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Brandon Conn

The Arts Center Exhibitions:

• 'Portals,' Winter Show & Silent Auction, 2011
• Corrine Woodman Gallery, April/May 2011
• The Annual Ruth and Jim Howland Community OPEN Exhibition, 2010

Artist's Statement, 'Portals,' Winter Show & Silent Auction, 2011:

Brandon Conn’s current work can simply be described as an exploration of form. He uses the self-imposed limitation of a monochromatic color scheme to allow for more focus on the nature of the forms themselves without “overcomplicating” them. As such, the result is a type of “Design Art” in which an overall minimalist aesthetic of restricted expression is maintained.

"For the theme of PORTALS, I liked the suggestions about exploring transformation and transfiguration, so I decided to go with it. It immediately made me think of a popular sci-fi situation where an object or person goes through some time-worp portal, wormhole or different dimension and is somehow transformed or changed by the shift. Or vice-versa, when a type of transformation occurs, it could be said that it marks the beginning of entering into a new dimension or phase and the dying of an old one.

I decided to go with this idea but wanted to show a progressive change in 3 parts. The first two parts are both on a flat surface (canvas). It's shows a shift or change from simple, elliptical forms to an illusion of a multi-dimensional organic outgrowth. The third part shifts materials and dimension, from flat canvas to wood emerging 3-dimensionally, but the original elliptical shapes are still evident and intact (mostly). It's a simple abstract form that hints at a type of evolutionary metamorphosis."

Brandon Conn, 2011
 

Artist's Biography:

Brandon Conn is a Northwest artist originally from the Southwest. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1982 and moved to Oregon in the summer of 2000 with his family. Soon after, he began studying art and design at Linn-Benton Community College where he earned an AAS Graphic Design in 2004. Conn is currently a graphic designer in Corvallis, OR.

Education

• 2004 AAS Graphic Design
• Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, OR

Group Exhibits

• 2009 Samaritan Health Art Show, Corvallis, OR
• 2010 The Annual Ruth and Jim Howland Community OPEN Exhibition, The Arts Center Gallery, Corvallis, OR

Visit Brandon Conn's website.