Brian Alfred works fluidly between painting, collages, digital drawing and animation. He earned a masters of fine arts from Yale University and then went on to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.
He has shown internationally and recently had his first Museum exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum. He is the recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant and in 2005 he was awarded the New York Foundation of the Arts Inspiration Award. His work is in such collections as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Denver Art Museum, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Alfred has worked extensively collaborating with electronic musicians creating and designing catalogs for which these musicians created songs in relation to the artist’s work. His animations have been shown in film festivals internationally.
The collages are made from Color Aid paper cut with an X-acto blade. The artist works with collage paper to create “paper drawings”. These collages are made in a similar fashion to the computer drawings and paintings. The small scale and tactile nature of the collaged paper give them a more intimate feel.
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Paintings
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Majic fireflies, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Majic windows, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Majic fireworks, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Fogbow, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Green flash, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Golden hour, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Diffuse sky radiation, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Majic sky, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Home view, 2018
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Studio view, 2018
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm
Collages
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Starlapse, 2009
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm -
Red Aurora Australis, 2009
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm -
Neon Hospital. 2008
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm -
Double Rainbow, 2008
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm
Video
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Help me, 2005
DVD video
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Tomorrow is the question, 2005
DVD video
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Majic Window, 2008
DVD video
Installations
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Majic Window, 2009
Installation view, Studio la Città - Verona
Paintings
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Majic fireflies, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Majic windows, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Majic fireworks, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Fogbow, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Green flash, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Golden hour, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Diffuse sky radiation, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Majic sky, 2009
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 x 3,5 cm -
Home view, 2018
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm -
Studio view, 2018
acrylic on linen
40,6 x 50,8 cm
Collages
-
Starlapse, 2009
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm -
Red Aurora Australis, 2009
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm -
Neon Hospital. 2008
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm -
Double Rainbow, 2008
collage on paper
22,8 x 30,5 cm
Video
-
Help me, 2005
DVD video
-
Tomorrow is the question, 2005
DVD video
-
Majic Window, 2008
DVD video
Installations
-
Majic Window, 2009
Installation view, Studio la Città - Verona
