About
Briana grew up in an artistic home in Brooklyn, NY, spending many weekends and summers at their rustic country home Upstate, in the Catskills, NY. Briana graduated with a focus on Photography at the High School of Art and Design, in Manhattan--the same school her mother graduated from 25 years prior. She ventured to Buffalo, NY, for her Undergrad studies in Photography and Art History, with a concentration in Gallery Studies, at the University at Buffalo. Thereafter, she bounced around living in cities such as Burlington, VT; Park Slope, Brooklyn; and Providence, RI; eventually settling in Syracuse, NY, where her husband is originally from. In 2017, they welcomed a daughter into their lives.
Briana’s interest re-imagining a room and space potential started at a young age when she would rearrange her bedroom again and again. As an adult, jobs and projects in visual merchandising, window design, art curation, event styling, installation art, interior design and so forth, continue to serve that interest. Exploring the many ways a space can be arranged in anticipation of how someone will experience it remains her creative sweet spot.
In 2022, Briana launched a new creative business: M A U V E, featuring hand printed experiments on a variety of textiles. Using an alternative printing process, Briana individually hand prints effortless modern designs on reusable products for the home, such as tea towels, cloth napkins, throw pillows, “mom size” tote bags and the occasional t-shirt too.
IG: @mauve_makes.
