Brian K Guidry

  
 
Born in New Iberia Louisiana, 1968
  
         
 
 

Education

      
1997
  
Master of Fine Arts    Pratt Institute    Brooklyn, NY.
1994
 
Bachelor of Fine Arts    The University of Louisiana   Lafayette, La.
 

Exhibitions          * Solo
   
09-10
   Hot Up Here , Comtemporary Arts Center , New Orleans, LA. — Dan Cameron
2009
   New American Painting, Exhibition in print, southern edition,Volume 82, Open Studio Press.
2009
   Ephemeral Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.
2009
   Recent Works -Mary Beyt, Brian Guidry, The Front, New Orleans, LA.
2009
   Everything Must Go!, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2009
   Branding -An American Tradition, Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.
* 08-09
   Surge, KKProjects, French Market -Washington Artillery Park, outdoor public installation, New Orleans, LA.
2008
   Social Construct / Human Nature, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA. curator —Mia Kaplan
* 2008
   slipstream, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA.
2008
   Focus on Faculty, The Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA.
2008
  
Common Ground, Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, LA.
* 2007
   denatured, Turtle Cove Gallery, Arnaudville LA.
2006
   Exit 101, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese University, Lake Charles, LA.
* 2005
   Recent Work, The Grapevine, Donaldsonville LA.
2005
  
LEGACY: Recent Acquisitions, The Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA.
2005
  
UL Lafayette Visual Arts Faculty II, The Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA.
2005
  
Recent Acquisitions: Paintings and Sculpture, The Odgen Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.
2005
  
18th Annual, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA.
2005
  
New American Painting, Exhibition in print, southern edition,Volume 58, Open Studio Press.
2005
  
Spirit Of Place - Art From Acadiana, The Odgen Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA. Curator --David Houston.
2005
  
Nouveaux Artistes d'Acadiana, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2004-5
  
Louisiana Governor's Mansion 2005 Art Exhibition, Governor's Mansion, Baton Rouge, LA
2004
  
Open for Interpretation, Acadiana Center For The Arts, Lafayette, LA.
Curator --David Houston.
2004
  
Something in the Water, Architects + Artists, Lafayette, LA.
* 2004
  
Test Patterns, Iberia Parish Public Library, New Iberia, LA.
2003
  
Mary Beyt, Ralph Bourque, Troy Dugas, Brian Guidry, Hillary Mcmann, Shawne Major,
Stephanie Patton, Architects + Artists, Lafayette, LA.
2003
  
Many Happy Returns, Artists' Alliance, Lafayette, LA.
* 2002
  
Cusp, Galerié Lafayette,   Lafayette, LA.
2000
  
Serendipity , The Old Post Office, Kansas City, MO.
1999
  
Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY.
1998
  
Cross-Point , Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea.
1998
  
Crest Hardware Show, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, NY.
1998
  
Williamsburg Bridges Tibet, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY.
1998
  
Paperworks, Chongro Gallery, Seoul, Korea. Curator --Kyung-Ja Hwang
1997
  
2nd Annual Small Works, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY.
1997
  
Cornucopia, Woong Chun Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
* 1997
  
MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2nd floor Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1996
  
Annual Juried Pratt MFA Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY. Juror --Elga Wimmer
1995
  
Formations, PS 12 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
1994
  
Convergence, Pratt Institute--17th Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
* 1994
  
BFA Thesis Exhibition, University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
1993
  
Annual National Juried Show, Lafayette Art Association, Lafayette, LA. Juror --Clint Willour.
1993
  
Aware Art: Art Against Aids, Union Gallery, Lafayette, LA.
1992
  
After the Storm, Directors Gallery, ULL, Lafayette, LA.
1990
  
Louisiana Purchase, Annual Competition, City National Bank of Baton Rouge,
Baton Rouge, LA.   Juror --Susan Krane.
   

Awards

      
2008
   Artist Fellowship, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2008
   Creative Business Grant, Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation, New Orleans, LA
1998
Artists in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY.
1997
  
Certificate of Excellence for Merit in Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1993
  
LAA Scholarship Award, Lafayette Art Association, Lafayette, LA.
1991
  
Hartiens Award, Lafayette Art Association, Lafayette, LA, National Juried Two and
Three Dimensional Art Exhibition
   

