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Bhen Alan

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  • 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
  • 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

Fulbright Scholarship Fellow

Fulbright US Student Scholar to the Philippines

Affiliation:

Palawan State University, Puerto Princesa, Palawan


Weaving Affiliation:

Binuatan Creation, Puerto Princesa Palawan

Molbog Tribe, Balabac Island, Palawan

Cuyonon Tribe, Sibaltan, El Nido, Palawan

Affiliation

Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines


Fieldwork in Central Visayas Region:

Dumaguete, Negros Oriental

Bacolod, Negros Occidental

Siquijor Island

Cebu Province

Iloilo, Panay Island

Guimaras Island

Exhibitions

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

2022 Art Exhibitions

Tago ng Tago (Hidden and hiding) Gallery 808, Boston University, Boston, MA


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


Diasporic Threads: Redefining Filipino Identity Through Arts and Celebration, PVD 

FEST. Public Art Display and Programming, Caping of The Hiker Statue, Kennedy

Plaza,  Providence, RI 

https://bhenalanart.wixsite.com/diasporic-threads


Shape_Shifting_Support_Systems_, Praise Shadow Gallery, Brookline, MA

(Curated by Leah Triplett-Harrington and Mallory Ruymann)


No White Walls, EIK Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT


Free To Be, Culture LAB LIC, Long Island City, New York


Would That? Expression of Possibility in the Asian American Diasporas, Providence 

Public Library, Providence ( Curated by Diana Khoi Nguyen)


RISD Graduate Exhibition 2022, Convention Center, Providence, RI

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

2022  Fulbright U.S. Student Scholar, Philippines

Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Commons Grant, Providence, RI


2021   St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, MA Emerging Artist Award and Mary Shannon Award for Public Art 

Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Commons Grant, Providence, RI


2019   Best in Show, Providence Art Club National Juried Competition, Providence, RI 


2018   Summer Research Grant, UMass Dartmouth Office of Undergraduate Research, 

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA 

"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.” Bhen Alan | RISD Museum Publications,    

https://publications.risdmuseum.org/grad-show-2022-painting/bhen-alan. 


“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/.


Irigoyen, Catalina, and Mikey Waller. “Issue 2: Transcending the Self.” Zenith, 

https://zenithuiowa.wixsite.com/zenith/issue-2.


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


McQuaid, Cate. “Painterly Weavings at Praise Shadows Art Gallery - The Boston Globe.” 

BostonGlobe.com, The Boston Globe, 9 Aug. 2022, 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/09/arts/painterly-weavings-praise-shadows-art-gallery/. 


Mellits, Mara. “Tago ng Tago’ Tapestries Come out of Hiding in 808 Gallery.” The Daily Free Press, 11  Nov. 2022,

https://dailyfreepress.com/2022/11/11/tago-ng-tago-tapestries-come-out-of-hiding-in-808-gallery/. 


Miller, Helen and Michael Strand. “Visual Arts Review: The Supportive Imaginary – Weaves and Grids.”  The Arts Fuse, 6 Aug. 2022, 

https://artfuse.org/260005/visual-arts-review-the-supportive-imaginary-weaves-and-grids/.


Reignintelligence, Posted by. “BE LOCAL: Bhen Alan.” ISABELA BLOGGERS, 28 June 2018, 

isabelabloggers.wordoress.com/2018/06/28/be –local-bhen-alan/.


Shearer, Jessica. “Woven Choreographies: Inside the Movement with Bhen Alan.” Boston Art Review,  30 Nov. 2022, 

https://bostonartreview.com/reviews/profile-woven-choreographies-bhen-alan/.


Solondz, Simone. “Weaving a Multicultural Identity.” RISD, 25 June 2021, 

https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/grad-student-wins- st-botolph-prize.


“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/.


“Ten Bostonians on Style, Fashion, and Gender.” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 

https:// www.mfa.org/exhibitions/gender-bending-fashion/digital-album.


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.


Yarin, Sophie. “A Narrative about the Filipino Immigrant Experience at the 808 Gallery.” Boston  University, 21 Nov. 202, https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/bhen-alan-filipino-immigrant-experience-at-808-gallery/. 

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