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Benefit at 111 Minna Thursday, Oct 12th Oct 1, 2006
Get your bidding hats on! Local artists, including yours truly, are getting ready for the 3rd Annual Art Auction that benefits the San Francisco Children’s Art Center. This year, the event is at 111 Minna, a gallery well known for showcasing local artistic talent.
Date: Thursday, October 12th
Time: 6:30 – 9:00
Address: 1111 Minna, San Francisco
Silent Auction, Fine Art, Tasty Beverages!


Last Chance......... Feb 4, 2006

Thursday, Feb 9 stop by Skaggs and check out these nutty paintings! Glitter, googly eyes, and layers of gloss...snapshots of select pieces can be seen in the 'Gallery' section in the 'Dirty Rainbow' series.

Dirty Rainbows Opening at Skaggs Design in SF Jan 5, 2006








Come check out my new body of work -- Ponies will be running rampant!

When: Thursday, Jan. 26th, 2006 6pm - 9pm
Where: 1262 Mason Street, San Francisco
With: Colorful cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and fine ambiance
RSVP: On or before Mon., Jan. 23rd, 2006 rsvp@skaggsdesign.com
January, the month of monsoon rains, biting winds, everlasting darkness, debt mountains from Christmas and broken resolutions. It’s supposed to be the New Year and yet it all seems so bleak!
Join Skaggs in bringing more than just a little color to the New Year, with colorful cocktails, hors d’oeuvres bursting with flavor and work that captures the magic and vibrancy of ponies and rainbows by the artist Anita Brey.
It’s the event that will ensure the winter and post-christmas blues become nothing more than a distant memory.



MAYHEM! show at Southern Exposure Oct 31, 2005
Southern Exposure's 15th Annual Entry-fee Free Juried Exhibition of Work by Northern California Artists
Juried by Julie Joyce, Los Angeles based curator and writer
November 4 - December 10, 2005
Opening reception: November 4, 7 - 9 pm

I'm showing a piece from my new series, called: The Pony Cult. The piece in the Mayhem show is called: The Ponies Made Me Do It. And it's based on a true story.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm
401 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
t: (415) 863-2141 e: soex@soex.org


I am Off to Aspen for a Painting Intensive! Jun 23, 2005
It is officially summer and I am fortunate enough to be going to Colorado and rockin' my art groove at Anderson Ranch. These guys are awesome. If you feel moved to donate and support their scholarship programs, by all means, please do so at your pleasure.

If you are jones'n for your art fix, this'll do you just right.


This is a little treat my dear friend and fantastical film maker, Valentine, doodled for me one hung over morning....thanks, V.

New work up in gallery cleverly titled: NEW WORK Jun 20, 2005
You guys are all over it. New pieces, series in process...watch my enthusiastic genius come together with ponies, pattern and plum.

Oddstad Gallery Showing Bad Baby Series Jun 1, 2005
Last pieces from the Bad Baby series and the Bobbing for Apple series will be available for private showing at the Oddstad Gallery. Please contact Curator Carmenchu Caballero at 650-366-4840 or carmenchuchuchu@yahoo.com



Snapshots from the Studio Apr 15, 2005


As some of you may know, I had two fantastic weeks in the studio recently, an artists retreat in Chinatown!

Here is a piece that is almost complete, it's pretty big -- 6' x 12' -- and was inspired by




Gianlorenzo Bernini
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
1645-1652



Earth Day Art Show at Art Beat Salon & Gallery! Apr 13, 2005
Come out for the Art Opening & Hair Show Friday, April 22nd, 7-9 PM
1887 Solano Ave, Berkeley || 510.527.3100


Double Trouble at Cafe Mono in San Francisco! Apr 1, 2005
Mira Bower and Anita Brey rock the walls of Cafe Mono!
March 14, 2005 - May 12, 2005
6157 Geary (cross street is 25th)|| 415-831-0631
Double Trouble Celebration is April 23rd 7:30 - 8:30 PM, and will include personalized, temporary tattoos by Miramira and Ms. Brey. Please continue the celebration with us across the street at Trader Sam's, a luscious tiki bar.
Paintings from my 'Lost Thailand' series will be on display April 17 - May 12!

