Education
2016 BFA Sculpture with Distinction, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
2019 AS Machine Tool Technology, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
2019 AA Art, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
2011 AA Social and Behavioral Sciences, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
2018 Certification CNC Mill and Lathe Machine Tool Technology, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
2018 Certification Manual Mill and Lathe Machine Tool Technology, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
Professional Art Affiliations
Pacific Rim Sculptors – chapter of the International Sculpture Center (current)
SOMO Arts Counsel (current counsel member)
Arts Society of Sonoma County (current)
Weld Like a Woman (Founder)
Awards and Recognition
2020 Voigt Family Foundation Honorarium
2020 Museums of Sonoma County Honorarium
2019 Gene Haas Foundation Scholarship
2016 Namaste Foundation Artist Stipend
2016 Make-A-Thon Art Award
2015 Commence Sculpture Project Award
Selected Exhibitions
anticipated 2023 Geometric Landscape, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
2022-2023 True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, California
2022 Under Current, Group Show, Horse & Plow Winery, Sebastopol, CA
2020-2022 Rebuilding, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, California
2020-2021 Outdoor Sculpture, Museums of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, California
2019-2020 Iron Garden, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
2019 When Pigs Fly, 180 Studios, Santa Rosa, California
2018-2019 Sculpture Now, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, California
2018 Forms & Sequences, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, California
2017 September Residency Exhibition, Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, New York
2017 Shared Spaces, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2017 Juried Group Summer Art Exhibition, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2017 The Next Generation Art Show, Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, California
2017 14th Annual National Arts Program Exhibition, Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks, Santa Rosa, California
2016 Emerging Artist Show, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, California
2016 Sisters Exhibition, Honey Badger Coffee, Rohnert Park, California
2016 BFA Exhibition, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, California
2016 Juried Student Show, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, California
2015 High Art, Sonoma Coast Surf, Petaluma, California
2015 Commence Sculpture Project, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Competitions
2016 Make-A Thon, Rohnert Park, California (Art Category Winner)
Artist Residencies & Internships
2021 Hot Metal Internship, Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, Salisbury, Indiana
2019 Hot-Metal Internship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
2017 Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, New York
2017 Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2015-2016 Healdsburg Center of the Arts, Healdsburg, California
Volunteer & Work Experience
2022- Present Curator, Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation, Sonoma County, California
2022- Present Administrative Assistant, Pacific Rim Sculptors, San Francisco, California
2019- Present Arts Curator & Metal Arts Director, Chimera Arts and Makerspace, Sebastopol, California
2018-2019 Sculpture Teacher Assistant, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
2018 Bronze Sculpture Teacher Assistant, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
2016-2017 Programming Coordinator & Director of Welding/Metal Fabrication Department, Chimera Arts and Makerspace, Sebastopol, California
2016-2017 Volunteer Art Tech Assistant & Teacher Assistant, Art Department, Sonoma State University
2016 Collections Management Team, Image Winery Collection, Sonoma State University
2015-2016 Assistant Curator, “Geometric Reflections: Celebrating Ten Years of Voigt Family Sculpture,” Paradise Ridge, Santa Rosa, California
Sept/Oct 2015 Jury Team, “Secrets”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, California
2007/2008 Photography Teacher Assistant, Ranch Cotati High School, Rohnert Park, California
Bibliography
John-Paul, “Briona Hendren, Sebastopol’s Athena, Strength, Art and Healing” Sebastopol Living Magazine, November 2020 (cover story)
Sarah Kirby, “Forms and Sequences Exhibit of sculptors Opens in Dunsmuir” Mount Shasta Area Newspaper; August 15, 2018
“The Morning Show on KSVY”, KSVY Channel 27, June 2, 2017
Val Robichardaud, “June at the Arts Guild”, Sonoma Valley Sun, June 2017
James Fortier, “Hot Stuff”, Insights Magazine, Fall 2016
Dan Taylor, “Creative Sonoma Announces 11 Finalists Vying for Artist Grants”, The Press Democrat, August 23, 2016
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/home/6006945-181/creative-sonoma-announces-11-finalists?artslide=0
Jenna Fischer, “10 Things You Didn’t Know You can Do at SSU”, The Press Democrat, August 23, 2016
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/home/5612284-181/10-things-you-didnt-know?artslide=0
“Out of Sight, Out of Mind”, Work/Life/Green, North Bay Biz, The Best of North Bay Business 2016
Gustavo Vasquez, “Commencement sculptures showcased across campus”, Sonoma State Star, May 12-18, 2015
Meg McConahey, “Public art display at Sonoma State University”, The Press Democrat, May 4, 2015
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/lifestyle/3889215-181/public-art-display-at-sonoma
Collections
SOMO Village, Public Art Collection
Sonoma State University, Public Art Collection
Chimera Arts Collection
and numerous private collections