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Brandon Warren Alvendia

alvendia1@gmail.com

www.alvendia.net 

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003

Masters of Fine Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2007

UIC Larsen Fellow Recipient, 2005-2006

Exhibitions and Projects

2009

Harvest (with Harold Arts), Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

Entry Points, Subvision Festival (with i-cabin), Hamburg, Germany

Artist Run Chicago (as artLedge), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

NEXT Fair (with Waymaker Gallery), Chicago, IL

DARK FAIR (with Track House), Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

End of Analog (organized by Eric Fleischauer), Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL

2008

Lost in Your Eyes (with Paul Pfeiffer), Leroy Neiman Gallery, NY,NY

Ten years at Locust Projects (with JMOCA), Locust Projects, Miami, FL

Grand Opening (part of October CITY residency), InCUBATE, Chicago, IL

Take your life with you, Frieze Film 2008, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK

Eros, c'est la vie, London Biennale (organized by David Medalla), London, UK

Silver Galleon Press #1, 4th annual Printer’s Ball, MCA, Chicago, IL

The Vanishing Point, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

Final Reduction Sale (with Old Gold), Milwaukee International, Milwaukee, WI

This is redundant, Kimberly Baker space. Chicago, IL

2007

vaportrails in Miami, South Beach 2007, (various locations) Miami, FL

End Times, Lasso gallery at the Butchershop, Chicago, IL

Not for Sale (with i-cabin), Zoo Art Fair, UK

Here Now (with Derek Chan), Polvo, Chicago, IL

Formfit 2007, The Great Space, Chicago, IL

Clothesline (organized by Chris Hammes), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

Spring Break Chicago 2007, artLedge at Roots and Culture CAC, Chicago, IL

UIC Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

2006

Neo Dolce (curated by Michael Smoler), High Energy Constructs, LA, CA.

Vomitorium w/ Agitprop (organized by Philip von Zweck), 40000, Chicago, IL

Road Trip, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL artLedge at the Milwaukee International, Milwaukee, WI.

Satellites (with i-cabin), Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NY, NY

Fresh Cuts, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL

Direct Currency Exchange, ATC artist-in-residence, August, Chicago, IL.

To London, From Chicago, with Love artLedge, i-cabin, UK.

paintings (with Jason Starr and Caleb Lyons), JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA.

small paintings (curated by Katie Geha), Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS.

Peace Tower, Whitney Museum, NY, NY High School Style (organized by Yutake Sone), VONZWECK, Chicago, IL

2005

Collective Instillation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE

vaportrails at the 51st Venice Biennale, (various locations) Venice, Italy

BYO-resource, i-cabin, London, UK

Spring Break Chicago 2005, artLedge at the Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL

2004

2nd Annual Shoebox (organized by Bridge), Van Harrison gallery, Chicago, IL

Paring Down, Gardenfresh, Chicago, IL.

Find Rest, Iron Gate Studios, Austin, TX.

Stray Show, General Store booth, Chicago, IL.

Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, NY, NY

Video HQ, Gallery HQ, Kansas City, KS

Contemporary Feelings*, ATC space, Chicago, IL

2003

A long time from now happened so fast, StevensBlancheDevreau, Valencia, CA.

Shoebox (organized by Bridge), 1R gallery, Chicago, IL

Illinois Arts Week Video Art Project, CTA el platform, Chicago, IL

Recreation Ground, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

Summer Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

Sunday Morning (with Justin Hansch), BFA thesis, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

2002

Population Density, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL

the most political show ever!!!, Lounge gallery, Chicago,IL.

Curatorial

FAIR USE, Glass Curtain Gallery, 2010

BEN RUSSELL (with Ben Russell), 2009-present

vaportrails, 2005-present

artLedge (with Caleb Lyons), 2004-2007

Residencies

Harold Arts Residency, July 2009

InCUBATE Inaugural CITY resident (as Silver Galleon Press) October 2008

ATC Fall Artist-in-Residence (with Caleb Lyons) September 2006

Writing

Hot Mess, Peter Hoffman and Caleb Lyons at the Green Lantern

The Only Place is Now, UIC 2006-2008, edited by Dana Carter and Matt Jinks

Bibliography

Alan Artner, "End of Analog" Chicago Tribune, March 2009

Stuart Keeler, "When was the last time you had a conversation with your neighbor?"Belief, edited by Kirsten Leenaars

Carrie McQuaid, "In Living Color" The Daily Northwestern, 2/9/06

Nusser, Madeline, "Spring Break 2005" Time Out Chicago, April 21, 2005

Hannum, Terence, "Exit Strategies for the Here and Now" http://panel-house.com

Wenzel, Erik, "Groin-Grabbingly Transcendent" Regulator, September 2003

Collection

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Artist book collection.

Heather Hubbs

Bob Nickas