BRYAN IDA
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BRYAN IDA: Artist Statement
I was drawn to music at an early age. Being musically inclined, I began playing French Horn as a child. I played in both the El Camino youth symphony and school orchestras. Focusing upon my musical expression, I was continually seeking progressive techniques which lead to my interest in electronic music while in high school. In my university studies at San Jose State and Sonoma State University, I went on to study electronic music composition.
In 1988 I then went to work for Sam Francis, the noted abstract expressionist painter. A long standing and close friendship between myself and Sam’s children had been established early on in childhood. This trusted relationship with Sam’s family and close circle of friends would prove to be instrumental in the pivotal change of direction in my future. Sam Francis invited me to work as his studio assistant in Palo Alto where he was painting a large commission, 20 ft by 40 ft mural, for the new united government building in Bonn, Germany. I would have the honor and unique experience of working side by side with this extraordinary artist on a daily basis. Sam would prove to be an important influence in my segue into painting, an incomparable mentor and a cherished friend to me over the years to come.
I felt privileged to be in the studio while Sam worked. I vividly recall helping him with buckets of paint and painting tools, taking photographs and archiving this period in time. It was truly an expansive experience working for Sam. Sam moved me down to Los Angeles into his big studio in Venice where I had free access to paint, paper and canvas. I started painting and writing less and less music. I picked up technical aspects of painting, and Sam’s sense of freedom and release while he painted and I was captivated by his love of pure pigment and his vibrant palette.
One thing I realized while working for Sam was that with music and painting the experience might be in a different sense but the expression is the same. I turned fully to painting over 20 years ago and I felt then as I feel now that finally I found my place in the world. I am a painter and I love the daily challenge of working through problems of composition and palette and finding deeper meaning in the interaction of color and form as well as the constant flow of problems and challenges met with some form of resolution be it right or wrong.
I was drawn to music at an early age. Being musically inclined, I began playing French Horn as a child. I played in both the El Camino youth symphony and school orchestras. Focusing upon my musical expression, I was continually seeking progressive techniques which lead to my interest in electronic music while in high school. In my university studies at San Jose State and Sonoma State University, I went on to study electronic music composition.
In 1988 I then went to work for Sam Francis, the noted abstract expressionist painter. A long standing and close friendship between myself and Sam’s children had been established early on in childhood. This trusted relationship with Sam’s family and close circle of friends would prove to be instrumental in the pivotal change of direction in my future. Sam Francis invited me to work as his studio assistant in Palo Alto where he was painting a large commission, 20 ft by 40 ft mural, for the new united government building in Bonn, Germany. I would have the honor and unique experience of working side by side with this extraordinary artist on a daily basis. Sam would prove to be an important influence in my segue into painting, an incomparable mentor and a cherished friend to me over the years to come.
I felt privileged to be in the studio while Sam worked. I vividly recall helping him with buckets of paint and painting tools, taking photographs and archiving this period in time. It was truly an expansive experience working for Sam. Sam moved me down to Los Angeles into his big studio in Venice where I had free access to paint, paper and canvas. I started painting and writing less and less music. I picked up technical aspects of painting, and Sam’s sense of freedom and release while he painted and I was captivated by his love of pure pigment and his vibrant palette.
One thing I realized while working for Sam was that with music and painting the experience might be in a different sense but the expression is the same. I turned fully to painting over 20 years ago and I felt then as I feel now that finally I found my place in the world. I am a painter and I love the daily challenge of working through problems of composition and palette and finding deeper meaning in the interaction of color and form as well as the constant flow of problems and challenges met with some form of resolution be it right or wrong.
