Brett Cody Rogers
Brett Cody Rogers (b. 1977, Glenwood Springs, CO) received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1999
and MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 2004. His work has been exhibited internationally at Praz-Delavallade,
Berlin and Paris; The Green Gallery, Milwaukee; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen; John Connelly Presents, New York;
Swiss Institute, New York; The Approach, London; and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. Rogers currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1999 BFA with honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
Andrew Falkowski and Brett Cody Rogers, Manifest Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2011
Painter’s Forms, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles
2008
Brett Cody Rogers, Praz-Delavallade, Berlin, Germany
2007
Farewell to Human Scale, Praz-Delavallade Paris, France
2006
That Void / What Void, The Approach, London, England
2005
All The Good Colors Kill You, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA
2003
Reroute, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Vellum LA X Obscura: ‘WHO WE ARE’ Outdoor Billboard Exhibition across Los Angeles, 01.27.2022 - 02.09.2022
Obscura Who We Are (WWA) Opensea.io
Obscura.io x The Billboard Creative - NFTs on Billboards: Blurring the Lines Between the Tangible and the Digital Feb 7th-March 6th, 2022
2021
Obscura Who We Are 200 (WHO), Foundation.app
2017
Fractured Body, Curated by Graham Day Guerra, FAB Gallery, University of the Arts, Tirana, Albania, April 3-17 2017
2013
Black & White - Tofer Chin, Misha Hollenbach and Brett Cody Rogers, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Your History Is Our History, Curated by Réne-Julien Praz, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
HAPPINESS MACHINE End of Mappo: Spontaniety and Restraint, Organized by CC Haun, Post, Los Angeles
2010
June Gloom, curated by Fritz Chesnut, Country Club, Los Angeles
2009
Drawings By, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Lovable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, curated by Joshua Aster and Kristin Calabrese, The Green Gallery East, Milwaukee Wisconsin
2008
Circle Jerks, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles
2007
Notes from the Overpass: New Art from Los Angeles and Saint Petersburg, curated by Emily Newman, Galleriet G18, Helsinki, Finland
Modern Lovers, curated by Kathryn Andrews, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Like color in pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2006
Unborrowed from the eye, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
2005
Split, The Approach, London, England
Free for All, University Art Gallery, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
2004
A Kiss on the Brow, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Supersonic: 1 wind tunnel, 8 schools, 128 artists, Art Center College of Art, Pasadena, CA
Tapestry From an Asteroid, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ScopeCircle Committee for Emerging Art, Christie's, Beverly Hills, CAM
2003
Yesterday There Was a Disaster Today is OK., Studio 18, Curated by Elad Lassry CalArts Valencia, CA
Art Weird, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, Valencia, CA
MFA2 Mid Residency, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2002
Paper Weight, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, Valencia, CA
Today (Formerly Titled One Day™), Swiss Institute, New York, NY
1999
EHP Mostra Finale, Palazzetto Cenci, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy
1998
Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Experiments in Content, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Art and Nature, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995
Five, Webb Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2012
PAUL BRACH VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES, CalArts School of Art, Valencia, CA
2011
TALKS ON PAINTING: PAINTERS BEYOND PAINTING. A panel discussion with Tom Lawson,
Steve Roden, Brett Cody Rogers, and Amanda Ross-Ho moderated by Jill Newman, Mandrake Bar, Los Angeles, CA
2007
UCLA, Advanced painting, Tomory Dodge Instructor, Artist Lecture for advanced painting class Los Angeles, CA
Aspen Art Museum, exhibition walkthrough with AAM Director Heidi Zuckerman Jacobsen in conjunction with Like Color in Pictures, Aspen, CO
2005
Santa Monica Museum of Art,“The Dynamics of Color” Emerging Artists Family Workshop, Santa Monica, CA
CURATORIAL
2008
Circle Jerks, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles. Co-curated with Max Lesser
WRITINGS / PUBLISHED WORKS
2012
Rogers, Brett Cody, “Tomory Dodge: Explosions, Failures, Mistakes,” Flash Art International; May-June 2012 Issue. https://flash---art.com/contributor/brett-cody-rogers/
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Soto, Paul, "Art Platform LA Faces Traffic, Uncertainty,” Art in America Magazine Online, http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/the-market/2012-10-04/art-platform-la/, 04 October 2012
Parks, Bob, “Who Designed My Snowboard Topsheet?”, Outside Magazine Online, https://www.outsideonline.com/1770996/who-designed-my-topsheet 06 September 2012
John, David, “Brett Cody Rogers, Artist, House and Studio, Los Angeles, Los Feliz,” Freunde Von Freunden, http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/brett-cody-rogers/ , 23 May 2012
John, David, Freunde von Freunden, “Wohnen, kalifornisch leicht,” Zeit Online, http://www.zeit.de/lebensart/2012-04/fs-brett-cody-rodgers-fvf-2, 23 May 2012
“Happening | MOCA FRESH:LA Artists part 2,” Paddle8 Scroll Blog, 22 March 2012
*LAFMS, Lightbulb 2012. Limited Edition of 200. Los Angeles Free Music Society, Los Angeles, CA 2012
Buzzi, Florentine, “ALAC, L'ARTE INNOVATIVA A LOS ANGELES È ANCHE VIRTUALE,” Grazia Italy, 25 January 2012, Italy
Campbell, Clayton, “ALAC - Art Los Angeles Contemporary,” Flash Art, January 2012
John, David, “Brett Cody Rogers' installation at ALAC,” You Have Been Here Sometime (YHBHS), 22 January 2012
Happening | Paddle8 + Phaidon Study at ALAC, Part 2, Paddle8 Scroll Blog, 22 January 2012
Brett Cody Rogers interprets Le Corbusier: New exhibition space for Paddle8 and Phaidon inspired by master architect's Maison Blanche, Phaidon Agenda, January 19 2012
Happening | Paddle8 + Phaidon Study at ALAC, Part 1, Paddle8 Scroll Blog, 19 January 2012
2011
Tuck, Geoff, Take an abstract object and make it fall apart: Painter’s Forms at Pepin Moore, Notes On Looking: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, notesonlooking.com, 15 September 2011, Los Angeles, CA
2009
*Minami, Yuki, Mute No. 2, The Face: Stripped, Tanin Inc.; Tokyo, Japan, March 2009
2008
Werneburg, Brigitte, "Art Tour: Brigitte Werneburg takes a look around the galleries of Berlin", Die Tageszeitung, 5 March 2008
2007
Knight, Christopher, Painting gets a broader brush', in LA Times, 2 December, 2007
Lesauvage, Par Magali, "Art/Critiques: Jim Isermann, Andrea Bowers, Brett Cody Rogers. Farewell to Human Scale...Paris. Galerie Praz-Delavallade" , paris-art.com, December, 2007
*Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman, Like color in pictures. Aspen Art Press; Aspen, CO, 2007
2006
Smith, Roberta, Art in Review: Luke Dowd, Scott Myles, David Noonan, Brett Cody Rogers, and Giles Round: Unborrowed from the eye, The New York Times, December 29, 2006
2005
Ansite, Katy, Seeing Things, Kitchen Sink, volume 3 issue 2, p.69
2004
Feed-back, The Art Newspaper, December 5, 2004
Tumlir, Jan, Los Angeles, Artforum, December, 2004, pp.65-66, 68
*Supersonic: One Wind Tunnel, Eight Schools, 120 Artists, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA\
Cakewalk Art & Cultural Journal, No. 6, 2004
2003
* Merkel, Klaus, Gestelle Geschoben, Heinrich Schmid & Co, Frankfurt/Main, 2003