Ralph Michael Brekan - Artist
Curriculum Vitae
STATEMENT:
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As time changes the world around us, our interpretation of subject matter also evolves. Art is a glimpse of the past and a vision of the future. Themes of popular culture, mass consumerism and politics fill our waken world and in turn I churn out works that define the world around me. These reoccurring elements of mass production, popularity, brand identity reside throughout my work, both in the subject matter I choose and in the media I employ to execute the vision. Evolution is key to survival. Art has transcended generations not only by learning from the past, but by keen foresight into the future. My work, rich in art history and popular styles, has subscribed to the most common virtue of the past masters: experimentation. |
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS:
2006 Paulina Miller Gallery, Phoenix Arizona.
2006 13th International Collage Contemporain, Paris, France.
2006 Steves Espresso, Tempe, Arizona.
2005 Escape Bar and Art, London, United Kingdom.
2005 The Cone Gallery, Phoenix Arizona, solo show.
2005 12th International Collage Contemporain, Paris, France.
2004 Escape Bar and Art, London, United Kingdom.
2004 "Art in War" exhibition, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2004 Salon International Du Collage Petit Format, Milan, Italy.
2004 11th International Collage Contemporain, Paris, France.
2004 Thought Crime Collective, Phoenix, Arizona.
2004 Cannibal Flower Exhibition, Los Angeles, California.
2003 Museum of Collage, Sergines, France, permanent collection.
2003 Memefest, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, group show.
2003 Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa Arizona, salon show.
2003 Agora Gallery, Soho, New York, New York, group show.
2003 Paulina Miller Gallery, Phoenix Arizona, group show.
2003 Alwun House Gallery, Phoenix Arizona, group show.
2003 Thought Crime Collective, Phoenix Arizona, group show.
2002 Global Cafe, London, England
2001 Eleven East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2001 Art-O-Rama 2001, Tempe, Arizona
2001 Swedish American Museum, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Mood Swings, Tempe, Arizona
2000 Alwun House Exotic Show, Phoenix, Arizona
2000 Swirling Daze 2000, Phoenix, Arizona
2000 Millennium Art Exhibition, Great Wyrly, England
1999 Belle Arte, Tempe, Arizona
1999 Swirling Daze 1999, Phoenix, Arizona
1999 Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University
1999 Alwun House Exotic Show, Phoenix, Arizona
1998 Swirling Daze, Phoenix, Arizona
COLLECTIONS:
Original art work and prints are held in various private and public collections in the following nations:
United States, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Canada.
CHARITY AUCTIONS:
2002 Coalition on Homelessness, SomaArts, San Francisco, California
2001 Sarah‘s Circle, Swedish American Museum, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Diana Princess of Wales Children’s Hospital, Great Britain
1999 Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Scottsdale, Arizona
PUBLISHED:
2002 Le Pop Arte, French web site (ongoing).
2001 Arizona Republic, Rep Magazine May 6th, 2001
2001 Blue Food Magazine, February 2001, Phoenix, Arizona
2000 WWWPopArt a BBC Web Education Web Reference
1999 Global Collage, ongoing web site with projected exhibitions anually.
1998 Phoenix Downtown Magazine, August 1998
TEACHING AND LECTURING
2003 Public High School Lectures, Phoenix, Arizona
2001 Creative Collage, Sax Arts Teachers Video, North America