About Brett Melliar

Brett Melliar is a painter, currently based in Sacramento, California. As a painting aficionado, Brett utilizes all types of painting mediums and a large range of painting styles to orchestrate his visual symphonies, giving the work a collage-like appearance. The ideas influencing his work are inspired by the time he spent playing competitive basketball, baseball, and soccer year-around as a kid. The exposure to, and reinforcement of, winning from an early age has molded his competitive spirit in life, but to him, is not above being subject to his own introspection. Themes of competition, hierarchy, and mastery are important topics to his work, ones which he portrays in a serious manner, while simultaneously debunking through humor.

Brett earned his Master of Arts degree from California State University Sacramento, and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California Davis. He is the recipient of the Mary Lou Osborn scholarship (UCD) and Juanita and Jose Montoya scholarship (CSUS). Brett has held solo exhibitions at Merced College and California State University Sacramento, and has been included in group shows across Northern California, including JayJay Gallery, Blue Line Arts, and the Pence Gallery.

Please email if interested in purchasing work. brettmelliar@gmail.com