Miranda Brandon
Minneapolis, MN | mirandacbrandon@hotmail.com
A w a r d s
2018 Artist in Residence (funded), Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala, NE
2018 Visiting Artist Residency (funded), Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
2017 - 2018 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, Tulsa, OK
2014 - 2015 Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship, The Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Christopher G. Cardozo/Edward S Curtis Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
Summer Travel Research Program Award, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
2012 Gus Gustafson Memorial Photography Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
2011 Graduate School Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
2000 Alliss Scholarship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
S o l o E x h i b i t i o n s
2019 - 20 Craft Store Ecology, Center for Art and Dance @ St Olaf College, Northfield, MN
2018 Impact, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2016 Impact, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015 Impact: Birds in the Human-Built World, Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Impact, The Traveling Museum, Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN
G r o u p E x h i b i t i o n s
2021 The Poetry of the Ordinary, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Volume 7: Everything is Narrative, Subjectively Objective, Rochester Hills, MI
2020 Animistic, Whiteboard Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Collective Voices, (Spotlight Artist), Modella Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK
Convergence: Challenging Anthropocentrism, Thomas McKeon Center for Creativity, Tulsa, OK
2018 Flock, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Georgetown, D.C.
Picturing Nature, Flaten Art Museum@ St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Connectivity, Flaten Art Museum@ St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Juxtaposed, Target Gallery @ Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Addressing Power, Creative Advocacy @ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Site/Sight, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Bad Neighbor, Altered Estethics, Minneapolis, MN
New Now: Works by the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Philbrook Museum (Downtown), Tulsa, OK
2017 Ecocentric, Metro State University, Saint Paul, MN
A is for Animal, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear, MN
2015 Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Studio:HERE, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts, St. Paul, MN
Art on Air, Instinct Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Nature 3.x: Where is Nature Now? (symposium), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Unfriendly Skies: Birds, Buildings, and Collisions, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2014 FlakPhoto Midwest Print Show, Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
Thinking Making Living, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
22nd Annual Juried Show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2014 MN Biennial (MMAA extended showing), Lanesboro Arts Center, Lanesboro, MN
2014 MN Biennial, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis, MN
Brown Study, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Made Here, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis, MN
Performative Ecologies: Thinking Through Research Practices, University of Alberta, Canada
Apocalyptic, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2013 Untitled 10, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Half Wild, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Minty Fresh, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
SCAPES, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Fresh Works, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Paperworks, The Art Gallery, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2010 Hooked on Photography, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Draw, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Art with Text, ArtCo. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Media Arts, Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Tri ni Chile, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
R e s i d e n c i e s
2018 Visiting Artist, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
2015 Visiting Artist, Studio:HERE, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts, St. Paul, MN
P e r m a n e n t C o l l e c t i o n s
2019 Impact (Indigo Bunting), Bell Museum of Natural History, St. Paul, MN
2014 Impact (Hermit Thrush), Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
P u b l i c a t i o n s
2021 Subjectively Objective, Volume 7: Everything is Narrative, curated by Noah Waldeck
2017 Earth Island Journal, Spring 2017, 1000 words, Impact
Scarlet Experiment: Birds and Humans in America, by Jeff Karnicky, Impact (Indigo Bunting), cover art
2015 Audubon Magazine, Sept/Oct 2015, Impact, cover and portfolio
Prairie Schooner, Fall 2015, cover
2013 Invisible Scotland: Revealing a Process of Interdisciplinary Discovery, Dundee, Scotland
2012 Issue: Erasure, Volume Three, May 2012, collaborative group book, edition of 1000
2010 Midway Motel and The End of the Affair, mnLIT, hosted by mnartists.org an online publication and artist resource, issue #54.2. “Car” image accompanied poems by Greg Watson
T a l k s & W o r k s h o p s
2018 Visiting Artist, Teton Artlab Visiting Artist Talk & Open Studio, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY, Mar
2015 Visiting Artist, Sophomore seminar class, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, Nov
2014 Shared Space workshop, Thinking Making Living, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Oct
Impact: Birds Navigating Glass in Built Space, Field Trip, Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN, Sept
Artist Talk, 2014 MN Biennial, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis, MN, July
Lighting for Artwork Workshop, BFA Critique class at University of Minnesota, MN, Feb
2013 Lighting for Artwork Workshop, Professional Practices class at University of Minnesota, MN, Nov
Lighting for Artwork Workshop, Professional Practices class at University of Minnesota, MN, Feb
S e l e c t e d B i b l i o g r a p h y
2018 Kelsey Dayton, “Creative Peaks: Pattern Prey,” Planet Jackson Hole, 3/21/2018
2015 Jane Blocker, “Belonging,” Jerome Fellowship Exhibition Catalog. Minneapolis College of Art and Design Main Gallery, Allison Kronberg, “An empathetic advocate for birds,” Southwest Journal, 3/25/15.
Jim Williams, “Vivid photos showing bird-window collisions,” Star Tribune, 2/20/15.
2014 Marianne Combs,“Local art shines in MN Museum of American Art exhibit,”State of the Arts, 6/26/14.
2013 Mary Abbe, “At SooVAC, talent that needs no title,” Star Tribune. 12/19/13.
P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e
2018 - current Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
2016 Adjunct Professor, Intro Photo (digital), Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, January - May
2015 - 2016 Adjunct Instructor, Photography (various), The Art Institutes International, Minneapolis, MN
Assistant Professor, Intro Photo (film), Saint John’s University, St. Joseph, MN, January - May
2014 Instructor of Record, Intro Photo (digital), University of Minnesota, MN, May - August
Digital Service Bureau Attendant, University of Minnesota, September 2011- August 2014
Teaching Assistant, Intro Photo (film), University of Minnesota, January - May
Product Photographer, Barks - Wooden Sunglasses and Watches @ barksdesign.com
2013 Instructor of Record, Intro Photo (digital), University of Minnesota, MN, June - December
Photography Faculty Search Committee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June - July
2012 - 2013 Instructor of Record, Intro Photo (film), University of Minnesota, June - May
Visiting Artist Committee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, September - December
2011 - 2012 Teaching Assistant, Intro Photo (film), University of Minnesota, September - May
2008 Lead Art Instructor, Puppetry & Bookbinding, St Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, MN
2007 Lead Art Instructor, Pinhole Photography, St Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, MN
2006 Lead Art Instructor, Intro Photo (film), St Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, MN
2005 Gallery Intern, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Teaching Assistant, Studio Kids at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Teaching Assistant, Intro Photo (film), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Teaching Assistant, Studio Kids at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Photo Assistant, Keri Pickett Photography, Minneapolis, MN
E d u c a t i o n
2014 MFA, Studio Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2003 BFA, Studio Art, Minneapolis C
Minneapolis, MN | mirandacbrandon@hotmail.com
A w a r d s
2018 Artist in Residence (funded), Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala, NE
2018 Visiting Artist Residency (funded), Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
2017 - 2018 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, Tulsa, OK
2014 - 2015 Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship, The Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Christopher G. Cardozo/Edward S Curtis Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
Summer Travel Research Program Award, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
2012 Gus Gustafson Memorial Photography Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
2011 Graduate School Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
2000 Alliss Scholarship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
S o l o E x h i b i t i o n s
2019 - 20 Craft Store Ecology, Center for Art and Dance @ St Olaf College, Northfield, MN
2018 Impact, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2016 Impact, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015 Impact: Birds in the Human-Built World, Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Impact, The Traveling Museum, Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN
G r o u p E x h i b i t i o n s
2021 The Poetry of the Ordinary, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Volume 7: Everything is Narrative, Subjectively Objective, Rochester Hills, MI
2020 Animistic, Whiteboard Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Collective Voices, (Spotlight Artist), Modella Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK
Convergence: Challenging Anthropocentrism, Thomas McKeon Center for Creativity, Tulsa, OK
