Brian Fisher

Education & Formation

1956

Born — Atwood, Kansas

1980

BA Interior Architecture — Kansas State University

College of Architecture and Design, 1975–1980

1989

Relocated to Vashon Island, Washington

1997

Joined Quartermaster Press Studio — Vashon Island

First encounter with etching press; monotype became central to all work

Teaching

Monotype print workshops in his studio

Partner, Presentation Arts — architectural illustration

Exhibitions & Curation

2018

Co-curator — Quartermaster Press 25th Anniversary Retrospective

Vashon Center for the Arts, April 6–May 25. 75+ prints, 31 artists

Ongoing

JG Art Gallery + Events — Bainbridge Island & Park City

30+ works

Ongoing

Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery — Vashon Island

Past

Gather Vashon · Blue Heron Gallery — Vashon Island

Past

Roby King Gallery — Bainbridge Island, WA

Long-standing representation

Critical Context

Medium

Monotype — the unrepeatable single impression

Lineage: Castiglione → Blake → Degas → Picasso → MoMA permanent collection

Subjects

Classical myth: Greek, Roman, Sumerian, Mesopotamian

Janus · Faunus · Mnemosyne · Trojan Horse · Gilgamesh · Enkidu · Bull of Heaven

Series

"Magic Carpet Ride" — cut monotype collages of ancient cities

Babylon · Damascus · Nineveh (with 24k gold) · Petra · Yerevan

Architecture

Kansas State BA in Interior Architecture informs structure

Compositions think in mass and void; press as load-bearing argument

Memberships

Member

Seattle Print Arts — Seattle, WA

Member

Quartermaster Press Studio — Vashon Island

Co-op founded 1993 by Valerie Wilson

Past President

VIVA — Vashon Island Visual Artists

Also: Board of Directors

Founder

Swiftwater Gallery — Vashon Island

Co-op gallery

Member

Vashon Assemblage Artists

Practice

Process

"The attendant dance of knife with paper, ink with plate"

All work — print, oil, sculpture — organized by monotype logic

Research

Deep mythological research precedes each work

Brand names from myth: Amazon · Nike · Vulcan · Oracle · Ares · Argos

Angel series

Exploration of angel mythologies across traditions

How angel stories evolved across cultures and centuries

Works at JG

Range

30+ works — monotype, mixed media, assemblage

Janus · Centaur Libation Bowl · Hyperion · Trojan Horse · Angel series · Pearl Divers

Education & Formation

Exhibitions & Curation

Critical Context

Memberships

Practice

Works at JG

Selected Works