CHRISTINE BRALLIER

Christine Brallier grew up in Los Angeles, CA studying art and music through high school. With a love of children, the arts, and the helping professions, she graduated with an M.A. in psychology in 1996, focusing on art and music therapy with children.
In 2005 she bought a mosaic kit and fell in love with mosaics. Since then she has been studying the art through books, the internet, and workshops with Martin Cheek, Laurel True, Gary Drostle, Sue Giannotti, and George Fishman. She now creates mosaics for the home, business, galleries, and public places, and is currently working on her first children’s book with mosaic illustrations.

Christine is a member of the Society of American Mosaic Artists, the Goleta Valley Art Association and the Artists Guild of Santa Ynez Valley. Her award-winning work has been published inside and on the cover of The Mosaic Artist’s Bible of Mosaic Techniques (Teresa Mills, Quarto Publishing, 2009), Mosaic Renaissance (Laurel Skye, North Light Books, 2009) and in Mosaic Art, an international portfolio of contemporary mosaic art on CD for four consecutive years (2006-2009).

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Christine Brallier

Artist Statement:

I have been creating mosaics with stained glass since 2005. I love everything about it from the process of choosing the colors, deciding how to cut the glass and how to lay it out, to grouting and revealing the final image. All of it fascinates me because there are infinite possibilities!

My mosaics are most often of animals and nature, portrayed in a fun and playful way. I love to use stained glass because of the beautiful range in colors, streaks and patterns and its smooth surface. I also incorporate millefiori (tiny glass flowers) into every design, which adds a fun and whimsical aspect to my mosaics, further communicating what I wish to say with my art!

Professional Affiliations
Society of American Mosaic Artists - www.americanmosaics.org

Goleta Valley Art Association - www.tgvaa.org
Santa Barbara Visual Arts - www.sbva.org
Artist Guild of Santa Ynez Valley - www.agsyv.org

2009 Exhibitions
Goleta Library, Goleta, CA, Aug 29-Sep 30
Goleta Library, Goleta, CA, July 31-Aug 26
Goleta Library, Goleta, CA, June 20-July 10
AGSYV Feat. Artist, Gallery Los Olivos, CA, May 6-June 3
Trios Gallery, Solana Beach, CA, Mar 29-May 10
Cabrillo Arts Pavillion, Santa Barbara, CA, Feb 25-Mar 27
Sojourner Cafe, Santa Barbara, CA, Jan 31-Feb 21
Goleta Library, Goleta, CA, Jan 2-Jan 28

Publications
Mosaic Renaissance, Laurel Skye, North Light Books, 2009 (p. 105)
The Mosaic Artist’s Bible of Techniques, Teresa Mills,
Quarto Publishing, 2009 (cover and p. 229)
Mosaic Art 2009 Yearbook
Mosaic Art 2008 Yearbook
Mosaic Art 2007 Yearbook
Mosaic Art 2006 Yearbook

Awards
Juror's Choice Award for Fiesta, 2008
1st Place, Contemporary Mosaic Art for Oops, 2008
William T. Colville Foundation Grant, 2007

More About Me
My blog:  www.cbmosaics.blogspot.com
Santa Ynez Valley Journal, July 2009
Artist Spotlight, Contemporary Mosaic Arts, 2009
Blog by Kim Grant Mosaics - Mania & Mischief, 2008
Blog by Stacy Alexander - Listen to My Artbeat, 2008