Brent Galen Adkins

@bremtgalem | brentgalenadkins@gmail.com | they/them

EDUCATION 

2016 | B.F.A., Studio Art – Photography. Rowan University. Glassboro, NJ.

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions: 

2016 | as large as life. Black Box Gallery. Rowan University. Glassboro, NJ.

2016 | 0:18. Black Box Gallery, Rowan University. Glassboro, NJ.

Group Exhibitions: 

2025 | Vil du udstilles?. Copenhagen Photo Festival. Copenhagen, DK.

2025 | ASG 15th Anniversary Exhibition. A Smith Gallery. Johnson City, TX.

2016 | Live/Work. Icebox Project Space. Philadelphia, PA.

2016 | Have it Your Way (with Soxx). Practice Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.

2015 | Getting it Together. Our House Gallery. Glassboro, NJ.

2015 | Spring Exhibition. SACI Gallery. Florence, IT.

2015 | All’interno e All’esterno. Altri Mostri. Florence, IT.

2014 | Raw. Noyes Museum of Art. Hammonton, NJ.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025 – Present | Studio Assistant for Gab Bonghi. Philadelphia, PA.

2025 – Present | Freelance Photographer. Various Clients. Philadelphia, PA.

2015 | Studio Assistant for Jenny Drumgoole. Philadelphia, PA.

2015 | Teacher’s Assistant, Digital Photography. Philadelphia, PA.

COMMUNITY

2013 – 2016 | The Rowan Arts Collective. Glassboro, NJ.

Co-founded and facilitated an arts club, organizing field trips, workshops, and annual juried art exhibits with a focus on fostering a welcoming community for artists and arts appreciators.

AWARDS

2015 | Seward Johnson Artist Development Travel Scholarship. Rowan University.

2012 | Four-Year Half-Tuition Art Scholarship. Rowan University.

MEDIA

2025 | Behlen, Michael. “Marks on the Land”. Analog Forever. Feb. 2025. Web.

2015 | Stankey, Sarah. “Bathing Suits and Sunburns”. Lenscratch. Aug. 2015. Web.

2014 | Ivy, Carrie. “, i’m bored”. NAILED Magazine. Aug. 2014. Web.

2013 – 2016 | Rowan University. The Gallery. May 2013/2014/2015/2016. Print.