Contacts
Jennifer Frias
Director, Begovich Gallery
Location:
VA-G-111B
Email: jfrias@fullerton.edu
Jennifer Frias has been active in the arts for over 20 years with professional experience ranging from curatorial, education, community outreach, and collection management. She began role as Director/Curator of the Begovich Gallery in summer 2019. She comes to CSUF from UCR ARTS where she served as Director of Education and Academic Programs and co-founded the award-winning OFF THE BLOCK program. Her curatorial projects have led efforts that connect contemporary art and visual culture into classroom curriculum and the community. Notable exhibitions include “Xavier Cázares Cortéz: FINGERS ARE CROSSED, just in case” (2018), “Second Wave: Aesthetics of the 80s in Today’s Contemporary Art” (2015), “Jesper Just: Sirens of Chrome” (2013), “Hiromi Takizawa: Ultraviolet,” (2012), and “Render: New Construction in Video Art” (2012). She is a contributing writer for KCET Artbound, a former adjunct faculty at CSU Fullerton in Exhibition Design, as well as CSUF alumna. She is also a practicing designer and artist working in photography and installation.
David Brokaw
Chief Preparator, Begovich Gallery
Location:
VA-G111C
Phone: (657)278- 3472
Email:
dbrokaw@fullerton.edu
David Brokaw received his MFA from the California State University at Fullerton (CSUF). His professional career in the arts ranges in roles at museums, galleries, and private collections while specializing in preparation, handling, and fabrication. His art practice is rooted in large-scale, kinetic sculptures. Among his noted works, Brokaw collaborated with artist Preston Daniels with Tim Burton Studios to re-imagine a character from the book “The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories.” The inclusion of their collaboration was part of Tim Burton’s retrospective exhibition, which traveled to multiple venues worldwide, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Design Museum in London, to name a few. Prior to his role as the Begovich Gallery’s Chief Preparator, Brokaw was the Instructional Support Technician for the Department of Visual Arts at CSUF.
