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= Bryan Ida = Bryan Ida is an Asian American painter, currently based in Los Angeles. By his own accord, Ida's work is "fiercely independent." Ida's work centralizes around themes of injustice, racism, and civil rights. His most famous work, con.Text, a portrait series, seeks to portray strong individuals in the face of oppression.

Much of Ida's draw to the art world came in the form of the expression that the medium offered him, and this would be a central theme to his artistic approach. ]

Ida is currently affiliated with the George Billis Gallery, Bluerider Art, Bluerider Shanghai, and Art Dimensions.

Early Life and Education
Ida originally was not drawn to painting, but instead found music. At an early age he played French horn and was a member of school orchestras. Ida enjoyed the self expression that comes with music, and he found himself studying electronic music composition at San Jose State University and Sonoma State University. Electronic music allowed Ida to use layering, and Ida would continue to use layering after his transition into the world of painting.

Transition From Audio to Visual Art
After Ida graduated college in 1988, Ida began working as a studio assistant for noted American Painter and Printmaker, Sam Francis. The relationship between the two started many years earlier as Ida had a close relationship to Francis's children.

Ida credits his time at Francis's studio as formative to his art career, and the spark that caused the transition from audio to visual art mediums. The transition came naturally to Ida as the artist found it easier to express themselves in a visual medium. The mentorship that Ida received from Francis was invaluable, and under Francis he learned techniques and handling of materials. One notable moment for Ida came when Francis invited the artist to the studio where Francis was working on a 20 by 40 foot mural.

Francis later moved Ida down to his Venice studio, and gave Ida free access to paint, paper, and canvases.

Ida completely committed to following painting, and that choice 22 years ago, has led the artist to where he is today.

con.Text Portrait Series
Mentioned earlier in the article, this portrait series centralized around giving power to oppressed people. The artist utilized government documents, and created portraits using words from the documents themselves. The project allowed individuals to share their history, and the portraits reflect on historical events and moments.

The series builds on Ida's central themes of injustice, racism, and civil rights, and through Ida's use of government documents, it highlights the words used to label people.

In order to create the portraits, Ida transcribes the chosen documents, and using pen, repeatedly goes over the portrait until he has formed the final image.

"Neighbor"
The work pictured to the left depicts Ida's neighbor on their way to Mosque for worship. The Portrait was created in response to Trump's Muslim Ban, and sought to bring attention to the cultural impact Trump's tweets have on individual's daily lives.

Ida is quoted saying that this portrait depicts “a simple act of freedom made more difficult by the words and actions of our government.”

Exhibitions and Locations
 Solo, 2 Person 


 * 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 August – Japanese American Museum San Jose   Solo show “con.Text” ink portraits
 * 2020 Feb – West Valley College, Saratoga, CA.  Dept. of Student Services, Diversity, and Inclusion  Solo show “con.Text” ink portraits
 * 2017 Nov – LA Artcore, Little Tokyo LA-2 Person Show  “Beauty Awash in a Sea of Bad News”
 * 2017  May – George Billis, LA-Solo Show “ Echo and Line”
 * 2016  Oct – Bluerider Art, Taipei, Taiwan-Solo Show  “City Symphony”
 * 2015  Sept – Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco   “Littoral”-Solo Show
 * 2014 Nov – George Billis, LA  “Remnants”-Solo Show
 * 2014 June – Bluerider Art, Taipei, Taiwan  “Floating California”    Solo Show
 * 2014 May – George Billis, New York    Solo Show
 * 2014 March – Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo  “Placing Memory”    2 Person show
 * 2013 May – Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford, CA    3 person show
 * 2013 March – Blue Whale “LACA”, Los Angeles    Solo Show
 * 2012 Sept – George Billis, Los Angeles     Solo show
 * 2009 Oct – Hang, San Francisco     3 Person Show
 * 2007 July – Bandini Art, Los Angeles    Solo show
 * 2005 Sept – Hang, San Francisco    Solo show
 * 2004 Oct – Los Angeles Art Association, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica    Solo show
 * 2002 April – Hang,  Palo Alto    Solo show
 * 2001 April – Paper Chase,  Los Angeles    Solo show
 * 1998 March – Theosophical University Library, Pasadena   Solo show
 * 1998 March – Smith Andersen Editions  “3 From the Hatch”, Palo Alto     3 person show
 * 1997 Nov – The Hatch,  Los Angeles    Solo show
 * 1997 July – Gallery OBOY,  San Francisco     2 person show
 * 1997 Jan – The Hatch,  Los Angeles    Solo show
 * 1996 Sept – The Hatch,  Los Angeles    Solo show
 * 1995 Oct – The Studio of Sam Francis    Solo show

