Black
Brian Black a Multidisciplinary Approach
Brian Black has been a practicing artist living in Southern California since 2000. His multidisciplinary practice focuses on space, physicality & object interaction. In 2004, he met his long-time collaborator artist Ryan Bulis. Since that time, much of his performance work has been associated with the collaborative they call Brian & Ryan. Brian has also kept an individual art practice and exhibits nationally and internationally.
Education
2000 Northern Illinois University
MA Degree, Sculpture
1995 Northern Illinois University
BFA, Sculpture
BSED, Art Education
Exhibition History
2023 Franconia Sculpture Park Performance Art Fellow
Safer, MN
2023 A Map Project
San Diego, CA
2023 Project Blank Working Title
San Diego, CA
2022 Park Social initiative
San Diego CA
2022 Other Places art fair: Wheelbarrow Valet
Santa Rosa CA
2022 Syntax an arrangement
Art Produce, San Diego CA
2021 Other Places art fair: Highest High-Five
San Pedro CA
2020 Other Places art fair (Virtual)
San Pedro CA
2020 Art Produce Residency
Art Produce, San Diego CA
2019 Global Frequencies
Lincoln, NE
2019 Words Matter (as part of the To Do Mending Project)
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
2019 Edge to Edge
Fahle Galerii, Tallin Estonia
2019 Brian & Ryan Save Kitchmas
Visual Space Gallery, San Diego CA
2019 Soundpedro
FLOOD Gallery, San Pedro CA
2019 Gray Matter
Ship in the Woods, Encinitas CA
2018 Brian & Ryan Kitschmas Time Again
Vivid Space, San Diego CA
2018 Importante/Impotente Partido Tenis
Happening, Tijuana México
2018 Hot Diggity Dog
Surrealist Dinner Party, MOCA Tucson AZ
2018 Sensorium: Living Space
Vanguard Culture, San Diego CA
2018 Soundpedro
San Pedro, CA
2018 Everyone’s Asking If I’m Okay
Icing Room, London UK
2017 TalkTalk
Ship in the Woods, San Diego CA
2017 Brian & Ryan Kitschmas Clinic
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ
2107 Wrong Sound Biennial
International: Pavilion for San Diego, CA
2017 NOISE: Art in Odd Places
AIOP ORLANDO, Orlando FL
2017 Brian & Ryan Sound Collection Helmets
San Diego Art Institute: Project Space, San Diego, CA
2017 Dis_Arbitration
Liberty Station, San Diego CA
2017 Factory @ MOCA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ
2016 Irrational Exhibits 9: Field Reports
Lace Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2015 Brian & Ryan Present a Kitschmas Special
Lux Art Institute, Encinitas CA
2013 AIOP: Model
New York, NY
2012 Local Motion
Jacobs Art Gallery, San Diego CA
2012 Un-common Spaces
Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles CA
2011 Irrational Exhibits 8
Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica CA
2010 Here not There
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
2009 Cross-Walk-A-Thon
Broker Gallery, San Diego, CA
2009 Irrational Exhibits 7
Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica CA
Major Projects and Collaborations
2020 Conceptual Art Teaching Paper/Presentation
University Illinois
2019 Media Arts: Little Saigon Stories
Crawford High School, San Diego CA
2018 Mega Arts: Artist Presenter
San Diego Museum of Art
2014 Mega Arts: Artist Presenter
Mingei Museum
2014 Portrait of a Community Mural
San Diego Cultural Art Alliance: Graffiti Program
2009 Stories of Colina Park Documentation of Community Leaders
LISC Service Learning Grant
Awards and Grants
2023 Artist in Residence Performance Fellowship at Franconia Sculpture Park
2020 Artist in Residence at Art Produce
2015 San Diego Foundation Grant
2014 San Diego Foundation Grant
2011 PLT (Plant a Learning Tree) Grant
2010 Jimmie Johnson and Lowes Toolbox for Education Grant
Included Publications
2023 Conceptual Art and Teaching
2022 Syntax an Arrangement Catalog
2021 Irrational Exhibitions Anthology
2018 Emergency Index: Highest High-Five
Related Work Experience
2018-2022 San Diego State University Teacher Mentor Program
2020 Diversity & Inclusion Outreach Program SDSU School of Art + Design
2013-Current Education Director of the San Diego Cultural Arts Alliance
2018-2020 Chair of the District VAPA Advisory Council
2000-Current Art Instructor Crawford High School
2007-2008 Assistant Curator Brokers Building Gallery
2004-2008 Board Member of Brokers Building Gallery
2009 Visiting Artist for AIGA LINK Program
2009 Visiting Artist for Point Loma Library
2012 Artist Lecture for Local Motion Exhibit at Jacobs Art Gallery
