Brendan Shea (b. 1995) is an artist living and working in Southern Maine. He approaches painting as a site for convergence; an opportunity to bring varied intentions and qualities in proximity to each other. Alongside Shea’s studio practice, he organizes community exhibitions and events, ranging from apartment group shows to coordinated city-wide public art installations. Shea received his BFA in painting from Maine College of Art in 2018 and an MFA at the University of Texas at Austin in 2022, where he was a recipient of the David Bruton Jr. Endowment Graduate Fellowship. He has exhibited work across the U.S., including Ortega Y Gasset Projects (NYC), Grant Wahlquist Gallery (Portland, ME.), B.U. Gallery (Boston, MA.), Visual Art Center (Austin, TX.), SaveArtSpace (Los Angeles, CA.), Mass Gallery (Austin, TX.), SOIL Gallery (Seattle, WA.), and SPACE Gallery (Portland ME.).