artist statement.

Raised in Utah’s “Happy Valley,” Brian George picks away at the religious and anxious frameworks that founded and continue to shape the Beehive state. He consults various archives from illustrated books about Mormon pioneers to found footage of local fourth of July parades and constructs them into personal ethnographies. These experiences provide a launchpad for him to address broader discussions regarding spectacles and mediation.  Embracing the desire to always keep his hands occupied has produced a spectrum of disparate visual information and encouraged a dedicated process of playful rearranging. George creates multimedia artworks that combine collage, paint, embroidery, and wood sculpture into tapestries and assembled altars.

George holds a BFA from Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah and now lives in Athens, Georgia studying as an MFA candidate at the University of Georgia and will complete the three-year program in May 2026.