The Collective Conscious

A Solo Exhibition of Works by Brian Spolans

My work illustrates relationships between communities, individuals, technologies and environments. Within these relationships I explore the complications formed as multiple facets of an ecosystem interact with each other. These complications act as metaphors for contemporary American society and life in the Internet age. Biology, cinema, literature, video games, history, and social media inspire these relationships.

Brian Spolans

I am an artist and instructor based in Southeast Michigan.  My work has been exhibited at 500X Gallery in Dallas, Gallery Aferro in New Jersey, Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Arts Gallery in New Orleans, International Print Center of New York, and Published in New American Paintings and Fresh Paint Magazine.  I have co-curated the exhibition “Post Apocalypse” at Gallery Project in Ann Arbor, and “Non-Text,” at Eastern Michigan University where I teach printmaking.


My work illustrates relationships between communities, individuals, technologies and environments. Within these relationships I explore the complications formed as multiple facets of an ecosystem interact with each other. These complications act as metaphors for contemporary American society and life in the Internet age. Biology, cinema, literature, video games, history, and social media inspire these relationships. 

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