Thesis”, catalog essay, Philadelphia, Pa (April)
2006 Hill, Lori, “Paper Champion”, Philadelphia Weekly (April 13)
2006 Fallon, Roberta, “Arcadia Fire”, Philadelphia Weekly (April 12)
2006 Newhall, Edith, “Outsider's view”, The Philadelphia Inquirer (April 14)
2006 Strauss, R.B., “The 2006 Art Scene”, University City Review (January 2006)
2005 Gierschick, Timothy, “Brent Wahl, Artist of the Fortnight”, GierschickWork Art Blog (December)
2005 Kravetz, Deborah, “Old City Review”, Art Matters (December)
2003 Footlights, Jersey, “Motion and Nature”, The New York Times (January 1)
2002 Bischoff, Dan, “Painting With A Camera”, The Star-Ledger, (December 1), p.6 2002
2002 Daftari, Fereshteh. “Pratt Alumni Exhibition”, catalog essay, Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute
2002 Sienzant, Tony, “Post-Systemic Art Brings New Life to the Ordinary”, The Express Times, (August 9), p. E-16
2002 Bischoff, Dan, “A Kaleidoscope of Wit and Whimsey”, The Star-Ledger, (July 21), p.2
2002 Bellantoni, Ralph, “New Wave of Geometric Abstraction”, Courier News, (June 27), p.E-25
2002 Reviewer, “Two Exhibits to Open...”, The Hunterdon Weekender, (June 22), p. 8
web/social media features
2017 Summit LA17, short-listed artist for a three-day festival converging 3,500 leaders across all disciplines in a series of talks, performances, art installations, and experiences designed to foster relationships and new perspectives.
visiting artist, lectures, and panels
2020 Visiting Artist, Counter Reality: Small Points of Connectivity and Attempting to Make Room for Everything, Brown University, Department of Cognitive Science, Providence, RI (Feb)
2020 Visiting Artist, VR and the Visual, Simulating Reality: The (Curious) History and Science of Immersive Experiences, Brown University, Providence, RI (April)
2020 Percent for Art Panelist, Delaware Riverfront Trail, Central Segment, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy,Philadelphia, PA
2020 Panelist, The Rail Park, Poetry and Collaboration, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Visiting Artist, Through the Looking Lens: Cornelius Varley’s Patent Graphic Telescope, The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Fiat Lux - Panel Discussion with Stefan Abrams, Micah Danges, Anna Neighbor and James Johnson, moderated by John Caperton, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Panel Discussion, A Closer Look 8, with Josh Shaddock, Sebastian Leclerq, and Dechemia (John Gibbons and Isobel Sollenberger), moderated by Adelina Vlas
2011 Artist Lecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2011 Gallery Talk with Robert Blackson, Director of Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
2009 Gallery Talk at Vox Populi with Arrivals and Departures, Philadelphia
2008 Gallery Talk at Vox Populi with Denise Carvalio, independent curator, New York
2007 Gallery Talk at Vox Populi with Irene Hofmann, former Director & Chief Curator of SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Artist Lecture, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Artist Lecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2005 Presenter/Visiting Artist, The Society for Photographic Education, Northeastern Conference George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
1998 Selection Panelist, Southern Circuit Independent Film Festival, SC Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
awards and honors
2015 The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage travel grant to Venice Biennale / All the World’s Futures
2014-15 G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award at PennDesign
2014 Recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts
2006-12 Member of the artist cooperative, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Fox Show, Prize, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2005-06 Alumni Award, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004-06 Chair’s Merit Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004-06 PennDesign Grant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1992 The Pratt Circle Award, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1992 The Pratt Institute Select Seniors Show, prize, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Time and Life Magazines National Photography Award, New York, NY
professional experience
2006- Brent Wahl Photography, sole-proprietor, Philadelphia, PA
2004-06 Foam Digital, studio photographer, New York, NY
1995-04 Double U Studio, sole-proprietor, New York, NY
1995-04 Photography Assistant / 1st Photographer, self-employed, New York, NY
1994-95 Alexander Liberman, artist assistant, New York, NY
courses taught
Photography Practices, Analog Photography 1, Digital Photography 1, Advanced Digital Photography, Fabricated Realities: Alterations, Staging, and Appropriation, Large Format Photography, Studio Lighting: Object + Form, Reconfiguring Portraiture, Bangkok, Berlin, Havana, Tokyo Studio Abroad’s, Counter the Land, Senior Thesis, Visual Studies / Two Dimensions: Form & Meaning, Visual Studies / Three Dimensions: Time & Space