Scout/Pines is a painter who uses the street as his canvas.
The Chatham, New York-based artist leaves his stencil-art paintings on abandoned buildings in distressed communities, where they are found by passers-by. He uses spray paint and house paint on reclaimed materials like plywood and old metal to depict real-life people on the periphery: the have-nots and marginalized. He often portrays historical figures — heavyweight boxer Joe Louis, Native American leader Sitting Bull, a young Johnny Cash — taking care to place the paintings in neighborhoods where the art has meaning to people living there.
Scout/Pines, née Brian Buono, is a self-taught DIY artist. He learned the craft of stenciling from friend and co-conspirer Chris Stain (a New York City mural artist) while both worked together in the screen-printing department at Equal Vision Records, an upstate New York independent music label. Before dedicating himself to art, Buono was a punk drummer, playing first in the late ‘80s skate-punk band Glee Club and then in the ’90s indie rock band Beef. His artistic influences include Chris Stain, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Ellsworth Kelly, who lived and worked in nearby Spencertown, New York.
Check out Scout/Pines on Instagram (@scoutpines) for his latest work.
Spray paint, house paint, stain, 1-shot sign paint, marker, pencil & letter stamping on salvaged wood with reclaimed plaster-lath frame.
20″ X 19″
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SCOUT/PINES PRESS:
Made in Ghent: Ten Questions for Scout/Pines
Harlem Bespoke: Remember: A Harlem Icon on 136th Street
Brooklyn Street Art: Images of the Week
SELECTED SHOWS:
2002
ROOT HOG OR DIE
Changing Spaces
Albany, NY
BEAT STREET
Miss Mary’s Art Space
Albany, NY
STAIN/SCOUT
Space 36
Chatham, NY
THE PAPER SHOW
Empty Set Gallery
Pittsfield, MA
2003
BOMB POP
CPOP Gallery
Detroit, MI
FENCE
Arts Center of the Capital Region
Troy, NY
BACKJUMPS-THE LIVE ISSUE
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 and Found
Melbourne, Australia
DEATH PENALTY PROJECT
Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery
Skidmore College
Saratoga, NY
DISPOSABLE
El Dogg Gallery
Houston, TX
I NY
New Museum of Contemporary Art
NY, NY
SHOUT
TSL Time and Space Limited
Hudson, NY
2004
THE INTERVENTIONISTS
MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA
PUBLIC WORKS
TSL Time and Space Limited
Hudson, NY
2005
STAIN/SCOUT
Richard Sena Gallery
Hudson, NY
2006
WINTER IN AMERICA
Private Residence
Albany, NY
2010
STOKED
Omi International Arts Center
Ghent, NY
EPIC
The Marketplace Gallery
Albany, NY
GROUP SHOW
Thompson Giroux Gallery
West Stockbridge, MA
2015
OUR SCHOOL
Superchief Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
MONIKER ART
Private Residence
Roscoe, IL
2016
BORDERS; INVISIBLE LINES
Galerie Protege
NY, NY
Upcoming
GIVE ‘EM HELL
TSL Time and Space Limited
Hudson, NY
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Galerie F
Chicago, IL
BOOKS
STENCIL PIRATES
Soft Skull Press
USA
GRAFFITI WORLD
Abrams
USA
THE ART OF REBELLION
C100
GERMANY
I NY
USA
ART DE RUE
Artifacts
FRANCE
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