JAMEY BRZEZINSKI
ABOUT JAMEY BRZEZINSKI
Jamey Brzezinski
b. 1951
Growing up in San Bernardino, CA, Jamey Brzezinski first headed to the Bay Area in 1978. His tranquil top-down paintings of imagined landscapes ask the viewer to contemplate the divide between realism and non-objective abstraction.
Brzezinski received his BA from California’s Humboldt State University and earned his MFA in Printmaking from California College of Arts & Crafts. For decades, he was Chairman of the Arts Division at Merced College.
His work is included in several significant public, private, and corporate collections. Among them are the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Saudi Royal Family, and the Pratt Institute in N.Y.C. He lives and works in Pacifica, CA with his wife Jude Pittman.
EDUCATION
1980 MFA, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1978 BA, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
San Bernardino Valley College, College of the Redwoods, CSU Stanislaus, UOP
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Retrospection: Carnegie Art Center, Turlock, CA
2018 Rocks & Sand: Variations on a Theme: Caldwell Gallery, Civic Center, Redwood City
Rocks & Sand: Variations on a Theme: Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA
2015 Rocks & Sand: Milton Marks Conference Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2013 More Pools II: Milton Marks Conference Center Galleries, San Francisco
2012 Light Side/Dark Side: University Art Gallery, C.S.U. Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2003 More Pools: Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA (review)
1996 California: Burning: Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
1993 From 100 Views from Above: Art Gallery, Merced College, Merced
1990 Cypress Series: drawings, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
1989 Paintings, Drawings, & Prints: Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
1987 From 100 Views from Above: Art Department Gallery, Santa Clara University
1986 Pools & Patterns: San Mateo County Hall of Justice, Redwood City, CA
1985 From 100 Views from Above: Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
1978 Recent Work: Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
1977 Summer Snakes: Jambalaya Gallery, Arcata, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Greyish, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2022 Seattle Art Fair, Hang Art, Seattle, WA
2022 Art Market Art Fair, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2020 2020 Award Show: four-person show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2019-18 Exquisite Little Things: Gray Loft Gallery, Jingletown, Oakland, CA
2018 Landscapes Abstracted: Jamey Brzezinski & June Yokell: Milton Marks, San Francisco, CA
2016 Works: Jude Pittman & Jamey Brzezinski: Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, CA
Present Tense: Milton Marks Conference Center Galleries, San Francisco
2013 Sanchez Studio Artists: Oceana Gallery, Pacifica
2012 Close to Home: University Art Gallery, California State University Stanislaus
2012-92 Faculty Show: Art Gallery, Merced College
2009 50/50 Exhibition: Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica
2007 The Fantastic Landscape: Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica
2003 Every Picture Tells A Story: Two Person show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica
2004-88 New Works: Vorpal Gallery, numerous group exhibits, San Francisco
1996 Inaugural Exhibit: Multicultural Art Center, Merced
1994 Artists Who Teach: Carnegie Art Center, Turlock, CA
1992 Gallery Artists: Artefino Gallery, Charlotte, N.C.
1990 Media Mixes: Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C. (review)
Faculty Show: College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
1989 Single Sheets: Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
Gallery Artists: Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1992-2012 Professor of Art, Merced College, Merced, CA (tenured 1996, retired 2012),
Arts Division Chair (Art, Music, Theatre Departments) 1996-2008
1980-1992 Lecturer: drawing, painting, printmaking, figure drawing, design, perspective, & art history
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland University of California, Davis
San Francisco State University, Santa Clara University, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA,Cañada College, Redwood City, CA, College of San Mateo,Vista College (now Berkeley C.C.), Chabot College, Livermore, Hayward, CA (full-time 1989)
1980-1986 Art Instructor: Richmond Art Center, A.S.U.C. Studio at U.C. Berkeley, & other venues
2008 Arts Advisory Council, University of California, Merced
2005-2009 Board of Directors, Executive Council, Merced County Arts Council, Merced
1990-1995 Artweek Magazine, Inc., San Jose, CA. Northern Calif. Editor 1991-92, writer 1988-94
1985 2-D Education Coordinator/Printmaking Supervisor, A.S.U.C. Studio at U.C. Berkeley
1984-1985 Foundry Worker, Coleman Art Foundry, Oakland
1983 Vice President, California Society of Printmakers (est. 1917)
1981-1984 NEA Artists in Institutions Grant recipient: Developed printmaking techniques adapted for developmentally challenged artists, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland
1977-1981 Editorial Cartoonist, Montclarion Weekly, Oakland, Humboldt State University Lumberjack
1970-1980 Commercial Artist, illustrator, cartoonist: California, Arizona, Oregon, Hawaii
INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES, & REVIEWS
Jamey Brzezinski: light side/dark side: catalog, essay by DeWitt Cheng, 30 pg., 25 illus., CSU Stanislaus
Modesto Bee, Merced Sun-Star: several articles relating to public commission, interviews, illus.
Artweek Magazine: vol.24, no.9, Contemporary Printmaking, commentary. Illus.
PrintNews: vol.3, no.1, 8th Miniature Print Exhibition, Pratt Graphics Center NYC, illus.
City Arts Monthly: vol.4, no.5, An Opportunity, re: Creative Growth Printmaking, San Francisco
Art Com: vol.4, no.4, Performing/Performance, re: Novacaine at La Mammelle, San Francisco
Oakland Tribune: 2/14/90, An Artist Responds to Disaster, after Loma Prieta earthquake, illus.
Oakland Tribune: 10/19/90, One Year After the Quake, interview, illus.
San Jose Mercury News: The Cutting Edge, review
Sacramento Bee: San Francisco/Sacramento Printmakers, review
