b. 1993, Gulfport, MS

lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Contact: blake.obrien@usm.edu


Education:


MFA, Painting – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2020

BFA, Drawing & Painting – The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 2015



Exhibitions:


2022

Spooky Show, Greene House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 


USM Faculty Show, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS


2021

Tactile Sublime (online), Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY


2020

Signs of Sometimes, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN


2019

Open Call Print Exhibition, Delphian Gallery, London, UK

National Society of Arts & Letters Exhibition, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN


2018

The Big Tent, Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, Bloomington, IN

BFA/MFA Student Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

National Society of Arts & Letters Exhibition, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN


2017

Foreplay, a group performance and exhibition by Andrew Bullard, Raymond Hummel, and Blake O’Brien, The Fuller Projects, Indiana University, Bloomington

(re)Access, The Fuller Projects, Indiana University


2016

From Memory (solo), Saladino Gallery; Covington, LA

MS/AL Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art; Meridian, MS

Blake O'Brien: Recent Work, UBC Gallery; Hattiesburg, MS

Paper Trails, Saladino Gallery; Covington, LA

Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition; Jackson, MS


2015

South Mississippi Art Association Juried Exhibition; Hattiesburg, MS

Senior Exhibition in Fine Arts, University of Southern Mississippi; Hattiesburg, MS

Saladino Gallery Grand Opening Group Exhibition; Covington, LA

Emerging Artists Exhibition; Hattiesburg Cultural Center, Hattiesburg, MS


2014

South Mississippi Art Association Juried Exhibition, Hattiesburg, MS


Awards:


2020

Grant-in-Aid Award, Indiana University


2019

Chapter Career Award, National Society of Arts and Letters, Bloomington, IN

Pygmalion’s Art Supplies Award, National Society of Arts and Letters Juried Show


2018

Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship, Indiana University

Pygmalion's Art Supplies Award, National Society of Arts and Letters Juried Show


2017

Student Academic Appointment, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN


2016

Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Fellowship Grant

Alice C. Cole Fellowship Nominee, Wellesley College

First Place Drawing,  Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition, Jackson, MS

First Place Painting, Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition, Jackson, MS

UBC Artist-in-Residence

MS/AL Bi-State Art Competition, Artistic Achievement Award

Hattiesburg Arts Council Open Studio on Front Resident


2015

First Place Drawing, South Mississippi Art Association Juried Exhibition, Hattiesburg, MS

First Place Painting, South Mississippi Art Association Juried Exhibition, Hattiesburg, MS

Simrall Arts Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi


2014

South Mississippi Art Association Juried Exhibition, First Place Painting



Publications:

Art Maze Magazine, Issue 20, 2020

New American Paintings, Issue 141, MFA Annual, 2019



Work Experience:

2021 – present: Adjunct Faculty in Art – The University of Southern Mississippi

2017 – 2020: Associate Instructor – Eskenazi School of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington

2018: Assistant Conservator – Lilly Library, Bloomington, IN

2016 – 2017: Gallery Assistant – The University of Southern Mississippi Art Gallery