Born in Johnson City, TN---- 1976

EMAIL- tolliferano@gmail.com

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2006 MFA Cranbrook Academy

2004 BFA East Tennessee State University

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Solo Exhibitions

2009

The Search for the Sky Underneath the Dirt, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.

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Selected Exhibitions

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2009

Splinter of the Mind's Eye, curated by Joseph Wolin, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

2008

Always Kiss Me Goodnight, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.

Summer Solo Projects, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.

Alma Mater, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.

Architecture on the Cusp of Contemporary Landscape, William King Museum, Abingdon,VA

2007

Summer Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reality Bites, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Runway, Yachtclub Gallery, Detroit, MI

2006

Can I Borrow Your Spaceship?, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy

2005

Tiny Billboards, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy

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Awards

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2008 Altoids Emerging Artist Award, Nominee, New Museum, New York, NY

2004 Pamela Appelbaum Scholarship

Painting Assistant to Beverly Fishman

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Collections

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Daimler Chrysler

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Bibliography

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Gorton, Brianna and Jenia, "Britton Tolliver at Kinkead Contemporary", Artslant.com, 2008

2008 ALTOIDS EMERGING ART IN AMERICA, New Museum(catalogue).

Gordon, Ann, Studio Sensation: Canvases and Crevices, Real Detroit Weekly, 2007.

Dault, Gary Micheal, The Globe and Mail, March 17, 2007.

Detroit Arts Blogspot, November, Can I Borrow Your Spaceship?

New American Paintings, Volume 65, August 2006, Juror--Carl Belz