Education
2022 Master of Arts, Art Education, University of Florida
2021 Certificate, Public Health, Cornell University
2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art & Design Education, Adelphi University
2017 Associate of Arts, Art Studies, Nassau Community College
New York State Certifications
2021 Citizen Public Health Leader, Department of Health
2019 Visual Arts Education P-12, Department of Education
Teaching & Arts Administration
Teaching Artist, ArtsAction Group
Art Educator, Adelphi University LPP/CSTEP
Art Teacher, Woodward Children’s Center
Board of Directors, Long Island Arts Council at Freeport
President, T E S T A
Solo Exhibitions
2026
BETWEEN THE ISLAND & THE WORLD, Freeport, New York, United States
2025
EPHEMERAL BALANCES, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Casoria, Napoli, Italia
THE WASH HOUSE, Smith Street Gardens, Freeport, New York, United States
WHERE THE SKY BEGINS, Kusa Studios, Oceanside, New York, United States
2024
BRIAN TESTA, The Refki Gollopeni Gallery, Prishtina, Kosova
2021
OIL SPILL DIPTYCH, College of the Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
“Live Painting”, Nautical Mile Festival, Freeport, New York, United States
“Booth 53", Art In The Park, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park & Beach, Oyster Bay, New York, United States
“Expo Cairo”, International Exhibition, El Mokattam City, Old Cairo, Egypt
“Contemporary Rituals”, International Art Exhibition, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Casoria, Napoli, Italia
“ListenUp!”, Spring Carnival, Live Performance Art, Stereo Garden, Patchogue New York, United States
“Blue Dream”, Healing through Art Exhibition, Art Village Gallery, Hatyai, Thailand
Recent Works”, High Tea & Art Auction, Sparkle on Stage Cultural Arts Center, Freeport, New York, United States
“Algorithim of Us”, International Art Exhibition, Hartna Zaman Cave, Petra, Jordan
2025
“Where the Ocean Meets the Sky”, The Beauties of the Planet International Exhibition, The Museum Kumanovo, Kumanovo, North Macedonia
“Radiant Horizons", The Intersection of Art & AI, The Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, California, United States
“Layers of the Shoreline”, Double Exposure Exhibition, Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, New York, United States
"Bees at Sunset Bay", Cross-Pollination Exhibition: A Two Gallery, Bi-County Celebration of Bees, Birds & all that Blooms, The Hive Market & Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York, United States
"Buzzing Horizon", Cross-Pollination Exhibition: A Two Gallery, Bi-County Celebration of Bees, Birds & all that Blooms, The Firefly Artists Gallery, Northport, New York, United States
“Where the Water Knows Me”, “Dragonflies Over Quiet Water”, Suburban Art League Exhibition, Harborfields Public Library, Greenlawn, New York, United States
“Where the Water Knows Me II”, The International Exhibition in Belgium, De Markthallen, Herk-de-Stad, Belgium
“Recent Works”, Open Air Art Show – Baldwin Community Garden, Baldwin, New York, United States
“Recent Works”, Pride on the Mile – Nautical Mile Auction, Freeport, New York, United States
“Freeport Creek”, “Cow Meadow Beach”, Hello Summer – International Art Exhibition, Kocaeli, Türkiye
“The Shores of Captree Island”, HayArt Center Gallery – International Exhibition, Yerevan, Armenia
“Small Works”, Nautical Mile Arts Festival 2025, Freeport, New York, United States
"Booth 8", Art In The Park, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park & Beach, Oyster Bay, New York, United States
“Stairway to Psychedelia”, “Cosmic Terrestrial”, “Ethereal Horizons”, “Cerulean Orb”, Earth’s Whispers Trails of Culture – International Art Exhibition & Competition, Sosnoweic Art Center, Sielecki Castle, Sosnoweic, Poland
“Peja”, Fairy Art Exhibition, Castle Gould, Sands Point Preserve, Sands Point, New York, United States
“Reflections After Dark”, Pastels Exhibition, The Hummingbird & Dragonfly Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
“The Inspiration of the Bees Exhibition”, Fellbach-Haus, Suharekë, Kosova
"Milburn Creek III”, “Noon Creek", Suburban Art League Exhibition, Plainview Old Bethpage Library, Plainview, New York, United States
"Freeport Trinity", Public Collection, Sparkle On Stage Cultural Arts Center, Freeport, New York, United States
"Pastel Impressions of Freeport", Public Collection, No Rush Cafe, Freeport, New York, United States