“Golden Rainbow” in ART 101 Mar 31, 2005
The Space in Austin, Texas
Opening Party Saturday, April 23, 7pm-midnight
April 21-30, 2005
Tel.512.740.7352 || 4803 Airport, Austin, TX 78751 || thespaceaustin@yahoo.com

“Golden Rainbow” a mixed media piece from my new series “Antipathetic: My Little Pony vs Dick and Jane” will be in this show for an absurdly low price. Is it worth the trip to Austin? Of course it is!



Creative Justice: A Social Justice Art Exhibit Mar 10, 2005
First Annual Art Event Sponsored by Amnesty International's USF School of Law
Friday, April 8th || Reception, Live Music, Spoken Word, Fine Art
Doors open at 5:30, Program 6-8 PM $5 /$3 Students
Proceeds benefit the Oakland based: "Health Through Art: Signs of Recovery"
USF School of Law || Kendrick Hall Rotunda || 2130 Fulton @ Parker
'Head of Control' will be on display -- which you can preview in the 'Ladies' Gallery.

ART SALE 9 -- at The Lab in SF! Mar 8, 2005
Bad Baby for sale at ART SALE 9!
The Lab’s 9th Annual Fixed Price Art Sale and Live Auction
Friday, March 18 6:30 – 9:00 PM For more exciting details, check their site!

Live auction begins at 7:30 PM; fixed price sale immediately following. Music by djs Troy Byker and Chris Cook. Admission $10-$25 sliding scale (includes refreshments; $25 admission includes limited-edition t-shirt designed by Jennifer Mattson, compliments of Gap Inc.)





Delicious, Art That's Good Enough to Eat! Feb 12, 2005
Please join me for a show and reception at STUDIO Gallery, featuring the work of over 30 local artists, including yours truly, Ms. Anita Brey.
Delicious A Show of Culinary Art, March 2nd - April 3rd
Opening Reception Saturday, March 5th, 4 - 8 pm
STUDIO Gallery 1718A Polk St. (between Washington and Clay)San Francisco 415-931-3130
Gallery hours Wed-Fri 11-8 , Sat-Sun 11-6, Mon-Tue by appt.

We hope you'll stop by to see the work, meet the artists, and of course join us for some refreshments...
A complete list of participating artists & some advance photos are available on the website

Two of the Bay Area's abiding passions—food and art—come together in Delicious, a show of work inspired by food and drnk, at STUDIO Gallery in San Francisco. Art in the show will range from traditional still lives and landscapes to more humorous pieces from artists who still clearly play with their food. Over 125 pieces will be on display, include paintings, photography, sculpture, floorcloths, jewelry, collage, woodblock prints, encaustics, ceramics, blown glass, and handmade books.

Valentines Day show at Galleria Tempest Feb 7, 2005
30 Artists Represent Commitment in a Special Valentines Day group show at Galleria Tempest in San Francisco! Stop by the Opening Reception from 6-9 PM at 1742 Polk Street (cross streets are Clay and Washington) For more information, call the gallery at (415)567-7452. See you there!

SuperMiles like you've never seen him before! Oct 15, 2004
Joe Cha's new Super Miles flash animation can be seen right here! Please visit my Guest Gallery to see more fantastic images by Mr. Cha. He can be reached at joecha28@yahoo.com


Collaborative Site Features Anita Brey & Joe Cha Oct 14, 2004
We are the November featured artists! Check out Admit Two, a fabulous website dedicated to collaborative works.


Art Lovers! Oct 13, 2004
If you have any questions about how to purchase one of Anita's paintings, please don't hesitate to contact her at 415-424-0167 or anita@anitabrey.com

New Show at the Brainwash all of November Oct 8, 2004
The 'Bad Baby' series will grace the walls of the Brainwash thru December 6th.

