Reid Bricker - Artist Profile

Artist Statement

Reid Bricker was born in Winnipeg in 1982. While studying fine arts for over a decade Reid covered numerous mediums and styles of art. Some of these styles included Graffiti, Carving, Sculpting, and Graphic art. The mediums Reid applies to those and other such forms of art include: Oil, Charcoal, Ink/Pen, Pencil, shell, & stone. Reid graduated in 2001 and was accepted to U of M in Arts and Architecture. Over the years Reid has been recognized by the arts community. The WAG, Artstravaganza 01, “Young Artists on the Avenue”, MCC’s annual spring exhibition, and CPCC 20th annual competition to name a few. Reid is a member at MISA Inc. a sculpting Co-op in the exchange district of downtown Winnipeg. He is also now the treasurer at MISA Inc..

In his years prior to sculpting, Reid focused on incorporating his strengths with mediums and movement’s/style’s that best suited his own outlook. He began to incorporate Surrealism, graphic art and also considered the use of line, shading, depth perception and 3D space. Reid then used these concepts in his graffiti styled works, at which he became increasingly able. Once advised that he would do well in architecture due to his apparent style, Reid took first year courses in Architecture and Environmental Design at U of M. Reid did well but found that it was not for him. Taking Math in Arts at U of M broadened Reid’s graphic style and now accompanies both the discipline’s he currently works in. He studied art history from (Prehistory) 9000bce to 2000ce, and many other acknowledged Artists and Architects in greater depths.

Reid‘s introduction to sculpture transpired at the “Artstravaganza” in 2001, where he sculpted in Quebec soapstone under the tutelage of Katharina Stieffenhofer (BFA, U of M). It was then that he realized his inclination for sculpture in the three dimensional deductive method Katharina was demonstrating.

For 3 years Reid sculpted under his own guidance. He was searching for studio space when by chance he met up with his former teacher Jean Bachynsky. Mrs. Bachynsky who had also found herself immersed in stone sculpture told Reid about the Manitoba Institute of Sculptors and Artists Inc. Happily, Reid has been sculpting there ever since under the guidance of some of the city’s best and most accomplished stone sculptors and carvers. After 7 years of working with stone now, Reid feels that he’s only getting started.