Brooke Kent is a Los Angeles-based artist working as a painter, multidisciplinary designer and creative director. Her current focus is on two new collections of oil paintings informed by experimentation, memory, observation and escape. Brooke's work has been featured in international publications, media, and galleries since 1999. She received a Bachelor's degree Art Center College of Design with Honors in Illustration, and was the director and educator in a public art and design academy for at-risk youth in Pasadena.
Besides her endless love for painting, Brooke also creates various design and branding packages for businesses and bands, which you can view here.
*photo by MEL HUMMEL @M-Castro*
EXHIBITIONS
- 2020 "Winter Sonata", LA MATADORA, Joshua Tree
- 2020 "Quarantinations", LA MATADORA, Joshua Tree
- 2019 "Lux In Tenebris", (+co-curator) LETHAL AMOUNTS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2019 "BDSM show" SUPERCHIEF, L.A.
- 2019 Coaster Show, GALLERY 30 South, Pasadena
- 2018 " Noche de Calvera II " REGIME CONTEMPORARY, L.A.
- 2018 Frogtown Brewery featured artist, FrogTown Artwalk, L.A.
- 2018 "occulted religion", LA MATADORA, Joshua Tree, CA
- 2018 "Functional Art for Our Dysfunctional World", LA MATADORA, Joshua Tree
- 2017 "crystal Visons" w BitchCraftLA @ GOLDMINE, L.A.
- 2017 "Something Wild in My Backyard" CACTUS GALLERY
- 2017 Coaster Show, LA LUZ DE JESUS , L.A.
- 2017 Calavera show, CACTUS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2016 SEATTLE EROTIC ARTS FESTIVAL, WA
- 2016 "Loteria Show! ", CACTUS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2015 "Coaster Show", LA LUZ DE JESUS, L.A.
- 2015 The Dog and Pony Show ,ANTEBELLUM GALLERY, L.A.,
- 2015 D R A W N -I N 2, Q ART SALON, Pomona, CA
- 2015 TINY TREASURES SHOW CACTUS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2015 GOTHS IN THE SUNLIGHT ANTEBELLUM GALLERY, L.A.
- 2013 "Coaster Show", LA LUZ DE JESUS, L.A.
- 2010 "The Mini Show" featuring Art Center Alumni, Pasadena
- 2009 "Demented", ECLECTIX, S.F.
- 2009 Featured artist, THOUGHT GALLERY/Burgundy Room, L.A.
- 2009 group show, ECO-LA, L.A.
- 2008 group show, GHETTO GLOSS, Silverlake
- 2008 "Good Samaritan's", COPRONASON, Santa Monica
- 2008 "Blood Work" ARTery GALLERY @ the LAB, Costa Mesa
- 2008 COMICON, Society of Illustrators West Booth, San Diego
- 2008 "The Bird Show Fundraiser", CACTUS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2007 "The Big Money Show" COPRONASON, Santa Monica
- 2007 "Found Art Group Show", CACTUS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2007 "Tiny Treasures", CACTUS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2006 " Bergamot Invasion II" , COPRONASON, Santa Monica
- 2006 " Interwoven", Juxtapose show- ON SIX GALLERY, S.F.
- 2006 "Tiny Treasures", CACTUS GALLERY, L.A.
- 2005 "The Art of Brooke Kent " A Retrospective, The Doll House Salon, L.A.
- 2005 "Everything but the Kitchen Sync" LA LUZ DE JESUS, L.A.
- 2005 "Love Vibes Singles Show", AVE 5o GALLERY, L.A.
- 2005 "The Sexxx Show", Apollo Starr Gallery, L.A.
- 2004 GRAD SHOW, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
- 2001 "The Bank Show", North Hollwood, CA
AWARDS
- 2004 Illustration West 43 Bronze student award
- 2003 American Illustration "AI 23 Chosen" (four paintings)
PUBLICATIONS & FILM
- 2011 ART RECESSION Documentary https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4694135/
- 2008 (art dept), The Blood Factory, the Blood Factory Productions, Directed by Danny Devito
- 2008 I Want Your Skull No. 6
- 2007 Copronason Fine Art "A Catalogue Raisonné" ( edited by Cushner, Fox & Katz, Last Gasp)
- 2007 Artist Profile, Big Wheel Magazine, (Jenny Moncoyo)
- 2005-6 Fishwrap V, Illustration + short story, Art Center Publication