Brian Belott

{{Short description|Biography of artist Brian Belott}}

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Brian Belott (born 1973 in East Orange, New Jersey) is an artist, performer and found object art collector based in New York City.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Roberta |title=Brian Belott: 'Draw Gym' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/arts/design/brian-belott-draw-gym.html |website=The New York Times |date=26 September 2013}}

Belott received his BFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York in 1995 after 1 year attending Cooper Union (thrown out).{{cite web |last1=Jurek |first1=Irena |title=An Interview with Brian Belott: Frustrating Expectations |url=http://artfcity.com/2017/06/27/an-interview-with-brian-belott-frustrating-expectations/ |website=Art F City |date=27 June 2017}}

Brian Belott's work has been exhibited at Canada Gallery,{{cite web |url=http://www.canadanewyork.com/artist/brian_belott/ |title=CANADA : Brian Belott : Artist Page |accessdate=2009-01-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127053651/http://www.canadanewyork.com/artist/brian_belott/ |archivedate=2009-01-27 }} the Zürcher Studio,{{cite journal|last=Goodman|first=Jonathan |title=Brian Belott: A Goosh Noosh|journal=The Brooklyn Rail|date=November 2012|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2012/11/artseen/brian-belott-the-joy-of-file}} the Museum of Modern Art{{cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A33386&page_number=1&template_id=6&sort_order=1|title=MoMA|work=MoMA.org}} in New York, Performa 17, and Galerie Zürcher in Paris, France in 2009.

Brian Belott's first book, Wipe That Clock Off Your Face (2007, PictureBox) includes a selection of his practices, including comic drawings, painting, collage, collage books, and a DVD with found sound and photography.

In November 2018, Gavin Brown's Enterprise opened a solo exhibition featuring Brian Belott's never-before-exhibited frozen art works. The works, some of which included toothpaste, dog food and Play-doh, were exhibited throughout the gallery using industrial freezers."http://www.artcritical.com/2019/01/09/wallace-whitney-on-brian-belott/" Retrieved February 23, 2019.

One of 75 artists selected, Belott will participate in the 2019 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta.{{cite web|url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2019-Biennial|title=Whitney Biennial 2019|website=whitney.org|language=en}}