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
Solo Exhibitions
2025
OCTOBER 2025, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Casoria, Napoli, Italia
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
Group Exhibitions
2025
"Bees at Sunset Bay", The Hive Market & Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
"Buzzing Horizon", The Firefly Artists Gallery, Northport, NY
“Where the Water Knows Me” / “Dragonflies Over Quiet Water”, Harborfields Public Library, Greenlawn, NY
“Where the Water Knows Me II”, De Markthallen, Herk-de-Stad, Belgium
“Recent Works”, Open Air Art Show – Baldwin Community Garden, Baldwin, NY
“Recent Works”, Pride on the Mile – Nautical Mile Auction, Freeport, NY
“Freeport Creek” / “Cow Meadow Beach”, Hello Summer – Kocaeli, Türkiye
“The Shores of Captree Island”, HayArt Center Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
“Small Works”, Nautical Mile Arts Festival, Freeport, NY
"Booth 8", Art In The Park, Oyster Bay, NY
“Stairway to Psychedelia” / “Cosmic Terrestrial” / “Ethereal Horizons” / “Cerulean Orb”, Sosnoweic Art Center, Sielecki Castle, Poland
“Peja”, Fairy Art Exhibition, Castle Gould, Sands Point Preserve, NY
“Reflections After Dark”, The Hummingbird & Dragonfly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Inspiration of the Bees Exhibition”, Fellbach-Haus, Suharekë, Kosova
"Milburn Creek III” / “Noon Creek", Plainview Old Bethpage Library, NY
"Freeport Trinity", Sparkle On Stage Cultural Arts Center, Freeport, NY
"Pastel Impressions of Freeport", No Rush Cafe, Freeport, NY
2024
"Cosmic Terrestrial", Milestones Exhibition, The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
"Brian Testa: Recent Works", South Shore Arts Festival, Freeport, NY
"Booth #18", Art In The Park, Oyster Bay, NY
"Një", 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 – Warszawa, Poland
"Intermixture", Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2023
“Artist Commune”, International Art Colony, Rahovec, Kosova
“Festari 2023”, International Art Colony, Suharekë, Kosova
"Freedom Too...", Fellbach-Haus, Suharekë, Kosova
"Montauk", Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
"Booth #33", Art In The Park, Oyster Bay, NY
2022
"Field Two – Jones”, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
"Captree IV", Idaherma Museum of Art, Princeton, NJ
"Booth #49", Art In The Park, Oyster Bay, NY
“Coe Hall”, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Twilight Diptych”, Darcy Gallery, Northport, NY
"Waterfall One”, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
“Number Seven”, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
“Massapequa” / “Untitled #1” / “Untitled #2”, Grants Pass Museum of Art, OR
“Inhale”, Gallerium Virtual Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2019
“Becoming One”, PAC Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2018
"Outside In–Inside Out", Preforming Arts Center, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
"Nga Jasht Mbrenda–Nga Mbrenda Jasht", Fellbach-Haus, Suharekë, Kosova
2017
"Dwell: An Interactive Art Project", South Lawn, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
"Dwell", COPE NYC Art Expo, Flushing, NY
2015
“Rust”, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
2013
“Venus”, Arts Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Collaborative Projects
2025
“Pride on the Mile”, Long Island Arts Council, Freeport, NY
“Community Art Tent: Sahrawi Tea Ritual Dialogues on Nomadic Knowledges”, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island, Patchogue, NY
2024
“M.L.K. Day Mural”, Town Hall, Hempstead, NY
2023
“Universe Mural”, Bronx High School for Medical Science, Bronx, NY
2022
“School Tree Mural”, Bronx High School for Medical Science, Bronx, NY
2020
“Face-Mask Benefit”, Fund to Advance NYC, New York, NY
“A Taste of Piedmont Program”, St. John's Prep School, Astoria, NY
2019
“Drawing Machine Workshop”, Freeport High School, Freeport, NY
“Garden Vines Beautification Project”, Jackson Annex, Hempstead, NY
“Drawing Machine Workshop”, Wyandanch Memorial High School, Wyandanch, NY
“Blue Crab Signage Beautification”, Wyandanch Memorial High School, Wyandanch, NY
“Radical Manifesto Workshop”, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2018
“Drawing Machine Workshop”, Plainedge Middle School, Bethpage, NY
Private Collections
2025: Rockville Centre, NY; Old Town, VA; Saharawi Refugee Camps, Algeria
2024: State College, PA
2023: Freeport, NY
2022: St. James, NY
2021: Alexandria, VA
2020: Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019: Ixelles, Belgium
2018: Washington, DC
2017: Sagaponack, NY
2016: Massapequa, NY
2015: Manhasset, NY
2014: Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Public Collections
2025: Hotel Rozafa, Suharekë, Kosovo; Sparkle on Stage Cultural Arts Center, Freeport, NY; No Rush Cafe, Freeport, NY
2023: Biblioteka e Qytetit, Therandë, Kosova
Residencies & Commissions
2025: Jones Beach – Field Six, Old Town, VA
2024: Pranvera 2024 – Lagjia e Artistëve, Prishtina, Kosova
2019: Jackson Annex Mural, Hempstead, NY
2015: Winter Window Mural, Plainedge Public Library, Massapequa, NY
Curations
2024: “Xhevdet Pantina”, Solo Exhibition & Catalogue, NY
2022: “Native Perspectives”, Virtual Exhibition, Art Steps Online
2020: “Autumn Aspirations” & “125th Anniversary”, Gallery 21-21, St. John’s Prep School, Astoria, NY
Selected Publications & Interviews
2025: Fellbach Haus Interview, Published March 14
2024: Long Island Museum & LIMarts Members’ Exhibition, Published Nov 21
Long Island Herald – South Shore Arts Festival, Published Oct 11
RTK Interview – BRIAN TESTA, March 2024
Albanian Culture TV Interview – March 2024
2023: Verum Ultimum Art Book
RTK Interview – Festari 2023
2018: ArtsActionGroup Catalogue, April 25
AU News – Civil War Memories, June 5
2017: Wall Street International, Nov 28
Grants & Scholarships
2021 & 2020: UF Graduate Grant, University of Florida
2017: Angela B. Kulewicz Scholarship, Eagle Scout Scholarship, Transfer Talent Scholarship, Adelphi University
2016: Community College Partnership Award, Nassau CC
Awards
2019: Art & Design Education Merit Award, Adelphi University
Recognitions & Honors
2018: Balanced Mind Conference XXII, Molloy College
2017: COPE NYC & NYCATA/UFT, Materials For The Arts
2014: Eagle Scout, NASA, Congressional Recognition (Peter T. King)
2013: NAHS & NAEA Art Awards
2012: Studio Art Recognition, Plainedge High School
Editorial
Literature Reviewer, Penn State: Arts, Culture & Development Journal
Senior Editor, Medium Magazine: Brian Testa
https://briantesta.medium.com