Join us for Philip Brou’s Faculty Spotlight Artist Talk on Monday, October 26, 2026.
Philip Brou is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in South Portland, Maine. Brou’s work focuses on questions of identity, selfhood and the human condition. His meticulously researched and executed projects form interconnected narratives with subjects ranging from his routine practice of jogging, to Mohamed Atta’s hotel stay on the night before he led the September 11th attacks, the role of Polyphemus in Homer’s Odyssey, the demolition of Steven Spielberg’s first childhood home, and Space Probe Voyager 1’s journey as the farthest human-made object from our planet.
Brou earned his MFA from The Ohio State University and his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been the recipient of awards including the Biennial Purchase Prize from the Portland Museum of Art, a Good Idea Grant from the Maine Arts Commission, Faculty Development Grants from Maine College of Art & Design, an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and a Presidential Fellowship from The Ohio State University. He has been selected to attend residencies at the Ellis Beauregard Foundation, Monson Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center. His work has been exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland; The Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg; The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland; The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, Portland; Ohio Urban Arts Space, Columbus; Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells; Able Bake Contemporary, Portland; 1708 Gallery, Richmond; Office Hours Gallery, Burlington; The University of New England Art Gallery, Portland; and Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York City. Reviews and acknowledgements in notable publications include Two Coats of Paint, Art New England, Maine Arts Journal, The Portland Press Herald, The Portland Phoenix and The Columbus Dispatch.
Philip Brou is a Professor of Painting, Foundation, and MFA, and Program Chair of Painting, at Maine College of Art & Design.