Bryan Ida

==Bryan Ida==
Bryan Ida, a man who considers himself to be an, artist, and proves it with his ability to make art with various objects. All he really needs is ink, a canvas, and beauty is made. Growing up as an American painter with Japanese decent, growing up in the United States, his journey was never planned to be where he is today. Always in the realm of, "art", Bryan Ida went from music to artistic value in painting, after working with various industries and idols, such as Sam Francis. Known for related artwork in galleries around the world, his talent has always proven to be a steady message, not by force, but by his design to make art into an artwork of movement. Biography. Bryan Ida. (2021, September 24). Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://bryanida.com/biography/ 
==Early Life & Education==
Bryan Ida was born in California, in the Santa Clara County. Bryan played a French Horn in El Camino youth symphony and school orchestras. All throughout Bryan's High School time, he studied and had an extreme passion for electronic music. Bryan Ida states After being drawn to music at a young age, Bryan Ida pursued in musical art before venturing out into physical art, which changed his life and his name as an artist. As time came, and opportunities were provided to Ida, he soon became less interested in music, and pursued a passion and career in painting, which resulted in less of music aspirations. Although Ida claimed expressing oneself through music is the same in painting. After studying in San Jose State and Sonoma State University in electronic music, Bryan decided to continue a career path in painting. This decision lead him to work for Sam Francis when offered a job by him. 
In 1988, Bryan Ida made the decision to work for an abstract expressionist painter by the name of Sam Francis. Working with Sam gave him opportunities along side being able to work on a commission project, that would soon be later published into a united government building in Bonn, Germany. Because of his connection with Francis, Bryan was offered bigger opportunities that lead him to a world of paining explorations and an array of access.
=="con-Text"==
con-Text is an exhibition created by Bryan Ida that was a virtual experience at Cal State LA in the Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery. In this series of painting were a symbol of rendering the self-inflictions from government documents to form harmful words for each subject of topic. In pen-inked strokes, each painting symbolizes a different struggle and different issue in the world, with the intent to bring light to the subject and make it well known. Bryan Ida writes, "The intent of this series is to portray individuals as the embodiment of strength and pride standing defiantly in the face of oppression and fear by a power against them. With the current social and political environment and the recent acts that repeat past abuse and injustice I am attempting to view historic events in the context of the contemporary climate." 
The names of the paintings within this series are as follows: Grandfather, Neighbor, Elon, Gregory, Paul, Lorraine, Lisa, Mike, Justine, Ash, Mary Jo, Heather, Tiffany, Protestor, Marcus, Blaine, Angelin, Father, and Manzanar. Anyone can view this series on Bryan Ida's website: https://bryanida.com/con-text-ink-portraits-on-panel/ 
Japanese American Museum of San Jose, https://www.jamsj.org/context.
With this establishment at the gallery on CSULA campus Gallery, in its virtually stunning and beauty of embodied humans created of pixilated words, it's establishment makes a stamp on subjects like, "Journalism, Race, Identity, etc."
“Con.text by Bryan Ida.” Japanese American Museum of San Jose, https://www.jamsj.org/context. 
https://bryanida.com/con-text-ink-portraits-on-panel/
==Education==
Sonoma State University , Electronic Music composition 1984-86
San Jose State University , Electronic Music Composition 1986-89
Biography. Bryan Ida. (2021, September 24). Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://bryanida.com/biography/ 
After year long of being musically inclined, melodically entertained, and showing passion through musical expression, Bryan Ida decided to move a different route, exiting his years long of hard work in schooling. In 1988, left to pursue a career in working for Sam Francis.
==Latest Work: Deep==
In his recent series called "Deep", Bryan Ida has constructed various paintings in fading light series which contain a particular species that is either considered "threatened" or "endangered" to society. With the use of light and dark, Bryan Ida hopes to express and represent "the contrast between hope and despair." His statement of this recent series proclaims there is no chance of recovering the environment from the damages humans have caused it.
The following is a list of paintings within the series Deep:
Snow Leopard (2022)
Royal Sun Angel (2022)
Yellow Eyed Penguin (2022)
Red Panda (2022)
Saimese Crocodile (2022)
African Elephant (2022)
Jade Mountain (2022)
Whooping Crane (2022)
Monarch Butterfly (2022)
Leatherback Turtle (2022)
Shine (2021)
Whale (2021)
Maple Fall (2021)
Orangutan (2021)
Solitude (2021)
Bee's (2021)
Sunset and Desire (2020)
Rhino (2020)
Under the Brightest Moon (2020)
Polar Bear (2020)
Nature's Way (2020)
Standing Tall (2020)
Waterfront (2019)
One Tree Standing (2019)
Nature Decoded (2019)
Forest Deep (2019)
Signal (2018)
Balance Point (2018)
The series can be viewed here: https://bryanida.com
Category:People from California
Category:Sonoma State University alumni
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