Brennan Harris was born in Orange County, California in 1992. He has always been engaged in visual art. Health and fitness are also an intrinsic part of his world and play a role in the formal qualities and content of his artwork.
Harris has a history of overcoming obstacles and viewing hardships as challenges to be met. At a young age, Harris was formally diagnosed with significant dyslexia; a life-long learning disability that made reading and writing not only difficult, but debilitating. Sadly, academic struggle became part of how he characterized himself. Dyslexia haunted him through elementary school, high school, and even college where it posed substantial challenges at first to him being a successful student. However,he found a strength in organizing picture planes with shapes and colors through the medium of paint. Despite initial setbacks that included failing out of two colleges, Harris made a clear decision to no longer let dyslexia define him and he committed to completing his degree. He went on to earn his AA in Studio Art in 2017 from Golden West College, where his student work was featured in the annual student show and was used to help promote the department. He was a valued member of the GWC track team and was named the 2016 CCCAA Academic All-State Scholar Athlete due to his athletic achievements and high GPA. California State University, Long Beach is where he earned his BA in Studio Art, focusing on drawing and painting in 2019. Some of his work was chosen to represent the art department for the university’s board review in order to keep their WASC accreditation.
