About

Brian Buono aka Scout (b. 1971 New York)

I paint. And print. In Columbia County - Upstate, NY. When it's warm, I do it in my barn. When it's cold, I do it in my basement.

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Grants/Awards

  • Artist's Resource Trust Fund (a fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation) Artist Grant recipient - 2018.
  • Martha Boschen Porter Fund (a fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation) Artist Grant recipient - 2018.

Selected Solo Shows

2019

  • A More Perfect Union - Thompson Giroux Gallery Chatham, NY

2017

  • Ain’t Got Time To Die – Depot Square Gallery Chatham, NY

2016

  • Give ‘Em Hell – TSL Hudson, NY

Selected 2-person Shows

2005

  • Stain/Scout (with Chris Stain) – Richard Sena Gallery Hudson, NY

2003

  • Death Penalty Project (with Chris Stain) – The Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery Skidmore College Saratoga, NY

2002

  • Stain/Scout (with Chris Stain) – Space 36 Chatham, NY
  • Beat Street (with Chris Stain)– Miss Mary’s Art Space Albany, NY
  • Root Hog Or Die (with Chris Stain) – Changing Spaces Albany, NY

Selected Group Shows

2023

  • A Fine Line: Graffiti & The Power Of Dissent - Ethan Cohen Gallery at The Kube Art Center Beacon, NY

2022

  • Part Of The Story - Thompson Giroux Gallery Chatham, NY

2021

  • Daze Gone By (With Emma Heartquist & Ryan McPhail) - Thompson Giroux Gallery Chatham, NY

2020

  • Jewel The Wound - Hudson Milliner Art Salon Hudson, NY

2019

  • The Kodak Kidd Memorial Show - Tattooed Mom Philadelphia, PA
  • RPE Benefit Group Show - Art Trax Gallery Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2018

  • Celebrate People's History - The Richard F. Brush Gallery St. Lawrence University Canton, NY
  • The Great Divide - OVADA Gallery Oxford, England
  • En Masse - Thompson Giroux Gallery Chatham, NY
  • Sticky Biz - Art Primo SF San Francisco, CA
  • Restless II - Galerie F Chicago, IL
  • Celebrate People's History - University of Michigan Stamps Gallery Ann Arbor, MI

2017

  • Nasty Women – Instar Lodge Germantown, NY

2016

  • Social Justice – Galerie F Chicago, IL
  • Borders; Imaginary Lines – Galerie Protégé NY, NY
  • En Masse – Thomson Giroux Gallery Chatham, NY
  • Our School – Superchief Gallery Brooklyn, NY
  • Crossroads – National Commerce Bank & Trust Albany, NY
  • Artists For Syria – NY, NY

2015

  • CCCA Juried Show – Hudson Opera House Hudson, NY
  • En Masse – Thompson Giroux Gallery Chatham, NY

2010

  • Stoked – OMI International Arts Center Ghent, NY
  • Epic – Marketplace Gallery Albany, NY
  • Group Show – Thompson Giroux Gallery West Stockbridge, MA

2006

  • Winter In America – Private Residence Albany, NY

2004

  • The Interventionists – Mass MOCA North Adams, MA

2003

  • Bomb Pop – CPOP Gallery Detroit, MI
  • Fence – Arts center of the Capital Region troy, NY
  • Backjumps – Bethien Mariannenplatz Berlin Germany
  • Just Seeds – Space 1026 Philadelphia, PA/333 Ann Arbor, MI/Boxcar Chicago, IL
  • Archive – Crucible Steel Gallery San Francisco, CA
  • Mean Time – RPI Chapel and Cultural Center Troy, NY
  • Burn Crew – Lost & Found Gallery Melbourne Australia
  • Disposable – El Dogg Gallery Houston TX
  • Shout – TSL Hudson, NY

2002

  • The Paper Show – Empty Set Gallery Pittsfield, MA

Selected Publications

  • Moniker: Identity Lost and Found (exhibit catalog) Massillon Museum Massillon, OH
  • Chronogram - cover December 2017
  • Graffiti World – Abrams – USA
  • The Art Of Rebellion – C100 – Germany
  • Art de Rue – Artifacts – France
  • Stencil Pirates – Soft Skull Press - USA
  • Long Story Short (Chris Stain) - Drago - Italy
  • Amoral Mortal (Lamps) - City Slicker Press - USA

Private Collections

  • Ellsworth Kelly
  • Jack Shainman
  • Francis Greenburger (ART OMI)
  • Thompson Giroux Gallery

Television/Movies

  • Supernatural - 2 paintings in television show, Episode 1401
  • When We Grow Up - 2 paintings in film