Artist Name: Ava Breighner
Art medium(s): Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Printmaking
Artist Bio: Ava Breighner is an artist working primarily in portraiture, with a multidisciplinary practice that extends into photography, printmaking, and hand-built ceramics. She holds a BFA in Art & Design from Frostburg State University (Summa Cum Laude, 2026), with concentrations in painting and photography and minors in Art History and Theatre, and spent a year studying abroad at Northumbria University in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Art history informs Breighner’s practice, and she conducts research into the art history of Western Maryland, building on work conducted in partnership with the Delaplaine Arts Center. She also serves as co-chair of the C. William Gilchrist Museum’s Artistic Committee.
Artist Name: Ava Breighner
Art medium(s): Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Printmaking
Artist bio: Ava Breighner is an artist working primarily in portraiture, with a multidisciplinary practice that extends into photography, printmaking, and hand-built ceramics. She holds a BFA in Art & Design from Frostburg State University (Summa Cum Laude, 2026), with concentrations in painting and photography and minors in Art History and Theatre, and spent a year studying abroad at Northumbria University in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Art history informs Breighner's practice, and she conducts research into the art history of Western Maryland, building on work conducted in partnership with the Delaplaine Arts Center. She also serves as co-chair of the C. William Gilchrist Museum's Artistic Committee.
