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Bryan Ida
Bryan Ida (born March 1963, Palo Alto) is a contemporary artist. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles but travels to Europe, all throughout the U.S. and Asia. His main goal through his paintings is to represent America with no filter and portray how the world is today.

Bryan Ida Early Life and Education
Bryan Ida (born March 1963, Palo Alto) is a contemporary artist. Bryan began playing the French horn at an early age and was part of a school orchestra. He then attended Sonoma State University and San Jose State University, where he studied electronic music composition. At age 25, he began working with an expressionist painter named Sam Francis. Sam was a known artist who painted abstract paintings. Bryan worked along aside of Sam in his studio as an assistant in the city of Palo Alto. Over the years, Bryan began to build a close relationship with Sam and saw him as a mentor. Although Bryan, at one point loved music, Bryan realized that putting together thoughts and phrases came to him more straightforwardly than doing it with music. He later moved back to Los Angeles after Sam's health declined where Bryan continued to work as his assistant. As time went by, Sam decided to quit and pushed Bryan to take advantage and use his studio and paint supplies. Bryan used this opportunity and began to paint. Painting came naturally to him and found a passion for painting.

Artwork
Bryan's artworks consist of geometric patterns and designs. He then looks at these patterns or designs that can potentially resemble things such as a city or a building. His paintings are also inspired by real-life situations such as discrimination and even endangered species. His paintings involve the process of layering transparent pigment. To create this, he mixes different acrylic paint and polyurethane on wood panels. After mixing he sands them down and begins to paint over them, repeating this step over and over.

Exhibitions (Solo Shows)
2023 January – de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University “con.Text”

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”

2021 January – Ronald H Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles Solo Show “con.Text”

2020 August – Japanese American Museum San Jose  Solo show “con.Text” ink portraits

2014 May – George Billis, New York

2013 March – Blue Whale “LACA”, Los Angeles

2012 Sept – George Billis, Los Angeles

2007 July – Bandini Art, Los Angeles 2005 Sept – Hang, San Francisco

2004 Oct – Los Angeles Art Association, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica

2002 April – Hang, Palo Alto

2001 April – Paper Chase, Los Angeles 1998 March – Theosophical University Library, Pasadena

1997 Nov – The Hatch, Los Angeles

1997 Jan – The Hatch, Los Angeles

1996 Sept – The Hatch, Los Angeles

1995 Oct – The Studio of Sam Francis

Examples of his work
-Bryan Ida showcases his artwork at con. Text: Portraits. This exhibition featured a total of 18 portraits that relate to institutional racism and discrimination. His exhibition was a virtual experience at Cal State LA in the Ronald H. Silverman Fine Art Gallery.

-From May 6 -June 3rd Bryan Ida Solo's “Deep” in the Billis Williams Gallery showcases two series of paintings representing human existence and the ecosystem that helps sustain us.