Brendan Flores (b. 1992) Brendan Flores is a Houston-based sculpture artist creating free-standing and wall hanging 3D works. An engineer by professional background, his work is infused with a desire for detail, precision, and constraint. In his practice, Brendan is focused on the process of creating obsessively finished representations of his experiences using hand crafted cubes mostly from exotic and domestic hardwoods which are both his medium and his palette. Most recently, G-Spot Contemporary Art Gallery hosted his first solo show, Growth Rings: 1. Additionally, his work has been shown at the 2023 Visual Arts Alliance Juried Annual Exhibition, juried by Heidi Vaughn of Heidi Vaughn Fine Art, and was selected as the winner of the Giesey Award at the 2023 Rising Eyes of Texas show at the Rockport Center for the Arts, juried by Tanja Peterson of the Redbud Arts Center. Brendan has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently pursuing his MFA at Houston Christian University (formerly HBU), class of 2024. Artist StatementI appreciate straight lines, symmetry, and precision. However, I find my inspiration in the things I see and the situations I experience, where such qualities are generally sparse. Life, nature, and experiences are all messy concepts. My work is the way I assuage my inner desire to smooth the messy into the precise. Each cube is a box that stores my thoughts, emotions, ideas, and once that cube is placed into a work, that is where those feelings live. These emotions are not locked away in some part of me, rather, they are placed in the open to be considered by myself and my audience. Through this open dialogue, I am creating my own abstract language to represent subjective organic themes through rigid and exacting forms. Education2024 MFA, Houston Christian University, Houston, Texas2015 BS, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Solo Exhibitions2024 Upcoming, Solo Show, Bosque Gallery, Lone Star College, Cypress, TX2023 Growth Rings: 1, G Spot Contemporary Gallery, Houston, Texas Group Exhibitions2023 Texas Emerging Volume IV, Foltz Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX Rising Eyes of Texas, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX. Juror: Tanja PetersonVisual Arts Alliance 39th Annual Juried Open Exhibition, Sabine Street Studios, Houston, TX. Juror: Heidi Vaughan 2022 Constructed Visions IV, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, MOSummer 555, Light Space & Time Gallery, Santa Fe, NMLSAG Art Show, Lone Star Art Guild, Houston, TXSpring Show, Tomball Art League, Tomball, TXSpring Show, Houston Art Society, Houston, TX Awards and Grants2023 Giesey Award ­– Rising Eyes of Texas, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX MFA Scholarship - Houston Christian University 2022 MFA Scholarship - Houston Christian University1st Place, 3D Work - Summer 555, Light Space & Time Gallery, Santa Fe, NM1st Place, Sculpture - LSAG Art Show, Lone Star Art Guild, Houston, TXBest in Show - Spring Show, Tomball Art League, Tomball, TX Publications2022 Boynes Emerging Artist Award – Featured Artist – October Newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/emails/6344922b836088abece0409f Artist Interview