Adam Brouillette Born in: Munster, IN Birthdate: June 4th Last Updated: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 Personal Contact: adam@littleredmen.com Website: http://www.littleredmen.com
Working to establish myself as a strong member of the Columbus, Ohio arts community, I have promoted myself as both an artist and an arts advocate. My personal artwork along with my involvement in several arts organizations has led me to notoriety in the community. My artwork has become distinct in its style and has developed greatly over the years. I have won several awards, am part of an abundance of private collections, and am displayed publicly in many locations. A 2002 graduate of Columbus College of Art and Design, I started creating my current body of work a few years before graduating and have continued since.
Throughout college, I spent time as a printmaker, learning the technical aspects of classical printmaking and eventually rejecting its stylistic features for the bright graphic colors of more modern processes related to screen printing and graphic design. My current work utilizes these elements to communicate to an audience, though a majority of my works are now produced as paintings.
I am involved in several organizations related to promoting the arts. I have been a member of the Ohio Art League since 1999, working as a volunteer, an intern, and eventually being asked to the Board of Trustees where I currently serve as Chair of the Exhibitions Committee. I am also involved in the Couchfire Collective, a group of like-minded artists who work together to create events that promote local arts. I have also helped other local arts organizations, such as the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Grandview Arts Council, by participating in discussions on how to best serve artists in the community. Always a lover of design and comic aesthetics, I spent most of my years before art school building with Legos, reading comic books, skateboarding, and playing in bands. My interests in drawing and creating have always stayed with me. These interests have lead me through several related occupations, eventually leading me to gather with close friends and start a creative design studio called I LOVE TREEFORT. Being born in Indiana, moving to Ohio, and spending many of my summers in northern Wisconsin, I consider myself a Midwestern kid. On trips around the country with my band, I have witnessed several other wonderful places only to find that I love the Midwest.
Social observation, interpersonal connections, always being busy, building, drawing, arranging, philosophy and introspective thought, video games (mostly Nintendo), college football, designing, moveable furniture, Ikea, Columbus, friends, family, Legos, my car (a Scion Xb), several different forms of music, my band, playing guitar, playing drums, how things work, flags, science, planets, astronauts, movies, Star Wars anything, Willy Wonka, The Price is Right, Jeopardy, Monopoly, Scrabble, penguins, giraffes, and traveling.
Bob Barker, Willy Wonka, David Attenbourough, David Sadaris, Rick Pringle (the best friend anyone could ever have), Yoshitomo Nara, Hayo Miyazaki, Marcel Duchamp, Hello Kitty, most of the Cartoon Network, Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, the Force, the Secret, packaging, design, my family, various teachers (for better or worse), reaction to current events and social interaction, Shell Silverstien, Gary Larson, Bill Watterson, Charles Shultz, Antoine De Saint-Expurey, Nintendo, my mom, stepdad, sister, and anyone who works hard and doesn't stop
I believe in the ability of simple imagery. Simple images can convey a basic understanding of even the most complex ideas. I like to use the explosion of color and design that is inherent in advertising and cartoons, to convey, in a simple fashion, the broader ideas of social and personal philosophy, ideas of scientific theory and discovery, and commentary on life as I see it. I utilize bright colors and bubbly characters to attract a viewer, and am most satisfied when someone connects to the work in that way, only to discover content subverted by the design. I see this as how advertising and cartoons work and I strive for it. I utilize familiar information to provide the viewer with a basic construct for understanding the ideas I am trying to convey. To me, art has three parts: the idea, the carrying out of that idea, and the reaction to the creation. It is the responsibility of the artist, not to make the viewer understand directly what they are thinking, but to guide them through a funnel-like construct to the possibilities that the artwork can hold.