 Group Shows 


 * 2021 August –  “Nomad”   Torrance Art Museum
 * 2021 August –  “Cityscape Show XI”   George Billis Gallery
 * 2020 October –  “Artist and Poems” Online show   Durden and Ray, LA
 * 2020 July –  “Cityscape show X: Concrete and Earth”   George Billis Gallery, LA
 * 2020 June –  “OCCCA@40”    Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
 * 2020 May –  “We Are Here / Here We Are”   Durden and Ray, LA
 * 2020 Jan –  “6”   Bluerider Art, Taipei Taiwan
 * 2019 Oct –  “California Dreaming”    Steps Gallery, Yokohama Japan
 * 2019 Sep –  “Daily Sentiments”   Bluerider Art, Taipei Taiwan
 * 2019 August –  “Late Summer”   Themes and Projects, San Francisco CA
 * 2019 August – “Ink and Clay 44” Jurors Choice Award and Jurors Choice Honorable Mention   Kellogg Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
 * 2019 June –  “Okeanos”   Hote Gallery, Alhambra
 * 2019 April – “Littoral”   Beyond Baroque, Venice CA
 * 2019 March –  “Artropocene:iBiennale MMXIX”   iBiennale, Honolulu, HI
 * 2019 February – “Santa Monica: Now & Then”   BG Gallery, Santa Monica
 * 2018  October –  “Wild Blue Yonder”   United Terminal, LAX
 * 2018 September –  “Selected Abstracts”   George Billis, LA
 * 2018 July –  “Under Construction”   Finishing Concepts, Monterey Park
 * 2018 July – “Spell Check”   PØST Gallery, DTLA
 * 2018 July – “Cityscape Show”   George Billis Gallery, LA
 * 2017 Sept –  “Gimme 5”   Muzeumm, Los Angeles
 * 2017 Sept –  “Gangbusters”  Mike Kelley Gallery, Venice CA
 * 2017 July –  “Blue”   POST Gallery, Los Angeles
 * 2017 March –  Group Show,  Bluerider Art, Art Central Hong Kong
 * 2017 February – Group Show,  Shomberg Gallery
 * 2017 February –  “Mark-Making”   Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA
 * 2017  February –  “f.u.topiia”   BLAM, Los Angeles
 * 2017  February – Group Show  Art Palm Springs
 * 2016  December – “Billboard Show”  The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles
 * 2016  November –  “MAS Attack 13” Torrance Art Museum
 * 2016   October – Group Show   Carlos Blanco Studio  LaBo Por Venezuela, Bogota De Colombia
 * 2016  August – Group Show  La Estacion Arte Contemporaneous, Chihuahua, Mexico
 * 2016 June – “Cedarfest”   Lancaster Museum of Art and History: Cedar
 * 2016 May – “Homing Pigeon”   Forum Kortteli,Turku & Naantali Spa Gallery, Naantali, Finland
 * 2016  March – “UFOlogy”   Outpost Projects
 * 2016 February – Group Show  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
 * 2016 January – “MAS Attack 11″  Fabric Art Fair
 * 2015  July – ” The Landscape Show V”  George Billis, LA
 * 2015 July – Group Show  George Billis, New York
 * 2015 June – “Kachofugetsu:: Flowerbirdwindmoon”   Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica
 * 2015 May – “California Dreraming: An International  Portrait of Southern California”   Riverside Art Museum
 * 2015  April – “Homing Pigeon Edition IV:Kyoto”   Gallery Antenna, Kyoto
 * 2014  December – “MAS Attck VII”   Santa Monica Studios
 * 2014 December – “California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California”    Oceanside Museum of Art
 * 2014  December – “Red Dot Art Fair”     Miami    Art Fair
 * 2014  October – i23, “From the Dust Returns”      Ichibeicho Gallery, Tokyo
 * 2014 October – “Real Surreal”    Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco
 * 2014 August – “MAS Attack VI”   Torrance Art Museum
 * 2014 August – “The Cityscape Show IV”  George Billis Gallery,  Los Angeles
 * 2014 July – “Art Taichung”    Taipei City, Taiwan   Art Fair
