Brian Belott is an artist born and raised in East Orange, NJ and lives and works in Brooklyn. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts after a short stint at Cooper Union. He’s represented by Gavin Brown Enterprise and has had solo shows at Moran Bondaroff, 247365, Retrospective in Hudson, The Journal Gallery, Zurcher Studio, CANADA and many others. He’s had group shows at MoCAD in Detroit, Gavin Brown, The Jewish Museum, Dodge Gallery, Musée d’Art Moderne in Saint-Etienne, France, The Hole, Loyal gallery and many more. He’s done performances, worked with children via art making workshops, collects records, drawings and other objects and has had his hand in a lot more projects and events. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and he has been written about in Art in America, Art News, ArtReview, the New York Times amongst many others. Brian stopped by Brian’s Lefferts Gardens studio for a nice talk about his days growing up in New Jersey, his big band affinity as a kid, catholic school, faux baroque, unauthorized murals, jazz and more.