Artistic Resume
EDUCATION:
M.A., Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
B.S., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Gallery Underground - 2013-2015
Crystal City Underground
Arlington, Virginia
Local Colour Gallery - 2014-2016
Alexandria, Virginia
Art of Coffee Gallery - 2015-present
Montross, Virginia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, COMMISSIONS & PRESS:
Group: May 2026, Philadelphia Sketch Club's "Absolutely Abstract" Show
Juror: Nathan Rutkowski, Artist, New Jersey
Group: April 2026, Popcorn Gallery’s “Yellow Barn Faculty Show”
Juror: Walter Bartman, Artist and Instructor, Glen Echo, Maryland
Group: May 2025, Art League of Alexandria’s “May Open 2025 Exhibit”
Juror: Johanna Goodman, International Artist based in New York City
Group: Semifinalist – April 2025, “Bethesda Painting Awards,” Bethesda Urban Partnership
Jurors: Kevin Mitchell, Catholic University; Mary Proenza, Marymount University; James Williams II, Interdisciplinary Artist
Group: April 4-27, 2025, “Mid-Atlantic Juried Show,” McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
Juror: Jeffrey W. Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator and Director, Statewide Programs & Exhibitions, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Group: April 2025, “Spring Fest,” Arlington Artists Alliance, Arlington, VA
Juror: Arlington Artists Alliance
Group: February 2025, Art League of Alexandria’s “Patron Show”
Group: February 2025, Art League of Alexandria’s “Student/Faculty Show”
Group: February 2024, Art League of Alexandria’s “Patron Show”
Group: February 2024, Art League of Alexandria’s “Student/Faculty Show”
Group: February 2023, Art League of Alexandria’s “Patron Show” – “Barani” abstract painting was one of the top three paintings chosen by Art League patrons.
Group: February 2023, Art League of Alexandria’s “Student/Faculty Show”
Group: October 2022, Art League of Alexandria’s “No Theme” Show – “The Legal Definition of Lush” abstract painting received Honorable Mention by Juror and Joan Mitchell Foundation Grantee Joe Ramiro Garcia.
Group: February 2022, Art League of Alexandria’s “Patron Show”
Group: February 2022, Art League of Alexandria’s “Student/Faculty Show”
Group: February 2021, Art League of Alexandria’s “Patron Show”
Group: February 2021, Art League of Alexandria’s “Student/Faculty Show”
Group: March 2018 and 2016, “Biennial Ikebana Show”
Art League of Alexandria
Juror: Ikebana Society of Washington, DC
Group: May 2014, “Mayhem” – National Juried Show - Honorable Mention Award
Gallery Underground, Arlington, Virginia
Juror: Mark Cameron Boyd, Adjunct Professor, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
Group: February 10-March 8, 2014, “Passages: An Exhibition of Figurative Abstraction,” – International Juried Show
AD Gallery, University of North Carolina – Pembroke
Juror: Pam Toll, Artist and Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Group: April 2013, “Walk the Line”
Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington County, Arlington, Virginia
Juror: Carolyn Gawarecki, National Watercolor Society, Falls Church, Virginia
Group: October 2011 – April 2012, “Black and White”
Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington County and Arlington County Board Offices, Arlington, Virginia
Juror: Nancy Colman, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Group: January -February 2010, “Unleashing the Wild Beasts”
Cassatt’s Gallery, Arlington, Virginia
Juror: Sherry Trachtman, Professor, Art History, Northern Virginia Community College, Arlington, Virginia
Group: July 2009, “Point of View”
Fisher Gallery at the Schlesinger Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Juror: Linda Hafer, Executive Director, The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia
Group: February 2009, “East Meets West”
Century 21 Gallery, Arlington Virginia
Juror: Wilford W. Scott, Head, Department of Adult Programs, Education Division, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Group: March-April 2008, Century 21 Gallery, Arlington, Virginia
Juror: Ross Merrill, Chief of the Conservation Division, National Gallery of Art
Group: December 2007- January 2008, “Irreplaceable Hue” Color School Show
Cassatt’s Gallery, Arlington, Virginia
Juror: Sam Gilliam, Color Field Artist
Commission: February 2022, Muse Old Town – “Beyond the Banks” Series – Commission of five oversized works for a luxury condominium community in Alexandria, VA – Carr Construction Company/Akseizer Design Group
Commission: April 2021, National Corn Growers Association – “A Good Year” – Commission of corn farm for national headquarters in Washington, DC
