Ciara Bryant
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Ciara Elle Bryant uses the photograph as well as different mediums to explore the realms of social injustice and bring awareness to cultural issues. Born in Miami Florida, Bryant is a Mixed Media artist residing in Dallas, Texas where she recently received her Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Performance with a concentration in Visual Arts from The University of Texas at Dallas. Artist Statement My work addresses areas of social injustice specifically which evoke emotions drawn from my day to day life experiences as a woman of color. As an artist, I present a view of personal identity that has yet to be addressed in mainstream artworks, and so for the last three years, my work has evolved into a soft activism, confronting the reader/viewer but still holding their attention. By surrounding the viewer with the overlooked and mundane lives of women, people of color, as well as people with cultural differences, I reveal a voice, a face, that they have yet to acknowledge even existed. By using a variety of materials and processes, I emphasize the relationship between diversity and representation. Each individual work can both exist on its own and as a part of an interdependent unit. I believe that my artwork offers a necessary perspective that too many people have yet to experience. CV Education M.F.A. Candidate at Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX B.A. 2016 Art and Performance, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX A.A. 2014 Liberal Arts, Collin College, Plano TX Related Experience 2018 Teaching Artist, Blackland Prairie Conservatory & Atelier 2016 Liliana Bloch Gallery Summer Intern 2012- 2014 Collin College Photography Student Assistant Exhibition Record 2018 Group exhibition, Art&Activism, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Group exhibition, Art2 14, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Group exhibition, Art2 14, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Group exhibition, Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO Group exhibition, Affirmations, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX 2017 Solo exhibition, Invisible, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Solo Senior Thesis exhibition, Invisible, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX Group exhibition, Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO Group auction, ArtCon 13, Art Conspiracy, The Cedars Union, Dallas, TX 2016 PLACE/HOLDER, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas (brochure) RIchardson, TX Student exhibition, PHOTOWORKS, Edith O’Donnell Art's and Technology Building, Second Floor Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX Student exhibition, Spring Arts Festival, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas ( Liliana Bloch, Juror) Richardson, TX 2015 Student exhibition, Fall Art Festival, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,TX Exhibition Curated 2018 Native American cultural Exhibition, Student exhibition with Blackland Prairie Conservatory & Atelier Artist Talks Lectures 2017 Up Under Miss Ann's Skirt: Black Women's Beauty?, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX 2016 Soft Activism 2.0, Feminist Maker Space, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX |
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