 * 2014 March –  “Art Tainan”    Taipei City, Taiwan   Art Fair
 * 2013 December –  “Red Dot Art Fair”    Maimi   Art Fair
 * 2013 October –  “MAS Attack II”   Torrance Art Museum
 * 2013 October – “Homing Pigeon: Edition 2”  Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan
 * 2013 August – “Black and Blue Show”   JAUS, Santa Monica
 * 2013 July – “Landscape Show III”  George Billis, Los Angeles
 * 2013 June – “Huddle Up”   Gallery 85  San Jose, CA
 * 2013 February –  Palm Springs Art Fair  Palm Springs
 * 2012 December – “Red Dot Art Fair”    Maimi
 * 2012 July – “Landscape Show”   George Billis  LA      Los Angeles
 * 2009 March      LACMA, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles
 * 2008 January – “Statewide Painting Competition  and Exhibition”   Triton Museum, Santa Clara
 * 2006 September –  “Field and Form”  L A A A, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2006 June – “Stars on Vine”  Aiden Riley Taylor Gallery, Los Angeles
 * 2005 December –  “Open Show”  L A A A, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2005 November –  “Speak Easy”   UpSpace, Los Angeles
 * 2005 June – “Fresh: A Silent Auction of Emerging and Other Great Artist”   Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
 * 2005 May –  Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA         Art Auction
 * 2005 May –  “California Vision Art Auction XI”   Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach
 * 2004 December – “Holiday Show 2004″   Shomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
 * 2004 September – “Homeland Security”   LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2004 March – “Between One and Ten”   LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2003 November –  “The Art of Paint”   Gallery C, Hermosa Beach
 * 2003 May –  “50/50 show”LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2003 April – “Make Yourself at Home”   LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2003 January       “Peter Frank Selects”  Don O’Melveny Gallery , Los Angeles
 * 2002 August       “Pacifically Designed”   LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2002 August       “Show stoppers”   Long Beach Arts, Long Beach
 * 2002 April       “Wallworks”    L. A . Artcore, The Brewery, Los Angeles
 * 2002 February        Digital Symphony, Burbank
 * 2001 December       “Southern California Open”   LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2001 December       “Art Heals II”   The Eyebeam Altelier,  New York
 * 2001 October      “Art Heals”   BGH Gallery,  Santa Monica
 * 2001 September      “Suspending Detachment”   The Hatch,  Los Angeles
 * 2001 May       “The Drop-out Show”   The Hatch,  Los Angeles
 * 2001 February       “Shooting Nowhere”   The Hatch,  Los Angeles    Photography Group Show
 * 2000 December       Hollywood Digital,  Los Angeles
 * 2000 September      “Southern California Open” Juried show:1st Prize    LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 2000 February       The Hatch,  Los Angeles
 * 1999 December       BGH Gallery,  Santa Monica
 * 1999 December       Hang Gallery,  San Francisco
 * 1999 August       LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 1999 May       The Hatch,  Los Angeles
 * 1998 November      Hang Gallery,  San Francisco
 * 1998 September       The Hatch,  Los Angeles
 * 1998 August      LAAA, Gallery 825,  Los Angeles
 * 1998 May       The Hatch,  Los Angeles
 * 1998 March       LACMA, Los Angeles , Sales and Rental Gallery       Group show