Spring 2008 “This Is Important, Keep a Straight Face” Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
May 2007 "Recent Work" Grip Technologies, Columbus, Ohio
May 2007 “Chalk on the Walk ” Spring Fling Event Upper Arlington, Ohio
November 2006 “A Long Drive Home” Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio
September 2006 “Meltdown” QTen Gallery, Westerville, Ohio
July 2006 “Interior” Luce, Powell, Ohio
April - June 2006 “Editor” McGraw-Hill Publishing, Columbus, Ohio
November 2005 “Mass Appeal” Mahan Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
May 2005 “Finders/Keepers” Worthington Community Center, Worthington, Ohio
April 2005 “Open House” Pearl Bar, Columbus, Ohio
January – February 2005 “?” Haiku, Columbus, Ohio
September 2004 “Things That End in Y” Edward Jones, Columbus, Ohio
October 2003 “Great Exposition” UBEU Gallery
June 2003 “Hang Up” Brownlee Hall, Grandview Heights, Ohio
March 2003 “Great Blue Cosmos” Blue Cosmos, Columbus, Ohio
November 2002 “Noises Spoons Make” Image Optical, Columbus, Ohio
April – May 2002 “Current Communications” Haiku, Columbus, Ohio
November 2001 “To Exhibit: A Thesis” Canzani Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
November 2001 “The Little Things Add Up” Student Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
January 2001 “Manufactured History” Addition 13 Project, Columbus, Ohio
August 2001 “Coming Up” Utrecht Art Supply, Columbus, Ohio
September – October 2000 “Opening Show” Addition 13 Project, Columbus, Ohio
September 2007 “Via Colori” Goodale Park, Columbus, Ohio
August 2007 “Game Show Show ” Mahan Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
July 2007 “Artful Dodger” The Artful Dodger Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
May 2007 “Night of Art and Glamour ” Benefit for Roy G. Biv Gallery Spice Bar, Columbus, OhioMay 2007
May 2007 “Pecha Kucha” Junctionview Studios, Columbus, Ohio
April 2007 “Agora Spring 2007” Junctionview Studios, Columbus, Ohio
December 2006 “Operation Fragmentation” Curated by Laura Kuenzli Bar of Modern Art, Columbus, Ohio
December 2006 “Thumb Box Exhibition” Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
December 2006 “ROY G BIV Members Small Works Exhibition” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
November 2006 “Agora” Junctionview Studios, Columbus, Ohio
October 2006 “Three Artists” With Karen Snouffer and Mark Williams ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
October 2006 “One Night: Suite” Presented by the Ohio Art League 34th Floor of Huntington Center, Columbus, Ohio
July – December 2006 “Ohio Online Artist’s Registry Juried Exhibition” Curated by Bing Davis, Stephanie Oliver, Susan Meyer Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
July 2006 “Inside the Artist’s Studio” Mahan Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
April 2006 “Art for Life Silent Auction” Fundraiser for Columbus AIDS Task Force Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
February 2006 “Selling Secrets, Collecting Hearts” Neo V Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
December 2005 “ROY G BIV Members Small Works Exhibition” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
November 2005 “Random Drawing” Neo V Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Fall 2005 “Ohio Art League 2005 Annual Fall Juried Exhibition” Juried by Joe Houston, Curator of Contemporary Art, Columbus Museum of Art Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
October 2005 “One Night: Raw Materials” Presented by the Ohio Art League Meier Place, Columbus, Ohio
September 2005 “Whirligigs and Whimsies” The Works Museum, Newark, Ohio
September 2005 “Via Colori” Entry sponsored by Columbus Alive Goodale Park, Columbus, Ohio
September 2005 “YART Sale and Preview Exhibition” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
August 2005 “Open House” Zola, Columbus, Ohio
August 2005 “Major/Minor 2” Ursus Art Space, Upper Arlington, Ohio
July 2005 “Heaven and Hell” Studio 16, Columbus, Ohio
July 2005 “Hair Theater Benefit” Benefit for the Hair Theater Fund and The Columbus Foundation Moretti’s, Columbus, Ohio
June 2005 “BLD Silent Auction” The BLD, Columbus, Ohio
March 2005 “Ohio Art League 94th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition” Juried by Dennis Harrington, Director of Weston Art Gallery (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Sara Johnson, Director of Visual Arts, Southern Ohio Museum (Portsmouth, Ohio) Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
March 2005 “Greater Columbus Arts Council Business Arts Partnership Event” The Home of Ray Hanley, Former President of GCAC
December 2004 “ROY G BIV Members Small Works Exhibition” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
October 2004 “One Night: A Go Go” Presented by the Ohio Art League The Vault, Columbus, Ohio
October 2004 “Illustration Show” Studio Ash, Columbus, Ohio
October 2004 “Sinclair Graphics Department Juried Show” Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
September 2004 “Via Colori” Entry sponsored by Columbus Alive Goodale Park, Columbus, Ohio
August 2004 “Major/Minor” Ursus Art Space, Upper Arlington, Ohio
July 2004 “Plinko Project Show” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
May 2004 “Art for Life Silent Auction” Fundraiser for Columbus AIDS Task Force Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
January 2004 “FundROYser” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
December 2003 “ROY G BIV Members Small Works Exhibition” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
September 2003 “Via Colori” Entry sponsored by Columbus Alive Goodale Park, Columbus, Ohio
December 2002 “ROY G BIV Members Small Works Exhibition” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
November 2002 “Beyond the Canvas” Benefit for Camp Sunrise AIDS Awareness Fund Smith Brothers Building, Columbus, Ohio
September - October 2002 “Ohio Art League 2002 Annual Fall Juried Exhibition” Juried by Paola Morsiani, Associate Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston, Texas) Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
September 2002 “Finale Show” Blue Cube Arts Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
May 2002 “Best of Thesis” Canzani Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
May 2002 “Columbus College of Art and Design 113th Annual Student Exhibition” Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
April 2002 “Art for Life Silent Auction” Fundraiser for Columbus AIDS Task Force Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
March 2002 “Graphic Nature” Blue Cube Arts Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
December 2001 “ROY G BIV Members Small Works Exhibition” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
May 2001 “Columbus College of Art and Design 112th Annual Student Exhibition” Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
February 2001 “Manufactured History” With Nikos Fydor Rutkowski Student Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
December 2000 “ROY G BIV Members Small Works Exhibition” ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
January – December 2000 “Hillel Center for Jewish Studies Juried Exhibition” Juried by Chuck Shenk, international art collector Hillel Center for Jewish Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
September 2000 “Up and Coming” Student Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
May 2000 “Columbus College of Art and Design 111th Annual Student Exhibition” Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
May 1999 “Columbus College of Art and Design 110th Annual Student Exhibition” Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
April 27, 2006 “Fine Art’s Finest” Mention of participation in Art for Life silent auction Columbus Alive
January 29, 2006 “Hair-A-Baloo Advertisement” Book cover illustration featured in full-page advertisement for Patricia Wynn Brown’s book, “Hair-A-Baloo” The New York Times Book Review
April 2005 “Studio 16: Moving On Up” Featured on cover page and in centerfold article as a member of Studio16 Short North Gazette
October 2005 “Color it Gray” Feature and photo of involvement with Ohio Art League’s One Night: Raw Materials event, mention of participation and sponsorship in Via Colori event Columbus Alive
September 2005 “Work the Dock” Mention of artwork featured at Columbus Museum of Art’s YART Sale Preview Party Columbus Alive
September 2005 “Square Deal” Feature and photo promoting participation and sponsorship in upcoming Via Colori event Short North Gazette
August 18, 2005 “Weekender, Visual Arts section” Mention of “Open House” exhibition at Zola The Columbus Dispatch
September 22, 2004 “Chalk It Up” Feature and photo promoting participation and sponsorship in upcoming Via Colori event
July 21, 2004 “Come On Down!” Full-page feature and photo promoting Plinko Project exhibition at ROY G BIV Gallery Columbus Alive
June 23, 2004 “Going, Going, Gone” Mention of participation in BLD Silent Auction
April 14, 2004 On-air interview to tie in with feature in newspaper WBNS 10TV, Columbus, Ohio
April 7, 2004 “Shell Games” Feature and photo on front page and in Accent section The Columbus Dispatch
December 2003 “Cut Out the Middleman” Mention of art sale held at studio Columbus Alive
September 18, 2003 “Party on the Pavement” Feature and photo reviewing 2003 participation and sponsorship in Via Colori event Columbus Alive
February 2003 “Calling All Artists” Mention of upcoming community critique event Columbus Alive
January 16, 2003 “Weekender: Visual Arts section” Mention of three pieces exhibited at ROY G BIV Gallery’s Annual Small Works Exhibition The Columbus Dispatch
November 2002 “Show and Tell” Feature and photo promoting community critique events Columbus Alive
September 2002 “Something In Common” Mention of work featured in Ohio Art League’s Annual Fall Juried Exhibition Columbus Alive
May 2002 “Untapped Talent: Adam Brouillette” Cover feature and centerfold interview with multiple images Tastes Like Chicken Magazine
2006 Selected as one of three first-prize winners in City of Bexley, Ohio’s “Pathway of Color” banner painting competition. Awarded $1,000 cash prize.
1998 – 2002 Awarded $21,000 merit scholarship from Columbus College of Art and Design (accepted)
1998 Awarded $26,000 merit scholarship from Cleveland Institute of Art (declined)
1998 Awarded $18,000 merit scholarship from Maine College of Art (declined)
1995 – 1998 Awarded 23 total keys from the Scholastic Art Committee Two pieces accepted into national level competition in Spring 1998
2006 – Present Co-founder and designer I LOVE TREEFORT, Columbus, Ohio
2005 – Present Freelance visual merchant ZenGenius Visual Merchants, Columbus, Ohio
2006 Assistant preparator Steven Montague, Columbus, Ohio
2004 – 2005 Framing technician The Frame Station, Columbus, Ohio
October 2003 – October 2003 Librarian Grandview Heights Public Library, Grandview Heights, Ohio
May 2002 – October 2003 Lab Coordinator Optic Nerve Art Corporation, Columbus, Ohio
Summer 2002 Graphic designer, serigrapher Paisley Enterprises, Columbus, Ohio
August 1999 – August 2001 Technician Assistant Print Lab, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
May 2000 – August 2001 Associate Utrecht Art Supply, Columbus, Ohio
2006 – Present Member of Ohio Art League board of Trustees Chair of Exhibitions Committee Elected to serve three-year term Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
2006 – Present Founding member, Couchfire Collective Facilitated the organization of an artist’s collective, which encourages collaboration within the Columbus arts community.
