Brian received their B.F.A. in Printmaking and Art History from MSU Moorhead in 2019. In 2020 they attended the world-renowned Tamarind Institute and are a trained Collaborative Printer and Lithographer. They are currently working as a Collaborative Printer at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, MN where they also maintain their personal artistic practice.
Their work is a collection of grief, love, and loss through subject matter rooted in place and memory. They work primarily in lithography and book arts forming densely layered drawings, writings, and prints.
Concentrating on rural landscape, bird flocks, and fragmented spaces, their work considers the physical and emotional spaces of trauma, and remembrance of relationships as a nod to the migratory nature of life and love and the act of taking up space. Utilizing themes from folklore and fable, they draw connections to identity and the migratory nature of queer life, love, and intimacy.
Wagner's work can be found in public and private collections including the Minnesota Historical Society, Georgia State University, The Plains Art Museum, The University of Milwaukee, The University of Minnesota, The University of South Dakota, St. Michael's Printshop (Newfoundland), MCAD, among others.
