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Bryan Ida Personal Information
Bryan Ida is a 56-year-old contemporary artist born in Palo Alto, California in 1966. He is an American citizen with Japanese ancestry. He has created various paintings that represent racism, civil rights, human rights, and environmental awareness.


 * Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/bryanida/
 * Personal Work Website:https://bryanida.com/
 * Email: bryan@bryanida.com

How the Journey Began
While growing up Bryan Ida believed that there was a correlation between music and art. During his teen years, he played in the El Camino youth symphony and was also a member of the school orchestra. His interests were mainly in music, and he studied electronic music during high school. He later went to Sonoma State University in 1984-1986 and San Jose State University in 1986-1989, to gain more knowledge about composing electronic music. His journey toward the art world started when he went to work for Sam Francis in 1988 who was a famous painter during his time. Bryan Ida assisted Francis on a large commission mural that was 20 feet by 40 feet. This was a great opportunity for Ida because the mural was for the United government building located in Bonn, Germany. Sam Francis was no longer just Ida’s mentor but also his most esteemed friend. After 20 years of working with Sam Francis, Bryan Ida made the decision to become a full time painter.

His Development As a Artist
Since he is so hard-working, Ida's skills as an artist have grown, not only from his practice, but also from his research before he even begins to paint. He uses some principles he has learned for music in his work. As a result, he provides proof that music and art do have a correction, and he practices it even today. Ida uses text  references from government documents, declarations and other institutional communicative forms. Ida then came up with the idea to paint his family and other people. He wanted to show the type of emotions those people were feeling during that time but he could only paint these pictures because he saw photos of them or heard oral stories from family and friends. The painting he did about his grandfather was 5 feet tall and he had to create a lot of depth and shadow. This painting was black and white so shading and having the correct texture was critical.

Exhibitions and Artworks
1. Had a Group show called  “Transmogrified”  in November 2022 located in Durden and Ray

2. A solo show featuring “con.Text”  that will happen in January 2023 located in DeSaisset Museum, Santa Clara University.

3. A Group show “Bridging the Pacific” happening in  January 2023, will be located in Torrance Art Museum.

4. A Group show “The Circle of Sam: The California-Based Studios of Sam Francis” that is going to happen in  May 2023, located in the Bakersfield Museum of Art.

5. Has had a total of 29 solo/two person shows.

6. Has had a total for 105 group shows in his entire life.

7. Bryan Ida has an artwork series named Earlier Series.

8. He also created an artwork series titled Water Series.

9. His Nature Endangered Species series was his way of providing awareness for endangered animals.

10. His artwork series titled " Con.Text" has his most famous portrait called “Grandfather”.