Bryanna's work is great, her work is different because she doesn't use magazines or other common materials. She prints out her images, which I think gives them the edgy "90s" zine quality that her work resembles to me. I don't know why, exactly--I think the graininess from the prints adds this bit of edge.

Bryanna Millis
www.bryannamillis.com, www.goingtogreatlengths.blogspot.com
(I've lived in several North Eastern cities and am now in) Washington, DC

Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: Telling stories with layered landscapes

Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: I used to use a lot of magazine cuttings but after I got a color printer I started altering and using photographs--mostly my own--printed on a variety of papers. I also use a lot of translucent/transparent papers to add layers without obscuring what lies beneath them.

Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I grew up in a house where we always made art, but I really started to discover my own voice in collage about 10 years ago. I kept finding that whenever I painted or drew anything I really wanted to cut it up, rearrange it, and add outside images/textures/colors. Then, while in graduate school in 2002, I started a series to illustrate some poems that I'd written and eventually left the poems by the wayside and focused on making collages.

Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I worked as a graphic designer for several years before making the transition to economics. Now I work in international economic development, which involves a lot of travel to places as diverse as Cambodia, Nigeria, and the West Bank. This has had a huge impact on the themes in my work.