diedrick brackens diedrick brackens (b. 1989, Mexia, Texas, lives and works in Los Angeles, California) received a BFA from University of North Texas, Denton and an MFA in Textiles from California College of the Arts, Oakland. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Mint Museum, Charlotte; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Blanton Museum of Art, Austin; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; and the New Museum, New York. He is a recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant, Los Angeles Artadia Award, and American Craft Council Emerging Artist Award. His works are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hammer Museum, LACMA, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.