Bruno Baran

I'm interested in rapidly changing color and light leading to quick brush strokes creating an explosion of tone and hue allowing the eye to move within the painting. Seeking the elusive changes that happen over short periods of time within a landscape. Seeking to find the simplest forms and shapes in the composition to relay what the scene conveys.

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1972-1976, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude

Towson State University, Towson, Maryland
1987, Masters credits towards Masters equivalence and beyond.

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1978 - Present, Credits towards Masters equivalence and beyond.

Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, Maryland
1987 - 1988 - Leadership Phases I, and II

Art New England Summer Workshops, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
1989 - Present, Additional intensive studies with prominent American Artists such as Wolf Kahn, Miroslav Antic, etc.

Fells Point Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1974
1st place prize - Traditional Painting, 3rd place prize - Traditional Painting
Special Award - Overall Painting

Maryland Institute College of Art, Juried Show, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1975

Maryland National Bank, One Man Show, Baltimore, Maryland, November 1975

Fells Point Show, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1975
1st place prize - Traditional Painting, 3rd place prize - Abstract Painting

Senatorial Invitational Show, Washington D.C., March 1975

Maryland Institute College of Art Senior Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1976

Dundalk Community College, One Man Show, Dundalk, Maryland, Spring 1977

Essex Community College, Art Instructors Exhibition, Essex, Maryland,
Spring 1977 - 1981

Towson Art Show, Towson, Maryland, May 1979
1st place prize - Painting

First Financial Gallery, One Man Show, Towson, Maryland, October 1979

Essex Community College, Faculty Exhibition, Essex, Maryland, April 1982 and 1983

Villa Julie College, Juried Painting Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1982

The Last Word Gallery, Juried Group Painting Show, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1983

Johns Hopkins, Turner Gallery, Juried Painting Show, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1983

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