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Brette Sims’ CV

BretteSims@gmail.com | BretteSims.com 

IG: @BretteSims

510.213.1966

Education

Holy Names High School

AP ART - Score 6

Loyola Marymount University

Degree: BFA Fine Art/Graphic Design

Experience

Solo Exhibitions

2026

  • Self-Curated – May 1st through August 1st - Alice’s Immersive Garden Solo Exhibit / Queen Hippie Gypsy Gallery / Oakland, CA 

2017

  • April 1st through September 15th – ‘SelfLove First’ Exhibit / Oakstop Gallery / Oakland, CA

2013

  • Self-Curated – May 18th – ‘GrayMatter’ Solo Exhibit/ Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

March 2025 – May 2025

  • Self-Curated – March 28th 2025 – Radiant Resilience Women’s Show | ‘Oakstop Gallery’ / Oakland, CA

Feb 2021 – March 2023

  • March 15th 2021 through 2023 – The Shape of Blackness Exhibit | ‘Oakstop Gallery’ / Oakland, CA

2017 – 2019

  • December 15th 2016 through 2022 – Art Show Residency: ‘Paschal-Hunter Gallery’ / Oakland, CA

2016

  • April 1,2016 through March 28th, 2017 – Oakstop Workspace Residency

  • June 1,2016 through December 30th 2016 – Uptown Nightclub Art Show / Oakland, CA

2015

  • March 20th– ‘The Model Experience’ / Show & Live Art / San Francisco, CA

  • April 14th– ‘Love Art Show’ / Astroetic Studios / Downtown, Los Angeles, CA

  • April 26th– ‘An Evening of Art by I AM BORN’ / The Lip Studio Group Show / Los Angeles, CA

2014

  • May 18th– ‘Yeah Gurl Spring Affair’ / Space 15Twenty / Hollywood, CA

  • March 1st– ‘Funk You Very Much’ / Bootleg Theater / Silverlake, CA

  • Co- Curator – April 5th – ‘She Know Art Show / Oakland, CA

2013

  • Dec 5th– ‘Yeah Gurl Saves Art Show’ / Space 15Twenty/ Hollywood, CA

  • March 29th– ‘The Model Experience’ / Gallery & Live Art / Los Angeles, CA

  • Feb 24th– ‘The Model Experience’ / Gallery & Live Art / Los Angeles, CA

2012

  • Co-Curator – March 18th, June 9th, Sept.14th, Dec. 14th

  • Co-Curator – Jan 2012 - 2014, A Lowdown Dirty Shame (Art Party Series) / Los Angeles, CA

Freelance Illustration and Design Clients: Beauty Blender, Pretty Vulgar (The Sephora Makeup Brand), KQED, NPR presents: Snap Judgment (Podcast), Think Reese, Huntley Hotel – Santa Monica, WhitPR, Louey Rubino Design Firm, Entrepreneurial individuals, etc.


ARTIST'S TOOLBOX

  • AdobeCreative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Bridge

  • Microsoft: Word,Excel, and PowerPoint

  • SquareSpace SiteBuilding & Email Campaigns. A strong grasp of emerging trends in e-Marketing and Design