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Brianna Thaxton

Allegorical artist based in Kearns, Salt Lake, Utah

Awards, Grants, and Honors

Honorable Mention  Award, "Cages" Visual Art Show, Sandy Community Arts, Sandy, Utah, October 2024

1st  place Award, "Quietus" Creative Arts Competition, Professional wood burned animals class, Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2024

2nd place Award, "Cages" South Jordan Community Art Show, South Jordan, Utah, April 2024

Honorable Mention, "Me and My Muse" Fine Art Show and Sale, Holladay Arts Council, Holladay, Utah, March 2023

Permanent Collection of Chateau Orquevaux, "Let Us Fly" Chateau Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency, Orquevaux, France, November 2022

Denis Diderot Grant, Chateau Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency, Orquevaux, France, November 2022

Honorable Mention Award, "Struggle is Real" Tooele County Arts Guild: Revolution Art Show, Tooele, Utah, September 2022

Honorable Mention Award, "Distractions" Eccles Community Art Center: Statewide Competition, Ogden, Utah, August 2022

Honorable Mention Award, "Only Three Years Old" Queen City 15 Fine Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, November 2021

Honorable Mention Award, "Loved by the Sun" Tooele County Arts Guild: Guild Fair Traveling Art Show, Tooele, Utah, October 2021

1st Place Award, "Summer Flowers" and "Square One" Utah State Fair: Creative Arts Competition, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2021

Exhibitions and Competitions

Fantastically Human - The Compass Gallery, Provo, Utah

June 2025 - Present

​Art displayed: Distractions (online/in-person), Witness (online)

 

300 Plates Fundraiser - Art Access, Salt Lake City, Utah

May - June 2025

Art displayed: Nostalgia and Reminiscing

 

First Annual Rejection Show - Alma Gallery, Provo, Utah

May 2025

Art displayed: Cessation and Quietus

 

2025 National Juried Exhibition - The Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho

March - May 2025

Art displayed: Cages

 

Women and the Creative Edge - Eccles Art Center, Ogden, Utah

March 2025

Art displayed: Cessation and Quietus

 

38th Annual Spiritual and Religious Art Exhibition - The Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

October 2024 - January 2025

Art displayed: Acquiescence

 

7th Annual Public Art Show - Scera Theater, Orem, Utah

November - December 2024

Art displayed: Breathe 

 

Dualities and Dichotomies - West Valley Performing Arts Center, West Valley City, Utah

October - November 2024

Art displayed: Tired of Monstrous Fears, Witness and Distractions 

 

Visual Arts Show - Sandy Community Arts, Sandy, Utah

October - November 2024

Art displayed: Cages and Distractions 

 

Public Art Show - Taylorsville City, Utah

October 2024

Art displayed: Rest and Exhausted

 

Creative Arts Competition - Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, Utah

September 2024

Art displayed: Quietus and Cessation

 

Statewide Competition - Eccles community Art Center, Ogden, Utah

August 2024

Art displayed: Tired of Monstrous Fears and Witness

 

Local Artist Exhibition - Utah State University, Logan, Utah

June - July 2024

Art displayed: Ya Comin’?

 

Bluffdale City Art Show - Bluffdale City, Utah

June 2024

Art displayed: Monsieur Orquevaux

 

300 Plates Fundraiser - Art Access Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

May 2024

Art displayed: Survivor

 

South Jordan Art Show - South Jordan City, Utah

April 2024

Art displayed: Cages and Distractions

 

All Shapes and Sizes - JKR Gallery, Provo, Utah

March 2024

Art displayed: Witness

 

Women: The Creative Edge - Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah

March 2024

Art displayed: Rest and Exhausted

 

Fine Art Show and Sale - Holladay Arts Council, Holladay, Utah

March 2024

Art displayed: Tired of Monstrous Fears and Tired of Being Tired

 

Tiny Art Show - Holladay Arts Council, Holladay, Utah

February 2024

Art displayed: Pure Joy, Memory and Innocence

 

The Love Show - JKR Gallery, Provo, Utah

February 2024

Art displayed: Little Pink Flowers

 

Community Exhibition and Fundraiser - Material Art Gallery, South Salt Lake City, Utah

February 2024

Art displayed: All the Things

 

Petite Impressions - Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah

December 2023 - January 2024

Art displayed: Pure Joy and Innocence

 

God’s Grace - JKR Gallery, Provo, Utah

December 2023

Art displayed: Acquiescence, Me and My Muse and Ya Comin’?

 

Inner Unicorn - Salt Lake County Library, Anderson-Foothill Branch, Salt Lake City, Utah

August - September 2023

A solo show encompassing my entire body of work to date. The opening reception was the largest this program had seen at this participation location. My artwork was accompanied by books all relating to unicorns. The gallery space served a dual purpose where my work was viewed during storytime for children as well as during adult business meetings and was also open for free time to the public.

 

Statewide Competition - Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah

August 2023

Art displayed: Breathe

 

Public Art Show - Bluffdale Arts, Bluffdale City, Utah

July 2023

Art displayed: Cages

 

Women: The Creative Edge - Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah

March 2023

Art displayed: Doubt and Memory

 

Fine Art Show And Sale - Holladay Arts Council, Holladay, Utah

March 2023

Art displayed: Me and My Muse and Acquiescence

 

Tiny Art Show - Holladay Arts Council, Holladay, Utah

February 2023

Art displayed: Little Pink Flowers

 

Artist in Residence - Chateau d’Orquevaux Artist and Writers Residency, Orquevaux, France

November 2022

An open studio residency which provided the time and space to develop a cohesive body of work. The 12 pieces I created while there enhance the allegory of the unicorn I'm striving to evolve and share. My stay was a full 4 weeks with two open studio days where I had the chance to talk about my work to other creatives. I took part in two art and business classes and shared my input with the other residents during their open studios. I was awarded the Denis Diderot Grant.

 

Participating Artist - Local Colors of Utah Fine Art Gallery, Sugar House, Utah

October 2021 - October 2022

A co-op space where artists volunteer their time to work four 4 hour shifts a month and participate on various committees. My duties included managing the gallery social media and designing show announcements. I was part of the July-Aug Member Show 2022 and hosted my own Solo Show April-May 2022.

 

Statewide Competition - Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah

August 2022

Art displayed: Distractions

 

Fine Art Show and Sale - Holladay Arts Council, Holladay, Utah

March 2022

Art displayed: Believer and Dreamer

Projects

Unicorns of Healing

2023-Present

Work depicting overcoming pain and anger by meditation.

 

Sleeping Unicorns

2022-2023

A series of work  depicting how I felt during the year; the difficulties connected to obligation, expectation, and desire and how it is all very exhausting.

 

Unicorn “Tapestries”

2022

A series of work created to depict my relationship to places, events, and experiences modeled after the composition and aesthetic of medieval tapestries.

 

Narc Art

2020-2021

A series of work dedicated to my healing process and the time spent digesting the cause and effects of domestic abuse/violence.

Interviews

Two Seasoned Artists  May 19th 2024

Interviewed by Pamela Murphy on the challenges of artists for the Guest Artist highlight.

 

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Voyage Utah  May 19th 2024

Daily inspiration highlighting local Utah artists.

 

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SHOUTOUT Arizona   May 19th 2024

Daily inspiration highlighting local Utah artists.

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Education

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT — Bachelor of Fine Art

August 2012 - May 2015

Emphasis in Painting and Drawing. Classes included woodworking and other 3D, figure sculpture and murals.

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Snow College, Ephraim, UT — Associates of Science

August 2009 - May 2012

Emphasis in the visual arts, painting and drawing, printmaking, etc.

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