About
Ali Brief graduated from SUNY at New Paltz with a concentration in sculpture, metalsmithing, and photography. She is self-taught in painting and stained glass. Ali also draws, does welded work, fused glass, found object pieces, multimedia, illustrations, graphics, and watercolor doodles, as well as resin and glass pieces. She has worked as a tattoo artist as well as a professional silk screen printer creating limited editions of fine art paintings.
Ali began showing her work at The Morris Museum in 1991 and has continued to be in individual and group shows, events, juried craft fairs and fundraisers. She has shown her work in the ACL Gallery for the Arts Council of Livingston from 2007 to 2023. Her art has also been shown in SoHo, the East Village, Hoboken, Jersey City, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, upstate NY, North Dakota, and many other places. In 2020, she participated in The Brooklyn Art Library’s 17th volume of The Sketchbook Project, the largest collection of sketchbooks in the world. Her sketchbook is currently in The Taube Museum of Art in North Dakota, as well as in the project’s digital library. In March of 2024, Ali will be showing her work in her 95th event as well as doing private parties and workshops to teach children and adults to make their own cards and art using repurposed supplies.
In 2007, Ali Brief Fine Art & Photography LLC was formed, in 2022 she created the dba, Ali Brief Creations to sell her original and functional art products, including a line of greeting cards, stained glass pieces, a line of lamps made of antique toasters with stained glass and pink Himalayan salt and metal lamp sculptures reaching 6 feet high. She has also created multi-purpose food-grade safe resin and glass pieces that can be used in 5 or more different ways in the home. Besides her art business, Ali is also a Move Manager and Professional Organizer for her own company, Ali Brief Organizing LLC. Ali’s goals are to continue to explore new mediums and new ways to express and share her creativity.
SOLO SHOWS
1998, Throughout Time, Creations Coffee House, New Paltz, NY, USA
2005, Solo untitled show, Van Gogh’s Ear Café, Union, NJ, USA
2006, Solo untitled show, Van Gogh’s Ear Café, Union, NJ, USA
2008, Solo untitled show, Circle Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2008, Solo untitled show, Cosi, Jersey City, NJ, USA
GROUP SHOWS
1991, Fresh Perspectives, The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, USA
1991, High School Juried, ACC Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, USA
2003, Young Designers Showcase Holiday Dreams, New York, NY, USA
2007, Millburn Juried Art Fair, Millburn, NJ, USA
2007, G.A.L.A. Festival, Elks Lodge, Paramus, NJ, USA
2007, Wine-Arty, 4th & Jackson, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2008, (3 shows) The Antagonist Movement Art Slam, Niagara, New York, NY, USA -- January, April, and June
2008, The Hudson County Art Slam, JC Fridays, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2008, Millburn Juried Art Fair, Millburn, NJ, USA
2008, 3 shows-Arts Council of Livingston Exhibit, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ USA
2008, Art at the Oval, Arts Council Of Livingston, Livingston, NJ, USA
2008, Hoboken Artists Studio Tour, Monroe Center for the Arts, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2008, Beel Productions, The Loft, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2009, ACL Sock Hop, Livingston Library, Livingston, NJ, USA
2009, Wine in the Woods, New Jersey, USA
2009, I Love My Life, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2009, Millburn Juried Art Fair, Millburn, NJ, USA
2009, (4 shows) Arts Council Exhibition, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2009, Art at the Oval, Arts Council Of Livingston, Livingston, NJ, USA
2009, Art for Heart, Summit Medical Center, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA
2010, (4 shows) Arts Council Exhibition, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2011 (4 shows) Arts Council Exhibition, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2012 (4 shows) Arts Council Exhibition, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2012, Art at the Oval, Arts Council Of Livingston, Livingston, NJ, USA
2012, ACL Gala, Cedar Hill Country Club, Livingston, NJ USA
2013. ACL Gallery Exhibit, Livingston Community Center, Livingston, NJ, USA
2013 (4 shows) Arts Council Exhibition, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2013, Art at the Oval, Arts Council Of Livingston, Livingston, NJ, USA
2014, The Why is Silent, JC City Hall, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2014, Art at the Oval, Arts Council Of Livingston, Livingston, NJ, USA
2014, State of the Art, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2014, Black & White, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2014, Colours, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2014, Holiday Show, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2015, Viewpoints, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2015, Emergence, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2015, 50 Shades of Summer, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2015, Fall Transitions, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2015, Holiday Show, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2016, Stark, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2016, Altered, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2016, Fired Up, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2016, So Cool, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2016, Celebrating Art, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2017, ACL Gala, Cedar Hill Country Club, Livingston, NJ USA
2017, Renewal, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2017, Harmony, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2017, My America, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2017, Fabulous Fakes, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2017, Celebration Holiday Show, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2018, Mardi Gras, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2018, Look What I Found, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2018, Colors, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2018, Art and Leisure, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2021, Beauty Is, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2021, New Perspectives, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2021, Fall For Art, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2022, It's All Natural, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2022, Where In The World, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ USA
2022, Flights of Fancy, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2022, Americana, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2022, Tell Me A Story, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2022, It's Personal, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2022, Livingston Community Center, Livingston, NJ, USA
2023, Faces of Diversity, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2023, Vertically Horizontal, ACL Gallery, Livingston, NJ, USA
2023, The Seat of Creativity, ACL Exhibition, Livingston, NJ, USA
2024: Maker's Day, Livingston Library, Livingston, NJ, USA
2024: Community Connections, Heidi Gallery at JSDD, Livingston, NJ, USA