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.
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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
Everyday objects within our environment fuel my passion for creating. My work explores the relationships conceived between contrasting ideas: the urban landscape versus the wilderness, aesthetic versus function, and simulated textures versus tangible textures. Differences in ideas often hide similarities and it takes an analytical approach to be able to see the intersections of opposing ideas. I use elements such as rocks, bricks, water, pipes, plants, and powerlines–objects that directly oppose each other–in order to make the differences and similarities more apparent.
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I create functional pottery as well as paintings and drawings that are visually related through color, texture, and imagery. My paintings and drawings begin with a plein-air painting process that allows me to be deeply connected to the spaces I choose to replicate and keeps my foundational skills sharp. I then use aspects from those paintings and drawings such as lighting conditions, objects within the scenes, and the colors used, and transfer them onto large scale two-dimensional surfaces. My pottery reflects these ideas by making the objects tangible. I create large, functional jars that have textured surfaces created using the imprints of found rocks to replicate terrain and carved bricks. I sculpt slabs of leaves, and utilize different throwing techniques that emulate water. I then add sculpted, industrial pipes that extend off the pots and are reminiscent of handles on historic jar forms and create modeled powerlines, connected by picture hanging wire off of the pots. The textured aspects and the sculpted elements add visual interest to the pots as well as show the range that I can create between abstract textures and refined replications of real objects.
Bryson Shosten's solo show "Process," February 2024
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Education
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2026 Bachelors of Fines Arts, University of Wyoming (currently studying)
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2024 Associates of Fine Arts, Sheridan College
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2022 High School Diploma, Sheridan High School
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Residencies
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2025
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Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts, Banner Wyoming, October 2025
Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts, Banner Wyoming, July 2025
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Exhibitions
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2025
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50 (solo show), This Gallery, Visual Arts Building, Laramie Wyoming
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SAGE Community Arts 15th Annual National Juried Show, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
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The Printmaker, Cheyenne Creativity Center, Cheyenne Wyoming
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50th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition, UW Art Museum, University of Wyoming,
Laramie Wyoming
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2024
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Student Juried Exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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Salon De Refuse, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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Capstone, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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Process (solo show), Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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2023
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And So We Count Time, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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Student Juried Exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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Salon De Refuse, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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2022
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Decay, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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Youth Entrepreneurship Group Exhibition, Welcome Market Hall, Sheridan Wyoming
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High School Student Exhibition, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
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Wyoming State Symposium Art Exhibition, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
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2021 Member Exhibition, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
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High School Student Exhibition, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
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Wyoming State Symposium Art Exhibition, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
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2021
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Wyoming State Symposium Art Exhibition, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
Awards and Achievements
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2025
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1 artwork selected for SAGE Community Arts 15th Annual National Juried Show, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
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1 artwork selected for The Printmaker, Cheyenne Creativity Center, Cheyenne Wyoming
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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
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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
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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
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2 artworks selected for 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum,
Laramie Wyoming
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2024
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Accepted for BFA program, University of Wyoming, Laramie Wyoming
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3rd place overall for drawing Air at Student Juried Exhibition, Sheridan College,
Sheridan Wyoming
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3 artworks selected for Student Juried Exhibition, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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University of Wyoming Scholarship Recipient, University of Wyoming, Laramie
Wyoming
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2023
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1 artwork selected for Student Juried Exhibition, Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming
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2022
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Sage Gallery Scholarship Recipient, Sage Gallery, Sheridan Wyoming
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University of Wyoming Scholarship Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
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Sheridan College Scholarship Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
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Chuck Ellis Art Scholarship Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
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Selected for Art Scholarship Interview, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
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Blue Ribbon Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming
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2021
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Blue Ribbon Recipient, Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming