STATEMENT

Brie Flora plays with symmetry, negative space, nature, and illustration. She works primarily in steel, brass, and sterling silver, and uses various powder coating techniques & illustration to add pops color and images.

Taking inspiration from nature, fantasy & fiction, and her travels, Brie creates unique sculptural objects and wearable art, and looks to achieve an organized maximalist aesthetic that celebrates pops of color, intricate marks, and illustrative forms.

BIO

Brie Flora is an artist, jeweler, and educator living in Cookeville, Tennessee. Brie received a dual BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Metalsmithing + Jewelry and Art Education, May 2015. She has been featured in over 10 group exhibitions, recently including "Plan B" a traveling exhibition going next NYC Jewelry week Nov 14-20 2022. She was selected to participate as an Emerging Artist in Resident at Salem Art Works (2018), and has been awarded numerous awards including Best New Exhibitor (2019 Tennessee Craft), Outstanding Achievement in Jewelry (2019 Amdur Productions), and the Lillian Bardield Award (2014 Mobilia).

Brie created a contemporary jewelry exhibition project called Guidelines which has had 3 Volumes. For more info, follow @guidelines_jewelry on instagram. Brie teaches workshops both virtually and in person, and works part time as a Virtual Teacher Assistant and does social media marketing at Metalwerx (Waltham MA).  She also co-owns a gallery and storefront in Cookeville TN called, The Silver Fern, which opened in July 2021.