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Brian O'Connor
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1145 Highway 304, Veguita, New Mexico 87062
(505) 864-8336
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EDUCATION |
| 2002 | Certification in Computer Animation, TVI, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1983 | B.F.A., University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1978-79 | Centro Andino; Quito, Ecuador |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 2004-2006 | art instructor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,NM |
| 1998-present | workshops and lectures nationally at various schools,
universities and art institutions |
| 1996-present | painting instructor, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque,
New Mexico |
| 1986-present | artist |
| 1979-present | construction, iron work, steel and wood framing,
carpentry, cabinetry, cow milking, salmon gutting, etc. |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 | Billy Shire Fine Arts, Highway 47, Culver City, California | | 2004 | Denise Roberge Gallery, Heros and Fools, Palm Desert,
California |
| | Klaudia Marr Gallery, Flagship, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2003 | La Luz de Jesus, A Thousand Lies, Los Angeles, California |
| 2002 | van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Recent Works, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2000 | La Luz de Jesus, Sugarland, Los Angeles, California |
| 1999 | LewAllen Contemporary, Recent Works, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1998 | J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, New York |
| | Interstate 25 Billboard, Faith and Reason, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1997 | LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | Sangre de Cristo Center for the Arts, The King's Highway, Pueblo,
Colorado |
| 1994 | LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | SW Texas State University, Visiting Artist Show and Lecture,
San Marcos, Texas |
| 1990 | LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1989 | Andrea Ross Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2007 | Klaudia Marr Gallery, Realism Invitational, Santa Fe, New Mexico | | 2005 | Billy Shire Fine Arts, Opening Show, Culver City, California |
| 2004 | Gescheidle Gallery, Manly3, Chicago Illinois |
| | New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, SoQ, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | Art Chicago, represented by Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| | Seven Degrees, Form, Fragments and Folly, Laguna Beach, CA |
| | Gescheidle Gallery, Three Person Show, Chicago, IL |
| 2003 | Sangre de Christo Arts Center, A New Generation of Magical Realists,
Pueblo, Colorado |
| | Museum of Fine Arts, The Show, Southwest Juried Exhibition,
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | Marr Gallery, Annual Realism Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque Contemporary, Albuquerque,
New Mexico |
| 2002 | La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Uncommercial Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| | Art Chicago, represented by Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| | Lyons Wier Gallery, Harboring Beauty, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2001 | Lyons Wier Gallery, Snowglobe Invitational, Chicago, Illinois |
| | Diane Nelson Fine Art, Figure Eight, Laguna Beach, California |
| | van De Griff / Marr Gallery, 8th Annual Realism Invitational,
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Uncommercial Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2000 | LewAllen Contemporary, Go Figure, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1999 | Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California |
| | Art Chicago, represented by Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque,
New Mexico |
| 1998 | van de Griff Gallery, Realism Knows No Bounds, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1997 | Arvada Center for the Arts, The Surreal West, Arvada, Colorado |
| 1996 | Palo Alto Cultural Center, The Mythic Narrative, Palo Alto,
California |
| | Lowe Gallery, An American Renaissance, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1995 | Artspace/Virginia Miller Galleries, Figuration, Coral Gables,
Florida |
| | ArtMiami International Exposition, represented by Virginia Miller
Galleries, Miami, Florida |
| 1994 | SW Texas State University, Visiting Artist Show and Lecture,
San Marcos, Texas |
| | New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Art of Albuquerque, Albuquerque,
New Mexico |
| 1993 | Lowe Gallery, An American Renaissance, Atlanta, Georgia |
| | LewAllen Contemporary, Eye on the Figure, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| 1992 | College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Three Artists Painting,
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| | Cafe Gallery, Creation of the Goddess, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1991 | Graham Gallery, Short Stories, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1990 | Art L.A., International Exposition, Represented by WESTAF/NEA,
Los Angeles, California |
| | Riverside Museum of Art, The Art of Love, Riverside, California |
| | Andrea Ross Gallery, Selected Figural Works, Santa Monica,
California |
| 1989 | San Antonio Museum of Fine Art, Contemporary Narrative Painters of
the Southwest, San Antonio, TX |
| | Art L.A., International Exposition, Represented by Andrea Ross
Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 1988 | Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| GRANTS/AWARDS/LECTURES |
| 2005 | Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma,
Washington |
| 2003 |
"Perfect Circle" purchased by New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts
(with funding by FOCA, George and Lynn Goldstein and Christopher Han) |
| | Best of Show for "Garbage Pants, the Imperialist," Albuquerque
Contemporary, Albuquerque, Museum of Art |
| | Flora Kersch Beck Visiting Artist, Glen Oaks College,
Centreville, MI |
| 2002 | Visiting Artist, show and lecture, ISAS, Albuquerque Academy,
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1997 | Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma,
Washington |
| 1994 | Visiting Artist Lecture and Exhibition, SW Texas State University,
San Marcos, Texas |
| 1994 | Best of Show, Art of Albuquerque, Magnifico, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1992 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, New York |
| 1990 | WESTAF/NEA Painting Fellowship |
| 1988 | Artists' Liaison National Competition, Cash Award, Sacramento,
California |
| 1985-87 | New Mexico Artists in Residence Program, Arts Division,
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1983 | Senior Award, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1982 | Anna C. Hellman Award for drawing and painting, UNM, Albuquerque,
New Mexico |
| 1981-82 | Scholarship for drawing and painting, University of New Mexico,
Department of Art, Albuquerque |
| 1981 | Faculty Award for drawing and painting, University of New Mexico,
Department of Art, Albuquerque |
| 1978-79 | Scholarship for Study Abroad, Modern and Classical Languages
Department, University of New Mexico |
PUBLICATIONS
- New American Paintings #54, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA, 2004; also #42, 2002, and #12, 1997
- So Q Catalogue, New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, SantaFe, NM, 2004
- Studio Visits, "THE" Magazine, 2003 and 2001
- Visions of Change, Wesley Pulkka, Albuquerque Journal North, October 21, 1999
- The Other Side Magazine, January/February and September/October, 1999
- Man of Mystery, Southwest Art Magazine, March 1997
- Brian O'Connor, Diane Armitage, "THE" Magazine, April 1997
- Lost Tribes of Suburbia, Tom Collins, The Santa Fe Reporter,
March 19-25, 1997
- Brian O'Connor's Complex Narrative Imagery, Lis Bensley, The Santa Fe
New Mexican, Pasatiempo, March 7-13, 1997
- Brian O'Connor Thinks, Speaks in Visions, T.D. Mobely-Martinez, The
Albuquerque Tribune, March 7, 1997
- Like a Mattress Balances on a Bottle of Wine: Paintings of Brian O'Connor,
Gus Blaisdale, the American Renaissance Tour, 1996
- American Renaissance catalog, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1996
- Brian O'Connor, Diane Armitage, "THE" Magazine, October 1994
- Brian O'Connor, 'Pilot Project', "THE" Magazine, March 1994
- WESTAF/NEA Catalogue, 1990
- Gestures Tell Stories Artist Never Heard, William Clark, Albuquerque Journal,
1990
- Brian O'Connor King of Hats, Gus Blaisdale, Artspace Magazine, January 1990
- Contemporary Narrative Painters of the Southwest Catalogue, San Antonio
Museum of Fine Arts, San Antonio, TX, 1989
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