2004 – Present Responsible for selecting artists to display work in Haiku Poetic Food & Art. Responsible for curation and installation of works as well as facilitation of sales. Haiku Poetic Food & Art, Columbus, Ohio
2002 – Present Founder and moderator, Community Critiques Organizes community critiques that have been held in many locations since 2002. Currently held on a monthly basis at Ohio Art League gallery. Critiques are open to the public and are designed to create a dialogue between artists and the community. Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
2005 Member of Ohio Art League Board of Trustees Director of Member Curated Exhibitions Served probationary 1-year term Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
2004 – 2005 Responsible for selecting artists to display work in Zola Dining Lounge. Responsible for curation and installation of works as well as facilitation of sales. Zola Dining Lounge, Columbus, Ohio
2004 – 2005 Intern (under Ellen Grevey) Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
December 2006 Ohio Art League’s Thumb Box Exhibition Curated and installed over 70 pieces of artwork Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
November 2006 Agora: Fall 2006 Facilitated the concept development, organization, and production of multimedia art event, including 64 artists, nine performance acts, and seven video installations. An estimated 600 people attended the inaugural event.
October 2006 One Night: Suite Curated and installed over 250 pieces of artwork in executive suite of the Huntington Center Managed planning and production of event Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
Fall 2005 Ohio Art League 2005 Annual Fall Juried Exhibition Assisted juror Joe Houston (Curator of Contemporary Art, Columbus Museum of Art) in the selection of works to be included in exhibition. Also responsible of installation of works. Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
October 2005 One Night: Raw Materials Assisted in the curation and installation of over 200 works Managed planning and production of event Presented by the Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio Meier Place, Columbus, Ohio
2005 Member, Studio16 One of sixteen equal members in an artist-run gallery operated by Doug Fordyce Responsibilities included marketing and promotion of the space
Fall 2004 Ohio Art League 2004 Annual Fall Juried Exhibition Assisted juror Ingrid Schaffner (Senior Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania) in the selection of works to be included in exhibition. Also responsible for installation of works. Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
Fall 2003 Ohio Art League 2003 Annual Fall Juried Exhibition Assisted juror Helen Molesworth (Director of Exhibitions, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio) in the selection of works to be included in exhibition. Also responsible for installation of works. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
December 2003 ROY G BIV FundROYser Curation and installation of 1-month exhibition under Melody Worsley and Jen Burton, gallery director. ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Fall 2001 Lead printer Responsible for creating an edition of original prints with artist Dion Johnson. Columbus, Ohio
Fall 2001 Printer, Dard Hunter III Project Assisted in the restoration and reprinting of 76 Italian and American etchings and engravings, dated 1620-1876. New edition was created, from which a CCAD permanent collection was formed. Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2001 Intaglio collaboration with Jonathan Hammer of Matthew Marks Gallery, NYC. Created two multi-plate editions.
Fall 2000 – present Instructor, portfolio development program Designed and teaches an independent portfolio development program for motivated high school art students. Over 15 students have participated in the tutoring program and have collectively been awarded nearly $1,000,000 in college scholarships. Columbus, Ohio
Fall 2000 – present Instructor Silkscreen printmaking course offered to high school students Saturday Morning Art Classes, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2005 Instructor Drawing workshop for children in grade 6 and up Grandview Heights Public Library, Grandview Heights, Ohio
2003 Assistant instructor High school art classes Grandview Heights High School, Grandview Heights, Ohio
Spring 2000 Assistant instructor Silkscreen printmaking course offered to high school students Saturday Morning Art Classes, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus State Community College Columbus, Ohio Spring 2003 Took courses in early childhood development and psychology
Ashland University Columbus, Ohio Fall 2003 – Winter 2004 Teacher’s Certification Program
Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus, Ohio Fall 1998 – Spring 2002 Awarded Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with focus in Printmaking and Drawing
Avon Lake High School Avon Lake, Ohio Fall 1994 – Spring 1998 Awarded college preparatory diploma Graduated with honors
