brian piana

Brian Piana

Education

• 2007
• • Master of Fine Arts in Photography/Digital Media, University of Houston
• 2000
• • Master of Science in Visualization Sciences, Texas A&M University
• 1997
• • Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University

Exhibitions

• 2012
• • State of the Art: Political Humor, Fort Lewis College, FLC Art Gallery, Durango, CO.
  • Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Presented with FotoFest, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX.
  • You Can Google That, You Know, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX. (solo exhibition)
  • It’s a Small, Small World, Family Business Gallery, New York, NY. Organized by Hennessey Youngman.
  • Prologue 2012, SKYDIVE Art Space, Houston, TX.
• 2011
• • Pan y Circos, PG Contemporary Gallery, Houston, TX.
  • #notmethough, Curation Myth Ministries at Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX.
  • Presents: Three Months of Mail Art for Hyperallergic HQ, Hyperallergic, Brookyln, NY.
  • Stimuli • Stimulus, 110 CHURCH Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
  • The Future is Now Fundraiser, Silent Auction, SKYDIVE Art Space, Houston, TX.
• 2010
• • Winter Holiday Art Market, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX.
  • Twitter/Art+Social Media, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Wishing Well for Houston, Art League Houston, Houston, TX.
• 2009
• • Sight.Sound [Interaction] 4, Maryland Institute College of Art, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
    
  • HTML Color Codes, Rhizome.org. (online exhibition)
  • Poke!, FotoFest, Houston, TX.
  • Syntax, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Boston, MA. Held in conjunction with the 2009 Boston Cyberarts Festival.
  • Houston Community College Central Faculty Art Exhibition, University of Houston-Clear Lake, The Art Gallery, Houston, TX.

• 2008
• • 2008 Art Faculty Show, Houston Community College, Central Art Gallery, Houston, TX.
  • Mechanical Perception, FotoFest, Houston, TX.
    
  • The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.
  • FOTOFEST Fine Print Auction, Houston, TX.
  • Perfecting Process, Houston Community College, Southwest Annex Gallery, Stafford, TX.

• 2007
• • Lawndale Has Many Friends, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. (solo exhibition)
  • 2007 Art Faculty Show, Houston Community College, Central Art Gallery, Houston, TX.
  • National Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Henriette Huldisch,
    Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • Texas National 2007, Stephen F. Austin State University, The Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX.
  • School of Art Masters Thesis Exhibition, University of Houston, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX.
  • Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA.

• 2006
• • Native Sons, FotoFest, Houston, TX.
  • Old School, New School, No School, The Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, PA.
  • 12th Annual International Exhibition, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Lilian Tone,
    Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art.
  • International Digital Fine Art Exhibition, SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA.