BRI CIREL
About the artist:
Bri Cirel’s oil paintings combine bold text and graphic design with photo realistic imagery referenced from commercial culture and art history. Using a multiple stage method masking, painting in oil, and layering, Cirel creates dynamic interactions between text and imagery that can be viewed in a variety of visual experiences and challenge how visual information is prioritized.
Bri Cirel was born in Redlands, CA in 1982 and received a BA in Film from California College of the Arts, Oakland in 2005. Cirel has exhibited throughout the US and is frequently featured in galleries in Los Angeles and New York.
Public Collections include Pen + Brush Gallery, New York, and Awards include
the Alan Herrick Media Arts Award.
Cirel currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
"MY EYES" at PEN+BRUSH GALLERY
SOLO SHOWS
2019 Krause Gallery, NY. "DELUXE", Double Solo Show.
2016 C.A.V.E Gallery, Venice Beach, CA. "SOME BODY", Solo Show.
2005 Isabel Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA. "TV BRI", Solo Show.
2019 Krause Gallery, NY.
2016 C.A.V.E Gallery, Venice Beach, CA.
GROUP SHOWS & ARTIST FEATURES
2022
Krause Gallery, NY. "Body Language", Artist Feature.
ARTSY Online Gallery. "Hands Off My Cuntry", Group Show
2021
SuperChief Gallery, New York. "Everyday Women's Biennial", Group Show.
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York. "Black and White", Group Show
2020
ThinkSpace Gallery, Culver City. "TAPAS", Group Show.
GWC Art Gallery, CA. "TYPE", Group Show.
Coastline Gallery, Newport Beach. “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm”, Group Show.
2019
Krause Gallery, NY. "Emerging to Established", Group Show.
Parlor Gallery, New Jersey. “10 Years Anniversary”, Group Show.
2018
Krause Gallery, NY. "Emerging to Established", Group Show.
Parlor Gallery, New Jersey. “Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am”, Artist Feature.
Pen & Brush Gallery, New York. "On Adornment", Group Show.
2017
KAABOO Del Mar, San Diego, CA. Artist Feature.
Parlor Gallery, New Jersey. "Anything You Can Do", Group Show.
Supersonic Gallery, Online. "NO BODY", Artist Feature.
C.A.V.E Gallery, Venice Beach, CA. "Winter Invitational", Group Show.
2016
KAABOO Art Festival, San Diego, CA. Group Show.
Parlor Gallery, New Jersey. "Text Me", Group Show.
C.A.V.E Gallery, Venice Beach, CA. "8 Year Anniversary" , Group Show.
Future Tongue, LA, CA. "EXTRACTION", Artist Feature.
2015
Future Tongue, LA, CA. "Futura Tongue Collective Exhibition", Artist Feature.
Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA. "Beacon", Group Show
Gibson Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. "Art Life", Group Show.
Garage Gallery, LA, CA. "Cannibal Flower", Group Show.
Parlor Gallery, New Jersey. "Spell Check", Group Show.
2014
Future Tongue, LA, CA. "Futura Tongue Collective Opening", Artist Feature.
Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA. "Seven", Group Show.
Siren Studios, LA, CA. "Get Art", Group Show.
2013
Krishna Kumar Gallery, LA, CA. "Temple Street", Group Show.
Sancho Gallery, LA, CA. "Tears and Ecstasy", Group Show.
Show Cave Gallery, LA, CA. "Nocturnal", Group Show.
2012
Show Cave Gallery, LA, CA. "Naturalismo", Group Show.
Krishna Kumar Gallery, LA, CA. "Burning Leaves Of Autumn", Group Show.
2011
Uptown Gallery, Oakland, CA. "First Friday", Group Show.
Rock, Paper, Scissors Gallery, Oakland, CA. "First Friday", Group Show.
2005
Isabel Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA. Group Show.
2004
College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA.
"Best Of Junior Review", Group Show.
Oliver Art Center Gallery, Oakland, CA.
"All-College Honors", Group Show.
Scholarships/ Awards
2005 CCA All-College Honors & Scholarship Award.
2004 CCA Best Of Junior Review Award.
2004 Alan Herrick Media Arts Award.
2001 Ralph. A. Kerber Foundation Scholarship.