BIMA BRAVA Award 2025 - Sarah Bryant

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) is thrilled to announce the second class of BRAVA Award recipients: Sarah Bryant, Dan Friday, Yolanda Galery, and Nikki McClure.

BRAVA—BIMA Recognizes Achievement in the Visual Arts—honors contemporary artists, craftspeople, and makers whose work reflects exceptional artistic vision, technical skill, and meaningful contributions to their field.

This year’s honorees represent four distinct areas: Artist’s Book, Indigenous and First Nations Art, Emerging Artist, and Children’s Book Illustration. Each recipient will receive an unrestricted $15,000 award in recognition of their creative excellence and impact.

Sarah Bryant is a book artist whose work investigates the relationship between structure, language, and the communication of complex information. She earned her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Alabama, where she now teaches. In 2006, she founded Big Jump Press to produce limited edition books, prints, and design projects. Drawing on data, archival materials, and scientific imagery, her tactile works explore themes like anatomy and systems theory. Collected internationally, Bryant’s books reflect her interdisciplinary approach to bookmaking and her belief in the book as a space for inquiry, reflection, and shared meaning.