Join us at MCASB as we celebrate the opening of Bloom Projects: Brian Rochefort, Absorption by the Sun with tunes by KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox, interactive art activities, and drinks on the terrace.
For Los Angeles, California-based Brian Rochefort’s first solo institutional exhibition the artist will exhibit new works as an extension of the ongoing body of work Craters. This exhibition is curated by Alexandra Terry, Associate Curator.
About the Artist
Brian Rochefort (b. 1985, Rhode Island, USA) lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. Rochefort holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (2007) and was a 2018 Visiting Artist Lecturer at the University of Iowa. He has completed residencies at The Mistake Room, Guadalajara, Mexico (2018) and the Lillian Fellowship Residency at the Archie Bray Foundation, Montana, USA (2009). Rochefort’s work has been featured in solo shows at Van Doren Waxter, New York, USA (2017, 2019), and group shows including Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium (2018); Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, USA (2017); Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, USA (2017); Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2017); The Cabin, Los Angeles, USA (2015); and Retrospective Gallery, Hudson, USA (2015). Current and forthcoming solo shows include Caterina Tognon, in collaboration with Van Doren Waxter, Venice, Italy (2019), and Massimo DiCarlo, London, UK (2019).
Thursday, August 1, 2019
7:00pm - 9:00pm PDT-
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA 93101