RESUME
EDUCATION
1984-86 Sonoma State University, Electronic Music composition
1986-89 San Jose State University, Electronic Music Composition
Studio assistant – Sam Francis
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University. Activities Program Board-Solo Online programming featuring “con.Text”
2021 Helms Building, Culver City Arts Foundation “Projecting Possibilities” Solo show
2021 Ronald H Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles Solo Show “con.Text”
2020 Japanese American Museum San Jose Solo show “con.Text” ink portraits
2020 West Valley College, Saratoga, CA. Dept. of Student Services, Diversity, and Inclusion Solo show “con.Text” ink portraits
2017 LA Artcore, Little Tokyo LA-2 Person Show “Beauty Awash in a Sea of Bad News”
2017 George Billis, LA-Solo Show “ Echo and Line”
2016 Bluerider Art, Taipei, Taiwan-Solo Show “City Symphony”
2015 Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco “Littoral”-Solo Show
2014 Remnants, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA
2013 Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Socal, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Bandini Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Hang, San Francisco, CA
2004 Los Angeles Art Association, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Hang, Palo Alto, CA
2001 Paper Chase, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Theosophical University Library, Pasadena, CA
1997 The Hatch (November), Los Angeles, CA
1997 The Hatch (January), Los Angeles, CA
1996 The Hatch, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Nomad” Torrance Art Museum
2021 “Cityscape Show XI” George Billis Gallery
2020 “Artist and Poems” Online show Durden and Ray, LA
2020 “Cityscape show X: Concrete and Earth” George Billis Gallery, LA
2020 “OCCCA@40” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
2020 “We Are Here / Here We Are” Durden and Ray, LA
2020 “6” Bluerider Art, Taipei Taiwan
2019 “California Dreaming” Steps Gallery, Yokohama Japan
2019 “Daily Sentiments” Bluerider Art, Taipei Taiwan
2019 “Late Summer” Themes and Projects, San Francisco CA
2019 “Ink and Clay 44” Jurors Choice Award and Jurors Choice Honorable Mention Kellogg Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
2019 “Okeanos” Hote Gallery, Alhambra
2019 “Littoral” Beyond Baroque, Venice CA
2019 “Artropocene:iBiennale MMXIX” iBiennale, Honolulu, HI
2019 “Santa Monica: Now & Then” BG Gallery, Santa Monica
2018 “Wild Blue Yonder” United Terminal, LAX
2018 “Selected Abstracts” George Billis, LA
2018 “Under Construction” Finishing Concepts, Monterey Park
2018 “Spell Check” PØST Gallery, DTLA
2018 “Cityscape Show” George Billis Gallery , LA
2017 “Gimme 5” Muzeumm, Los Angeles
2017 “Gangbusters” Mike Kelley Gallery, Venice CA
2017 “Blue” POST Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 Group Show, Bluerider Art, Art Central Hong Kong
2017 Group Show, Shomberg Gallery
2017 “Mark-Making” Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA
2017 “f.u.topiia” BLAM, Los Angeles
2017 Group Show Art Palm Springs
2016 “Billboard Show” The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles
2016 “MAS Attack 13” Torrance Art Museum
2016 Group Show Carlos Blanco Studio LaBo Por Venezuela , Bogota De Colombia
2016 Group Show La Estacion Arte Contemporaneous, Chihuahua, Mexico
2016 “Cedarfest” Lancaster Museum of Art and History: Cedar
2016 “Homing Pigeon” Forum Kortteli,Turku & Naantali Spa Gallery , Naantali, Finland
2016 “UFOlogy” Outpost Projects
2016 Group Show Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
2016 “MAS Attack 11″ Fabric Art Fair
2015 ”The Landscape Show V” George Billis, LA
2015 Group Show George Billis, New York
2015 “Kachofugetsu:: Flowerbirdwindmoon” Arena 1 Gallery , Santa Monica
2015 “California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California” Riverside Art Museum
2015 “Homing Pigeon Edition IV:Kyoto” Gallery Antenna, Kyoto
2014 “MAS Attck VII” Santa Monica Studios
2014 “California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California” Oceanside Museum of Art
2014 “Red Dot Art Fair” Miami Art Fair
2014 i23, “From the Dust Returns” Ichibeicho Gallery, Tokyo
2014 “Real Surreal” Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco
2014 “MAS Attack VI” Torrance Art Museum
2014 “The Cityscape Show IV” George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2014 “Art Taichung” Taipei City, Taiwan Art Fair
2014 “Art Tainan” Taipei City, Taiwan Art Fair
2013 Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford, CA
2009 Hang, 3 Person Show, San Francisco, CA
2009 LACMA, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Triton Museum, Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
2006 Los Angeles Art Association, Field and Form, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Aiden Riley Taylor Gallery, Stars on Vine, Hollywood, CA
2005 Los Angeles Art Association, Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2005 UpSpace, Speak Easy, Los Angeles, CA
2005 MOCA Fresh: A Silent Auction of Emerging and Other Great Artist, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Venice Art Walk, Art Auction, Venice CA
2005 Long Beach Museum of Art, California Vision Art Auction XI, Long Beach, CA
