Meet The Artist
I am a celestial texture artist, YouTuber, and a sales specialist living in Houston Texas with my husband and two black cats! 9 times out of 10 after my artwork impacts viewers I’m asked one number one question! WHY SPACE STUFF? To answer simply space became my escape as a child being an avid daydreamer. Possessing an explorer spirit is within us all when it comes to the unknown. My artwork grasps viewers not only through the mystery of how it was created but because of that wondrous explorer spirit that connects us all whether we've been to space or not.
Artist Statement
From an early age, I've always been an avid daydreamer imagining I was somewhere other than where I was. As a child, my alphabet sheets were joined by paper doodles of stars and planets. While my adult life was filled with post-it doodles during downtime between clients. Whether as a child or as an adult I searched for an escape from reality through the mystery of space. Space became a secret getaway from difficult times during school as a child and now as an adult with work. My series “Space to Earth” narrates the continental drift phases of Earth throughout time using my imagination. Extending acrylic graph lines with text blocks replicate the evolutionary “March of Progress” which fuse into a textured space background and 3D sculpted Earth. Using a vertical format simulates the feeling of transiting from reality to daydreaming. Each painting's daydream is a peek into the past time of Earth. Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.” Within this series, I painted what I see. Each narrative is how I saw the world as a child and how I continue to see it when my imagination is sparked. With this collection, I wanted to bring the feeling of wonder I experience in my daydreams to life for others. While also showing the magic of not only space but the imagination of children that can bloom into the optimism of an artist.
Artist CV
Education
2021 BFA Fine Art Academy of Art University
Solo Exhibitions
2023 West Elm Houston Space to Earth Exhibition 2022 West Elm Houston
2017 Nexus Presents Controversial Conventions, Sweet Inspirations, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2024 Honorable mention Teravarna 7th Color Juried Exhibition 2023 Art Prize Art Fair seed Grant winner Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibitions
2023 Artprize Art Fair, Grand Rapids, MI 2023 Archway Gallery 15th juried exhibition , Houston, Tx 2023 Rainbow! (Online) Cultural Center of cape cod, South Yarmouth Ma 2023 True Beauty Online Exhibition 2023 Volume 20 All Art Works, Grand Rapids, MI
2022 Earth day model Festival
2022 Ephemeral, Capital Culture House Gallery, Virtual
2022 12x12 Project, Smythe-Mckee, Virtal
2022 Pop Up Shop, I Heart indie Markers, Houston, Tx
2022 Urban Art, The W.O.W Museum, Houston, TX
2021 Rotating Art Show, All Art Works, Grand Haven, MI
2021 Group Show, W.O.W Museum, Houston, Tx
2020 Group Show, Conception Art Show, Virtual
2020 Catalogue collection, cocoa Collective Xchange, Virtual
2020 Catalogue collection, PxP contemporary, Virtual
2020 Rotating Art Show, All Art Works, Grand Haven, MI
2020 Creative Distancing, Art museum of South Texas, Virtual
2020 Juried Exhibition ,Artspace 111, Sebastopol, CA
2020 Rotating Art Show, All Art Works, Grand Haven, MI
2020 Qua.Art.Tine, 4 the culture studio, Dallas , TX
2020 Favorite Things ,Sebastopol center for the arts Sebastopol, CA
2020 Mashed 4, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, TX
2016 Marvelous, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2016 Dada Centennial Day of the Dead, International Collage Museum , Santa Fe, NM
2016 Love Travels Campaign, Marriott, Virtual
2015 Artist Collaborative Artist, 356 Days, Virtual
2015 5th annual Showcase, Artslant Virtual
2015 Whimsical Wonderland, Artescape, Sonoma, CA
2015 Portraiture Pictures in Photography , Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Unconventional Means, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna beach, CA
2015 Collage , The Glass Door Montreal, QC
2015 The art of collage and assemblage Exhibition, Arts Benicia-Fragments, Benicia, CA
2015 Sexism, Women’s Cause for art, CA
2015 Strip- Caricatures, Satires and The Funnies, The Studio Door Strip, San Diego, CA
2015 Once Upon a Time Exhibition, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
2012 Material Culture, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 New Generations Matter , De Young Museum , San Francisco, CA
2012 Collaborative group exhibition, The Habit Hole , San Francisco, CA
2009 Contents under pressure, Contemporary art museum, Houston , TX
Bibliography
2024 Canvas Rebel Interview 2024
2023 Bold Journey Interview 2023 2023 Artistcloseup - Contemporary Art Magazine #9 Page #92 2023 All She Makes Magazine Issue 7 2023 Artistonish Magazine Issue #34 May 2023 Page # 57 2021 Create Magazine blog, Memories, Childhood and Home The Rainbow Series by Brittany Ellis
2020 Ecological Citizen Vol 3 No 2, 2020, page #124, #125, #126
2017 Photographers forum best of photography book edition
2016 International contemporary artists vol XI page #86
2011 Photographers forum best of college photography book page #181
2011 Teen ink Magazine 2011 June issue page #10
2010 Photographers forum best of college photography honorable mention page #79
2010 Photographers forum best of college photography finalist edition page #36
2010 Teen Ink Magazine 2010 December issue page #12
2009 Houston Chronicle Artist to watch page #1