Education
    Postgraduate Study, Bulgarian National Academy of Art
    MFA, University of Connecticut
    BFA Painting, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
    BS Chemistry, State University of New York, Geneseo

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
  • Man to Man, Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs [2009]
  • Brad Guarino: Tough Guys, Madmen, and Sissy Boys, with Laura Rissolo, Silo Gallery at Henderson Hill Farm Trust, New Milford, CT [2009]
  • Brad Guarino: Myths Our Fathers Taught Us, Mitchell College, New London, CT [2008]
  • Brad Guarino and Christopher Zhang, Smolyan City Gallery, Smolyan, Bulgaria/ National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria [2008]
  • Brad Guarino: Persistent Echoes, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT [2007]
  • Parallel Worlds. Brad Guarino and Nadine Zanow, European Cultural Center, Rousse, Bulgaria/ Serdika Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria [2007]
  • Solo show, NOMAS Conference: Men and Masculinity 31: Creating Connections for Gender Justice, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ [2006]
  • Griffis and Orpheus Fellowship Exhibition, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria/ Open Society Gallery, Smolyan, Bulgaria [2006]
  • Brad Guarino: Inherited Memory, The Atrium Gallery at Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT [2004]
  • Brad Guarino: Cursing the Darkness, Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT [2003]

Selected Group Exhibitions
  • The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Radius Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT [2010]
  • The Polemics of Love, Conrad-Wilde Gallery, Tuscon, AZ [2009]
  • Paper Explorations, Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA [2009]
  • The Balkan Quadrennial of Painting: Myths and Legends of My People, Stara Zagora City Art Gallery, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria [2008]
  • Building Consensus: Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University [2008]
  • Self Portrait: Fact, Fiction, Fantasy, Kathryn Myers, curator. Ruchika Gallery, Goa, India/ DaksinaChitra Gallery, Chennai, India [2008]
  • Impressed, Ann Chernow, juror, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts [2008]
  • 50/50: The New Media Object, Artspace Windham, Willimantic, CT [2008]
  • Followers of Maistora, Municipal Gallery Maistora, Kyustindil, Bulgaria [2007]
  • Six of One, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY [2006]
  • Group exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA [2005]
  • Group exhibition, Soho20 Gallery, Chelsea, NY [2005]
  • Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) 71st National Juried Show, The Old Print Shop, New York, NY [2004]
  • Living Spaces at The Crossroads, Colleen Coleman, curator, Capitol Community College, Hartford, CT [2004]
  • Naked or Nude: Perceptions of The Human Form, Charles Gneich, juror, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL [2003]
  • Shadows, three person exhibition Nexus Gallery, New York, NY [2002]
  • SAGA 69th National Juried Show, Art Students League, New York, NY [2002]
  • Art of New England, Everett Raymond Kintsler, juror, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT [2002]

Bibliography
  • New American Paintings July 2007: 175.
  • Cornell, Susan. "From Biochemist to Artist, Bulgaria to America. Brad Guarino Introduces New Works in Upcoming Exhibit." The New London Times (New London, CT) 21 Feb. 2008: 12.
  • Karadjova, Valentina. "Bulgaria and Bulgarians Reconstructed in the Paintings of Brad Guarino and Nadine Zanow." Bryag (Rousse, Bulgaria) 13 Mar. 2007: 2.
  • Alexova, Sibila. "Americans Paint Bulgaria." Trud (Sofia, Bulgaria) 28 Feb. 2007: 16.
  • Hildebrand, Susan. "Moving to Bulgarian Rhythms: New London Couple
  • Exploring Art in Eastern Europe." The Lyme Times (Old Lyme, CT) 20 July 2006: 24.
  • Edgecomb, Kathleen "Tradition with a Twist." The New London Day (New London, CT) 25 Sept. 2003: E16.
  • Pearson, Dan. "The Buzz: Brad Guarino." The New London Day (New London, CT) 15 Feb. 2003:D1.
  • Pearson, Dan. "The Eye of the Beholder." The New London Day (New London, CT) 6 Feb. 2003.

Selected Collections
    Akademia Sztuk Pieknych Krakow, Poland
    Bulgarian National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
    Electroflex Heat, Inc., Bloomfield, CT
    Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
    Griffis Foundation, New London, CT
    Izvora Corporation, Arbanassi, Bulgaria
    London College of Art, School of Printing and Publishing, London, UK
    Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
    Municipal Gallery Maistora, Kyustindil, Bulgaria
    Orpheus Foundation, Sofia Bulgaria
    Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY
    Polish Fulbright Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
    University of Connecticut School of Art, Storrs, CT

Grants and Residencies
  • Fulbright Fellowship: Bulgaria, Institute of International Education [2006-07]
  • Bulgaria Artist Residencies, Griffis and Orpheus Foundations [2005, 2008]
  • Fifth International Artist Residency, Municipal Gallery Maistora, Kyustindil, Bulgaria [2007]
  • Second International Artist Residency, Panev Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria [2007]
  • Teaching Assistantship, University of Connecticut [2004-06]
  • Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCCT) [2004]
  • Urban Artists Initiative Residency, CCCT/Institute for Community Research [2002-05]
  • Urban Artists Initiative Grant, CCCT [2002-03]

Awards
  • Rosenhouse Award, Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) [2004]
  • Honorable Mention and Third Place, Annual Connecticut State Artists Exhibitions [2002-03]
  • Daniel Serra-Badue Award, SAGA [2002]
  • Excellence in Painting Award, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts [2001]

Teaching Positions
    Adjunct Faculty, University of Connecticut, Storrs
    Adjunct Faculty, Eastern Connecticut State University
    Adjunct Faculty, Mitchell College, New London, CT
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