Anita Brey is the October Featured Artist on Spiral Muse! Oct 7, 2004
check it out!

Down There Magazine Features 'Bobbing for Apples' series Oct 3, 2004
In celebration of womens health and wellness Down There Magazine is hosting a reading and an art show at the Ugly Mug Coffe Shop near Santa Cruz on September 25th!
Address: 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Phone: (831) 477-1341

The one woman show featuring the Bobbing for Apples series will be up through October 15--to preview work, click here



Wanna see the latest and the greatest? Sep 10, 2004
Come to my Open Studio Event October 2nd and 3rd, Satuday and Sunday, 11-6 ---- WHERE? ---- where all the magic happens, of course! 1242 Mason, between Washingtion and Jackson, across the street from the cable car museum.

What will you see? New pieces, old pieces, lost and found pieces...

Two-Headed Monster Opening Thursday, 9/23/04 Sep 7, 2004
A monstrous event is afoot: The Writers' Center is alive and kicking, now with two heads!

TWO-HEADED MONSTER: An Evening of Collaborative Art & Thought

How do two individuals create one work of art? How does a writer share literary vision without sacrificing voice? How does society value co-creation? What does an artistic collaboration ask of us, and what do we receive?


These musings and more will be discussed by a panel of artists and scholars, followed by a sampling of readings, visual and live performance art and music, all created by two or more individuals!

Thursday, September 23, 6:30-9:30

Sponsored by the Writing and Consciousness MA/MFA Program

New College Cultural Center

766 Valencia, between 18th and 19th streets(near 16th street/Mission BART)

San Francisco

Refreshments will be served.

Sliding-scale donations will be gratefully accepted.

Our panel includes Paul Vangelisti, Chair of Graduate Writing, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles; Andrea Lunsford, Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University; Alfonso Montuori, Associate Professor,California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco; Ronald Purser, Professor of Management in the College of Business, San Francisco State University; and Natalija Grgorinic and Ognjen Raden, collaborative novelists, with two books and several short stories published in their native Croatia.

Collaborative artists:

Celia de Blas and Karen Imas,

Maria Celeste and Laura del Fuego

Maria Celeste and Gail Labauve

Anita Brey and Joe Cha

Melba Abela and Milagros McCoy

Illyanna Maisonet and Jahfree Vigneron

Matamoscas: Fred Alvarado, Rafa el way and Caleb Duarte

David Dzurick and gregory j. zerick




Anita's Art in Up-Coming Magazines! Jul 16, 2004
Her art will grace the inaugural issue of The Quarterly Staple, a new online art/lit magazine.
Down There Magazine, a publication out of Santa Cruz focused on womens health and healing, will include two of her paintings. First issue due out in September!

Awesome show, up thru September 13th at Back Stage Salon & Gallery Jul 10, 2004
Group show "Art on Polk" with Six SF Artists, including rocker, Anita Brey! The Back Stage Salon & Gallery is located in Russian Hill at 2134 Polk Street, San Francisco.



Anita will be showing pieces from her Bad Baby! Series. If you would like an email reminder or invitations to future openings, click on the INVITES bubble to your left! See you there!


Art Closing! :: Friday, August 20, 5:00-7:30pm :: SOMARTS Jul 4, 2004
The Cafe Show ::: 2nd Annual Art Exhibit & Performance Benefit Event For SOMARTS Cultural Center ::: SomArts Bay Gallery 934 Brannan St @ 9th ::: Over 300 works of art, Silent Auction, Live music, poetry, comedy, Artists drawing models, door prizes! :: Anita will be showing pieces from her Bobbing for Apples Series....$5 donation at the door.


Solo Show at the Brick House Cafe all of July! Jul 2, 2004
BAD BABY! at the Brick House
426 Brannan Street, San Francisco
(Off of 3rd and Brannan, near Pac Bell Park)
Show Closes Friday, July 30th...Don't miss the opportunity to see 30 of Anita's paintings all in one place!


Painters Unite! or hang out and talk about your ART! May 16, 2004