Bryson Shosten Answers Questions, Photo by Trent Foster, September. 2025
Artist Bio
Bryson Shosten is an interdisciplinary artist, born and raised in Sheridan Wyoming. He received his Associates of Fine Arts at Northern Wyoming Community College in 2024 and is now working towards a Bachelors of Fine Arts at the University of Wyoming.
Shosten has been in many shows, most notably the 75th and 76th Annual Student Juried Exhibitions at Sheridan College, the 50th Annual Student Juried Exhibition at the University of Wyoming Art Museum, the 15th Annual Sage Gallery National Juried Exhibition in Sheridan, Wyoming, and his recent solo show 50 in the This Gallery at the University of Wyoming. He has received multiple awards including the Edington Family Award For Excellence in the Visual Arts for his painting 3:30pm and a third place overall award for his drawing Air.
Shosten focuses on creating visually compelling artworks, whether two or three dimensional. He has a deep fascination in creating plein air paintings that display his connection to the space around him. When working in three dimensions he likes to create pottery that is utilitarian and a visual reflection of his plein air work.
Sam Bisso sits next to Bryson Shosten's drawing "Development" for scale, March 2025
Artist Statement
My work examines the tension and harmony between the natural and industrial environments through functional pottery and painting. Through the process of making, I aim to dissect these intersections with an analytical lens in order to highlight the differences and parallels between objects such as rocks, bricks, water, pipes, plants, and powerlines. These items seemingly oppose one another on the surface, yet hold unexpected common ground.
In painting, I begin en plein air, building a direct relationship with the spaces I depict. These studies become the foundation for larger compositions where urban and natural forms merge. By layering light, texture, shadow, and color, through varying media, I explore how design principles and color harmonies can evoke movement and balance.
My pottery translates these ideas into physical form. Large functional jars become landscapes – their surfaces textured with rock imprints, carved leaves, bricks, and intertwining ribbed lines. Sculpted pipes extend from the vessels like industrial echoes of nature, bridging the gap between the organic and the manufactured. Each piece combines function and beauty, emphasizing how the utilitarian can also be poetic.
Through both painting and pottery, I aim to reveal how the natural and built worlds – often seen as opposites – share a quiet interdependence shaped by time, touch, and transformation.
Bryson Shosten's solo show "Process," February 2024
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Education
2026 Bachelors of Fines Arts, University of Wyoming (currently studying)
2024 Associates of Fine Arts, Sheridan College
2022 High School Diploma, Sheridan High School
Exhibitions
2026
Casein 2026 National Show, Online Exhibit, https://richesongallery.com/casein2026exhibit/
2025
50 (solo show), This Gallery, Visual Arts Building, Laramie Wyoming
SAGE Community Arts 15th Annual National Juried Show, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
The Printmaker, Cheyenne Creativity Center, Cheyenne Wyoming
50th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition, UW Art Museum, University of Wyoming,
Laramie Wyoming
2024
Student Juried Exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
Salon De Refuse, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
Capstone, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
Process (solo show), Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
2023
And So We Count Time, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
Student Juried Exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
Salon De Refuse, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
2022
Decay, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
Youth Entrepreneurship Group Exhibition, Welcome Market Hall, Sheridan Wyoming
High School Student Exhibition, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
Wyoming State Symposium Art Exhibition, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
2021 Member Exhibition, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
High School Student Exhibition, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
Wyoming State Symposium Art Exhibition, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
2021
Wyoming State Symposium Art Exhibition, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
Awards and Achievements
2026
1 artwork selected for Casein 2026 National Show, Online Exhibit, https://richesongallery.com/casein2026exhibit/
2025
1 artwork selected for SAGE Community Arts 15th Annual National Juried Show, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
1 artwork selected for The Printmaker, Cheyenne Creativity Center, Cheyenne Wyoming
Painting 3:30 PM received the Edington Family Award For Excellence in the Visual Arts, 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie Wyoming
Painting 3:30 PM purchased for a permanent collection in the University of Wyoming's College of Business, 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie Wyoming
Painting The Ranger purchased for a permanent collection in the University of Wyoming's College of Business, 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie Wyoming
2 artworks selected for 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum,
Laramie Wyoming
2024
Accepted for BFA program, University of Wyoming, Laramie Wyoming
3rd place overall for drawing Air at Student Juried Exhibition, Sheridan College,
Sheridan Wyoming
3 artworks selected for Student Juried Exhibition, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
University of Wyoming Scholarship Recipient, University of Wyoming, Laramie
Wyoming
2023
1 artwork selected for Student Juried Exhibition, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
2022
Sage Gallery Scholarship Recipient, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
University of Wyoming Scholarship Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
Sheridan College Scholarship Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
Chuck Ellis Art Scholarship Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
Selected for Art Scholarship Interview, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
Blue Ribbon Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
2021
Blue Ribbon Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming