Photographed by Dania Gennai
Bio
After completing his undergraduate degree in Studio Art at Wake Forest University, Brian studied sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze as part of his core curriculum for a graduate degree in Italian Language & Culture at Middlebury College. After an internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, Brian acted as the production designer for a short film at the London Film School. More recently, Brian assisted in the fabrication of large-scale public artworks under the direction of the Florida based sculptor, Mark Aeling.
Skills
Traditional/Digital Sketching, Storyboarding, Oil Painting, Hand-Drafting, Set Construction, Metal Working/Fabrication, MIG welding, Sculpture, Mold Making, Wood Carving
Proficiency in Vectorworks, Sketch-Up, Podium, Procreate and Rhino
Fluency in English & Italian
Education
2022 MFA, Production Design. American Film Institute, Los Angeles, California
2016 MA, Italian. Middlebury College, Vermont
2015 BA, Studio Art. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Another Trip Into the Void, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2015 Exchange Exhibition, START Gallery, Winston-Salem North Carolina
2014 From the Figure, START Gallery, Winston-Salem North Carolina
2014 Mail Art Exchange Project (MAEP), CAMeC - Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy.
Other Activities
2017 Intern, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy