Briena Harmening uses language and textiles to explore autobiography, politics, and southerness. Employing sewing and quilting techniques, Harmening transforms everyday materials like quilts, bedsheets, tablecloths, and yard tarps into autobiographical and cultural commentary. Harmening is a Florida Gulf Coast University alumna and received her MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2010. Her work has recently been featured in In Her Place at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN; Aesthetics of Power at Arc Gallery in Chicago, IL; and Coined in the South at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. She currently resides in Nashville, TN, where she teaches art at James Lawson High School.