The Sterlings
Solo Exhibition by Bria Sterling-Wilson
October 10 - November 22, 2024
The Julio Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to announce our 2024-2025
Artist-in-Residence is Bria Sterling-Wilson.
There are many ways to connect with our Artist-in-Residence, and her powerful and incisive artwork. Do not hesitate to reach out if you are and/or your students, student group or club, or office is interested in this exhibition. Megan Rook-Koepsel, the Julio Fine Arts Gallery Director can be reached at mrook-koepsel@loyola.edu. You can also follow the gallery on Instagram where we post updated information and content.
The Sterlings
Solo Exhibition by Bria Sterling-Wilson
October 10 – November 22, 2024
In The Sterlings, Bria Sterling-Wilson delves into the complexities of family, identity, and generational ties through her powerful collages and photography. Using family photographs as her foundation, Sterling-Wilson stitches together fragments of memory to craft a visual narrative that honors the significance of legacy and cultural heritage.
Her artistic process involves carefully selecting, deconstructing, and reassembling archival materials, reflecting how we piece together our understanding of family history and personal identity. Sterling-Wilson, as the author of her own narrative, preserves her lineage by integrating elements from her family archives and actively shapes its continuing story. Through intimate scenes captured in her childhood home, she builds upon her family archive to explore shared memories.
The collages and photographs in The Sterlings bridge the past and present, emphasizing the intergenerational connections that define familial bonds. Through layered imagery and textures, Sterling-Wilson invites viewers to actively engage and reflect on their own relationships with family, culture, and traditions.
Bria Sterling-Wilson is a photographer and collage artist from Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B.F.A in Photography and Digital Arts from Towson University, Towson, MD in 2021. Sterling-Wilson uses found imagery, magazines, newspaper, and fabrics to construct alluring scenes, portraits, and interiors to express the black experience.
Sterling-Wilson has exhibited works in Sanquhar, Scotland, Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles, California, Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, D.C, and Baltimore, Maryland. Bria has been featured in BmoreArt Magazine, Contemporary Collage Magazine, EBONY Magazine, and Black Collagists: The Book. Sterling-Wilson is currently completing an artist residency at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, Maryland.