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Here is the Press Release for the April/May Solo in Orlando. Hope everyone can come.
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:11:30 -0500
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Subject: [Millenia Gallery Guests] For your calendar
Millenia Fine Art to present …
Bryce Hammond … ALL New Works
April 17 to June 11, 2009
Meet the Artist on Opening Night
Friday, April 17 from 7 pm to 9 pm
Since his first solo exhibit in 1998, Bryce Hammond has exhibited throughout the United States and is unique in that this Artist is known for "sold out" exhibits. Now, Millenia Fine Art is proud to present this popular contemporary artist in an exhibit of ALL NEW WORK opening on Friday, April 17, 2009.
Featured in New American Paintings and a recipient of a Florida Foundation Fellowship grant, Hammond shares his time between a studio in Brooklyn and a home in Florida.
With particular success in Los Angeles, Hammond's "very painterly" works have been seen in several movies – as part of the art collection of the characters in films. A proud father of two, his children often appear in his paintings.
About the Artist:
Painting since his teen years, Bryce Hammond attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina and received degrees in Art History and Business in 1992. As the curator of the Senior Fine Arts Exhibit, he put the business side of his education to work and included his own paintings along with the work of the fine arts majors.
Beginning his painting career, he worked at an Atlanta art gallery during the day and painted in a warehouse studio at night while putting together a series of 'group exhibitions' at the warehouse. His exhibit of January 1994 was shut down by the fire department due to an overcapacity crowd. In classic artist tradition, he took the cue and moved to New York City. Working temp jobs during the day and painting at night in the condemned buildings of Hell's Kitchen and the East Village where he 'lived,' the backgrounds for his signature 'architectural' style began to emerge.
Employment at the Brooklyn Museum allowed for a more stable apartment on the Lower East Side where he slept and painted in the same room. In the summer of 1995, a controversial exhibit brought television attention to the artist. That same show then traveled to Atlanta where three paintings sold; Bryce Hammond was an artist.
1997 was, in the words of the artist, "a revolutionary year for me and my work. I had noticed the strength of the backgrounds in the work, and second, I noticed that the notes to myself on the studio wall were interesting incorporated into the artwork. That year, I began painting pictures of my studio: picture after picture of walls, ceiling, sink, and window. I moved on to painting run-down motels and dirty subways. It was all working. The imagery allowed me to mess with the paint, to destroy the surface and rebuild and to write all over the pieces. I set up a show in Atlanta in December of 1997. 43 of the 44 paintings sold. That was the breaking point. Everything changed after that."
In 1998, Hammond signed his first gallery contract and had his first Solo Exhibition in a real gallery. Since that time, Hammond has shown in Florida, Georgia, New York, Michigan, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas, and California. The press has been good to him, and his work has been featured in New American Paintings, Volumes 27 and 40.
Hammond currently works between a studio in Brooklyn and his home and studio in Florida. 2008 saw him in three major solo exhibits, and he has received the Florida Foundation Fellowship grant for visual artists. He says, "The work is still based on my original concept of painting spaces and architecture. The narrative lies in the mind of the viewer, while the imagery and paint manipulation leads the eye."
Millenia Fine Art is located at 555 South Lake Destiny Drive, Orlando, FL 32810
For information, or to RSVP for Mr. Hammond's Opening Night, please call 407 304 8100.
Media, please call Josh Garrick at 407 304 8106 or josh@milleniafineart.com
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