BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

EDUCATION

2007 Independent Study Program. The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, NY 2005 Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Arts. University of Western Ontario. London, ON 2002 Bachelors of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Honours. York University. Toronto, ON ​

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

2022 The Calls , The Girl’s Choir + Danish National Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark ​ ​

2021 In Action. The Richmond Art Gallery. Richmond, BC ​ ​ In Pose. The Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON ​ ​

2020 The Left Space. The Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Art By Snapchat. Azienda Speciale Palaexpo. Rome, Italy. ​ Brendan Fernandes: Bodily Forms. The Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA ​ ​ We Want a We. Pearlstein Galleries, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA ​ ​ In Action. Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL ​ ​ ​

2019 Let there be Love / Mog Asundi. Serendipity Art Festival, Goa, India. ​ ​ Restrain. Monique Meloche Gallery. Chicago, IL ​ Contract and Release. The Noguchi Museum. New York, NY ​ ​ ​ ​ Call and Response. The Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, IL ​ ​ The 2019 Whitney Biennial. The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, NY ​ In Action. Zilkha Galleries, Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. ​ ​ Free Fall 49. The Smithsonian American Art Museum. Washington, DC ​ ​ Ballet Kink. The Guggenheim Museum. New York, NY ​ ​

2018 The Living Mask. The DePaul Art Museum. Chicago, IL ​ ​ On Flashing Lights. Nuit Blanche. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Open Encounter. The Highline Park. New York, NY ​ ​ Moving Change. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, BC ​ ​ Master and Form. The Graham Foundation. Chicago, IL ​ ​ Safely (Sanctuary). FOR-SITE Foundation. San Francisco, CA ​ ​ ​ ​

2017 Steady Pulse. Recess. New York, NY ​ ​ Free Fall 49. The Getty. Los Angeles, CA ​ ​ Move In Place. The Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University. Halifax, NS ​ ​ Clean Labour. The Armoury Fair. New York, NY (Curated by Eric Shiner) ​ ​ ​ ​ I’m Down. The 18th Street Art Centre. Santa Monica, CA ​ ​ Free Fall. Monique Meloche Gallery. Chicago, IL ​ ​ Lost Bodies. The Textiles Museum of Canada. Toronto, ON ​ ​

2016 Lost Bodies. The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University. Kingston, ON ​ ​ ​ ​

2015 We As One. Mixed Greens. New York, NY (Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah) ​ ​ In Position. The Varley Art Gallery. Markham, ON ​ ​ Still Move. The Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB ​ ​ ​ ​ Recent Acquisitions Spotlight: Brendan Fernandes. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Yarmouth, NS ​ ​ The Footmade. Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery. Kitchener, ON ​ ​

BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

Seeing I. Freedman Gallery, Albright College. Reading, PA (Curated by Erin Riley-Lopez) ​ ​

2014 They. Rodman Hall, Brock University. St. Catherines, ON ​ ​ ​ ​ The Inverted Pyramid. Abrons Art Centre. New York, NY ​ ​

2013 Night Shift. Nuit Blanche. Toronto, ON (Curated by Crystal Mowry and Ivan Jurakic) ​ ​

2012 Devil’s Noise. Gallery Seven Art Limited. Delhi, India. ​ ​ ​ ​

2011 Encomium. Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, ON ​ ​ ​ ​ Disscontinent. The Surrey Art Gallery. Surrey, BA ​ ​ ​ ​ Speaking Tongues. Neutral Ground. Regina, SK ​ ​ ​ ​ Buli. The Print Studio. Hamilton, ON ​ ​ On Becoming. Art Gallery of Southern Manitoba. Brandon, MB ​ ​ ​ ​ Dada Africa. Station Gallery. Whitby, ON ​ ​

2010 From Hiz Hands. Art in General. New York, NY (Curated by Andria Hickey) ​ ​ Until We Fearless. Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, ON ​ ​ Haraka Haraka. Montreal Arts Interculturels. Montreal, QC ​ ​ ​ ​

2009 Relay League. Art Gallery of York University. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Pray For Us. Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Mutual Surrender. Truck Gallery. Calgary, AB ​ ​

2008 Future (...---...) Perfect. Nuit Blanche. Toronto, ON (Curated by Haema Sivanesan) ​ ​ ​ ​ New Work. Momenta Arts. Brooklyn, NY ​ For My Culture. Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art. Kelowna, BC ​ ​ ​

