Steve Brudniak’s Exhibit to Appear in HSU Art Gallery

“The Esoteric Dharma” by Steve Brudniak

American contemporary artist, actor, and filmmaker, Steve Brudniak, will hold a solo gallery sculpture exhibition at the Ira M Taylor Art Gallery August 27-September 21. This exhibit will be in conjunction with the Biennial Abilene Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition and will conclude with a closing reception on Sept. 21 3:00-4 p.m. in the Frost Center for Visual Arts Room 103.

Steve Brudniak is known for his highly crafted, surreal assemblages invested with science elements and unusual characteristics. Brudniak pioneered the use of many unconventional mediums including Tesla coil lightning, magnetic fluid, gyro mechanics, and biological preservations. Pieces generate ideas and themes of spirituality and psychological function.

“Noumenon and Awareness of the Endless Succession of Thought” by Steve Brudniak

His work appears in the collections of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the San Antonio Museum of Art, The El Paso Museum of Art and The Art Museum of South Texas. In 2008 his Astrogeneris Mementos became the first assemblage sculptures exhibited in outer space.

The monograph, The Science of Surrealism – Assemblage Sculpture of Steve Brudniak documents thirty years of the artist’s career, with a foreword by Guillermo Del Toro.

“Abhaya Mudra Lila of the Watpho Buddha” by Steve Brudniak

Brudniak is also an accomplished actor, director, and producer in film and television, notably, for his acting roles in Richard Linklater Waking Life, Robert Rodriguez upcoming Red 11, The Reels Channels Murder Made Me Famous series, and dozens of other feature and short films, commercials and voice-overs.

In his exhibition statement, Brudniak explained the significance of his work.

“In the Wake of The Exodus Toward the Breach in the Gate” by Steve Brudniak

“The pieces in this exhibit are bound together by the murmur resonating from the dig into the rabbit hole to the unknown; the physical entrances into those rabbit holes: portals, mirrors, lenses, and doors. What you see here is meant to take you out of the world to that state where there are no words, no thoughts,” he said.

For more information, contact Ms. Linda Fawcett at lfawcett@hsutx.edu.