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Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:


2016 Brian Mains : The Intersection of Light and Darkness. Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 9 - February 7, 2016.
2007 Brian Mains : Purification and Renewal. Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA, September 8 - October 27, 2007.
2002 Brian Mains : Change and Transformation. Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA, September 14 - October 26, 2002.
1990 Brian Mains : Paintings. Golden West College, Fine Arts Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA, September 4 - 14, 1990.
1989 Brian Mains : Paintings. Loyola Marymount University, Laband Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, September 12 - October 14, 1989.
1981 Brian Mains : Paintings. Graham Gallery, Houston, TX., September 3 - 29, 1981. Organized in association with Anne H. Roberts/Fine Arts.
1977 Brian Mains : Paintings. Covo de Iongh Gallery, Houston, TX., September 8 - October, 1977.

Selected Group Exhibitions:


2020 The Day After Tomorrow: Art in Response to Turmoil and Hope. Utah State University, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan UT, July 1 - December 19, 2020. Curated by Bolton Colburn.
2013 The Interior Castle: Journeys of Faith and Reflections of the Soul. Holy Family Church Bookstore, South Pasadena, CA, September 8 - October 6, 2013. Curated by Patty Wickman.
2009 Draw the Line. Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, June 13 - July 25, 2009.
2007 Luck of the Draw. Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA, June 16 - July 28, 2007.
2004 Bodily Notions. Glendale College, Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, November 15 - December 10, 2004. Curated by Annabelle Alymer.
2003 LA Post-Cool [re-mix]. Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA, July 13 - August 30, 2003. Curated by Michael Duncan.
2002/03 LA Post-Cool. San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, November 23, 2002 - March 23, 2003. Curated by Michael Duncan.
2001 Importance of Being eARnesT. Occidental College, Weingart Galleries & Mullin Sculpture Barn, Los Angeles, CA, January 26 - March 16, 2001. Curated by Michael Duncan.
2000-02 Representing LA. Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA., December 9, 2000 - February 11, 2001.; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX., April 15 - June 10, 2001; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, November 4, 2001 - January 13, 2002. Curated by Gordon Fuglie.
1998 Image Upon Image. Mount St. Mary's College, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, October 27 - November 21, 1998. Curated by Jody Baral.
1995 The Spiritual Dimension. Lebanon Valley College, Art Gallery, Annville, PA., June 8 - July 13, 1995. Curated by David Brigham.
1993 Peculiar Paintings. Woodbury University, Art Gallery, Burbank, CA, October 7 - November 13, 1993. Curated by Randy Sommer.
1992 LAX : The Los Angeles Exhibition : Seven Los Angeles Artists. LACE, Los Angeles, CA, November 6 - December 24, 1992. Curated by Karen Carson and Jacci Den Hartog.
1988-89 20 Artists/Los Angeles. The City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC., November 4, 1988 - January 22, 1989. Curated by Jim Starrett.
1985 Then, Now, and Then. University of Houston, Lawndale Annex, Houston, TX., January 11 - February 10, 1985.
1980 Five Houston Painters. Texas A&M University, MSC Gallery, College Station, TX., January 8 - February 3, 1980
1979 Houston Invitational Painting I. Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston, TX., February 22 - March 31, 1979.

Public Collections:


Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT.