Brigham Dimick was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1962 and grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Since 2002, he has served on the faculty in the department of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE).

As a teenager, he studied at a privately run atelier, where he developed a portfolio that garnered a four-year scholarship at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. The diversity of those two educational experiences was instrumental in his development. The atelier focused on traditional techniques within a rigorous adherence to the painter’s secret geometry. In contrast, art school emphasized experimentation, theory, and the challenging of traditional conventions.  The diversity of these two educational philosophies has served as a catalyst for a life-long goal to synthesize inherited traditions and new methodologies.

Before going to Indiana University for an MFA in painting, Brigham spent four years hitchhiking across the country, living in northern California, traveling in Mexico, painting houses, and drawing.

He has received Individual Artist Fellowships from the states of Georgia and Pennsylvania and a professional development grant from Illinois, and also many generous grants through the Graduate School of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Some of his drawings are in the corporate collections of Morgan Stanley and Fische & Richardson, and in the university collections of Emporia State, and St. Ambrose University.

His work can be viewed on his website: brighamdimick.com

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