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BRYNNA TUCKER Resume>> Bio Brynna Tucker (B. 1977) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.   She studied Sculpture with a minor in Art History at the University of Massachusetts in North Dartmouth (BFA, 1999) and studied Fine Arts and Art History at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY (MFA/MS 2001).  She is a member of the Exhibitionists Women‚s Art Salon and Open Ground.  She was recently added on as a board member for a soon-to-be-established nonprofit arts organization in Bedford-Stuyvesant.  Brynna‚s first solo show was her thesis exhibition at Pratt Institute and was invited back shortly thereafter to have a show in the fine arts department.  Her recent group exhibitions include Entropy at the 220 Project Space in DUMBO, The 6th Biennial at A.I.R. Gallery in Chelsea, Threat at Tribes Gallery in the Lower East Side, See Also at Open Ground Gallery in Williamsburg, Priority an invitational benefit silent auction for Art in General at Milk Gallery in Manhattan, Exquisite at Naked Duck Gallery in Williamsburg, Beautiful and Terrible at Southpaw in Park Slope, and Beyond the Gates II at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Williamsburg.   Artist Statement My work explores the cracks and crevices that develop through both renovation and deterioration of buildings or architectural structures. The work is site-specific and thrives in the cracks of cement walls, unfinished surfaces, neglected corners, or other imperfect spaces. I use of materials usually used in cosmetics or personal hygiene. This is intended as a comment about people's absurd tendency to fix the surface of an issue, rather than core of the problem.  These unlikely materials are used to create illogical repairs.   In the end, the work in fact enhances or accentuates the flaws rather than fixing them.