Exhibitions

October 1996               Group exhibition: “Art Today,” Diana Aceti Fine Arts, New York City

June 1996                     Painting, “Scylla,” Art Auction ‘96, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California

August 1995                 “Brian Bomeisler” -- Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

August 1994                 “Brian Bomeisler” -- Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

August 1993                 “Brian Bomeisler” -- Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

May 1993                      “Group Exhibition” -- Gee Club Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

February 1992              “Depicted Unknown” -- Bard College, New York

December 1991            “Annex Metropolitan Museum if Art” -- Lafayette, LA

July 1991                      “Brian Bomeisler” -- Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

January 1991                 "Works on Paper" -- Atlantic Gallery, New York City

August 1990                 "Brian Bomeisler" -- Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

July 1989                      "Brian Bomeisler" -- Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

July 1988                      "Brian Bomeisler" -- Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

May 1988                      "20/20: Twenty Artists Choose Twenty Artists" -- Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown

December 1987           "The Last Supper" -- Ludlow Graphic Arts, New York City

February 1986              "Eleventh Annual Small Works Show" -- 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York City

June 1985                     "Gallery Artists" -- Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

May 1985                      "Eight Younger Americans" -- Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City

January 1985                "Selections 28" -- The Drawing Center, New York City

June 1984                    "Brian Bomeisler: Recent Paintings" -- Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

July 1984                      "Sporting Figures" -- Swope Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

March 1984                  "5 Artists/Works on Paper" -- Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara

1981                             "Groups" -- ABC/No Rio, New York City

1980                             "Young Painters, 1980" -- Bronx Museum, New York

1979                             "Group Exhibition" -- Gallery 9, New York City

1978                             "New Faces from SoHo" -- Port Washington Library, New York

1977                             "Ten Years of Ten Downtown" -- P.S. 1 (Institute of Art & Urban Resources), New York City

1977                             "Ten Downtown" -- New York City

1976                             "Group Drawing Show:  Benefit for Chile" -- Cayman Gallery, New York City 

Collections 

  • The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York
  • Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California
  • Private collections in New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C., Bethesda MD; Seattle, WA; California collections in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, La Jolla, Santa Barbara, Del Mar, San Diego
  • Corporate collections in New York City; Troy, Michigan

Reviews

The New York Times, February 3, 1985, Vivien Raynor, review of "Selections 28"

Art News Santa Barbara, June 1984, Betsy Duncombe, review of "Brian Bomeisler"

The Nation, May 28, 1977, Laurence Alloway, review of "Ten Downtown"

 Background

B.F.A. in Painting from Pratt Institute, New York, 1975.  Won First Place Painting Award, 1975.

Recipient of Individual Fellowship for Visual Artists from National Endowment for the Arts; October 1985

Currently teach drawing workshops in New York City, and other cities in the U.S. and abroad, based on the work of Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain; see www.drawright.com for schedule of workshops.  Also helped to develop drawing portfolio and tools in conjunction with the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain® workshops.  Teach private drawing and painting classes in New York City and elsewhere.

Traveled widely throughout North America, Europe, Mexico, and India.

Born in Palo Alto, California, 1952; grew up in Los Angeles;  lived in New York City since 1974.