Press: April 2026, Article: Rare Earths, Mark Jenkins’ DisCerning Eye Substack, Rare Earths - by Mark Jenkins - DisCerning Eye
Press: March, 2025, Visit Frederick website: https://www.visitfrederick.org/event/reception-for-bryan-jernigan-and-his-%E2%80%9Cthe-sound-of-line%E2%80%9D/22919/
Press: March 2, 2025, Article in Daily Campello Art News Blog: https://dcartnews.blogspot.com/2025/03/bryan-jernigan-upcoming-solo-show-sound.html?m=1
Press: April 25, 2024, Falls Church News Press, “Dane Hamblin’s ‘Dahlia’ is Flora and Fauna Juror’s Choice”: https://www.fcnp.com/2024/04/25/community-news-notes-april-25-may-1-2024/
Press: April 2024, Article in Falls Church News Press, Falls Church, VA jurying Flora and Fauna at Falls Church Arts: https://issuu.com/fcnp/docs/4-18-2024
Press: March 2024, Studio 56 Podcast Interview – Abstraction: Story of a Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgfBLdEMhGE
Press: February 2024, East City Art – Capitol Hill Art League Call for Art – Layers – Bryan Jernigan, Juror: https://www.eastcityart.com/calls-for-entry/jernigan/
Press: August, 2020, Article in Old Town Crier, “Not Everyone Makes the Cut…These 10 Caught My Eye,” Lenny Campello: https://oldtowncrier.com/2020/08/01/not-everyone-makes-the-cutthese-10-caught-my-eye/
Press: May 19, 2019, Article in East City Art, “Gallery Clarendon and Arlington Artists Alliance Present Bryan Jernigan: Flora”: https://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/gallery-clarendon-and-arlington-artists-alliance-presents-bryan-jernigan-flora/
Press: May, 2017 – “Sugar Maple” featured in 1340art Magazine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Press: November, 2014, Elan Magazine, “Reflections of Life”: https://www.kensullinsphotography.com/users/KenSullins4979/Elan_Nov_2014.pdf
Press: August 14, 2014, From Fire Comes Art, Northern Virginia Magazine: https://northernvirginiamag.com/news/2014/08/14/from-fire-comes-art/
Press: October 2011, Two works featured (Summer’s Beauty/Twilight”) in Elan Magazine
“A Million Details,” by LeAnn Kalita
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
September 5-27, 2026 - "That Time of Year" - Landscape Pastels by Bryan Jernigan
Links Bridge Vineyards, Thurmont, MD
April 1-25, 2026 – “The Sound of Line, Selected Works”
Parkview Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland
April 5-27, 2025 – “The Sound of Line”
Links Bridge Vineyards, Thurmont, MD
May 2019 – “Flora”
Clarendon Gallery, Arlington, VA
Juror: Arlington Artists Alliance
July 2018 – “Peregrination” – The Abstracted Landscapes of Bryan Jernigan
Margaret W. and Joseph L Fisher Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Juror: Gallery Director Mary Welch Higgins
January - February 2017
“The Power of Now,” Arlington County Central Library, Arlington, Virginia
August – September 2016
“Photosynthetic Beguilements,” Sonoma Cellar Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
October - November 2015, “Circular Process – Landscapes and Abstracts by Bryan Jernigan” – National Juried Show
Augusta Health – Fishersville, Virginia
Juror: Augusta Health Art Committee, Fishersville, Virginia
ACTIVITIES:
Pastel Painting Workshop Instructor – Quebec City, Quebec, Canada - 2026
Pastel Painting Workshop Instructor – Artists Rising Retreat, Glastonbury, CT - 2026
Pastel Painting Workshop Instructor – Costa Brava, Spain – 2025
Juror, McLean Art Society, 2025
Juror, Falls Church Arts, Capitol Hill Art League, Springfield Art Guild, 2024
Juror, Falls Church Arts, 2023
Instructor, Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, New York, 2023 & 2025
Instructor, PaintSpace NOLA, New Orleans, 2023 - Present
Abstract Painting Workshop Instructor – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico – 2023
Juror, Vienna Arts Society, October 2021
Pastel Painting Workshop Instructor – Durfort, France - 2019
Studied with Award-Winning Pastelist Marla Baggetta
Leadership Arlington Panelist on Challenges and Opportunities for Arlington County Artists – 2018
Pastel Workshop Instructor – St. Mary’s City, MD; Arlington, VA; Falls Church, VA; Vienna, VA, McLean, VA – 2016-Present
Studied with Award-Winning Abstractionist Nancy Hillis
Studied with Award-Winning California Figurative Abstractionist Melinda Cootsona
Member, The Art League of Alexandria
Board Member, Arlington Artists Alliance, 2007-2014
Member, Arlington Artists Alliance
President, Arlington Artists Alliance, 2010-2013
Instructor, The Art League of Alexandria, 2014-Present
Instructor, Arlington Artists Academy, 2010-2014
Instructor, Arlington County Parks and Recreation, 2010