Brianna Tadeo is a visual artist whose work focuses on the effects of time, mortality, and the decay of the human body.

In her lecture, Brianna will discuss the process of using traditional analog photographic materials to show a visual representation of decaying organisms–how the malodorous compounds and volatile acids that might support new life can create evidence on photographic paper and how something is created as the organic materials decompose. These are vestiges of a larger idea that the biology of living materials are ever-changing, dynamic, and utterly beautiful no matter what state of life or death they are in. 

Brianna was born in Philadelphia, PA, and received her BFA from California College of the Arts with high distinction in 2014. She has shown at The Mills Building, AIPAD, Gallery 1/1, Art Intersection, SOMArts Cultural Center, and ABCO Gallery. Her work has been featured in The One Twelve Publishing Diffusion IX, The Hand Magazine, and Group Study.