Brandon Neher was born in Burbank, California, in 1983 and grew up nearby in the San Gabriel Valley. He studied at the Brooks Institute of Photography and discovered his passion for photorealism and geometric patterned art while working in Ventura, California.
Neher has always had an eye for bold patterns and surreal abstractions. Visual landscapes of the picturesque central California coastline dominate most of the imagery found in his collage-style paintings, along with popular cartoon characters and geometric patterns.
He has completed works of art across mediums as diverse as 16mm film, watercolor, oil, sculpture, charcoal, photography, mixed media collage and print transfers. He now lives and works in the Los Angeles area and continues to be inspired by the vibrant lives and landscapes here.
The artist says of his paintings, “While I am inspired by many other artists’ work, I am particularly drawn to German expressionist painters. I admire their ability to convey a narrative on canvas. I have always enjoyed making marks on things for as long as I can remember, which has translated into a love of imagery that captures and conveys a feeling which is fleeting, beautiful, and unique to all people. I always aim for considering my images carefully before painting them, and layering color in a way that hopefully reminds the eye of things previously seen but casts them in a new light.”
EXHIBITIONS
2020-23 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
“Soul Stories”, Sasse Museum, Upland, CA
2018 Private Collection, Venice, CA
Private Collection, Las Vegas, NV
2017 The Hangar, Venice, CA
2016 AVA Studio City apartment complex- 4 Mural Commission
2015 Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA
Grot Furniture, Redondo Beach, CA
Ego Gallery, Redondo Beach, CA
2014 J1 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2013 Hyatt House, Austin, TX
2012 Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
RivaBella Tuscan Farmhouse Restaurant, West Hollywood
2011 Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
2009 Live Style Arts, Venice, CA
2007 Moore Studio Exhibit Space, Pomona, CA
TV & FILM
Secret Life of the American Teenager, ABC
Promised Land, ABC
Design on a Dime, HGTV
Grace and Frankie, Netflix
The Biggest Loser, NBC
