{NAME} Brian Roland Crete
{BIRTHPLACE} Lowell, MA
{EDUCATION}
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 1995-1999
Mentor: Brenda Atwood Pinardi

Production Intern, Scenic Painting, America Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), Cambridge, MA 4/2012-8/2012
Mentor/Scenic Charge Artist: Jerry Vogt

CO-FOUNDER/GALLERY ADMINISTRATOR
UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain MA, www.UFORGEgallery.com
Assignment based, non-juried fine art gallery
January 2011 – present


{SOLO EXHIBITIONS}

{2008} Solo Show – Eliot Hall, The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain, MA
{1998} Seven Deadly Sins, Lowell Office of Cultural Affairs, Lowell, MA


{GROUP EXHIBITIONS}

{2013} Assembling JPTC’s Past & Present, Loring Greenough House, JP, MA
{2012} Figure, UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2012} Show + Tell, {the revolver @ ufg}, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2012} Manipulation, UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2012} Illustration, UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2011} Chanel vs. Harajuku, UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2011} Family Masterpiece, UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2011} Primary, UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2011} FACES (photography show), UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2011} JP to Me 2010…Defined by Light, UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2010} Group Site/Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2010} JP to Me 2010…from Emeralds to Jewels, The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2009} Group Site/Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2009} Boston Biennial 2009, Atlantic Works Gallery (Juried Show - Raggedy Ann), East Boston, MA
{2008} Group Site/Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain, MA
{2004} Just Art: Globalization Exhibition, Boston College, Brighton, MA
{1999} BFA Candidates 1999, University Gallery at UMASS Lowell, Lowell, MA
{1999} Kerouac Festival: Aztec Radio Group Exhibition, Gaelic Club, Lowell, MA
{1999} The Figure before the Millennium: Four Painters/Four Photographers, Dugan Gallery, Lowell, MA
{1999} Art from the Heart: Outdoor Exhibition, Franciscan Center, Andover, MA
{1998} The Big Show, Dugan Gallery, Lowell, MA
{1997} Alumni Art Exhibition, Dracut High School, Dracut, MA
{1997} The Big Show, Dugan Gallery, Lowell, MA
{1996} Of Paint and Print, Dugan Gallery, Lowell, MA
{1996} The Big Show, Dugan Gallery, Lowell, MA


{SET DESIGN}

{2013} Spamalot, The Footlight Club (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA (Fall 2013)
{2012} The Drowsy Chaperone, Norton Singers (Set Designer/Dresser), Norton, MA
{2012} The Wild Party (Andrew Lippa), The Footlight Club (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2012} The Glass Menagerie, The Footlight Club 7A Series (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2011} The Sorcerer, MIT's Gilbert and Sullivan Players (Set Designer/Dresser), Cambridge, MA
{2011} RENT, The Footlight Club (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2010} Freakshow, The Footlight Club 7A Series (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2010} Oliver, The Footlight Club (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2009} And Then There Were None, The Footlight Club (Portrait/Poem), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2009} Gypsy, The Footlight Club (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2008} Annie, The Footlight Club (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2008} Singin’ in the Rain, The Footlight Club (Set Designer/Dresser), Jamaica Plain, MA

{SCENIC PAINTER}

{2013} Glass Menagerie, A.R.T.
{2013} Clemency, Boston Lyric Opera
{2012} Pippin, A.R.T.
{2012} Madame Butterfly, Boston Lyric Opera

{SCENIC PAINT INTERN at A.R.T.}

{2012} Marie Antoinette, A.R.T.
{2012} Far From Heaven, Williamstown Theater Festival
{2012} Donkey Show - Miami, A.R.T.
{2012} Music Man, Glimmerglass Opera
{2012} Aida, Glimmerglass Opera
{2012} Woody Sez, A.R.T.
{2012} Inspector, Boston Lyric Opera


{CREATIVE PROJECTS}

{2008} Noises Off, The Footlight Club (Poster Design), Jamaica Plain, MA
{2008} The Ghost of Canterville Hall, Watertown Childrens Theater (Production Photos), Watertown, MA
{2007} The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Watertown Childrens Theater (Production Photos), Watertown, MA
{2006} Mona Lisa Enhanced Reproduction, The Albino Code (Independent Film – Art Department)
{2003} Architectural Portrait, Lowell Catholic High School, Lowell, MA


{AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS}

{2012} EMACT DASH nominee, Best Set Dressing in a Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Norton Singers, Norton, MA
{2011} "Clashing Looks", Scott Kearnan, STUFF Boston, 9/5/11 issue
{2010} EMACT DASH nominee, Best Set Design in a Musical, Oliver!, The Footlight Club, JP, MA
{2009} EMACT DASH award winner, Best Set Dressing in a Play, ATTWN, The Footlight Club, JP, MA
{2009} Featured Work, Best of America Oil Artists, Volume II, Kennedy Publishing
{1999} “Artist finds fun in ‘Deadly Sins”, Otto Peter Erbar, Lowell Sun News, Lowell, MA