2018 Flock, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Georgetown, D.C.
Picturing Nature, Flaten Art Museum@ St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Connectivity, Flaten Art Museum@ St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Juxtaposed, Target Gallery @ Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Addressing Power, Creative Advocacy @ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Site/Sight, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Bad Neighbor, Altered Estethics, Minneapolis, MN
New Now: Works by the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Philbrook Museum (Downtown), Tulsa, OK
2017 Ecocentric, Metro State University, Saint Paul, MN
A is for Animal, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear, MN
2015 Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Studio:HERE, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts, St. Paul, MN
Art on Air, Instinct Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Nature 3.x: Where is Nature Now? (symposium), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Unfriendly Skies: Birds, Buildings, and Collisions, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2014 FlakPhoto Midwest Print Show, Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
Thinking Making Living, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
22nd Annual Juried Show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2014 MN Biennial (MMAA extended showing), Lanesboro Arts Center, Lanesboro, MN
2014 MN Biennial, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis, MN
Brown Study, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Made Here, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis, MN
Performative Ecologies: Thinking Through Research Practices, University of Alberta, Canada
Apocalyptic, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2013 Untitled 10, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Half Wild, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Minty Fresh, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
SCAPES, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Fresh Works, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Paperworks, The Art Gallery, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2010 Hooked on Photography, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Draw, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Art with Text, ArtCo. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Media Arts, Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Tri ni Chile, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
R e s i d e n c i e s
2018 Visiting Artist, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY
2015 Visiting Artist, Studio:HERE, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts, St. Paul, MN
P e r m a n e n t C o l l e c t i o n s
2019 Impact (Indigo Bunting), Bell Museum of Natural History, St. Paul, MN
2014 Impact (Hermit Thrush), Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
P u b l i c a t i o n s
2021 Subjectively Objective, Volume 7: Everything is Narrative, curated by Noah Waldeck
2017 Earth Island Journal, Spring 2017, 1000 words, Impact
Scarlet Experiment: Birds and Humans in America, by Jeff Karnicky, Impact (Indigo Bunting), cover art
2015 Audubon Magazine, Sept/Oct 2015, Impact, cover and portfolio
Prairie Schooner, Fall 2015, cover
2013 Invisible Scotland: Revealing a Process of Interdisciplinary Discovery, Dundee, Scotland
2012 Issue: Erasure, Volume Three, May 2012, collaborative group book, edition of 1000
2010 Midway Motel and The End of the Affair, mnLIT, hosted by mnartists.org an online publication and artist resource, issue #54.2. “Car” image accompanied poems by Greg Watson
T a l k s & W o r k s h o p s
2018 Visiting Artist, Teton Artlab Visiting Artist Talk & Open Studio, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY, Mar
2015 Visiting Artist, Sophomore seminar class, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, Nov
2014 Shared Space workshop, Thinking Making Living, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Oct
Impact: Birds Navigating Glass in Built Space, Field Trip, Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN, Sept
Artist Talk, 2014 MN Biennial, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis, MN, July
Lighting for Artwork Workshop, BFA Critique class at University of Minnesota, MN, Feb
2013 Lighting for Artwork Workshop, Professional Practices class at University of Minnesota, MN, Nov
Lighting for Artwork Workshop, Professional Practices class at University of Minnesota, MN, Feb
S e l e c t e d B i b l i o g r a p h y
2018 Kelsey Dayton, “Creative Peaks: Pattern Prey,” Planet Jackson Hole, 3/21/2018
2015 Jane Blocker, “Belonging,” Jerome Fellowship Exhibition Catalog. Minneapolis College of Art and Design Main Gallery, Allison Kronberg, “An empathetic advocate for birds,” Southwest Journal, 3/25/15.
Jim Williams, “Vivid photos showing bird-window collisions,” Star Tribune, 2/20/15.
2014 Marianne Combs,“Local art shines in MN Museum of American Art exhibit,”State of the Arts, 6/26/14.
2013 Mary Abbe, “At SooVAC, talent that needs no title,” Star Tribune. 12/19/13.
P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e
2018 - current Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
2016 Adjunct Professor, Intro Photo (digital), Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, January - May
2015 - 2016 Adjunct Instructor, Photography (various), The Art Institutes International, Minneapolis, MN
Assistant Professor, Intro Photo (film), Saint John’s University, St. Joseph, MN, January - May
2014 Instructor of Record, Intro Photo (digital), University of Minnesota, MN, May - August
Digital Service Bureau Attendant, University of Minnesota, September 2011- August 2014
Teaching Assistant, Intro Photo (film), University of Minnesota, January - May
Product Photographer, Barks - Wooden Sunglasses and Watches @ barksdesign.com
2013 Instructor of Record, Intro Photo (digital), University of Minnesota, MN, June - December
Photography Faculty Search Committee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June - July
2012 - 2013 Instructor of Record, Intro Photo (film), University of Minnesota, June - May
Visiting Artist Committee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, September - December
2011 - 2012 Teaching Assistant, Intro Photo (film), University of Minnesota, September - May
2008 Lead Art Instructor, Puppetry & Bookbinding, St Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, MN
2007 Lead Art Instructor, Pinhole Photography, St Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, MN
2006 Lead Art Instructor, Intro Photo (film), St Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul, MN
2005 Gallery Intern, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Teaching Assistant, Studio Kids at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Teaching Assistant, Intro Photo (film), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Teaching Assistant, Studio Kids at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Photo Assistant, Keri Pickett Photography, Minneapolis, MN
E d u c a t i o n
2014 MFA, Studio Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2003 BFA, Studio Art, Minneapolis C
