Social Science and Cultural Studies Spring Speakers Series
Presents
Brendan Fernandes
Artist
February 5th, 5:00
Alumni Reading Room, 4th floor,
Pratt Library
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Talking Identities: The Art of Brendan Fernandes
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Bio: Born in Kenya of Indian descent, Brendan Fernandes immigrated to
Canada in 1989. He completed the Independent Study Program of the
Whitney Museum of American Art (2007) and earned his MFA (2005) from The
University of Western Ontario and his BFA (2002) from York University
in Canada. He has exhibited internationally and nationally including
exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum, Museum of
Art and Design New York, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, The
National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Studio
Museum in Harlem, Mass MoCA, The Andy Warhol Museum, the Art Gallery of
York University, Deutsche Guggenheim, The Bergen Kunsthall , Manif
d’Art: The Quebec City Biennial, The Third Guangzhou Triennial and the
Western New York Biennial through The Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Fernandes has participated in numerous residency programs including The
Canada Council for the Arts International Residency in Trinidad and
Tobago (2006), The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Work Space (2008)
and Swing Space (2009) programs, and invitations to the Gyeonggi
Creation Center at the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea (2009) and
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (2011). He was the recipient of a New
Commissions Project through Art in General, NY (2010) and was the
Ontario representative for the Sobey Art Award (2010). Fernandes is
based between Toronto and New York.
More Information: http://www.brendanfernandes.ca/
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Brendan Fernandes: From Hiz Hands
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