Brian Kershisnik was born into a nomadic American family in 1962. Their travels offered Brian a diverse experiential education in the environs of Angola, Thailand, Pakistan, and Texas. He pursued a more formal education in art at Brigham Young University and the University of Texas, Austin before setting up a studio in the desert-turned-farmland of Central Utah. Brian's work has been featured in over fifty solo exhibitions and numerous group shows for over three decades and can be found in many private and public collections around the world. His studio practice now shifts between monastic solitude in his rural central Utah studio and communal busy-ness in his northern Utah studio.
Brian Kershisnik is considered by many to be the most important Mormon artist of his generation. His paintings are prominent features at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City and at the BYU Museum of Art in Provo. Though widely known for his unique depiction of angels in both dramatic and mundane settings, Kershisnik employs his distinctive style to explore a broad range of themes.