Lex Braes

Lex Braes, born in Glasgow, Scotland. Studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee University, Scotland (1974-1979) graduated MFA. Brooklyn Museum Art School (1979-1980), University of California San Diego (1983-1984) advisor Allan Kaprow MFA program. Since 2003 taught Representation from Perception, introduced free-hand drawing for architecture class: perspective, volumetric and tonal rendering. Working with primitive materials; charcoal, pigment dispersions, establish intimacy, respect for craft. Drawing as a primary tool of discovery of ideas, understanding visual intelligence.  Design 400 shared teaching with Prof Dan Bucsescu.  Interior Design Architectural Drawing, INT Elective, PI mapping routine body movement informing personal interior architectural space. Braes’ collaboration with dance and theatre informs pedagogy across creative boundaries.
Braes’s teaching practice works to support SoA Core Design.
Weather permitting, students work in situ; distinguish eye level, vanishing points, parallel planes, direct/reflected light and shade, critical thinking gained in analytical observation. Practice with the pocket sketch-book is encouraged, mark-making calibrated with intellectual rigor is the goal.
Braes taught painting at The New York Studio School prior to joining Pratt. Guest critic/lecturer:Brooklyn College, Cooper Union, Purdue Indiana University, Dundee University.
Awards: Glasgow Educational Trust research: Degas drawings, Fogg Mus Harvard Leibniz Bibliotech Hanover Albers Foundation CT
Residencies: Villa Waldberta, Yaddo, Triangle Workshop, Marble House Projects, Villa Concordia, Hospitalfield House. Exhibitions include: Hammond Mus 2019 curated by Lisa Banner, NYU the Institute. Reviews: Art in America NY Times Art News Partisan Review : Donald Kuspit Karen Wilkin Kit White, Natasha Prevost, Mark Staff-Brandl, Janet Koplos
For full bio/exhibitions/collaborations: www.lexbraes.com

M.F.A., University of California; Brooklyn Museum Art School; DOJCAD Dundee University