Jeffie Brewer grew up in a small, rural town in East Texas. The son of eccentric junkyard owners, he learned to spot beauty in the mundane, developed an array of industrial skills, and discovered he had a knack for making.
Jeffie Brewer grew up in a small, rural town in East Texas. The son of eccentric junk yard owners, he learned to spot beauty in the mundane, developed an array of industrial skills, and discovered he had a knack for making. Those early revelations have influenced his artistic trajectory ever since.
Jeff earned an MFA in sculpture and metals and an MA in sculpture and painting. He also holds a BFA in drawing, printmaking, and jewelry making. He taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate-level art classes from 1998-2019, from sculpture to typography to expressive drawing.
Since his first exhibition in 1998, his work has appeared in both solo and group shows across America and in the UK, Mexico, and Japan.
We are given a brief amount of time together. As an artist, I consider it a gift to be able to share my vision and experience. Sometimes it’s serious, sometimes it’s thoughtful and a lot of the time it’s just silly. The shared experience of existing, living, loving, thinking... seeing beauty, knowing fear, feeling passion, and just being is further magnified through art - creating, discussing, collaborating, learning, and teaching. I have been privileged to have great mentors, teachers, and friends; to continue to share this with viewers is fantastic.
EDUCATION 2000 MFA, Sculpture & Painting, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas 1998 MA, Sculpture & Metals, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas 1995 BFA, Studio Art, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING 2014-2019 Assistant Professor of Sculpture, School of Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
2012-2014 Visiting Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Drawing, Typography, 3-D Design, Drawing 2, Expressive Drawing and Advanced Graphic Design 2007-2012 Adjunct Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Design, Drawing, Digital Media, Advanced Digital Media, Typography, Metals, 3-D Design, Art Appreciation, Sculpture, Advanced Sculpture and Expressive Drawing
1999-2007 Adjunct Professor, Angelina College, Lufkin, Texas Design, Drawing, Art History, Painting and Art Appreciation Served as Interim Chair of the Art Department in 2000
2003-2004 Adjunct Professor, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas Design, Drawing, 3-D Design and Art Appreciation
1997-2000 Teaching Assistant, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Instructor of record: Metals and 3-D Design
EXHIBITIONS SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019-20 Art On The Llano Project, Lubbock, Texas 2018 Tender Barbarian, GVG contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico Idiot Boy, Visual Arts Complex Gallery, Temple College, Temple, Texas 2017 Sculptures and Drawings by Jeffie Brewer, Charles Adams Studio Project - CASP 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas NO ONE IS WATCHING YOU, CSC Gallery, McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas 2016 when i get my hands on you, Reavley Gallery, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas Days Like This, m.t.burton gallery, Surf City, New Jersey 2015 Meditations on Looking and Seeing, GVG contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico Hypnagogia, Ben Bailey Art Gallery, Texas A&M University at Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 2014 What Does It All Mean, Ira M. Taylor Memorial Gallery, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 Color Fields, U of H, Houston, Texas (through Crystal Bridges) Color Field, Naples, Florida (through Crystal Bridges) Jackson Midtown Sculpture Walk, Jackson, Mississippi
2019 Color Field, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas Art on the Green, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas (catalogue) 2019 Sculpture Tucson, Tucson, Arizona True North 2019, Houston Heights, Texas Boerne Art al Fresco, Boerne, Texas Assistance League® of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2019, Houston, Texas (Juror: Jennie Goldstein)
2018 Odyssey Exhibition, Purdue Northwest University, Hammond, Indiana State Fair of Texas Sculpture Show, Dallas, Texas Andy Brown Art Splash, Coppell, Texas St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, St. Joseph, Missouri 44 Artists From Texas, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: Transformations, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky Boerne Art al Fresco, Boerne, Texas Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, California
2017 Boerne Art al Fresco, Boerne, Texas, People’s Choice Profusion in the Void, Artspace111, Fort Worth, Texas Yokna Sculpture Trail, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi Blanco Sculpture Walk, Blanco, Texas Public Arts League of Salado Juried Show, Salado Sculpture Garden, Salado, Texas Keller Art Walk, Keller, Texas Palestine Art Tracks, Palestine, Texas 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Rebecca Low Sculpture Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas (featured artist) Art on Henderson, Dallas, Texas, Best of Show Old Town Art Splash, Coppell, Texas Rosemary Beach Sculpture Exhibition, Rosemary Beach, Florida (catalogue, Otocast), People’s Choice