2024
"Cosmic Terrestrial", Milestones Exhibition, The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, New York, United States
"Brian Testa: Recent Works", South Shore Arts Festival, Freeport Recreation Center, Freeport, New York, United States
"Booth #18", Art In The Park, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park & Beach, Oyster Bay, New York, United States
"Një", International World Art Day Exhibition, Gallery X, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
"Imagining Place: Mapping New Worlds", Fellbach-Haus, Suharekë, Kosova
"Freeport", "Captree VII", "Dusk", Glass Drawers in Poland – International Art Biennale, Warszawa, Poland
"Intermixture", Black, White, or Grey, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, United States
2023
“Artist Commune”, International Art Colony, Rahovec, Kosova
“Festari 2023”, International Art Colony, Suharekë, Kosova
"Freedom Too...", Fellbach-Haus, Suharekë, Kosova
"Montauk", 10th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United States
"Booth #33", Art In The Park, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park & Beach, Oyster Bay, New York, United States
2022
"Field Two – Jones”, 66th Annual Members', Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, The Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York, United States
"Captree IV", 4th Annual Online Juried Exhibition, The Idaherma Museum of Art Foundation, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, United States
"Booth #49", Art In The Park, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park & Beach, Oyster Bay, New York, United States
“Coe Hall”, The Best of the Best, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, United States
“Twilight Diptych”, Honey, I Shrunk the Art, Darcy Gallery, The Firefly Artists, Northport, New York, United States
"Waterfall One”, 65th Annual Members', Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, The Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York, United States
“Number Seven”, 125th Anniversary Alumni, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, United States
“Massapequa”, “Untitled #1”, “Untitled #2”, Six By Six, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon, United States
“Inhale”, Emotions – 2021, Gallerium, Virtual Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019
“Becoming One”, B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, PAC Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, United States
2018
"Outside In-Inside Out", Preforming Arts Center, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, United States
"Nga Jasht Mbrenda-Nga Mbrenda Jasht", Fellbach-Haus, Suharekë, Kosova
2017
'Dwell: An Interactive Art Project", South Lawn, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, United States
"Dwell", COPE NYC Art Expo, Acumen Capital Partners, Flushing, New York, United States
2015
“Rust”, Go APE, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, The Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York, United States
2013
“Venus”, For the Love of Art, Adelphi University, Arts Center Gallery, Garden City, New York, United States
Collaborative Projects
2026
“Petroglyph Partnership”, Woodward Children’s Center, Freeport, New York, United States
2025
“Pride on the Mile”, Long Island Arts Council, Freeport, New York, United States
“Community Art Tent: Sahrawi Tea Ritual Dialogues on Nomadic Knowledges”, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island, Patchogue, New York, United States
2024
“M.L.K. Day Mural”, Town of Hempstead Town Hall, Hempstead, New York, United States
2023
“Universe Mural”, The Bronx High School For Medical Science, Bronx, New York, United States
2022
“School Tree Mural”, The Bronx High School For Medical Science, Bronx, New York, United States
2020
“Face-Mask Benefit”, Fund to Advance New York City, New York, New York, United States
“A Taste of Piedmont Program”, St. John's Prep School, Astoria, New York, United States
2019
“Drawing Machine Workshop”, Freeport High School, Freeport, New York, United States
“Garden Vines Beautification Project”, Jackson Annex, Hempstead, New York, United States
“Drawing Machine Workshop”, Wyandanch Memorial High School, Wyandanch, New York, United States
“Blue Crab Signage Beautification”, Wyandanch Memorial High School, Wyandanch, New York, United States
“Radical Manifesto Workshop”, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, United States
