Artist Statement/ Biography

Brooklyn based artist Brian Napier explores the characterization of power dynamics in contemporary culture. Raised in Oklahoma, the iconography and relics of the "Wild West" permeate Napier's work, drawing on personal experiences to create an archive of power dynamics as they exist in Western society. Using a variety of media and methods--including 3-D printing, woodworking, metal work, plastics and ceramics--Napier interjects found objects with created and manipulated forms to explore Western mythology while disrupting familiar tropes and creating new narratives.

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Brian Napier (b. 1992, Tulsa, Oklahoma; lives and works in Brooklyn) Graduated with his MFA in sculpture and integrated practice at Pratt Institute. He has exhibited extensively in both solo and group exhibitions across Colorado, Minnesota, New York and California. Most recently, his work was exhibited in solo exhibitions My Heart's the Bitter Buffalo (2018) at New Gallery in Brooklyn, NY and Crooked Timber (2017) at Redline Contemporary in Denver Colorado; as well as in group show Yeah Maybe IX (2016) at Yeah Maybe Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Napier received his BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Denver in 2015.