Education____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2016 BFA Sculpture with Distinction, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

2019 AS Machine Tool Technology, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

2018 AA Art, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

2011 AA Social and Behavioral Sciences, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

2019 Certification CNC Machine Tool Technology, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

2018 Certification Manual Machine Tool Technology, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

Professional Art Affiliations_______________________________________________________________________________________

Pacific Rim Sculptors - chapter of the International Sculpture Center (current)

Chimera Arts & Makerspace - Metal Arts Director and Curator (current)

Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation- Curator (current)

SOMO Arts Council (current council member)

Arts Society of Sonoma County

Weld Like a Woman (Founder)

Awards and Recognition___________________________________________________________________________________________

2024 Pa’lante Artist Grant Recipient-  William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

2023 Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Honorarium

2022 City of Sebastopol - Public Arts Honorarium 

2021 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________________________________________________________________________________________________

2024-2025 The Majesty of Trees, Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, California 

2024 A Question of Balance, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, California

2024 She/They, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California

2024 The Paradigm of Poison, Available Space Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada

2023-2025 Geometry in Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California

2023-2024 Four Women, Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, California

2023 Journey to the Future, Santa Rosa City Hall, Santa Rosa, California

2023 Laws of Nature, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, California

2022-2023 True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, California 

2022 Under Current, Horse and Plow Winery, Sebastopol, California

2020-2022 Resilience, 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

Artist Residencies & Internships_________________________________________________________________________________

2021 Iron Internship, Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, Solsberry, Indiana 

2019 Hot-Metal Internship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota

2017 Artist in Residence, Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, New York

2017 Artist in Residence, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2015-2016 Assistant Curator Internship, Healdsburg Center of the Arts, Healdsburg, California

Competitions________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Finalist- 2023 Rhbu Gives Back Art Grant 

2016 Make-A Thon, Rohnert Park, California (Art Category Finalist/Winner)

Work Experience ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

2022- Present - Curator, Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation, Sonoma County, California

2022- Present - Operations Manager, Pacific Rim Sculptors, Chapter of the International Sculpture Center

2019- Present - Arts Curator & Metal Arts Director, Chimera Arts and Makerspace, Sebastopol, California

2023  Creative Team- Artist, Santa Rosa Forward, Kimzin Creative & City of Santa Rosa, 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 & Metal Arts Director, 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, Rancho Cotati High School, Rohnert Park, California

Bibliography_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

November 2, 2023  https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/burbank-center-sculptures-explore-geometry-in-art/ 

  • Dan Taylor, "Resilience in Paradise”, The Press Democrat, June 19, 2020

  • 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 Robichaud, “June at the Arts Guild”, Sonoma Valley Sun, May 2017, https://sonomasun.com/2017/05/30/june-at-the-arts-guild/ 

  • 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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WikiUp Tennis & Swim Club

SOMO Village, Public Art Collection

Sonoma State University, Public Art Collection

as well as numerous private collections