2018
“Drawing Machine Workshop”, Plainedge Middle School, Bethpage, New York, United States
Private Collections
2026
Lloyd Harbor, New York, United States
2025
Baldwin, New York, United States
Rockville Centre, New York, United States
Old Town, Virginia, United States
Saharawi Refugee Camps, Algeria
2024
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
2023
Freeport, New York, United States
2022
St. James, New York, United States
2021
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
2020
Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019
Ixelles, Belgium
2018
Washington, District of Columbia
2017
Sagaponack, New York, United States
2016
Massapequa, New York, United States
2015
Manhasset, New York, United States
2014
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States
Public Collections
2025
Hotel Rozafa, Suharekë, Kosovo
Sparkle on Stage Cultural Arts Center, Freeport, New York, United States
No Rush Cafe, Freeport, New York, United States
2023
Biblioteka e qytetit, Therandë, Kosova
Residencies & Commissions
2025
Capital Impressions: A Live Art Journey, Washington, District of Columbia
Jones Beach – Field Six, Old Town, Virginia, United States
2024
Pranvera 2024 – Lagjia e Artistëve, Prishtina, Kosova
2019
Jackson Annex Mural – ArtsAction Group & Garden Vines, Hempstead, New York, United States
2015
Winter Window Mural – Plainedge Public Library, Massapequa, New York, United States
Curations
2024
“Xhevdet Pantina”, Solo Exhibition & Catalogue, New York, New York, United States
2022
“Native Perspectives”, Virtual Exhibition, Art Steps Online
2020
“Autumn Aspirations”, Gallery 21-21, St. John’s Prep School, Astoria, New York, United States
“125th Anniversary”, Gallery 21-21, St. John’s Prep School, Astoria, New York, United States
Selected Publications & Interviews
2025
Fellbach Haus Interview, The Inspiration of the Bees Exhibition, Published March 14th
2024
The Long Island Museum Celebrates 85 Years with the 11th Annual LIMarts Members’ Exhibition, Published November 21st
Long Island Arts Council hosts inaugural South Shore Arts Festival at Freeport Recreation Center, Long Island Herald, Published October 11th
Live Interview, BRIAN TESTA - Solo Exhibition, Radio Television Kosovo (RTK), Broadcast March 2024
Interview, The Refki Gollopeni Gallery - BRIAN TESTA, Albanian Culture TV, Broadcast March 2024
2023
10th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Art Book, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery
Live Interview, Festari 2023, Radio Television Kosovo (RTK), Broadcast September 2023
2018
Outside In | Inside Out, Catalogue Book, ArtsActionGroup, Published April 25th
In Kosovo, Turning Civil War Memories Into Art, AU News, Published June 5th
2017
COPE NYC Art Expo, Wall Street International, Published November 28th
Grants & Scholarships
2021
UF Graduate Grant, University of Florida
2020
UF Graduate Grant, University of Florida
2017
Angela B. Kulewicz Art & Design Education Scholarship, Adelphi University
Eagle Scout Scholarship, Adelphi University
Transfer Talent Scholarship, Adelphi University
2016
Community College Partnership Award, Nassau Community College
Awards
2025
Founder’s Choice Award, The Intersection of Art & Artificial Intelligence, The Sasse Museum of Art
2019
Art and Design Education Merit Award, For Outstanding Creative Work in Community Arts, Adelphi University
Recognitions & Honors
2026
Exemplary Action in Service to Others, The New York State Assembly
2018
Certificate of Recognition, Balanced Mind Conference XXII, Molloy College
2017
Certificate of Recognition, For Your Outstanding Contribution to the 4th R-Reimagine Project, COPE NYC, NYCATA/UFT, Materials For The Arts
2014
Eagle Scout, In Recognition of Successful Completion of all Requirements for Scouting's Highest Rank, B.S.A. Troop 689
In Recognition of your "Court of Honor", On Earning the Rank of Eagle Scout, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Peter T. King
2013
Certificate of Excellence, In Recognition of Valuable Contributions to the Visual Arts, Plainedge High School
In Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Art, NAHS & NAEA
2012
Certificate of Recognition, Excellence in Studio Art, Plainedge High School
Editorial
Literature Reviewer: Penn State: Arts, Culture & Development Journal: Arts, Culture & Development (psu.edu)
Senior Editor: Medium Magazine: Brian Testa (https://briantesta.medium.com)