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Bryan Ida
Bryan Ida is a Japanese-American artist who grew up in the Palo Alto,California. Currently Ida is an artist in the Bay area. Ida's most popular works are portraits made from clusters of meaningful words. Ida's goal is to use his platform to speak out about recent social and political issues. Ida states his passion is,"...the daily challenge of working through problems of composition and palette and finding deeper meaning in the interaction of color and form as well as the constant flow of problems and challenges met with some form of resolution be it right or wrong."(Ida, 2021).

Early Life & Education
Bryan Ida began his artistic journey in music. Ida began playing French Horn as a child. Ida played in both the El Camino youth symphony and school orchestras. Ida attended both San Jose State and Sonoma State University, where he went on to study electronic music composition. Ida claims that the experience of painting and playing music is different but the expression is the same.

In 1988 Ida worked for Sam Francis, an expressionist painter and his mentor. Francis and Ida were friends as children. Francis invited Ida to work as his studio assistant in Palo Alto when Ida began his experience of working with an artist on a daily basis. Ida expresses his appreciation towards Francis calming Francis was an influence into painting.

Ida's journey began in a studio in Venice where Francis provided Ida with free access to paint, paper and canvas. That was when Ida began focusing more on painting rather than music.

22 years ago, Ida completely committed to painting which lead him to fell that he finally found his place in the world (Ida, 2021).

"Grandfather" by Brian Ida
In this article Karen Lauer (2021) introduces one of Bryan Ida’s most well-known art pieces. Bryan Ida is known for his 5-foot portrait of his grandfather that he created out of multiple words. The words are not just any words, these words are the text of the Executive Order 9066. The reason Ida used this document to create this artwork is because this picture was taken by Dorothea Lange as Ida’s grandfather was heading to the Topaz Interment Camo in Utah. His grandfather lived the time in which 112,000 first-generation and American-born Japanese Americans were forced to move to internment camps just because of their heritage. Bryan Ida expresses that his purpose for this specific kind of art is to depict history through art to hopefully one day keep history from repeating itself. An experienced journalist, Karen Lauer is aware that Ida’s stance is political and so she also spoke to Adena Ishii. Ishii went to Santa Clara University has education in law. We are also informed that Ishii is a moderator for Ida’s virtual exhibit. The journalist explains that Ishii hopes that Ida’s art is visited so that the youth can avoid repeating history and older generations can remember history. Sadly, in recent past events, Ida created another form of art to depict the feelings of Muslims when former President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order 13769 which was an order of barring citizens of Muslim.

Interview with Bryan Ida
In this article about Bryan Ida’s artistic styles, Claire Murphy (2021) is able to interview and report exactly how Ida became an artist and what his art stands for. The article begins by informing the readers that Ida’s first form of artistic style was music. From music he took on a mentor, Sam Francis, which informed Ida about his observations. Francis informed Ida that he noticed visual art would naturally come to Ida. This conversation was Ida’s beginning to create today’s popular collection of prints and portraits called “Con.text”. These creations are all about significant historical events that impacted people. Ida describes the pieces as a story and Ida expressed his belief that every person carries a story, whether the person has been oppressed or had been the oppressor. This article provides a variety of information from Bryan Ida’s background, his journey, his artistic methods of creating art, to the main purpose of his art pieces. The journalist does a great job of including quotes of Bryan Ida’s stance on current political and social issue and even gets a hint on the upcoming project. The presentation of the article has great potential as it is structed in a chronological order ending with Ida’s current main focus for his next project. Ending with a quote from Ida expressing his purpose to keep creating art and providing a link to view Ida’s whole art collection.

Exhibits & Locations
Ida's work has been shown and held in the following locations. Ida's location can also be seen at his website!

Solo Shows:

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