Publications and Reviews

  
•
 New American Painting, Exhibition in print, Southern edition,Volume 82, Open Studio Press.
•
 Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart, "Brian Guidry", Artforum online, January 2009.
•
 Studio Visit, Exhibition in print,Volume 1, Open Studio Press.
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 Ashley Flanagan, "Inspired by Environment," Times of Acadiana, April 2, 2008, Lafayette, Louisiana.
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 Bryan LaFaye, "Guidry finds inspiration in nature, awareness," Times of Acadiana, December 19, 2007, Lafayette, Louisiana.
•
 Morozov, Mikhail A."Interpersonal Conflict ," [Russian] 2005, St Petersburg, Russia: HSE Press.
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New American Painting, Exhibition in print, Southern edition,Volume 58, Open Studio Press.
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Christi Landry, "Head of The Line," Interview, Daily Iberian, July 29,2005, New Iberia, LA.
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Leslie Bruesbeck & Ted Barnes, "Alexandria Museum of Art," CENLA Focus, August 2005, Alexandria, La.
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Doug MacCash, "Small Touches of Acadiana," Times Picayune, January 2005,
New Orleans, LA.
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Mary Tutwiler, "A Sense of Place," The Independent, Lafayette, LA.
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D. Eric Bookhardt, "Cajuns for all Occasions," Gambit Weekly, February 15, 2005, New Orleans.
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Sally Pollak, Interview, "FLYNN: Staging a whole new type of arts," The Burlington Free Press,
September 17, 2000, Burlington, Vermont.
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Mike Dennison, "A Capitol restoration," Great Falls Tribune, March, 26, Great Falls, Montana.
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Holland Cotter, "19th Annual Artists in the Marketplace," New York Times, July 23, 1999, NYC.
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"In the Bronx, Art in the Marketplace," New York Arts, September 1999, New York, NY.
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"Cross Points", Monthly Home magazine, August 1998, Seoul, Korea.
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"Review", Marie Claire , August 1998, Seoul, Korea.
   

Collections

            
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E.O.S Global, New York, New York.
•
Hopkins, Sampson & Brown Equities, LLC., Newark, New Jersey
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Odgen Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana.
•
National College of Arts--Lahore, Pakistan.
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New York Public Library--New York, New York.
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Pratt Institute Library--Brooklyn, New York.
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Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum -- Lafayette, Louisiana.
   

Conference and Lecture

  
•
Art Speak, The Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb. 2005.
•
Symposium Panelist, Juror--Donald Kuspit, Visiting Critics: Kay Larson, Roberta Smith,
Robert Storr, David Levi-Strauss--Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1997.
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Lecture, The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1999.
 

Professional Experience

 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Study Abroad Program, Paris, France. —May 2005 - July 2005.
 
Adjunct Professor -Summer Program
 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana. —August 2001 - Present.
 
Adjunct Professor
 
· Foundations
 
Louisiana Public Schools, Throughout Louisiana. —2004 - Present.
 
Pupil Appraisal
 
· Evaluate public school students for inclusion in Artist Mentor Program.
 
Acadiana Center for the Arts , Lafayette, Louisiana. —2005 - Present
 
Design Associate / Curatorial Committe
 
· Lighting
 
· Participate in exhibition layout and design
 
Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana. —November 2002 - March 2008.
 
Director
 
The Daily Iberian, New Iberia, Louisiana. —March 2001 - August 2001.
 
Newsroom Editor
 
· Editor of The Tech Hot Line
 
· Quark, Photoshop
 
International Brotherhood of Painters & Allied Trades, D.C. 9, Manhattan, New York
 
January 2001 - June 2001.
 
Production Associate
 
· Restoration of interior trompe l ' oeil at Central Synagogue.
 
Evergreen Painting Studios Inc., Manhattan, New York. —August 1998 - June 2001
 
Production / Design Associate & Manager
 
· Trompe l ' oeil, decorative painting / finishing, samples, gilding.
 
· Restoration and conservation - reversible in-painting, plaster consolidation, scagliola repair ...
   
   
SELECTED PROJECTS INCLUDE:
   
· Flynn Theatre, Burlington, VT, 2000 - Project Foreman
   
· Montana State Capitol, Helena, MO, 2000
   
· Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kansas City, MI, 1999 - 2000 - Project Foreman
   
· New Jersey State Capital, Trenton, NJ, 1998
   
· Sands Casino, Las Vegas, NV, 1998 - 99
   
· St. James Theatre, Manhattan, NY, 1997 - 98
   
· Dime Savings Bank, Brooklyn, NY, 1998
   
· Venetian Resort Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, 1999
   
· Allen County Courthouse, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1998 - 2000
 
Renovata, Brooklyn, New York. —January 1998 - August 1998
 
Production Associate
 
· Church restoration: fine woodworking, marble cutting and fitting.
 
FAO Schwartz, Manhattan, New York. —May 1996 - July 1998
 
Production / Design Associate
 
· Visual displays, concept design, construction and installation.
 
P.S. 122 Gallery, Manhattan, New York. —1996
 
Intern
 
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. —September 1994 - May 1996
 
Restoration Associate
 
· Member of the restoration and masonry team for renovation of historic Higgins Hall and faculty
  housing after fire damage.