Brianna Howard is a contemporary painter whose abstract work is process-based with a core focus on materiality. By creating conditions to react to through the layering of materials, marks, and color, she explores painting as a performative gesture, calling into question what the painting may be a witness to.
Howard’s artwork has been shown in exhibitions in the U.S., including Abigail Ogilvy Gallery and Gallery 263 in Boston. She has attended residences at the Anderson Ranch Center, New York Academy of Art, and New York Studio School. In 2022, she received a BFA in both Painting and Printmaking from Boston University. She is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts.
EDUCATION
2018-2022 BFA in Painting and Printmaking, Boston University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Moving Ground, Gallery 5, Boston University, Boston,Massachusetts.
BFA Thesis Satellite Show – Painting, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
2020 Memoir, Arts Initiative at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Connecting Lines (BFA Thesis Show), Stone Gallery, Boston University,Boston, Massachusetts.
Student Exhibition, Sloane House (President’s Residence, Boston University), Boston, Massachusetts.
Bazaar, Boston University Build Lab, Boston, Massachusetts.
2021 Materiality and Play, Gallery 5, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Student Exhibition, Sloane House (President’s Residence, Boston University), Boston, Massachusetts.
Elements, Milcon Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Silber Way Exhibition, Office of the President, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hallway Gallery, Boston University Print Department, Boston, Massachusetts.
2020 Touchy Feely, Gallery 263, Boston, Massachusetts.
Virtual Showcase, Florida Museum of Natural History,Santa Fe, Florida. Santa Fe, Florida.
Student Showcase, Gallery 5, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Student Exhibition, Sloane House (President’s Residence, Boston University), Boston, Massachusetts.
2019 Showcase, I.M.P.A.C.T. Film and Art Festival, Boston,Massachusetts.
Distortions, Gallery 5, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Silber Way Exhibition, Office of the President, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Accepted Student Showcase, Boston University School of Visual Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Exhibition, Undergraduate Architecture Association at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Open House, Boston University Marine Science Open House, Boston, Massachusetts.
2018 Art Exhibition, Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Exhibition, Jacksonville, FL
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND RESIDENCIES
2022 The Boston Printmakers, The Boston Printmakers Anniversary Book Award, Boston, Massachusetts.
2021 Anderson Ranch Center, Scholarship Recipient for Summer Workshop, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
New York Academy of Art, Summer Undergraduate Residency, New York, New York.
2020 Grand Central Atelier, Scholarship Recipient for Summer Programs, New York, New York.
Anderson Ranch Center, Scholarship Recipient for Summer Programs, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
2019 New York Studio School, Scholarship Recipient for Summer Marathons, New York, New York.
2018 Boston University, Merit Scholarship Recipient for School of Visual Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Association, Gold Key Recipient, Jacksonville, Florida.
REVIEWS
2020 Collision Literary Magazine, University of Pittsburgh
2019 § Aisthesis, University of Minnesota Duluth
Artist Spotlight, ArtStartArt
COLLECTIONS
Boston University Print Department
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2022 Group portfolio as part of Art of the Multiple course at Boston University.
2019 Kopanang print exchange as part of Introduction to Printmaking course at Boston University.