Brian Alfred is an artist, podcaster, educator and curator based out of Brooklyn who has shown his work internationally for the past twenty five years. He is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award, the NYFA Inspiration Award, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. He is an alumnus of Yale, Skowhegan, and Penn State. His work is in the collections of institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum and others. He is represented by Miles McEnery Gallery, Maho Kubota Gallery, Studio La Citta.

Brian is an Associate Professor of Art and head of Drawing & Painting at PENN STATE University. He lives and works in Brooklyn.