Brent Godfrey

Brent Godfrey (brent)

Salt Lake City, United States

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Pictures 31 / Videos 0

  • The Great Divide
  • In Dreams She was a Spider
  • Desert Moths
  • Silver Bullet
  • Red Earth
  • Flag
  • Charting Change
  • Hex
  • Global Reach
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  • A Soothing Gesture
  • Beyond Memory II
  • Raboud Family at a Round Table
  • küchenbild IV
  • Kai (detail I)
  • Round
  • park 491
  • drowned with my treasures. diving up to my errors
  • Cherubino
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  • Zachi Cohen (cohzachi)
  • Michael Buckler (chaim)
  • Merrill Kazanjian (kazanjianm)
  • salome dorao (salomedorao)
  • Inga Kathleen Loose (iklart)
  • Kathrin . (Kathrin)
  • David Konigsberg (dkonigsberg)
  • Ektoras Binikos (ektoras)
  • stas volovik (stasvol)
  • Erik Formoe (formoe)
  • heiko mehnert (bobcurtiz)
  • Elsie Kagan (elsiekagan)
  • Misha Shenbrot (shenbrot)
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About me

Brent Godfrey (brent)

Brent Godfrey (brent)

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I use the painting process to translate objects, figures and landscapes into physical metaphor. Combining varying degrees of abstraction and representation, I explore identity and memory, interpersonal relationships, societal structures and global connections.

Many of my recent paintings begin with loosely imagined aerial views overlaid with an implied history. As I paint, I am considering land and water masses, civilizations’ impact upon the terrain, communication channels and the vestiges of shifting powers.

Frequently, my paintings contain layered squares, lined up or floating among organic forms. These sub-compositions are abstractions of memories, meant to create a dialogue between past and present. My focus is on the moments when meaning is revealed and understanding shaped through the triumvirate of intellectual, emotional and physical experience.

The detailed, layered surfaces in my paintings are a physical record of the mental exercises occurring as I work. My marks are expressions of concern, loss, joy and desire. They are painted particles of thought, reaching for compositional resolve while leaving questions and struggles exposed.

www.brentgodfrey.com

Education and activities

Biography

BORN
Utah, USA

EDUCATION
M Ed, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
BA(Cum Laude)Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
Fetchin Art Academy, Taos, New Mexico
Arte Vita, Florence, Italy
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

AWARDS
Merit Award, Springville Art Museum, 2008
Third Place, Springville Art Museum, 2007
Merit Award, Springville Art Museum, 2005

MEDIA
FOX Television “Morning Edition” 2005

ASSOCIATIONS
Oil Painters of America, 2005 American Art Therapy Assoc., 1993

COLLECTIONS
Salt Lake International Airport
Primary Children’s Hospital
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City School District
ATK Thiokol
Grand Summit Hotel
Canyons Resort

Exhibitions

MUSEUM
Alpan International, Long Island, New York, 2008
featured artist, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 2008
Spring Salon , Springville Art Museum, UT, 2008
Spring Salon , Springville Art Museum, UT, 2007
"A Century of Art", Museum of Utah Art & History, 2006
Regional Exhibition, St. George Art Museum , UT, 2006
Spring Salon , Springville Art Museum, UT, 2006
Spring Salon , Springville Art Museum, UT, 2005

SOLO
"Dissecting Reality", “A” Gallery, SLC, UT, 2008
"A Path to the Self", “A” Gallery, SLC, UT, 2005
"Explorations of a Wandering Mind", “A” Gallery, 2002
"Dancing on the Walls", “A” Gallery, SLC, UT, 1997

GROUP
Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, 2007
Utah Artists Invitational,Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT 2002
Utah Artist Invitational, Salt Lake Art Center, UT, 2001

Announcements

upcoming exhibitions:
"A" gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2008
Alpan International exhibition, Long Island, NY, 2008

Publications

Exhibition Catalogue, Springville Museum,2008
International Contemporary Art (hardbound book) Citta di Firenza, Italy, 2007
Exhibition Catalogue, Springville Museum, 2007
Deseret News, photo, story, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune, photo, story, 2007
Art at Salt Lake City International Airport, photos with credits, 2006
Exhibition Catalogue, Springville Museum, photo, 2005
Utah Style & Design, “Color” interview with photo, 2005 Southwest Art, “Abstraction” Featured Artist, 2004
Junction Magazine, “Dandy” cover, biographical story 2003
Utah Homes & Gardens,“100 Utah Artists” photo, story 2003
Salt Lake Magazine, “Ten Tips” interview with photo 2002
Salt Lake Tribune, photograph, 2001
Junction Magazine, “On the Verge” photo, 2001
Art Now, “Color, Rest, Motion” cover, story, 2000
Southwest Art, “Art in Utah”, photo, story1999

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Interests

the humanities (psychology, visual art, literature, music, film, dance) nature, cuisine, personal fitness

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Jochen Hein (Jochen_Hein)

Jochen Hein wrote on 18. June 2008, 11:25:21:

I love your expressive, free and experimental treatment of paint and materials – rock the colors.