Brian Rochefort primarily works with ceramic and glazes as a mixed media sculptor, creating one-of-a-kind vibrant sculptures covered in abstract patterns and fascinating textural features. The process of his work involves breaking apart unfired clay objects and layering them up with more material, then firing between each layer of glaze to produce volcanic masses and craters overflowing with colour. The surfaces of the sculptures are a blend of rough, uneven clumps and smooth, bubbly drips, all suspended in place by the kiln firing.

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Biography

Brian Rochefort primarily works with ceramic and glazes as a mixed media sculptor, creating one-of-a-kind vibrant sculptures covered in abstract patterns and fascinating textural features. The process of his work involves breaking apart unfired clay objects and layering them up with more material, then firing between each layer of glaze to produce volcanic masses and craters overflowing with colour. The surfaces of the sculptures are a blend of rough, uneven clumps and smooth, bubbly drips, all suspended in place by the kiln firing.


Brian Rochefort was born in Rhode Island in 1985. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include: Freddie Mercury, MASSIMODECARLO, Hong Kong (2022); Jaguar! Jaguar!, MASSIMODECARLO, London (2019); Absorption by the Sun, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, USA (2019). Group exhibitions include: Contre-Nature, Mo.Co. Montpellier, Montpellier, France (2022); Clay Pop, Jeffrey Deitch, New York (2021); Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento (2019); Melting Point: Movements in Contemporary Clay, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles (2018); Ceramic Biennial, CAFAM, Los Angeles (2017); From Funk to Punk: Left Coast Ceramics, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, USA (2017); Regarding George Ohr, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, USA (2017). Rochefort was awarded the Lillian Fellowship from the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts in Montana, 2007-2008.

Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2022
USA, 5 4 3 2 1, Van Doren Waxter, New York
PRC, Freddie Mercury, MASSIMODECARLO, Hong Kong
2021
I, Perhaps An Asteroid Hit, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
G, Stellar Gems, Bernier Eliades, Athens
2019
USA, Absorption by the Sun Curated by Alexandra Terry, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara
I, Collapse, Caterina Tognon in collaboration with Van Doren Waxter, Venezia
USA, 2030, Van Doren Waxter, New York
USA, Brian Rochefort: Ceramica Azul, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles
UK, Jaguar! Jaguar!, Massimo De Carlo, London
2018
B, Brian Rochefort - Simon Demeuter, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels
2017
USA, HotSpots, Van Doren Waxter, New York
2016
F, Love Letter, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
PRC, Liu Shangying and Brian Rochefort, MASSIMODECARLO, Beijing
2022
F, Toucher Terre, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
USA, Lush 2: A contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Lighthouse Art CenterTequesta, Tequesta
F, Contre-Nature, Mo.Co. Montpellier, Montpellier
2021
UK, Cracked, Tristan Hoare, London
USA, Clay Pop, Jeffrey Deitch, New York
USA, On Boxing, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Fragile and Unregulated Curated by Brian Rochefort, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
2020
USA, 100 Sculptures, No Gallery, Los Angeles
MC, Artifices Instables. Histoires de céramiques, Villa Sauber , NMNM, Monaco
2019
USA, Cool Clay, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
F, Mutant Nature, Workshop Gallery, Paris
2018
LU, Summer Show, Zidoun & Bossuyt, Luxembourg
USA, Melting Point: Movements in Contemporary Clay, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles
2017
USA, Regarding George Ohr, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton
USA, “It’s All Good…”, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles
USA, All The Small Things, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
USA, From Funk to Punk: Left Coast Ceramics, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse
USA, Ceramic Biennial, CAFAM, Los Angeles
2016
USA, Marinade, BBQLA, Los Angeles
USA, Matt Mignanelli, Brian Rochefort, Russell Tyler, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica
USA, Taste My Raindrops, Mindy Solomon, Miami
USA, Cavity, Some Time Salon, San Francisco
2015
USA, Vault Exhibitions, AMOCA, Pomona
B, Gerasimos Floratos and Brian Rochefort, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels
USA, Highland Park Museum of Art, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles
USA, Art Miami, Harper's Books, Miami
USA, In Reverse Order, The Cabin, Los Angeles

Bibliography

Year
Author, Publication Title, Date
2021
Biolchini, Irene, Artribune, April
Roccella, Erica, Exibart, February 21,
Coppo, Carlotta, Conosco un posto, February
Artdaily, February
Ebert, Grace, Colossal, May
2019
Talley, Anna, An Interior, May
ARTLETTER, September-December Issue
Armstrong, Annie, ArtNews, April 17
Koplos, Janet, Ceramic Arts + Perception, January
Piejko, Jennifer, LALA Magazine, January
Goldstein, Caroline, Artnet News, January 7
Zara, Janelle, T Magazine, August 7
2017
Rhodes, David, artcritical, December 30
Cascone, Sarah, artnet news, October 26
LVL3 Media, July
Lesser, Casey, Artsy, February
2016
Vitrine, Blaire, Love Letter, Exhibition Catalogue. Lefebvre & Fils, October
Rogers, Bill, Cfile, June
2015
Olson, Erica, Ligne Magazine, March
2014
Clark, Garth, Cfile, December

Public collections

Country
Location
Spain
NMAC Foundation, Cádiz
United Kingdom
Zabludowicz Collection
United States of America
Chapman University, Orange
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

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