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Teri Brudnak has been drawing and painting since childhood. She grew up in a small town in the high desert in California. Her love of light and color comes from the intense desert landscape of brilliant sunsets and clear starry night skies. She watched her father fly F15 jets for the Air Force. This sparked a life long interest in technology and science fiction.
During her undergraduate studies in Art at Calif State University Long Beach, she encountered inspiring artists in the Jewelry/Metals program. Drawn to the ancient art of Metalsmithing, Teri studied Silversmithing, Jewelry and Bronze Sculpture. Her interest in Art and Technology led to explorations in holography, electronics for jewelry and glass working. As technology became more available to artists, she began to work with early computers to create video and 3D models. Her expertise in digital media has grown to include 3D Fractals and Animation.
Drawing and Painting still remain central to her work—both with traditional media and virtual. She is able to merge her traditional artist’s skills with new electronic media in many innovative ways.
She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally in galleries and exhibitions in the US, Italy, Korea, Japan and Indonesia.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Wearable Art: A Catalyst for Conversation”, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton CA
2018 “Fractal Fantasy”, Sage Hill School Art Center, Newport Coast, CA
2014 LCAD Summer Drawing, Sage Hill School Art Center, Newport Coast, CA
2011 CAEA exhibition “In the Studio” Santa Ana College Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.
2002 American Print Alliance “911 Print Exhibition” traveling exhibition
2000 “Digital Images: Art in the Electronic Age”, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
1999 "Digital Art in a Traditional World", Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1996 "The Digital Show", City Frameworks Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
1995 "Oltre La Grande Soglia" (Beyond the Great Threshold), Centro Espositivo della Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Italy.
"Otre La Grande Soglia", Castello San Giorgio, Orzinnuovi, Italy.
1994 "Oltre la Grande Soglia", Galleria S. Fedele, Milan, Italy.
1993 "From Observation" , CSULB Gallery C, Long Beach, CA.
1992 "Straw Into Gold", Farmington Valley Arts Center, Farmington, CN.
1991 "The Fine Art of Holography", FHP Hippodrome Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
1990 "Muse", System M, Long Beach, CA.
1989 "Two Years of Alternative Art", System M, Long Beach, CA.
1986 "New Jewelry: Forms and Functions", El Camino College Art Gallery,Torrance, CA.
1985 "American Jewelry Now", traveling exhibition to Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Manila and Hong Kong, sponsored by the American Craft Museum, New York and the United States Information Agency, Washington DC.
1984 "Whimsy", Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
"Jewelry USA", American Craft Museum, New York, NY.
"Installation Sculpture", Mt. St. Mary's College Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
"LA '84", Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1983 "Magical Mystery Tour", Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles,CA
"Production Jewelry", Grove Gallery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.
"Jergins Building Studios Exhibit", Jergins Trust Building, Long Beach, CA.
"Electronic Jewelry", California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA.
1982 "Phenomena of Light", Shakti Gallery, Long Beach, CA.
"AHT Holographic Exhibition", Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA.
1981 "AHT Holographic Exhibition", Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA.
"Faculty Exhibition", Cypress College, Cypress, CA.
1980 "National Metals Invitational", Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK.
"Art and Technology Exhibition", Collector's Choice Gallery,
Laguna Beach, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
Artists’ Panel: Muckenthaler Center, 2022 https://fullertonobserver.com/2022/07/29/artist-panel-discusses-wearable-art/
Roberto Severgnini, Editor, Oltre la Grande Soglia , Milan Italy,1994.
Rosen Agency, Baltimore, Maryland, Profiles: Who's Who in American Crafts.
"Jewelry USA", Crystal Productions video, Glenview, Ill., 1991.
American Craft Museum, American Jewelry Now, 1985.
American Craft Museum, Jewelry USA, 1984.
"Material Expressions", ID Magazine, Sept-Oct., 1984.
"Jewelry Today Sparkles With New Materials and Exhibits New Trends", The Christian
Science Monitor, July 5, 1984.
Suzanne Muchnic, "Gorilla Family Puts Its Heavy Tread on Exhibit at Barnsdall Art
Gallery", The Los Angeles Times, part V, pg 1, Dec. 26, 1983.
TV Interview "Community Dimension", Dimension Cable Services, Long Beach, CA. 1983.
Sylvia S. J. Kennedy, "Electronic Jewelry", Ornament Magazine, 7 (1) 1983.
California State College San Bernardino, Electronic Jewelry, 1983.