BRIAN BORRELLO
Sculpture + Design
neonjones@aol.com
Public Art Commissions
| 2000 -02 | "Silicon Forest," Rose Quarter Transit Center, and "Prowform Bio-Zone," Prescott/Swan Island Station, Tri-Met Interstate MAX Light Rail Public Art, Portland, OR |
| 1998 | "Raptor Crossings," Peninsula Crossing Trail, Regional Arts and Culture Council/Metro/Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland, OR
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| 1998 | "Wayfinding Tower," Washington Park Metro Zoo, Portland, OR,
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| 1998 | "Emerging Lifeforms," Audubon Zoological Institute, New Orleans, LA,
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| 1997 | "Sunspot," and "Sun Signs," Belmont Street Business District, Portland, OR
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| 1996 | "Comfort/Concealed," Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA
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| 1995 | "Virtu-Will," Will Rogers Elementary School, Santa Monica, California
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| 1995 | "New Orleans' Column," and "Kids with Cancer Mural Collaboration," Annette and Richard Bloch Cancer Survivors' Plaza, New Orleans, LA
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| 1995 | "Mikey's Garden Monument," New Orleans Parkway Commission, New Orleans, LA
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| 1994 | "Toxic Response," Pitkin County Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility, Aspen, CO
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| 1992 | Fauna Sundial Joe Brown Park, City of New Orleans and the Arts Council of New Orleans, Percent for Art Commission
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| 1990 | "Chamber," Contemporary Arts Center, donor recognition room, permanent installation, New Orleans, LA
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| 1989 | "Biome Triptych," New Orleans Public Library, Napoleon Avenue Branch, City of New Orleans and the Arts Council of New Orleans, Percent for Art Commission
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2001 | "Off the Ground," Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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| 2000 | "Veiled Passages: New Neon Sculptures," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Broadway Gallery, Portland, OR
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| 1999 | "Objects & Images," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
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| 1999 | "New Work," Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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| 1998 | Tank Gallery, Portland, OR
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| 1992 | Organic," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
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| 1988 | Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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| 1987 | Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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"Guns in the Hands of Artists," IFCC Gallery, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, and the Rose City Gun and Knife Trade Show, Portland Expo Center, Portland OR
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"Resident and Transient, Artists Making Time Manifest," curated by Mark Smith, Marylhurst Art Gym, Portland, OR
"wHole," L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR
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| 1998 | "Guns in the Hands of Artists," DCAC,(District of Columbia Arts Center), Washington D.C., (Curator and exhibitor)
"The Art Exchange Show," New York, NY
"On the Edge," Brian Borrello, Bob Tannen, David Bradshaw, Positive Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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| 1997 | "Black and White," Froelick-Adelhardt Gallery and ZYZZYVA Journal, Portland, OR
"The Art Exchange Show," New York, NY
"The Garden Show," PICA(Portland Institute for Contemporary Art),Lutz Tire Building, Portland, OR
"No Dead Artists Exhibition," Positive Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1996 | "Guns in the Hands of Artists," (Curator and exhibitor), Positive Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA
"Shape Show," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
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| 1995 | "Works on Paper Invitational," University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
"I've Got You Under My Skin," live exhibition of tattoos designed by Louisiana artists, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
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| 1993 | "Atrium (70120)," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
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| 1991 | "Common Ground," SAF/NEA Awards in Painting and Works on Paper Exhibition,
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Glass Eats Light," New Orleans School of Glassworks, New Orleans, LA
"Artists on War," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
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| 1990 | "Selections/ Five New Orleans Artists," University of New Orleans Fine Arts Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
"Louisiane en Papier," Artists Alliance, Lafayette, LA
"Third Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, "Abercrombie Gallery,
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
"The Mary Show," X-Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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Awards
| 1999 | Project Assistance Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR, "Guns in the Hands of Artists," (public art created from confiscated handguns by arts community)
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| 1998 | Director's Aid Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts, "Guns in the Hands of Artists," traveling exhibition organized and curated by Brian Borrello,
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| 1997 | Project Assistance Grant, "Wordsmith" project, poetry/public art collaboration with Vernon Elementary School, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
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| 1996 | Louisiana Division of the Arts Project Assistance Grant, Interactive Outdoor Sculpture for Disabled Children
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| 1990 | Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation
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| 1987 | Contemporary Forum's Artists' Materials Grant, Phoenix Art Museum and Arizona Commission on the Arts
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| 1986 -88 | Artist-in-Residence, Fine Art Center of Tempe and Tempe Public Schools, Tempe, AZ
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Education
| 1986 | M.F.A., Sculpture, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
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| 1981 | B.A., Fine Arts, Sculpture, University of New Orleans, LA
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Current Activities
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In Progress | Artist design team member, Tri-Met Interstate MAX Light Rail Public Art Project, Portland, OR
Consultant, NE Alberta Streetscape Plan, public art coordinator, Portland Dept.of Transportation, Portland, OR
Neon designer/fabricator, Neonjones Co, Portland, OR, (principal),
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| 1996 - present |
Karate instructor, sandan(third degree black belt), Portland Shotokan Karate Dojo, Portland State University, Tsutomu Ohshima, Shihan. 1996 - present
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