BRIAN BARNECLO
email me at brian@brianbarneclo.com
Brian Barneclo (b. Indianapolis, IN 1972- ) I’m an American fine artist and muralist, serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. I’m known primarily for large scale murals and a style that is instantly recognizable. The idea of being instantly recognizable makes me squirm and so I explore many themes, but the underlying characteristics are there- a shorthand language of compressed space, encoded with letterform and personal iconography. Themes include interconnectivity, neighborhoods, cultures and customs. I did study Fine Art at Indiana University (BA 1995) so there is an academic side to me, but popular and street cultures have just as much if not more influence on my output. In 2011 I painted San Francisco’s largest mural, “Systems”, the massive 600 foot (40 feet tall) self-commissioned piece- done in partnership with Intersection for the Arts (video below). My patrons include corporations like Google, Facebook, Visa, as well as beloved local San Francisco establishments such as NOPA restaurant and St. Francis Fountain to name a couple. In 2019 I contributed a 110 foot mural to the concourse level of the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors.
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Solo Exhibits 2005-2020
Untitled Art Show – 1240 Minnesota Street – 2019 (December)
Untitled Art Show – 1240 Minnesota Street – 2019 (September)
Rare Device Gallery – “Funky Real Estate” - 2018
111 Minna Gallery - “There Goes the Neighborhood” - 2014
Luna Rienne Gallery - “Misinformation” - 2014
Fabric8 Gallery - “Tight but Loose” - 2012
Fabric8 - “Public Trust” - 2011
Fabric8 Gallery - “Systemic” - 2010
W Hotel - New Work - 2010
Future Primitive Sound - “Takeover” - 2005
Group Shows 1996-2020
111 Minna - 20th Anniversary - 2013
Gallery Heist - Rise Japan - 2011
Brief Space - 2010
111 Minna - Wonderland - 2010
111 Minna Gallery - Neighborhood SF - 2009
Lower Haighters Gallery - the meter maid studies - 2009
5024 SF - “Orchestrated Oddities” - 2008
Roq La Rue - Tiki Show - 2008 - Seattle, WA
111 Minna Gallery 20 x 20 - 2008
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - Artists Ball 7 - 2008
Lower Haighters & FTC - Dirty Bird - 2007
Limited Addiction (now David B. Smith Gallery) - 2007 - Denver, CO
Samson Projects - Way out West - 2007 - Boston, MA
111 Minna Gallery - “A Year and a Day” - 2006
Fabric8 - 10 Year Anniversary - 2006
Bispop Gallery - Slather - 2006 - Pasadena, CA
DVA Gallery - Chicago, IL - 2006
Dezart One Gallery - 2006 - Palm Springs, CA
Shoe Biz - 20 Yard Dash - 2005
Pawnbrokers Gallery - Lowered Hi Ball - 2005
The Shooting Gallery - 2005 - Day in the Life of a Painting
111 Minna Gallery - Fecal Face 5 Year Anniversary - 2005
California Modern Gallery - 2005
Shooting Gallery - Instant Gratification - 2005
Mighty (club) - Sneaker Pimps - 2005
Michelle O’conner Gallery - “On the Way to Work” - 2004
The Shooting Gallery - Erotica Show - 2004
Triple Base Gallery - 2004
New Langton Arts - I Dart SF - 2003
The Canvas Gallery - Street Signs- 2003
MadCapp Gallery - Pushin’ Pigment - 2003
Start Soma - Outside - 2003
The Shooting Gallery - The Erotic Show - 2003
Punch Gallery - Living Large - 2002
COMMERCIAL/ COMMISSION 2006-2020
650 2nd Street HOA - Mural
777 Broadway Oakland – Mural
Adidas – Art Show
Adobe - Artwork
Benny Gold - Mural
Blue Marlin - Commercial Photo Shoot
Chase Center – San Francisco Mural
City of Santa Cruz – Surfin’ Bird Mural
Crocker Art Museum – Mural
Dockers -Superbowl Campaign
Deloitte – San Jose Mural
Facebook Artist In Residence Mural
Genentec - Mural
Gensler - Murals
Google – 345 Spear Murals
Group I – Mural McAllister Street
Hotel des Arts (SF) - Mural
Hard Rock Casino (Las Vegas) - Mural
IceBlock – Sacramento, CA - Mural
Kimpton – Puccini and Pinetti - Mural
Kiip - Mural
Levis – Superbowl Campaign
Netflix – Daredevil Campaign
Nokia - Presentation
Oracle – Live Painting
PCH International - Mural
Prometheus Group - Mural
Rare Device - Mural
Ralph’s/ Kroger – Food Chain Mural
Red Door Coffee - Mural
San Francisco Bay Guardian – Mural
Santa Cruz Boardwalk - Sign
Sharethrough - Mural
Small Food - Mural
Spotify – Mural
Stanford Court Hotel - Mural
Twitter - Artwork
Ustream – Mural
UBM - Mural
Vans - Dew Tour - Murals
Visa - Mural
DESIGN STUDIO COLLABORATIONS
Marie Fisher Interior Design – Metropolitan Apartments
Swell Spaces - Mural
Siol Studios – Roger Dickey Mural
Mr. Important – Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas Mural
RESIDENTIAL MURALS
Roger Dickey
James & Caitlin Freeman
Kevin King & Meridee Moore
Alexandra Watkins
Tim Carr
Diane & Sam Hunt
650 2nd Street
RESTAURANTS MURALS
Blackbird Pizza – Los Angeles, CA – Mural
Black Cat – San Francisco, CA – Mural
Chambers - San Francisco, CA – Mural
District - Oakland, CA - Mural
D’Amici - Calistoga, CA - Mural
Mezcalito – San Francisco, CA - Mural
NOPA- San Francisco, CA – Mural
Nopalito – San Francisco, CA – food cart
Puccini & Pinetti - San Francisco, CA - Mural
St. Francis Fountain – San Francisco, CA - Mural
Trick Dog – San Francisco, CA - Mural
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
SYSTEMS MURAL PROJECT - SAN FRANCISCO - INTERSECTION FOR THE ART
A public mural project envisioned by Brian Barneclo with permission for the 600 foot retaining wall of Crescent Cove Apartments in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. He partnered with fiscal sponsors Intersection for the Arts, as well as the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and Caltrain as part of the project. Over the course of three years he independently raised over $75,000 to finance the project from generous donations from the Adobe Foundation, Dockers, Related Property, Kevin King and Merridee Moore, David Baker and public donors. In this process Barneclo received a proclamation from then-mayor Gavin Newsom, appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for Dockers and became a certified Caltrain rail worker. With the help of one assistant, the mural was painted in just two weeks.
FOOD CHAIN MURAL PROJECT - SAN FRANCISCO CA - OBUGS
A neighborhood public mural project that gained permission and raised funds to paint a 200 foot mural on Foodsco Supermarket on Shotwell St. between 14th and 15th Streets in San Francisco’s Mission District under fiscal sponsorship of OBUGS.
PAINTED DESERT PROJECT - NAVAJO RESERVATION NORTHERN ARIZONA -Founded by Dr. Chip Thomas public art project on the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona that raises awareness of issues of sustainability for the indigenous people.
GOOD LIFE MURAL - DOWNTOWN SAN MATEO – SMDTA
A mural project brought forth by the San Mateo Downtown Association to paint a mural at the Caltrain station.
LUNA RIENNE GALLERY PARKLET - SAN FRANCISCO - SFDPT
A parklet project presented by Luna Rienne Gallery in cooperation with SFDPT