Biography

 Jamey Brzezinski’s paintings, drawings, and prints have been included in over 150 group and solo shows in the USA and abroad.  His work is included in several significant private, corporate, and public collections including the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, the Pratt Institute N.Y.C., and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  He has received several large public commissions and has published technical and critical articles including a catalog essay for the Yerba Buena Center in S.F. and in Artweek Magazine, where he has served as Northern California Editor.  He is Chair of the Fine and Performing Arts Division at Merced College where he has taught painting, drawing, and printmaking since 1992. 

Statement

 These works are about the act of perception—the way the mind interprets color, value, and texture and, through the medium of paint marks on a surface, defines them as visual reality.  The Views from Above , a series started 30 years ago, and the Classical California series both make metaphor for a positive view of the interaction of civilization and the natural environment.  Other bodies of work examine the darker side of the realities of existence—politics, sociology, and religion.