Brian McPartlon

Brian McPartlon was born in Schenectady, New York in 1948. His high school teachers encouraged his art and at age 17 his work was recognized at a local art exhibit as one of the “Best of Show.” McPartlon then attended the School of Visual Arts in New York. He studied drawing, painting and sculpture in a traditional studio setting, all the while exploring art museums and galleries, hungry for art without confinement. He “hung out” at famed counterculture places, associated with influential artists and activists and participated in Vietnam War protests. These events brought a connection to a world that he felt was his to encompass and portray in a manner unlike any he had learned in school. McPartlon then moved to California to attend the San Francisco Art Institute.

Upon graduation in 1973, McPartlon rented studio space in San Francisco. With artist friends from the evolving South of Market art scene, he put together well-attended impromptu art shows at 63 Bluxome gallery. In 1975, the collector

Thomas Martinez introduced him to other collectors, designers and artists. McPartlon was now selling his work. In 1978, McPartlon also began using his studio to build movie sets and was Art Director and Property Master for various films through 1986.

In Santa Fe for the past 40 years, he has supported the arts – as a fundraiser, curator and exhibit producer. He and his brother Kevin started McPartlon Roofing, an ongoing successful roofing business. And McPartlon continued to paint every day.

His work was recently selected for The Art in Architecture Program: U.S. General
Services Administration National Artist Registry, Washington, D.C.

Recent and upcoming exhibits include International Art Museum of America, San
Francisco, CA (solo); Slice of Pie, Pie Projects, Santa Fe, NM; CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX;
and The Shape of Color, Pie Projects, Santa Fe, NM (solo). Recent press includes
LandEscape Art Review, London, UK; Magazine 43/Berlin, Hong Kong, Manila; ART UP MI, Milan; Southwest Contemporary; Artwork Gallery Magazine, Kyiv, UKR; MVIBE
Magazine; Silk Road Review; Gemini Magazine; Modern Renaissance Magazine; The
Woven Tale Press; New Mexico Bar Bulletin (cover); Unique Homes/The High End; Forget
Me Not Press; Superpresent Magazine; Blue Mesa Review; Pasatiempo/Santa Fe New
Mexican; Another Chicago Magazine; Arkana Literary Review; Dream Noir; and The
Uncoiled.
He is represented by Pie Projects, Santa Fe, NM; CINQ Gallery, Dallas, TX; and Fresh
Paint Art Consultants, Los Angeles, CA.

Website: https://www.brianmcpartlonstudio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianmcpartlonstudio/