Alicia DeBrincat is an American

United States

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 artist

Artist

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 who lives and works in New York City

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. Her figurative oil painting

Oil painting

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 is known for its engagement with the human body

Human body

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 and its exploration of awkward and potentially destructive social dynamics

Social dynamics

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.

DeBrincat was born in San Francisco, California

California

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 and studied at the University of Oregon

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, Eugene

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, Oregon

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, where she received her B.A. in English

English language

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 and Spanish

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 Literature

Literature

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 in 2001. She began exhibiting her painting in 2005, and has participated in shows in galleries and artspaces throughout the country, including La Luz de Jesus

La Luz de Jesus

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 Gallery in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, Altered Esthetics

Altered Esthetics

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 Gallery in Minneapolis, Mast Cove Gallery in Kennebunkport, Maine

Maine

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, and Femina Potens Art Gallery

Femina Potens Art Gallery

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 in San Francisco.

In 2007, she received a grant from The George Sugarman Foundation

The George Sugarman Foundation

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 for her series entitled Culture Corset, which examines how individual identity and societal expectations play out on the terrain of the body. That same year, she was awarded an Honorarium

Honorarium

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 from the City of Berkeley, California

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. DeBrincat earned her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in 2009 from San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco Art Institute

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, San Francisco, CA. She is currently a Masters of Fine Arts candidate at Parsons The New School for Design

Parsons The New School for Design

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in New York City.