I'm an oil painter known for creating surreal figurative landscapes, focused on gender stereotypes, inequality, objectification and oppression of women. Through symbolism and contrasting imagery, I portray the delicate balance of what it means to me to be a woman in the world today: both wild and tame, filled with beauty and rage. My paintings challenge viewers to question and ultimately free themselves from the constraints of society’s expectations.
paintings.
The Childless Cat Ladies Series
2025-2026
The Untamed Series 2023-2024
Women in Nature 2016-2024
Silent Women
2019
Still Lifes and Landscapes
2016-2021
Portraits and Commisions
2020-2026
murals.
about.
I began painting at Riverview Art School in Island Heights, New Jersey as a child. I always knew I wanted to be an artist and I graduated from Montclair State University with a BFA degree concentrated in oil painting in 2009.
In addition to painting, I run an art gallery in Asbury Park, NJ called art629. I curate local and national art exhibitions, and I teach art classes for teens and adults. I have painted live on stage at the State Theater in New Brunswick, The Vogel in Red Bank, and the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, and was part of a performance art piece during the Summer of Love concert at Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. I also do live paintings for weddings and events. I have been a muralist and featured artist for the Asbury Underground Art & Music Crawl and the Asbury Park City Mural Project, and have shown my work in several galleries in the New York tri-state area.
The healing therapy of art- making and self-expression has been very important to me throughout my life and is something I continue to share with others through painting. I could not be who I am today without the ability and freedom to channel my thoughts onto a canvas. Whether it be through creating or teaching, I want to continue to make an impact on others lives through art. That makes me feel like I am doing my job as an artist.
Exhibition History.
2026 "Ice-Cream Parlor" Group Exhibit, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2026 "Rebellion and Renewal" Group Exhibit, Long Branch Arts & Cultural Center, Long Branch, NJ
2025 "39th Annual Juried Exhibit" Monmouth Art Alliance, Red Bank NJ
2025 "Sun-drenched" Group Exhibit, Over The Moon Art Studios, Asbury Park, NJ
2025 "The Divine Feminine" Solo Exhibit at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park NJ
2025 "38th Annual Juried Exhibit" Monmouth Art Alliance, Red Bank NJ
2025 "Open Juried Exhibition" Group Exhibit, The Guild, Shrewsbury, NJ
2025 "UnCensored" Group Exhibit, art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2024 "Realism vs. The Abstract" Group Exhibition at BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2024 "Floral Muse" Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2023 "Reinvention" Group Exhibition at The Long Branch Arts and Cultural Center, Long Branch, NJ
2023 "The Feminine Mystique" solo exhibition at The Oyster Point, Red Bank, NJ
2023 "Out of the Park" group exhibition at Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2022 "Pride", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery Asbury Park, NJ
2021 Holiday Group Exhibition at Over The Moon Studio, Asbury Park, NJ
2021 "Studio Survey", Group Exhibition at Warburton Galerie, Yonkers, NY
2021 "Little Things", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2021 "Home", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2021 "Peace in the Chaos", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2020 "Women's Work", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2019 "Arts Fest 2019", Group Exhibition at Broadway Gallery, South Amboy, NJ
2019 "Transcendent Impressions", Group Exhibition at Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2019 "Moon Phases", Solo Exhibition at Wild Eye, Red Bank, NJ
2018 "Portraits", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2018 "Shore Enough", Group Exhibition at Local Vision Fine Art Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2018 “Spring Fever”, Group Exhibition at Local Vision Fine Art Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2018 "Escapism", Solo Exhibition at Belmar Arts Center, Belmar, NJ
2017 "Metamorphosis", Art629 Exhibit with Patrick Schiavino, Asbury Park, NJ
2016 "Return of Saturn", Solo Exhibition at Concrete Gallery, Red Bank NJ
2016 "The Locals", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2015 Spring Group Exhibition, Torche Gallery, Belmar, NJ
2014 "The Locals", Group Exhibition at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2014 Fall Group Exhibition, Torche Gallery, Belmar, NJ
2013 Summer Group Exhibition, Torche Gallery, Belmar, NJ
2011 "27: A Musical Art Show", Solo Exhibition at CoWerks Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2009 BFA Group Exhibition, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2008 Solo Exhibition, "Something Pretty" Gallery 3.0, Montclair, NJ
Awards and Experience.
-Permanent Collection at Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
-Featured Artist for the Sea Hear Now Festival, Asbury Park, NJ 2023
-Monmouth Arts Education Award for Outstanding Educator in Visual Arts-2022
-Muralist for the City of Asbury Park Mural Project, 2021
- Gallerist/Curator at art629 Gallery, Asbury Park NJ 2018-Present
- Painting & Life Drawing Instructor at Art629 Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ 2014- Present
- Art Instructor at Inspired Minds Fine Art School, Lincroft & Brielle NJ, 2012- Present
- Muralist and featured artist for the Asbury Underground Art and Music Crawl 2016-2019
- Private School Art Teacher at WeExcel LLC, Toms River NJ, 2010-2012
- Art Teacher at West Hudson Council for the Arts, Kearney NJ, 2008-2009
- Manager of Galeria Classica, Spring Lake NJ, 2008-2010
Press.
-TRI-CITY NEWS, June 2023, “Nailing The Story of Asbury Park’s Cultural Rise” by Dan Jacobson
MONMOUTH ARTS, Feb 2021, "Creative Connections Persist at Asbury Park's art629"
INDUSTRY MAGAZINE, Feb 2019, "The Seeker" by Laura D.C. Kolnoski
ASBURY PARK SUN, Sept 2017, "Metamorphosis Opens at art629: Retrospective of Patrick Schiavino & Brittany James Work", by Michelle Gladden
ASBURY PARK PRESS, Oct 2016, "Artist displays introspective dream visions in Red Bank" by Billy Anania
RED BANK GREEN, Oct 2016, "Saturn Rising at Salon Show"
