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“Bree“
Breeana Thorne is an art curator invested in the preservation of cultural memory and the illumination of ancestral grandeur. Through a rhizomatic lens, her practice encourages a communal gravitation toward collective empathy, intra+interpersonal reflection, and soft subversion. Across curatorial projects, wellness strategies, and cultural productions, she accentuates the intrinsic ties between creative expression and communal regeneration.  

As a wellness strategist for the arts, Breeana founded The Reverie World - a creative studio nurturing the nexus of artistic practice and personal vitality. Through restorative experiences and bespoke services, TRW supports artists, art workers, organizations, and cultural producers to refill nourishment into those that relentlessly pour.

Los Angeles, CA 
hi.breeana.thorne@gmail.com
The Reverie World



Breeana has held positions across the arts sector including roles at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Blum Gallery, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and Cedars-Sinai Hospital . She has also collaborated with art organizations such as Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Google Arts + Culture, Ochi Gallery, Abramson Architects, and So Much Art Consulting. She holds a Masters of Art in Curatorial Studies and Arts Management from Claremont Graduate University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Queens University of Charlotte.
 available for collaborations and consulting in:
  1. art curation & research
  2. art + wellness consulting and event curation
  3. project development & management

 
Selected projects: 


001-Elements of Renewal


‘Elements of Renewal‘ is a group exhibition centering works that breathe new life into raw forms. Conceived as a multi-sensory experience, the show transported viewers into a space filled with materials and sounds commemorating California’s landscape and atmospheric forces. 

Collectively, the contributing artists seamlessly wove earth pigments, textiles, movement, and materials to frame ecological design. By reconceptualizing everyday materials and elements, the artists conjoined with the designs created an atmosphere to commemorate the land and stimulate the senses. 

Elements of Renewal is a proposition to deepen our connection with ecological landscapes, build conscious relationships with nature, and initiate intimate connections with the land that birthed its communities.

The exhibition was curated in collaboration with Fig & Oak.

  1. Curatorial
  2. Exhibition design and management