Wanda Bryant

In the American Midwest where I grew up, my options for self-expression were limited by the ethos of conformity which governed my social world. My first escape was through music. Studying ethnomusicology at UCLA opened my ears to nonwestern music. My works are layered with multiple meanings, juxtapositions that are unusual, pretty, startling, or whimsical. I mix detritus from my neighborhood with inexpensive, easily obtainable materials, using what I find around me to address issues that are part of my world.

I earned a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology at UCLA in 1995. I then studied art at Los Angeles Valley College under the guidance of sculptor Jamison Carter. I now work as a visual artist, specializing in sculpture, both freestanding and wall-mounted, with an emphasis on textile manipulation.

2023:
50 AND OVER, 2023, online. www.laslagunaartgallery.com
Woman 2023, online. Exhibizone.com.
Fibers of Nature, exhibit. Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA.
Fantastic Fibers, exhibit. Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, KY.
2022:
MOOD, online, Art Fluent, www.art-fluent.com
AQUA, online. Gallerium Art Exhibitions.
Artistonish Magazine, online, 29th issue, December.
2019:
Launch19, Los Angeles Valley College, juror: Deb Klowden
Mann, 
owner, Klowden Mann Gallery, Los Angeles.
2018:
Tautline, LAVC, with Karl Burkheimer, Oregon College of Art
and Craft.
Launch18, LAVC, juror: Devon Oder, co-owner, The Pit and The
Pit II, 
Los Angeles.