2004 Shomburg Gallery, Holiday Show, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Los Angeles Art Association, Homeland Security, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Los Angeles Art Association, Between One and Ten, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Gallery C, The Art of Paint, Hermosa Beach, CA
2003 Los Angeles Art Association, 50/50 show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Los Angeles Art Association, Make Yourself at Home, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Don O'Melveny Gallery, Peter Frank Selects, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Los Angeles Art Association, Pacifically Designed, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Long Beach Arts, Show stoppers, Long Beach, CA
2002 L. A. Artcore, The Brewery, Wallworks Juried Show, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Digital Symphony, Burbank, CA
2002 The Eyebeam Atelier, Art Heals II, New York, NY
2001 Los Angeles Art Association, Southern California Open, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2001 BGH Gallery, Art Heals, Santa Monica, CA
2001 The Hatch (September), Suspending Detachment, Los Angeles, CA
2001 The Hatch (May), The Drop-out Show, Los Angeles, CA
2001 The Hatch (February), Shooting Nowhere (Photography Show), Los Angeles, CA
2000 Hollywood Digital, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Los Angeles Art Association, Southern California Open,
2000 Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, Juried show: 1st Prize
2000 The Hatch (February), Los Angeles CA
1999 BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1999 The Hatch (May), Los Angeles, CA
1998 Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 The Hatch (September), Los Angeles, CA
1998 Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1998 The Hatch (May), Los Angeles, CA
1998 Smith Andersen Editions, 3 person show, Palo Alto, CA
1998 LACMA, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Gallery OBOY (2 person show), San Francisco, CA
1995 The Studio of Sam Francis (2 person show), Venice, CA
PUBLICATIONS
The Santa Clara- Review, May 2021
Metro San Jose- Review, February 2021
Psychological Perspectives the Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought “Healing Cultural Divides: A Jungian Approach” January 2021
Centerpoint Now, Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations December 2020
Fabrik- February 2018
Diversions LA- Review, May 2017
Artscene- Cover and Review, May 2017
Art and Cake-Studio Visit, April 2017
LA Weekly December 2016
The Creators Project December 2016
Fraction Magazine.com December 2016
The Art Newspaper, UK December 2016
Art Ltd. – Review November 2015
Falvorpill – August 2008
Artwork – October 2007
Ions Noetic Sciences review – September 2003
EDUCATION
1984-86 Sonoma State University, Electronic Music composition
1986-89 San Jose State University, Electronic Music Composition
Studio assistant – Sam Francis
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University. Activities Program Board-Solo Online programming featuring “con.Text”
2021 Helms Building, Culver City Arts Foundation “Projecting Possibilities” Solo show
2021 Ronald H Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles Solo Show “con.Text”
2020 Japanese American Museum San Jose Solo show “con.Text” ink portraits
2020 West Valley College, Saratoga, CA. Dept. of Student Services, Diversity, and Inclusion Solo show “con.Text” ink portraits
2017 LA Artcore, Little Tokyo LA-2 Person Show “Beauty Awash in a Sea of Bad News”
2017 George Billis, LA-Solo Show “ Echo and Line”
2016 Bluerider Art, Taipei, Taiwan-Solo Show “City Symphony”
2015 Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco “Littoral”-Solo Show
2014 Remnants, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA
2013 Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Socal, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Bandini Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Hang, San Francisco, CA
2004 Los Angeles Art Association, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Hang, Palo Alto, CA
2001 Paper Chase, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Theosophical University Library, Pasadena, CA
1997 The Hatch (November), Los Angeles, CA
1997 The Hatch (January), Los Angeles, CA
1996 The Hatch, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Nomad” Torrance Art Museum
2021 “Cityscape Show XI” George Billis Gallery
2020 “Artist and Poems” Online show Durden and Ray, LA
2020 “Cityscape show X: Concrete and Earth” George Billis Gallery, LA
2020 “OCCCA@40” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
2020 “We Are Here / Here We Are” Durden and Ray, LA
2020 “6” Bluerider Art, Taipei Taiwan
2019 “California Dreaming” Steps Gallery, Yokohama Japan
2019 “Daily Sentiments” Bluerider Art, Taipei Taiwan
2019 “Late Summer” Themes and Projects, San Francisco CA
2019 “Ink and Clay 44” Jurors Choice Award and Jurors Choice Honorable Mention Kellogg Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
2019 “Okeanos” Hote Gallery, Alhambra
2019 “Littoral” Beyond Baroque, Venice CA
2019 “Artropocene:iBiennale MMXIX” iBiennale, Honolulu, HI
2019 “Santa Monica: Now & Then” BG Gallery, Santa Monica
2018 “Wild Blue Yonder” United Terminal, LAX
2018 “Selected Abstracts” George Billis, LA
2018 “Under Construction” Finishing Concepts, Monterey Park
2018 “Spell Check” PØST Gallery, DTLA
2018 “Cityscape Show” George Billis Gallery , LA
2017 “Gimme 5” Muzeumm, Los Angeles
2017 “Gangbusters” Mike Kelley Gallery, Venice CA
2017 “Blue” POST Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 Group Show, Bluerider Art, Art Central Hong Kong
2017 Group Show, Shomberg Gallery
2017 “Mark-Making” Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA
2017 “f.u.topiia” BLAM, Los Angeles
2017 Group Show Art Palm Springs
2016 “Billboard Show” The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles
2016 “MAS Attack 13” Torrance Art Museum
2016 Group Show Carlos Blanco Studio LaBo Por Venezuela , Bogota De Colombia
2016 Group Show La Estacion Arte Contemporaneous, Chihuahua, Mexico
2016 “Cedarfest” Lancaster Museum of Art and History: Cedar
2016 “Homing Pigeon” Forum Kortteli,Turku & Naantali Spa Gallery , Naantali, Finland
2016 “UFOlogy” Outpost Projects
2016 Group Show Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
2016 “MAS Attack 11″ Fabric Art Fair
2015 ”The Landscape Show V” George Billis, LA
2015 Group Show George Billis, New York
2015 “Kachofugetsu:: Flowerbirdwindmoon” Arena 1 Gallery , Santa Monica
2015 “California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California” Riverside Art Museum
2015 “Homing Pigeon Edition IV:Kyoto” Gallery Antenna, Kyoto
2014 “MAS Attck VII” Santa Monica Studios
2014 “California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California” Oceanside Museum of Art
2014 “Red Dot Art Fair” Miami Art Fair
2014 i23, “From the Dust Returns” Ichibeicho Gallery, Tokyo
2014 “Real Surreal” Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco
2014 “MAS Attack VI” Torrance Art Museum
2014 “The Cityscape Show IV” George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2014 “Art Taichung” Taipei City, Taiwan Art Fair
2014 “Art Tainan” Taipei City, Taiwan Art Fair
2013 Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford, CA
2009 Hang, 3 Person Show, San Francisco, CA
2009 LACMA, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Triton Museum, Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
2006 Los Angeles Art Association, Field and Form, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Aiden Riley Taylor Gallery, Stars on Vine, Hollywood, CA
2005 Los Angeles Art Association, Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2005 UpSpace, Speak Easy, Los Angeles, CA
2005 MOCA Fresh: A Silent Auction of Emerging and Other Great Artist, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Venice Art Walk, Art Auction, Venice CA
2005 Long Beach Museum of Art, California Vision Art Auction XI, Long Beach, CA
2004 Shomburg Gallery, Holiday Show, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Los Angeles Art Association, Homeland Security, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Los Angeles Art Association, Between One and Ten, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Gallery C, The Art of Paint, Hermosa Beach, CA
2003 Los Angeles Art Association, 50/50 show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Los Angeles Art Association, Make Yourself at Home, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Don O'Melveny Gallery, Peter Frank Selects, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Los Angeles Art Association, Pacifically Designed, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Long Beach Arts, Show stoppers, Long Beach, CA
2002 L. A. Artcore, The Brewery, Wallworks Juried Show, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Digital Symphony, Burbank, CA
2002 The Eyebeam Atelier, Art Heals II, New York, NY
2001 Los Angeles Art Association, Southern California Open, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2001 BGH Gallery, Art Heals, Santa Monica, CA
2001 The Hatch (September), Suspending Detachment, Los Angeles, CA
2001 The Hatch (May), The Drop-out Show, Los Angeles, CA
2001 The Hatch (February), Shooting Nowhere (Photography Show), Los Angeles, CA
2000 Hollywood Digital, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Los Angeles Art Association, Southern California Open,
2000 Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, Juried show: 1st Prize
2000 The Hatch (February), Los Angeles CA
1999 BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1999 The Hatch (May), Los Angeles, CA
1998 Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 The Hatch (September), Los Angeles, CA
1998 Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1998 The Hatch (May), Los Angeles, CA
1998 Smith Andersen Editions, 3 person show, Palo Alto, CA
1998 LACMA, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Gallery OBOY (2 person show), San Francisco, CA
1995 The Studio of Sam Francis (2 person show), Venice, CA
PUBLICATIONS
The Santa Clara- Review, May 2021
Metro San Jose- Review, February 2021
Psychological Perspectives the Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought “Healing Cultural Divides: A Jungian Approach” January 2021
Centerpoint Now, Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations December 2020
Fabrik- February 2018
Diversions LA- Review, May 2017
Artscene- Cover and Review, May 2017
Art and Cake-Studio Visit, April 2017
LA Weekly December 2016
The Creators Project December 2016
Fraction Magazine.com December 2016
The Art Newspaper, UK December 2016
Art Ltd. – Review November 2015
Falvorpill – August 2008
Artwork – October 2007
Ions Noetic Sciences review – September 2003
