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= Bryan Ida (Artist) = Bryan Ida is an Asian American artist/painter who creates abstract art. He grew up in Palo Alto where he eventually moved to Los Angeles after being a studio assistant for Sam Francis. He was inspired by Francis's work but wanted to start his own art pieces. His most famous artwork is "Con.text" ink portraits, which is a series of portraits that relate historical events and documents to the lives of the subjects that have some ways of connecting to current events.

Website: https://bryanida.com/

Instagram: @bryanida

Artist Statements
Bryan Ida has provided his own personal statements based on the series of his artwork, "con.Text" and Environment, and what inspired him to make the series.

In his "con.Text" series, he explains that the inspiration behind this was he wanted to depict individuals as a symbol of strength and pride who faces the challenges that society sees on a daily bases. Every person he interviews to do the portrait on, they have a story to tell that would relate to the issues that he wants to express. Each portrait he creates it is the people he knows and have a connection with. They will them him their personal statements of the challenges they face; Ida will then take the information that was told and start making the portraits from there. Everyone has experienced hardship which they would be to tell others what they had faced, and Ida wants to portray this in a portrait so that they (the individuals) deserve to be felt and heard from others.

In the Environment series, he would explore and analyze individuals' constant demand for energy and expansion for their own usage. This makes numerous animal species and the environment around them become extinct. Ida would find landscapes of trees and nature, cut them apart, then place them on top of one another until he would need to use up the remains and blend them together. This just shows that society is tearing apart the needed resources for their own use, yet at the same time, want to preserve the resources to help it not be extinct.

Early Life and Education
He grew up in Palo Alto where his family were neighbors with the owners of the Smith Andersen Gallery who represented Sam Francis, who became his lifelong friend after spending time with his neighbor's children as well as Francis's children. Francis invited Ida to work as his studio assistant where he (Francis) was painting a 20 feet by 40 feet mural for the new united government building in Bonn, Germany. Francis has seen Ida's expansive experience working alongside him that he asked him to move to Los Angeles with him. Eventually, Francis became a tremendous influence to Ida's upcoming change of becoming a painter himself, Francis was an incomparable mentor who was also a lifelong friend that the years were to come. After working with Francis, he was inspired to pick up technical aspects of painting that he ended up writing less and less music. However, he realized that music and painting may be different, but the expression in both are the same.

At a young age, he was primarily drawn towards music in which he majored in electronic music composition at San Jose State University and Sonoma State University. He played the French Horn as a child, who was also in his youth symphony and school orchestra.

Exhibits and Accomplishments
Below are a few exhibitions that Bryan Ida has done from solo shows to group shows.


 * 2021 May 25- Giving Voice to the Voiceless: A Conversation with Bryan Ida
 * 2021 August – “Nomad” Torrance Art Museum
 * 2021 February – de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University. Activities Program Board-Solo Online programming featuring “con.Text”
 * 2021 January – Helms Building, Culver City Arts Foundation “Projecting Possibilities” Solo show
 * 2021 January – Ronald H Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles Solo Show “con.Text”
 * 2020 October – “Artist and Poems” Online show Durden and Ray, LA
 * 2019 June –  “Okeanos” Hote Gallery, Alhambra
 * 2018 July –  “Under Construction”   Finishing Concepts, Monterey Park
 * 2017 April 4- Studio visit with Bryan Ida. Thoughts on Origin Myths and Fate...
 * 2016  December – “Billboard Show”  The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles
 * 2015  April – “Homing Pigeon Edition IV:Kyoto”   Gallery Antenna, Kyoto
 * 2014 Nov – George Billis, LA  “Remnants”-Solo Show
 * 2014 June – Bluerider Art, Taipei, Taiwan “Floating California”   Solo Show
 * 2009 Oct – Hang, San Francisco     3 Person Show
 * 2005 November –  “Speak Easy”   UpSpace, Los Angeles
 * 2003 April – “Make Yourself at Home”   LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2001 April – Paper Chase, Los Angeles  Solo show
 * 2000 September      “Southern California Open” Juried show:1st Prize  LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 1995 Oct – The Studio of Sam Francis   Solo show
 * Date: N/A- Review: “Beauty Awash in a Sea of Bad News” by Bryan Ida