Born 1967 to a farming family in Hawkes Bay.
Moved to Wellington in 1985 to attend Wellington Design School. Was taught printmaking by John Drawbridge, and Stanley Palmer, continuing to work during school breaks as Stanley's "clean hands".
Graduated with a degree in design 1989. She then worked for the Wellington City Art Gallery, and Te papa part time while beginning to exhibit prints and paintings at galleries in Wellington, Dunedin and Auckland, complete small film projects and study towards a degree in art history.
In 1994 she received an Arts Council grant to set up a printmaking studio, and tutored printmaking at Whiterea Polytechnic, and Inverlochy House.
In 1997, following a year spent in Auckland, continuing to exhibit and work at Stanley Palmer's studio, Bryant gained a post-graduate diploma in secondary art education.
1998 to 2002 was spent working at Weta Workshop in Wellington, as a costume props and armour maker, with some part-time experimental drawing, and life drawing tutoring at the School of Architecture at Victoria University.
In 2002 Bryant spent a year as a costume design tutor in Nelson, following that year with time spent in Taranaki working on armour for the film The Last Samurai.
Bryant now divides her time between her artwork, and spending time with her husband, Jonathan Brough and her son Jack and daughter Evelyn.