BRIAN HOLLISTER

"Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there."
-Annie Dillard

"One must summer and winter with the land and wait its occasions,"
-Mary Austin, "Land of Little Rain"

Education:

  • University of California, Los Angeles, M.F.A.
  • University of California, Los Angeles, M.A.
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2016 - Edward Cella presents at Cabana Home, Santa Barbara, CA
  • 2012 - Notations, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2010 - New and Recent Works, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Santa Barbara, CA
  • 2009 - Paintings, E-Contemporary, Santa Monica, California
  • 1997 - PAINTINGS 1990-1996, Century Gallery, Sylmar, California
  • 1986 - Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California

Group Exhibitions:

  • 2023 - Spring Invitational, Rory Devine Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2022 - Abstraction NOT Abstraction, PRJCTLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2021 - NOMAD presented by Torance Art Museum, Torance, CA
  • 2019 - Pop Up Group Show, Infinity Room, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2018 - RANDOM, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario, CA
  • 2017 - SOMETHING REAL, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2014 - 6018 Wilshire, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.
  • - One For the Road, HudsonLinc, West Hollywood, CA
  • 2013 - From the Desert, HudsonLinc, West Hollywood, CA
  • 2012 - Selections, Edward Cella at Cabana Home, Santa Barbara, CA
  • 2011 - LA Connected, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
  • - TOPO/GRAPHY, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
  • - Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • 2010 - Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2009 - Recent Arrivals, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • - Manifestation, Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles, California
  • - Group Show, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2008 - Santa Monica Landscape, E-Contemporary, Santa Monica, California
  • - Group Show, E-Contemporary, Santa Monica, California
  • 2007 - Group Show, E-Contemporary, Santa Monica, California
  • - abstraction & LANDSCAPE, 98ten Fine Art, Irvine, California
  • 2006 - Venice Art Walk, Venice, California
  • - Abstraction, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • - Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, California
  • 2005 - Group Show, Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, California
  • - Group Show, Empakeris Fine Art, Santa Monica, California
  • 2004 - Photographic Journies, AZU, Ojai, California
  • 2003 - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2002 - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • - Color Outside The Lines, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California
  • - Abstractly, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, California
  • 2001 - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • - Off the Wall, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California
  • - AirConditioned Abstraction Vol. 2, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • - 2001 All Media Juried Exhibition, PVAC, Palos Verdes, CA
  • 2000 - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • - Small Works Exhibition, Ventura College Galleries, Ventura, CA
  • - Feature Gallery, Edison International, Rosemead, CA
  • 1999 - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • - 2nd Small Images Competition, Ventura College Galleries, Ventura, CA
  • - Southern California Regional, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
  • 1998 - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • - Salon du Petit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
  • - ALL CITY OPEN, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • - 100 Dollar Show & Up, POST, Los Angeles, California
  • - Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California
  • 1997 - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • - Artworks 97, Hollywood Los Feliz Jewish Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • - Souvenir Shop, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • - 100 Dollar Show, POST, Los Angeles, California
  • - Generational Abstractions, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • - eyeSITE, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • - West Week, GF Office Furniture, Ltd., Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • - Blow-Up, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • - Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California
  • 1996 - Century Gallery, Sylmar, California
  • - Artworks 96, Hollywood Los Feliz Jewish Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • - Salon du Petit, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
  • - Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 1995 - AirConditioned Abstraction, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • - Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  • 1993 - DEPAYSER, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, California
  • - THE VERDICT, Loyola Law School Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • - The Los Angeles Printmaking Society 12th National Print Exhibition: Southern California Perspectives, Up and Running: Selected Work from Freeman Editions, The Art Store Gallery, Studio City, California
  • 1992 - Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 1991 - Recent Releases, Freeman Editions, Los Angeles, California
  • 1990 - PRINTS: Collectors' Choice for the 90's, Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, California
  • 1987 - Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • 1986 - Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • - Venice Art Walk, Venice, California
  • 1984 - Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, California

Corporate Collections:

  • Capital Group, Los Angeles, California
  • Coldwell-Banker, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Coldwell-Banker, Houston, Texas
  • Indymac Bank, Pasadena, California
  • Libra Investments Inc., Los Angeles, California
  • Rockwell International, El Segundo, California
  • Scadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California
  • Southern California Edison, Executive Collection, Rosemead, California

Bibliography

  • Meet Brian Hollister, VoyageHouston (online magazine), July 25,2018 http://voyagehouston.com/interview/meet-brian-hollister/
  • Riot of Spring, Elizabeth Schwyzer, Santa Barbara Independent, April 28, 2010
  • Simple, diverse and powerful, David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2006, pg. E26
  • Small Wonders, Josef Woodward, Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2000, pg. B8
  • Diminutive but Deep, Josef Woodard, Los Angeles Times, Feb 14, 1999, pg. B11
  • Opposites Part of Their Nature, Josef Woodward, Los Angeles Times, January 23, 1997, pg. F17
  • Juried Exhibit Offers Hodgepodge Of Styles, Josef Woodard, Los Angeles Times, Jun 20, 1996, pg. F15
  • The Art Galleries, Colin Gardner, Los Angeles Times, April 11, 1986, Calendar, pg. F18