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“Christiansen’s sculpture expands on themes of hunting and nature. His work is a collection of free standing and wall-mounted sculpture that pursue the points of intersection between humans, their environments and their relationship to nature. Using hunting as an ideological point of departure, Christiansen hunts and gathers materials found in and around the cities he’s lived in to create life- and larger-than-life sized animals, skulls, and reliquaries in homage to the secret lives we live in our homes. Through a ritualistic process of gathering, deconstructing, and assembling the works transform forgotten objects in alleyways into prized mementos. ”

Bryan Christiansen is a South Dakota native who received a Bachelor in Fine Art from the University of Nevada, Reno with a minor in Philosophy in 2009. He has exhibited throughout the US. His most recent solo exhibition Woodshock is currently on view at the Dahl Fine Arts Center in Rapid City, SD.

Christiansen has been the recipient of several honors including the Sierra Arts Endowment Grant and The Nevada Museum of Arts’ Emerging Artist Honorarium. Other honors include “Best in Show” from The San Jose Museum of Arts, Kristen Evangelista and a faculty nomination for the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

ACADEMIC
BFA, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO
with minor in Philosophy; Reno, NV 2006–2009
Sculpture Department Lab Technician
and Teaching Assistant, 2007-2010

AWARDS
Springs Preserve Honorarium, 2011
Nevada Artist Fellowship – Honorable Mention, 2010
Nevada Museum of Art - Emerging Artist Honorarium, 2010
Best in Show – Annual Student Exhibition, Juried by Kristen Evangelista, Associate Curator of the San Jose Museum of Art.
University of Nevada, Reno faculty nomination for the International Sculpture Center’s 2009 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.
Sierra Arts Grant Recipient, 2008
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Woodshock, The Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City SD
2015 Boonie, IPSO Gallery, Sioux Falls SD
2013 Trophy Hunter, The Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls SD
2012 Trophy Hunter, The Springs Preserve, Las Vegas NV
2010 Kiddo, OSX Gallery, Carson City NV
2010 Bryan Christiansen at World Market Center, World Market Center, Las Vegas NV
2010 Trophy Hunter, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV
2009 Cervidae, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno NV
2008 Mid-Way, Front Door Gallery, Reno NV