Brian Boyer is a Southern California native and has been actively involved in the arts community since 1996. He was a founding member of Edward Giardina Contemporary Art, a five year curatorial partnership in Santa Ana, California. His work has been exhibited throughout Southern California and has been included in various international exhibitions, including Miniature, at Ginza-Kyubidou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and Self-Service Painting, Five Years, London, England. In addition to his efforts to maintain a healthy studio practice, he is also a principal member of the artist collective Finishing School. Their exhibitions include: The Patriot Library, Lucky Tackle, Oakland, California; Saturday School, New York University, New York, New York; PSA, The Office, Huntington Beach, California; Today It's Voluntary, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California; and re-image, Remote Lounge, New York, New York. Brian is currently a Lead Exhibition Technician at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and lives in Long Beach, California.

BRIAN BOYER
Artist Statement

"'composition with light sage, dark sage, and frosty green.' Also known as,' warm cozy for cold steel architectural element in three shades of green.'"

With this project I am interested in positioning crochet as an active metaphor which weaves the history of the buildings occupants' with larger concepts of history, play, labor, monumentality and community. "composition with light sage, dark sage, and frosty green." also known as, "warm cozy for cold steel architectural element in three shades of green." has been produced by an informal group of willing individuals, many of whom learned to crotchet specifically for this project. I would like to thank each of them for their diligence, humor and time they've dedicated to this endeavor.

Amber Ambrose
Alana Bailey and Reformat
April Boyer
Jason Boyer
Stephanie Boyer
Denise Giardina
Ed Giardina
Hilary Graves
Matthew Heizman
Gina Kelly
Jason Pugh
Doris Ward

Brian Boyer 2007