Briell Giancola
(b.1993) is an artist working and living in Philadelphia, PA. Focusing on the mediums of painting and installation, Giancola often utilizes color to ground and establish an inherent balance in her pieces. Throughout her work, a common thread is the creation of experiences for and with her viewer. Currently, Giancola is making work that questions digital imagery and consumption of media and aims to drive it back to an analog form.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work studies the transition of found materials as tokens of memory constantly in flux. My practice is rooted in a feverish need to document daily life, relying on virtual devices as a contemporary record of existence. To offset this habit, I collect tactile materials that offer sensory associations to create a more intimate archive. The process begins with outfitting media, including airbrush, acrylic, ink, and textiles, into relational forms, interpreting them into a new story of remembrance. I transfigure these forms by introducing varied tones of transparency, allowing the selective passing of light and movement to convey the fleeting nature of memory. My annotation and interpretation of objects become dynamic refractions of color and shapes, fostering curiosity and dialogue. In all projects, I make deliberate choices that simultaneously initiate subjective introspection on a micro and macro level. Whether realized as an immersive installation or an intimate painting, my work engages with the viewer to inspire curiosity and connection and furthers my practice by applying abstraction to a three-dimensional space. A spectrum of organic and manipulated elements exists in each discipline, displaying the duality of human interaction and nostalgic recollection I aim to produce in my work.
CURRICULUM VITAE
CURRENT WORK CAN BE SEEN AT
Meet Me Under the Clock, Mercantile on Main in the Sibley Building, Rochester NY
Mural in School 8, Rochester NY
Mural in the Linc Alliance Building, Rochester NY
PAST EXHIBITIONS AND SELECTED WORKS
2023
WACK!, Group Show, HOT BED, Philadelphia, PA
.com, Solo Show at Melo, Rochester, NY
2022
www., Solo Show, Fuego, Rochester, NY
2021
The Data Collection, custom wearable art collection for Edge of Light show Fashion Week Rochester 2021, Dome Arena, Rochester, NY
6X6, Group Show, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Linear and Far, Solo Show and installation in collaboration with Flor pop-up restaurant (6-week residency with Chef Chris Cullen, formerly of La Bernardin, and Kate Prokop), Kin, Rochester, NY
Get Lost And See Something (G.L.A.S.S.), GroupShow, The Mercantile on Main, Sibley Square, Rochester, NY
2020
They could be You, site-specific public installation for PLAY/GROUND 2020, presented by Resource Art, Canalside outside of the Explore and More Children’s Museum in Buffalo NY
Suffrage and Struggle: Feminist art and the 19th Amendment Centennial, Group Show, Juried by Jan Howard, Chief Curator and Houghton P. Metcalf, Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, RISD Museum, Dorance H. Hamilton Gallery, Providence, RI
2019
PROXIMITY, Solo Exhibition with Sommelier collaboration, Apogee, Rochester, NY
What’s Worth Saving?, Group Show, Milkhaus, Ferrisberg, VT
RoCo 28th Members Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2018
In the Realm of Whimsy, Norchar, Rochester, NY
6X6, Group Show, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Milkhaus, Group Show, Ferrisburgh, VT
No Man’s Land, Politits Art Coalition Juried Group Exhibition, The Yards Collective, Rochester, NY
RoCo 27th Members Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2017
Solo Painting Show, 540WMain Learning Academy, Rochester, NY
RealLookers, Group Show, Cohen Gallery, Alfred, NY
La Construcción de un Hogar, Solo Exhibition, Sala Mercado de la Merced, Cadiz, Spain
Milkhaus, Group Show, Ferrisburgh, VT
2016
All Night Esso, Solo Show, Starry Nites Cafe, Rochester, NY
2015
Reality Show, Group Thesis Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Alfred, NY
Art Walk, Group Exhibition, Alfred, NY
An Evening Of Dance, Miller Theater, Alfred, NY
2014
Shift, Two-Person Exhibition Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Open Portfolio Show, SGC International Conference, San Francisco, CA
SGC or Bust, Group Exhibition, Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
International Print Exchange, Group Exhibition, Plymouth, England
Diptych, Group Exhibition, Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Print Club Show, Group Exhibition, Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Informal Dance Showcase, Original Choreography, C.D. Smith III Theater, Alfred, NY
2013
Woods, Adelphia Dance Studios, Solo Performance, Original Choreography, Alfred, NY
Corn Hill Arts Festival, Emerging Artist Expo solo tent, Rochester, NY
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024
The Denis Diderot Grant and the Emerging Artist Grant at Chateau Orquvevaux International Artist Residency, France
LECTURES
2023
Visiting Artist Lecture at the University of New England
RESIDENCIES & RESEARCH
2024
Selected Artist in Residence, Chateau d’Orquevaux International Artist Residency, Orquevaux, France
2018
Guest Critic for The Yards, Collaborative Residency, The Yards, Rochester, NY
2017
Selected Artist in Residence, Pinea Linea de Costa, Rota, Spain
2016
Solo Professional Development Research, Cuba
COLLECTIONS
Chateau d’Orquevaux International Artist Permanent Collection at Galerie Diderot Chateau Orquevaux, France
EDUCATION
2016
Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics (BFA)
PUBLICATIONS
2022
How the crops feel, Midnight, Issue 3, Lilac Magazine, Rochester, NY
1:1, First Love, Issue 2, Lilac Magazine, Rochester, NY
2020
Buffalo Spree Magazine, Buffalo, NY
2016
ArtHousePress, Art Magazine, Issue one, Rochester, NY