Creating and Sharing Inspiration

Kian Berreman is a Northern California based photographer, artist, and educator with the goal of sharing the creative skills and fostering inspiration in others. His personal work spans a range of mediums including metal, wood, glass, electronics, coding, and photography. His work is bound together by a search for wonder and exploration of the natural world. 

Photography is Kian’s first love which he uses to observe, explore and engage with the natural world. His physical works take inspiration from his photographs and transforms those impressions into tangible forms. Making is both a deeply personal and lightheartedly playful practice for Kian. It’s both a way to express joy, explore discomfort, and turn feeling into something he can hold and reflect on.

Alongside his own practice, Kian finds purpose in teaching. With a background in professional knife making and years of experience in woodworking and blacksmithing, he shares traditional and modern techniques with people of all ages. For Kian teaching is about more than craft. It’s about rekindling the simple excitement of creating with our hands. Transforming raw materials into art and tools is a profoundly human act and one of great importance for our wellbeing. It brings purpose and provides a way to process the internal world externally. 

Whether through my own work or guiding others in theirs, I hope to foster the joy of making and communicate beauty of leading an inspired life.