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Brian Piana     > Download PDF

Born 1975 in Houston, TX.
Lives and works in Houston, TX.

 

Education

2007
2000  
1997
MFA Photography/Digital Media, University of Houston
MS Visualization Sciences, Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University

 

Selected Exhibitions

2010   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.*
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.

* solo exhibition

 

Bibliography

2007   Rhodes, Dusti, "Top Friends Forever", The Houston Press, Vol. 19, No. 49, December 6–12, 2007, 34.

2006  Ardery, Julie, "Rodin Was a Hacker", Texas Observer, Vol. 98, No. 21, November 3, 2006, 24-26.
Schulze, Troy, "Lone Star Lunacy", The Houston Press, Vol. 18, No. 41, October 12–18, 2006, 25.
Williams, Mike, "Web-wise Artist Pictures Things Differently", Greater Houston Weekly, Vol. 3, No. 38,
   September 20, 2006, 8AA.

 

Professional Experience

2009– Professor, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX (Art and Visual Communications).
2009 Adjunct Professor, University of Houston, Houston, TX (Computer Imaging).
2007–2009 Adjunct Professor, Houston Community College, Houston, TX (Digital Art and Multimedia).
2005–2007   Graduate Teacher Fellow (Instructor of Record), University of Houston, Houston, TX
(Computer Imaging).
2000–2004   Multimedia Designer, Bravo Zulu! Interactive, Houston, TX.
1997–2000   Graduate Assistant Teacher (Instructor of Record), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Design Communications).

 

 

Last updated: November 3, 2009

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