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Artist's Statement | Press | Upcoming Shows
Past Shows |Representation | Biography
When people see my work, it's ok if they think they could do it. Because they wouldn't. Nobody would do exactly what I do but me at that exact moment in time. It's a completely personal statement. There's no map, no picture to follow, no blueprint, no formula, no recipe.
The act of creating a painting is an adventure—a journey. I don’t
know where it will end. Every piece is uniquely determined
by my mood, time of day, energy level, lighting, and materials at hand.
The textures,
layers, and interplay of colors are different every time.
I love oil paint because of its density. I like to sculpt
forms and create dimension, building up ridges that cast
shadows and catch glazes. I like the process of
layering things and seeing what happens. I’m a tactile monkey and I want
to create pieces that demand that you touch them.
I’m fascinated by the world around me so I’m influenced by everything:
music, books, travel, fashion and pop culture. I’m an
observer, a collector, a traveler, and an adventurer. Everything I take in
gets filed
away in some back corner of my head and eventually comes out again recycled
and reformatted
onto canvas.
A lot of my work explores the concept of impermanence. I like using sequins because over time they'll come off the canvas like leaves from a tree. I often add graffiti-like layers over old paintings to give them a new life.
For me, a piece is done when it doesn’t beg to be tampered
with anymore. It’s accomplished whatever goal I’ve set for
the piece and it’s
pleasing to me, which isn’t always the same as being beautiful.
Upcoming Shows
::October 15-16, 2011: Open
Studios, San Francisco, CA
Opening Reception Friday October 5, 6-8pm
Press
Dec 2010: Art Moco chose Peek Behind the Curtain 2.0 as "one of the top five favorites of 2010". "As we look back at the year at Art Moco, this is the one that got away. Should've bought it. Darn."
Aug 2010: Art MoCo featured new work saying, "A peek is not enough..." Read the article.
June 2005: Art MoCo, a web magazine featuring modern
contemporary art news and views. "Brandi Brooks is a San Francisco painter whose oils beg to be touched." Read the article.
Past Shows
::May 1-July 31, 2011: Solo Show at Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
::November 13, 2010: Visual
Aid’s Big Deal, San
Francisco, CA
::June-Nov 2010: Solo Show at Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
::April 9-10, 2010:SOMA Open
Studios Preview, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
::April 17-18, 2010: SOMA Open
Studios, San Francisco, CA
::March 27, 2010: ArtSpan Benefit Auction, San
Francisco, CA
::November 14, 2009: Visual
Aid’s Big Deal, San
Francisco, CA
::October 24-25, 2009: Open
Studios, San Francisco, CA
::Feb-May 2009:Spring Solo Show at Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
::November 2008: Visual
Aid’s Big Deal, San
Francisco, CA
::October 2008: Open
Studios, San Francisco, CA
::Jan-April 2008: Group Show with Jonah Burlingame, mscape, San Francisco, CA
::October 2007: Open
Studios, San Francisco, CA
::November 2007: Visual
Aid’s Big Deal, San
Francisco, CA
::December 2006-April 2007: Group Show with Jonah Burlingame and Fong Fai, Ligne
Roset, San
Francisco, CA.
::September 15-November 28, 2006: Solo Show: "My Prints Are On This", Ligne
Roset, San
Francisco, CA.
::November 2006: Visual
Aid’s Big Deal, San
Francisco, CA
::October 2006: Open
Studios, San Francisco, CA
::September 8-30, 2006: The Language of Birds Group Show, Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary (formerly Jackson
Street Gallery),
Jackson Hole, WY.
::July 2006: 46th Chromosome Group Show, Jackson
Street Gallery,
Jackson Hole, WY
::November 2005: Visual
Aid’s Big Deal, San
Francisco, CA
::October 2005: Open
Studios, San Francisco, CA
::September 2005: ArtSpan Opening Show at SomArts,
San Francisco, CA
::August/September
2005: Group show with Miya
Ando Stanoff, Silvia
Poloto and Jonah Burlingame, Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
::June/July 2005: "Introducing Brandi Brooks" Ligne
Roset, San Francisco, CA
::April/May 2005: San Francisco City
College Juried Student Show, San Francisco, CA
::April 2005: ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction,
San Francisco, CA
::November 2004: Visual Aid’s
Big Deal, San Francisco, CA
::October/November 2004: Two person
show with Miya Ando Stanoff at Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA
::October 2004: American Academy of
Ophthalmology’s
XIV Annual Art Exhibit, New Orleans, LA
::October 2004: Open Studios, San Francisco,
CA
::September 2004: ArtSpan Opening Show
at SomArts, San Francisco, CA
::May 2004: San Francisco City College
Juried Student Show, San Francisco, CA
Representation
::In Jackson Hole: Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, 130 South Jackson Street, phone 307.734.0649
Biography
Brandi Brooks moved to San Francisco in 1995 and soon began creating metal
sculpture as an outlet for pent-up creative energy. Welding just wasn’t
conducive to apartment dwelling, so she started painting in 1999. Brandi was
born in 1970 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and grew up on a cattle ranch. While
she’s always been interested in art, when she was in third grade her school district
dropped art because of budget cuts, so she didn’t pursue it until much later.
Brandi currently works in marketing at a large non-profit by day and paints
by night.
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