HEY THERE, I’M BRIA •••
A mom to two littles, in love with all things typography + guilty of always having paint hands.
My favorite thing about graphic design? The smell of a freshly printed project…hands down.
Aside from getting my jollies with boxes from the printer, I have been a professional graphic designer for thirteen years, four in New York and nine of the most recent as a Wyoming transplant.
I love everything creative and the best part of my week never ceases to be anything aside from making, making, making. Sharing the maker spirit with my kiddos? Now that will always take the cake.
BIO
Bria is a contemporary wilderness painter, muralist and a graphic designer (mom + wife, too). She has exhibited across the western Front Range and works out of her west edge studio in Cheyenne, WY. She is proud to have launched Wyoming’s first drive-by, quarantine-friendly gallery in downtown Cheyenne in the Spring of 2020 and continues to curate new collections for exhibition.
Bria is also a founding member of the WY/ART Coalition, advocating for more exhibition opportunities for western artists.
RESUME
BA in Marketing + Graphic Design // Marist College // 2007
Senior Creative Director // Madden Media // Present
Owner + Artist // Go Slo // Present
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Freedom’s Edge // Cheyenne, Wy // 2023
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens // Cheyenne, Wy // 2022
Paramount Gallery // Cheyenne, Wy // 2022
METRO // Casper, WY // 2021
Nicolaysen Art Museum // Casper, WY // 2021
Array Building // Cheyenne, Wy // 2020
Main Frame // Sheridan, Wy // 2019
Art321 // Casper, Wy // 2019
Paramount Gallery // Cheyenne, Wy // 2018
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
New Frontiers Show // CFD Old West Museum // 2022
Gatsby Gala Exhibition // Nicolaysen Art Museum // 2022
Governor's Capitol Art Exhibition // WY State Capitol // 2022
Western Spirit Show // CFD Old West Museum // 2022
Art of Resilience // Best in Show // Nicolaysen Art Museum // 2021
Western Spirit Show // CFD Old West Museum // 2021
Yellowstone Exhibition // Yellowstone Museum of Art // 2021
Diamond Ball Exhibition // Nicolaysen Art Museum // 2020
Diamond Ball Exhibition // Nicolaysen Art Museum // 2019
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is a contemporary execution of wildlife and landscape, influenced by the modern elements of graphic design. I love the challenge and outcome of blending a traditional art form (my bold-color, big-brush approach) with the more traditional details of digital design (sharp edges, linear elements).
With each new piece, I often invite color to be the driver. I am enamored by the push and pull of building the subject's likeness out of colors not present in its wild form. These unexpected visual combinations lend themselves to the spontaneity and curiosity I hope to inspire in the viewer.
My execution naturally progresses through different evolutions of graphic brushwork and color play. The true indicators of my creative workflow show up in the form of swift movement from square, pixel-like marks to more linear, free-flowing marks, depending on the subject and perspective.
AWARDS
Plein Air in the Parks // Best in Show // 2022
Governor's Capitol Art Exhibition // Purchase Award // 2022
Western Spirit Label // Winner // Jackson Hole Still Works // 2022
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