Like us, each painting grows into its individuality. They exist in the world as inanimate beings with living souls.

(Bret Slater)

Bret Slater (b. 1987 Bronx, NY) lives and works in New York, NY. He received a B.F.A. from the School of Art + Design at Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY (2009), and an M.F.A. from the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU, Dallas, TX (2011).

The artist received the “Rising Star in Art” award by the Fashion Group International, Dallas, TX and his work is in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art and Indianapolis Museum of Art. Recent solo exhibitions include The Stuff What Don’t Get Spoke at annex14, Zürich, Switzerland.