Gallery Representation
Method & Concept, Naples, FL
Education
2011 – The New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
MFA, Sculpture
2008 – New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
BFA, Painting
2007 – Florence School of Fine Arts, Summer semester study abroad, Florence, Italy
Select Exhibitions
2023 — Ongoing public art installation, Method & Concept, Naples, FL
“The Naples Invitational,” Naples Art Institute, Naples, FL (curator: Frank Verpoorten)
“The National Sculpture Society’s Honors Exhibition,” Robert and Susan Polack Gallery, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC (curator: National Sculpture Society)
2021 — “Summer Exhibition,” New York Academy of Art, New York, NY (jurors: James Cohan, Monica King, Loreta Lamargese and Lauren Wittels)
“Family + Semi-Precious,” Method & Concept, Naples, FL
2020 — “TERRA INCOGNITA,” The QNS Collective, online
“24th Annual Artists’ Studio Tour,” presented by Artis—Naples, Naples, FL
2019 — “Art Miami,” Art Miami Pavilion, Miami, FL (curators: Brooke Shields and Helena Christensen)
“Rhythmical Brushstrokes: the Figurative Art Movement in Florida,” Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL
“The Vinoy in Arts,” the Vinoy Renaissance Hotel, St. Petersburg, FL (curator: Bella Unica Gallery)
"Art New York," Pier 94, New York, NY (curators: David Kratz and Helena Christensen)
“Phantasmagoria,” the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2017 – "Single Fare 4," Highline Stages, New York, NY
"Woman as Warrior," Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL (curators: Didi Menendez and Sergio Gomez)
"Transmogrification," Jackson Square, Long Island City, NY (curators: Tun Myaing and Panos Papamichael)
"Sight Unseen," Abend Gallery, Denver, CO (curator: Alia El-Bermani)
"8 Loves," Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY, (in conjunction with: Long Island City Artists)
2016 – "Chévere," Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL (curators: Didi Menendez and Sergio Gomez)
"Breaking Forward," Lacey & Phillips Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (curated by: InLiquid Art & Design)
"Picturing the Unprintable," the Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
"Art New York," Pier 94, New York, NY (curators: Peter Drake and Heidi Elbers)
2014 – “Lucid Visions,” Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ (curators: Diana Corvelle, Cara DeAngelis, and Tun Myaing)
“New Romantics,” Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY (curators: Diana Corvelle and Cara DeAngelis)
2013 – “Coming of Age: Artists in the Northeast Under 30,” Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH (curator: Mike Carroll)
“Mentors and Protégés,” Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2011 – “Hyperboreans,” Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
“Uncharted: MFA Thesis Exhibition,” the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2010 – “10 for 2010: Ten Emerging Painters to Watch,” Robert M. Larsen Gallery, Concord, NH
2009 – “Art Connections 5,” George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2008 – “National Drawing Show,” South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA
“Annual Fall Art Auction,” New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
“Select Graduates: 2008 New Hampshire Institute of Art Graduates,” Launch Art, Peterborough, NH
“22nd Annual International Juried Show,” Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Teaching
2020 — 2023: Director of Sculpture, Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2020 — The Torso as Architecture Workshop, Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2019 — Sculpting Hands Workshop, the Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
2018 — Present: Private Sculpture, Drawing and Painting Instructor, H&R Studio, Naples, FL
2016 – Moldmaking Demonstration, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
Bibliography
2023 — Jaynie Bartley, “Finding Tempo,” Gulfshore Life, February 2023: pages 48-49 and 128-141, print
2022 — Gabriela Handal, “A Conversation About Art with Brett Harvey,” YouTube, A Conversation About Art Podcast, Episode 29, uploaded June 20, 2022, web
2020 — “Creating Our Way Through,” Gulfshore Life, July 2020: page 99, print
Terry Ward, “Art for the Ages,” Gulfshore Life, March 2020: pages 24 and 41-48, print
2018 – Katrina Petric, “Brett F. Harvey: The Embodiment of the Timeless Ideal,” Minus37, August 25, 2018, web
John O'Hern, "New Dimensions," American Art Collector, Issue #153, July 2018: pages 75-76, print
Sheryl Morang Holmberg, "Creating the Eternal Human," Sculpture Review, Issue #358 "The Art of Cement," Spring 2018: cover and pages 18-25, print
Tun Myaing, "Sculpting in Small Spaces," YouTube, Myaing Projects, uploaded February 7, 2018, web
Liz Adams-Jones, "18 Artists to Watch in 2018," the Blue Review, January 16, 2018, web
2017 – Tun Myaing, "Colossal Humanity: The Sculptures of Brett F. Harvey," YouTube, Myaing Projects, uploaded December 4, 2017, web
PoetsArtists Magazine, Issue #87 "Woman as Warrior," August 2017: page 54, print and digital
Lauren Amalia Redding, "Transmogrification Show Reviewed by Lauren Amalia Redding," the Blue Review, July 11, 2017, web
Ruthie Darling, "Cozy Little Home in Queens," Boro Mag, April 2017: pages 50-53
PoetsArtists Magazine, Issue #81 "Sight Unseen," February 2017: page 127, print and digital
2016 – PoetsArtists Magazine, Issue #77 "Chévere," December 2016: page 72, print and digital
2011 – Donald Kuspit, “Some Dialectical Images,” the New York Academy of Art MFA Thesis Catalogue
2008 – New Hampshire Institute of Art View Book, back cover
Permanent Collections
The New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Various private individuals
Honors and Awards
2021 – Alex J. Ettl Grant, National Sculpture Society
2011 – Excellence in Anatomy Award, the New York Academy of Art
2010 – Portrait Scholarship, the New York Academy of Art
2009 – Portfolio Scholarship, the New York Academy of Art