| Dave Brefka Southern Oregon, USA Dave Brefka’s work is in public and private collections throughout the United States, France and Germany. Education: State University of New York at Plattsburgh 1986 BA in Fine Art, Art History Minor Community Service: Ross Ragland Theater, Klamath Falls, OR Running Y Ranch Resort, Klamath Falls, OR Ross Ragland Theater Gallery, Klamath Falls, OR 32nd Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition Klamath Art Gallery, Klamath Falls, OR Magma Artists Group, Klamath Falls, OR 2nd Street Gallery, Bandon, OR Brew Chats Cyber Cafe, Portland, OR Highland Grounds Coffeehouse, Hollywood, CA Silver Sun Gallery, Tampa, FLA Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FLA Meyers Fine Art Center, Plattsburgh, NY |
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| Born in upstate New York in 1958, Dave Brefka has been able to witness the best and worst of the second half of the 20th Century. In 1992 At the age of 34 he moved from New York to Los Angeles via Tampa. He traveled Highway 10 in his 1992 Plymouth Sundance with his pet parrot Gauguin by his side behind a Uhaul that contained all of his worldly belongings. He spent two years in Hollywood before running out of paint. He was on his way to Aaron Brothers to get some more and found himself in Oregon. Dave now lives in Ashland, Oregon at the foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains. He works in his studio every day. |
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