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Bhen Alan
  • Home
  • MFA Thesis Show
  • Public Art
  • 2022 works
  • 2021 works
    • Oil Paintings
    • Weaving
    • Installations
  • 2020 works
  • Figurative Works
  • Video/Dance/Performance
  • 2016-2019 works
    • Portfolio (2016-2019)
    • Drips and Distortion
    • Charcoal
    • Creative Conversations
  • Student Works
  • Small Work Sale
  • CV and Contact
    • CV
    • Contact

Masters in Fine Arts, Painting Candidate

Rhode Island School of Design

Certificate in Collegiate Teaching

Rhode Island School of Design

Bachelors in Fine Arts, Painting

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 2019

Summa Cum Laude

Certificate in Business Accelerator

Entrepreneurship For All, South Coast, 2019

Exhibitions

"Gender Bending Fashion"
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Photograph by: Allyu Schmaling

2022 Art Exhibitions

 English is Broken Here, Hunter Gallery, St. George Middle School, Middletown,RI


No White Walls, Yale University,  New Haven, CT


(Upcoming) June 2022: Public Art and Festival, Providence Rhode Island

Diasporic Threads: Redefining Filipino Identity and Community in Providence Through Arts and Celebration

2021 Art Exhibitions

 

Not My First Rodeo, Painting Graduate Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of  Design, Providence, Rhode Island


BrownXRISD Grad Art Salon, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island


Memories and How We Hold Them, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, 

Providence, Rhode Island


Artist to Follow in 2021: An International Virtual Show, curated by Michael Rose, 

https://www.michaelrosefineart.com/artists-to-follow-2021

2020 Art Exhibitions

 March 5-April 3,  You Are Here, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada


Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, The Room of Contemporary Art Space,  

                          Venice Italy 


 Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, 

                          Venice Italy


 Feb 15-Feb 29, Love Hurts,  Shockboxx Gallery

                         Hermosa Beach, California


Feb 29 - Apr 5, Osceola Art Juried Exhibition, Osceola Arts

                         Kissimmee, Florida

2019 Art Exhibitions

Gender Bending Fashion, Museum of Fine Arts, 

                        Boston, Massachusetts  (Curated by Michelle Tolini Finamore)


BFA Senior Exhibition, CVPA Campus Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth,

                        Dartmouth, Massachusetts


Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, June 22 – July 19  Providence Art Club, 

                       Providence, Rhode Island. (Curated by Helena Gomez)

                       Best in Show


Modern Male,July 5 – July 23  Bowersock Fine Art Gallery

                        Provincetown,  Massachusetts. (Curated by Steve Bowersock)

2018 Art Exhibitions

Conversations, Exhibition of CVPA Students and Faculty Pairs, CVPA Campus

Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA


Solo Exhibition: Aggao Nac Cagayan, SM Mall Tuguegarao City, Philippines


5th All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community

College, Fall River, MA. (Curated by Kathrine Lovell)


Portrait of Frederick Douglass, UMass Dartmouth Frederick Douglass

Community House, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth. MA


Portrait of Frederick Douglass, New Bedford National Historic Park, MA

2017 -2016-2015 Art Exhibition

Public Hanging, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA


BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA


Invitation: Featured Artist at Onset Street Painting Festival, Onset Massachusetts.


2016 Public Hanging, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA


Black and White, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA


Clothing Optional/Figure X-posed, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA


BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA


2015 BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA

"Gender Bending Fashion"
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Photograph by: Allyu Schmaling

Grants/Fellowship

2021 - St. Botolph Emerging Artist Award

             St. Botolph Mary Shannon Award for Public Art

             Rhode Island School of Design Grad Commons Grant


"Gender Bending Fashion"
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Photograph by: Allyu Schmaling

Bibliography

Adamides, Andrew. “Gender Fluid.” Technicolor, 2018, pp. 44–48.


Bernat, Matthew. “Art Overtakes Onset Sidewalks at Annual Chalk Festival.” Wareham, 28 Aug. 2016, wareham.theweektoday.com/node/24270.


“Bhen Alan: Studying at UMASS Dartmouth, Art Being All Around Us , & Using art as a Form of Power.” PAPER KOI, 8 Nov. 2018, papekoi.com/2018/03/11/bhen-alan-studying-at-umass-dartmouth-art-being-all-around-us-and-using-art-as-a-form-of-power/.


Macalan, Mara Karla. “Bhen Alan: A Work of Art.” Pamarigan: Ana Na Tuguegarao, 2018.


Reignintelligence, Posted by. “BE LOCAL: Bhen Alan.” ISABELA BLOGGERS, 28 June 2018, isabelabloggers.wordoress.com/2018/06/28/be –local-bhen-alan/.


 

“TASTEFUL CONFRONTATION IN THE NATIONAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION AT PROVIDENCE ART CLUB.” Artscope Magazine, 12 July 2019, artscopemagazine.com/2019/07/tasteful-confrontation-in-the-national-open-juried-exhibition-at-providence-art-clu/.


Wartts, Adrienne. “Bhen Alan '19: Fine Arts Major.” 2018: Bhen Alan '19: Fine Arts Major | UMass Dartmouth, 13 Nov. 2018, www.umassd.edu/feature-stories/2018/bhen-alan-19-fine-arts-major.html.


“Wicked Local Wareham.” News – Wicked Local Wareham – Wareham, MA, Wicked Local Wareham, 17 July 2017, wareham.wickedlocal.news/20170717/onset-chalk-full-o-fun-street-painting-festival-aug-27?template=ampar

Wilkinson, Don. “Review: Artistry Goes beyond Skin-Deep in Gallery X Show, 'Clothing Optional'.” Southcoasttoday.com, Southcoasttoday.com, 12 Apr. 2016, www.southcoasttoday.com/entertainmentlife/20160414/review-artistry-goes-beyond-skin-deep-in-gallery-x-show-clothing-optional.


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