2016 Craft Hilton Head 2016, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina TAIC Exhibition, Nesbitt Gallery, University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma Palestine Art Tracks, Palestine, Texas Divergent Unity, GVG contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico Place Beyond Image, Jeske Sculpture Park, Ferguson, Missouri Downtown Expressions - Art in Public Places, Stamford Downtown, Stamford, Connecticut (catalogue) Art on the Green, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas (catalogue) Sculpture for New Orleans, Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana Texas Atomic Iron Commission: An Exhibition of Texas Sculpture, THE ARTS Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas Multiplicity & Intricacy, University Gallery, Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, Texas Assistance League® of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas (Juror: Brady Roberts) (catalogue)
2015 Out of the Box, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama (Juror: Willie Cole) (catalogue) Boerne Art al Fresco, Boerne, Texas Axis Gallery 10th National Juried Exhibition, Sacramento, California (Juror: Max Presneill) (catalogue) Palestine Art Tracks, Palestine, Texas Art On Henderson, Dallas, Texas IUE Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Indiana University, Richmond, Indiana Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas Art Encounters, Parker, Colorado Yokna Sculpture Trail, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi Art Encounters, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 20 Cubed: Small Sculpture, Platz Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico Public Arts League of Salado Juried Show, Salado Sculpture Garden, Salado, Texas 20x20x20: A National Compact Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 12x12x12, CASP 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas Losing Love, CORE New Art Space, Denver, Colorado THE CROW SHOW: An Homage To The Raven, The Studio Door, San Diego, California Assistance League® of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas (Juror: Dean Sobel) (catalogue) Arizona Aqueous XXIX, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona 4th Annual Armstrong National 2-D Competition Exhibition, Armstrong State University, Savannah, Georgia
2014 Fine Art Craft Hilton Head 2014, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Palestine Art Tracks, Palestine, Texas Invention and Re-invention, GVG contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico SketchLook, Centre for Fine Print Research, Bristol, United Kingdom Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, VIEW, Old Forge, New York (catalogue) Art on the Llano Public Art Project, Lubbock, Texas Faculty Exhibition, The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Abilene Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Abilene, Texas City of Greeley Sculpture on Loan, Greeley, Colorado City of Sheridan Art in Public Places, Sheridan, Wyoming National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Riverfront Park, North Charleston, South Carolina, Honorable Mention (Juror: Brad Thomas) Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: Beauty Matters, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Cloud Rain, The Henry Coral Gables, Florida Bunny and Meditations, Westin Medical, Houston Cells, NextCure, Marland Burd, McClendon Law, Lubbock, Texas Zorro, Jackson, Mississippi Flamingo, Maestri Gallery, Dallas, Texas Tree of Knowledge, Las Cruses, New Mexico Three Herons, Canals at Grand Park, Frisco, Texas Bull, City of Boerne, Texas Surf Dog, Ruff Range Dog Park, City of Frisco, Texas Yves Klein Blue Heron, HomeTown, North Richland Hills, Texas Hawk, The Jimmy Club, St. Rose, Louisiana Ab’s Chair, Friends of Historic Nacogdoches, Inc., Nacogdoches, Texas Winking RedBird, City of Kenner, Louisiana Bunny, City of Ames, Iowa Cloud Rain, Greeley Art Commission, City of Greeley, Colorado Void, Mast Arboretum, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas RedBird, West Canadian Digital Imaging, Inc., Calgary, Canada
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS International Sculpture Group Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Sculpture Network of Texas Texas Atomic Iron Commission Texas Sculpture Group (Board)
GALLERY AFFILIATION Adaro Art, Watersound, Florida GVG contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico Jane Hamilton Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona Maestri Gallery, Dallas, Texas m.t.burton gallery, Surf City, New Jersey Rebecca Low Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
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