Brantly Sheffield
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About the Artist
Brantly Sheffield is a Dallas based artist born October 18th, 1991. He grew up in Edmond Oklahoma. In 2010 he moved to Kansas City Missouri to attend the Kansas City Art Institute. He graduated in 2014 with a BFA in illustration. In 2012 he studied at the Studio Art College International in Florence Italy. He studied fresco painting and art history. Between 2013 and 2017 Brantly was represented by The Late Show art gallery in Kansas City Missouri. In 2015 he moved to Boston Massecuites to attend Boston University’s MFA painting program. He earned his MFA in 2017. He shows his work nationally in curated and juried group exhibitions. Brantly has participated in studio residency programs such as the Cedars Union incubator for the arts. He is currently represented by RO2 gallery in Dallas Texas.
Artist Statement
My paintings and drawings are portraits of people in familiar social settings that fluctuate between memorable to forgettable. I use paint to create an access point to a sense of universal familial bonds through saturated fields of color and geometric patterning that are indicative of familiar textures. The subjects are personal. They range from the people I know, to memorable events, and forgotten moments. Painting helps bridge the gap between the extremely personal and the universally familiar through the history of art. It makes you apart of its space. As if you could know subject. Painting allows me to structure information in my own way through fields of color. I break down the subject into geometric forms through line, then I use saturated fields of color to create a geometric pattern that is indicative of the anatomy of the drawing and my memory of the moment in response to the material that guide how I delineate space. I believe that the totality of the materials creates an access point to a sense of universal familial bonds specific to
each painting.
About the Artist
Brantly Sheffield is a Dallas based artist born October 18th, 1991. He grew up in Edmond Oklahoma. In 2010 he moved to Kansas City Missouri to attend the Kansas City Art Institute. He graduated in 2014 with a BFA in illustration. In 2012 he studied at the Studio Art College International in Florence Italy. He studied fresco painting and art history. Between 2013 and 2017 Brantly was represented by The Late Show art gallery in Kansas City Missouri. In 2015 he moved to Boston Massecuites to attend Boston University’s MFA painting program. He earned his MFA in 2017. He shows his work nationally in curated and juried group exhibitions. Brantly has participated in studio residency programs such as the Cedars Union incubator for the arts. He is currently represented by RO2 gallery in Dallas Texas.
Artist Statement
My paintings and drawings are portraits of people in familiar social settings that fluctuate between memorable to forgettable. I use paint to create an access point to a sense of universal familial bonds through saturated fields of color and geometric patterning that are indicative of familiar textures. The subjects are personal. They range from the people I know, to memorable events, and forgotten moments. Painting helps bridge the gap between the extremely personal and the universally familiar through the history of art. It makes you apart of its space. As if you could know subject. Painting allows me to structure information in my own way through fields of color. I break down the subject into geometric forms through line, then I use saturated fields of color to create a geometric pattern that is indicative of the anatomy of the drawing and my memory of the moment in response to the material that guide how I delineate space. I believe that the totality of the materials creates an access point to a sense of universal familial bonds specific to
each painting.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
MFA, Boston University, Painting, 2017
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Illustration, 2014
Studio Art College International (SACI), Spring 2012
Residencies
The Cedars Union, Studio Artist, Cohort 2, Spring 2020 - Winter 2021
Publications & Interviews
Shoutout DFW, Meet Artist Brantly Sheffield, October, 14 2020
Voyage Dallas Magazine, Meet Brantly Sheffield, May, 9 2018
Solo Exhibitions
The Late Show, Kansas City, MO, “Brick and Mortar”, April 2015
Curated Group Exhibitions
Norman Brown Gallery, Dallas TX, “Works From the Same House”, January 2021 - March 2021
Straight Line Studio, Snow Mass Base Village CO, “What’s in Yr Queue?”, July 2020 - September 2020
Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas TX, “Art Race”, November 2019
Forum Gallery, Dallas TX, “Brookhaven College of Art Faculty Exhibition”, October 2019
Forum Gallery, Dallas TX, “Brookhaven College of Art Faculty Exhibition”, October 2017
On Stellar Rays, New York NY, “Playbook”, July 2017
Gallery 808 Boston University, Boston MA, “3 2 MFA Thesis Exhibition”, April 2017
H&R Block Art Space, “Kansas City Flat-file Exhibition”, June 2014-September 2014
The Late Show, Kansas City MO, “Three x 4”, May 2014
The Late Show, Kansas City MO, “Valentines Group Show”, February 2014
The Late Show, Kansas City MO, “Arrogant Bastard”, December 2013
The Late Show, Kansas City, MO, “New Kids on the Block”, March 2013
Juried Group Exhibitions
Art Space 311, Fort Worth, TX, “Texas Now” 2020, July 2020 - August 2020
LBI Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies NJ, “NJC Works on Paper”, June 2020 - July 2020
Mighty Tieton, Tieton WA, 10x10x10 “Tiny Tietons”, August 2014 - October 2014
Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, “Focus on the Face”, July 2013
MFA, Boston University, Painting, 2017
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Illustration, 2014
Studio Art College International (SACI), Spring 2012
Residencies
The Cedars Union, Studio Artist, Cohort 2, Spring 2020 - Winter 2021
Publications & Interviews
Shoutout DFW, Meet Artist Brantly Sheffield, October, 14 2020
Voyage Dallas Magazine, Meet Brantly Sheffield, May, 9 2018
Solo Exhibitions
The Late Show, Kansas City, MO, “Brick and Mortar”, April 2015
Curated Group Exhibitions
Norman Brown Gallery, Dallas TX, “Works From the Same House”, January 2021 - March 2021
Straight Line Studio, Snow Mass Base Village CO, “What’s in Yr Queue?”, July 2020 - September 2020
Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas TX, “Art Race”, November 2019
Forum Gallery, Dallas TX, “Brookhaven College of Art Faculty Exhibition”, October 2019
Forum Gallery, Dallas TX, “Brookhaven College of Art Faculty Exhibition”, October 2017
On Stellar Rays, New York NY, “Playbook”, July 2017
Gallery 808 Boston University, Boston MA, “3 2 MFA Thesis Exhibition”, April 2017
H&R Block Art Space, “Kansas City Flat-file Exhibition”, June 2014-September 2014
The Late Show, Kansas City MO, “Three x 4”, May 2014
The Late Show, Kansas City MO, “Valentines Group Show”, February 2014
The Late Show, Kansas City MO, “Arrogant Bastard”, December 2013
The Late Show, Kansas City, MO, “New Kids on the Block”, March 2013
Juried Group Exhibitions
Art Space 311, Fort Worth, TX, “Texas Now” 2020, July 2020 - August 2020
LBI Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies NJ, “NJC Works on Paper”, June 2020 - July 2020
Mighty Tieton, Tieton WA, 10x10x10 “Tiny Tietons”, August 2014 - October 2014
Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, “Focus on the Face”, July 2013
