Skidmore Contemporary Art is honored to announce the debut solo show for American artist, Jessica Brilli. This is Brilli's first one-person show at Skidmore Contemporary Art and her 12th solo show in the United States since 2007. Collective Recollect, Paintings opens to the public on Saturday, June 18th, 2022 with a reception for the artist from 4 – 6 pm. The exhibition features a strong new collection of Brilli's crisply rendered, modernist paintings. Skidmore Contemporary Art is located within the internationally renowned creative arts complex Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA.
Working in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century graphic design aesthetics, Brilli’s paintings reveal the beauty in everyday scenes and objects. The paintings in the exhibition Collective Recollect are from a series of works that Brilli has been producing for several years. These paintings were inspired by mid-to late-20th century 35mm slides and photographs gathered across the United States.
Through Brilli’s experience of painting and sharing these images, she found that there is something inherent in them that speaks to many Americans, whether it be a photo taken at a pool party in 1965 or a photo of someone’s mother standing in front of the family car. We sympathize with and project our own lives onto these scenes from the past.
Brilli earned her BFA in painting at the University of Rhode Island and received a certificate in graphic design from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA. Brilli’s work has been recognized in numerous publications and respected internet-based venues domestically and abroad. Her paintings have been featured in solo and group shows throughout the United States and in South Korea where her work was featured on the cover of Heren Magazine in celebration of the publication’s 10th anniversary exhibition. In 2020, Brilli's painting Night Swimming was featured on the cover of Rumaan Alam's blockbuster novel, Leave the World Behind. Most recently Brilli was named a 2021 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grantee.
Skidmore Contemporary Art is located in Santa Monica at Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite B4. Gallery hours are Tues-Sat 10-5pm. For more information visit skidmorecontemporaryart.com, email gallery@skidmorecontemporaryart or call (310) 828 – 5070.
Lia Skidmore has been an art dealer and advisor to art collectors for over thirty years. Her gallery Skidmore Contemporary Art opened in Malibu in 1998. In 2009, the gallery relocated to Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. In addition to the exhibition program, the gallery provides collectors with art advisory services and art market analysis for the discreet acquisition and resale of works of American Post-War and Contemporary Art.
