RICHARD BRULAND

Continuum

June 28 – August 2, 2014

Lora Schlesinger is pleased to announce Richard Bruland’s third solo-exhibition with the gallery. Continuum features new abstract paintings by the artist. The exhibition opens with the artists’ reception on Saturday, June 28 from 5 – 7 pm and is on view through August 2, 2014. Richard Bruland’s panels of shifting colors create impressions of hazy atmospheric landscapes when viewed from afar. From a distance, content completely dissolves into form with faint horizons and tones reminiscent of Earth and Sky. At close range, they are surprisingly complex revealing strands of multicolored acrylic paint that form nebulous vein-like structures. Each painting is an accumulation of many layers of acrylic paint over a textured field, sanded down to produce continuous blends of color and texture. His newest paintings show an increasing interest in adding a more specific content to his continuing focus on the transition from light to dark, as well as a curiosity towards more perceptual issues. Although his pieces are structurally abstract, Bruland refers to his paintings as landscapes bringing forth the elements of light, color and shadow. The transitions of light to dark, earth to sky and liquid to solid is central to his very personal exploration. Richard Bruland studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, earning his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of Arts. His work has been exhibited in California since 1988 and he is represented by galleries throughout the United States.

RICHARD BRULAND E D U C A T I O N California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. E X H I B I T I O N H I S T O R Y - S E L E C T E D S O L O S H O W S

2014 Continuum, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2012 New Paintings, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2010 New Fades, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2007 Reflections: Forms & Fades, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland. OR (Tandem solo) Richard Bruland / Steve Klein, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA (Tandem solo) 2006 Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica Richard Bruland” – Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR 2005 Solo - Mt. San Jacinto College Gallery, San Jacinto, CA Fades - Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica

Shadows & Fades - An Evolution From 1990 to 2005, LA Artcore, Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2004 Airs & Fades, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2003 East of Western, Gallery 825 Bergamot Annex, Santa Monica 2001 Lines & Shadows & Fades (Oh My!), Ojala Gallery, Echo Park, CA

Shadows & Fadess, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Shadows & Lines, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles

1999 New Paintings, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA 1998 Selected Works 1990-1998, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles New Works, LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles 1997 Paintings, LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles

S E L E C T E D G R O U P S H O W S 2013 Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica 2012 Small Paintings, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica

Tarfest, E. Annex Gallery, Variety Building, Los Angeles, CA Artists Invitational, Conley Gallery, California State University Fresno

Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica 2011 Abstraction” group show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica 2010 small works” group show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica Shades of Blue, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica 2009 Marked Intensity, Mt. St. Mary’s College Gallery, Los Angeles Introductions… Lanning Gallery, Sedona AZ Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica 2008 Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles. Juried by Howard Fox, LACMA New Directions (3 person show), B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY Little Light (3 person show), 98ten Fine Art, Irvine, CA. Curated by Sarah Park 2007 Open Show 2007, Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Juried by Howard Fox, LACMA Winter Biannual, LAAA South, Hermosa Beach, CA. Juried by Susan Cross Haus Guests, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles. Curated by Bill Rabe & Nina Amsler 2006 Introductions 2006, Davis and Cline Galleries, Ashland, Oregon Saturation & Surface, Gallery 825. Juried by Nancy Silverman-Miles 2005 In The Abstract, Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Juried by Carl Berg Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art 2004 Between 1-10, Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Juried by Jack Rutberg

White Planes, Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Juried by Michelle Isenberg 2003 National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum. Juried by Gordon Fuglie Things D’Art”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Juried by Mark Greenfield L.A. Metro, University Gallery, Clarion University. Clarion, PA 2002 Big Wave IV, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles . Curated by Young An

Pacifically Designed, Gallery 825, Los Angeles The Valentine Show, L.A. River L’il Frogtown Gallery, Los Angeles. Curated by Frank

Romero All Media Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA. Juried by Ashley Emenegger

What’s Really Going On?, Gallery 825, Los Angeles. Juried by Habib Kheradyar 2001 Nature as Source, LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles. Curated by Lydia Takeshita 1999 Small Treasures, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles. Curated by Don O’Melveny 1998 Rockies to the Pacific, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles. Juried by Llyn Foulkes and Roland Reiss

Biennial, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA. Juried by Jay Belloli 1996 Visual Rhythms, Coons Center Gallery, Occidental College, L.A. Curated by Hendrik

Stooker 1995 Open Juried Competition ’95, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA. Juried by Etan Boritzer 1994 Current Abstraction, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, L.A. Curated by Noel Korten 1993 Depayser, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA. Juried by Joni Gordon 1992 Art & Critique, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles. Curated by Scott Canty

Haunted Visions/Celestial Ecstasy, 801 N. Brand Gallery, Glendale. Curated by G. Fuglie

1988 Small Works, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. Curated by Jim Starrett