Brett Melliar

Brett Melliar is a painter, currently based in California. As a painting aficionado, Brett utilizes all types of painting mediums and a large range of painting styles to orchestrate his visual symphonies, giving the work a collage-like appearance. The ideas influencing his work are inspired by the time he spent playing competitive basketball, baseball, and soccer year-around as a kid. The exposure to, and reinforcement of, winning from an early age has molded his competitive spirit in life, but to him, is not above being subject to his own introspection. Themes of competition, hierarchy, and mastery are important topics to his work; ones which he portrays in a serious manner, while simultaneously debunking through humor.

2020 MFA in Art Studio, University of California, Davis

2018 MA in Art Studio, California State University, Sacramento

2016 BA in Art Studio, Summa Cum Laude, California State University, Sacramento

2013 AA Studio Arts with Honors, Sierra College

2013 AA Art History for Transfer with Honors, Sierra College

Solo Exhibitions:

2019 Colorful Commentary. Merced College Art Gallery, Merced College. Merced, CA.

2017 The Curious Nature of Ascendancy. Robert Else Gallery, California State University Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

2015 Entangled: The Roots of Collective Conscious. R.W. Witt Gallery, California State University Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

Group Exhibitions:

2020 Altered Trajectories. Manetti Shrem Museum, University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

2019 blip. JAYJAY Gallery. Sacramento, CA.

2018 Underground. Basement Gallery. University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

2018 Regular. University of Montana. Online Exhibition.

2018 Master Class. JAYJAY Gallery. Sacramento, CA

2018 Slice. Pence Gallery. Davis, CA.

2018 In Sight Of Self. University Library Gallery Annex. California State University, Sacramento. Sacramento, CA. (Catalog)

2018 Annual Awards Show. Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

2018 Collegiate Exhibition. John Natsoulas Gallery. Davis, CA. (Catalog)

2017 Membership Medley. Blue Line Gallery. Roseville, CA.

2017 California State Fair. Cal Expo Fairgrounds. Sacramento, CA.

2017 National All Media Juried Show 2017....