2007 Matter of Fact. Robert Langen Art Gallery. Waterloo, ON ​ ​ Project Row House. Houston, TX ​ Decoy. Artspace. Peterborough, ON ​ ​ Wish You Were Here. Eyelevel Gallery. Halifax, NS ​ ​

2006 Handle With Care. Centre Des Arts Actuels Skol. Montreal, QC ​ ​ Poser. Forest City Gallery. London, ON ​ Unsettle. Eldon House Museum. London, ON ​

2005 On Safari. Macintosh Gallery. London, ON ​ ​ 2003 Darning. Zsa Zsa Gallery. Toronto, ON ​

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Portals. Neon, Athenes, Greece ​ ​ All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Omaha, NE ​ ​ 2020 The Long Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Historias Da Danca [Histories of Dance]. Museu de Arte de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. ​ ​ Sanctuary. Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON ​ RythmScape. Ottawa Art Gallery | Galerie d’art d’Ottawa, Ottawa, ON ​ ​ Automatisme Ambulatoire: Hysteria, Imitation, Performance. Walter Phillips Art Gallery. Banff, AB ​ ​ 2019 Sanctuary. Asia Society Museum. New York, NY ​ ​

BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

Sanctuary. Smart Museum. Chicago, IL ​ ​ Thunderstruck: A Physical Landscape. A Space, Toronto, ON ​ NSCAD Lithography Workshop: Contemporary Editions. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS ​ ​ Automatisme Ambulatoire: Hysteria, Imitation, Performance. Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison ​ University. Sackville, NB From Theory to Practice: Trajectories of the Whitney Independent Study Program. University Hall ​ Galley, UMass Boston. Boston, MA Water Event, with Yoko Ono. DHC/ART Fondation pour L’art Contemporain. Montreal, QB ​ ​ ​ 2018 Connexions / Connections. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QB ​ ​ As Far As the Heart Can See. Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space. New York, NY ​ Other Walks, Other Lines. San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA ​ ​ Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire. Stamps Gallery, University of Michigan. Ann Abor, MI ​ ​ Thunderstruck: A Physical Landscape. Âjagemô Gallery. Ottawa ON ​ ​ Babble. City Art Building Gallery. Baltimore, ML ​ ​ “In this place where the guest rests”. Franklin Street Works. Stamford, CT ​ ​ 2017 50th Anniversary Show. Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, IL ​ ​ Sanctuary. FOR-SITE Foundation. San Francisco, CA ​ ​ Traduttore, Traditore. Gallery 400. University of Illinois. Chicago, IL ​ ​ A New Region of the World. Bunkier Sztuki Gallery. Cracow, Poland ​ ​ Marching to the Beat. Jessica Silverman Gallery. San Francisco, CA ​ ​ That I am Reading Backwards and into for a Purpose, to go on. Whitney ISP Curatorial Show. The ​ ​ Kitchen. New York, NY The Language of Objects. University at Buffalo Art Galleries. Buffalo, NY ​ Dominant Form: Gestures in Recent Photography and Video. Newspace Centre for Photography. ​ Portland, OR Affection of Otherness: Works by 3 Canadian Artists who undertook residency in Korea. Korean Cultural ​ Centre Gallery. Ottawa, ON Lesson 0. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Seoul, Korea. ​ 2016 Africans in America. Goodman Gallery. Johannesburg, SA ​ ​ Retrograde. Logan Centre, University of Chicago. Chicago, IL ​ ​ Yonder. Koffler Gallery. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Ties / Tongues. Grizzly Grizzly. Philadelphia, PA ​ ​ Enacting Stillness: An Exhibition in Nine Parts. Meet Factory. Prague, Czech Republic. ​ ​ ​ Bucharest Biennial 7. Bucharest, Romania. ​ ​ Bend and Hold. Kaplan Gallery. Rockville, MD ​ ​ Land Mark. Socrates Sculpture Park. Long Island City, NY ​ ​ Whisper or Shout. BRIC. Brooklyn, NY ​ ​ Where Do We Migrate To? Richard E. Peeler Art Centre. DePauw University. Greencastle, IN ​ 2015 Exercices de Lecture / Reading Exercises. Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery. Montreal, QB ​ ​ The Sky is the Limit. Remain Modern. Saskatoon, SK ​ Between Body and History. The 8th Floor Gallery, The Rubin Foundation. New York, NY ​ Pop Up Shop. Centre3. Hamilton, ON ​ Disguise: Masks & Global African Art. The Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Los Angeles, CA ​ Disguise: Masks & Global Afrian Art. The Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY ​ Disguise: Masks & Global Afrian Art. The Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA ​ Looking Back at You: Masks by Artists. Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Charlottetown, PE ​ You Speak / I Dance. Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto. Toronto, ON ​ No Such Place: Contemporary African Artists in America. Nahem Gallery, NY ​ 40 Years/40 Artists. University Museum of Contemporary Art. Amherst, MA ​ Biding Time: The Collection Strikes Back. Art Gallery of York University. Toronto, ON ​

BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

TEMPERAMENTAL. Doris McCarthy Gallery. University of Toronto. Toronto, ON ​ Performing Blackness. The Allegheny College of Art Galleries. Meadville, PA ​ Land Marks. Art Gallery of Peterborough. Peterborough, ON ​ Oh Canada. The Esker Foundation. Calgary, AB ​ Where Do We Migrate To? Varmlands Museum. Karlstad, Sweden ​ 2014 In Other Words. Collaboration with Nanna Debois Buhl. MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie, ON ​ ​ Speculations; Risquer L’interpretation. Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen. Montreal, QC ​ ​ ​ ​ Crossing Brooklyn. Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY ​ ​ Nocturne. Halifax, NS. ​ ​ What is, Isn’t. Alan Koppel Gallery. Chicago, IL ​ What is this Heart. Collaboration with How to Dress Well and Simon Portigal. Berliner Festspiele. Berlin, Germany. ​ Restless Precinct. The Guild. Scarborough, ON ​ Art for a Century: 100 for the 100th. Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, ON ​ Stage It! (Part 3) – Scripted. Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam, Holland ​ HARD TIMES: Selected Works by Three Years of FIAR. Leslie Lohman Museum. New York, NY ​ Still Acts. La MaMa Galleria. New York, NY ​ In Practice: Chance Motives. The Sculpture Centre. Long Island City, NY ​ ​ ​ (Da Bao)(Takeout). Surrey Art Gallery. Surrey, BC ​ ​ 2013 Queer Objectivity! The Stamp Gallery, The University of Maryland. College Park, MD ​ ​ Pack Move. Hamilton Artists’ Inc. Hamilton, ON ​ ​ Du Bois in Our Time. University Museum of Contemporary Art. Amherst, MA ​ ​ R + G + B =/= W. Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto. Mississauga, ON ​ ​ Ghar Ghar Ki Baat / Tales from Two Homes. Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne. ​ ​ Melbourne, Australia. New Acquisitions. Burnaby Art Gallery. Burnaby, BC ​ Land Marks. Thames Art Gallery. Chatham, ON ​ Stock Pile. Luminato Festival. Toronto, ON. ​ We Are What We Hide. ICA Main College of Art. Portland, MA ​ Road Sins. Centre3. Hamilton, ON ​ Empire. FiveMyles. Brooklyn, NY ​ ​ ​ The Art Bank in the 21st Century. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University. Kingston, ON ​ The Artist Poster Show. Burnaby Art Gallery. Burnaby, BC ​ (Da Bao)(Takeout). Plug In ICA. Winnipeg, MB ​ ​ Where Do We Migrate To? Contemporary Arts Centre. New Orleans, LA ​ ​ 2012 Builders. National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON ​ ​ Oh Canada. MASS MoCA. North Adams, MA ​ ​ Oh Canada. The Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Charlottetown, PE ​ ​ (Da Bao)(Takeout). Varley Art Gallery. Markham, ON ​ ​ (Da Bao)(Takeout). Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON ​ ​ Where Do We Migrate To? Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Parson The New School of Design. ​ ​ New York, NY Found In Translation. Deutsche Guggenheim. Berlin, Germany. ​ 2011 DisFluency. Aronson Galleries. Parsons The New School for Design. New York, NY ​ ​ New Video Acquisitions. Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, ON ​ ​ No Sense of Place. Bergen Kunsthall. Bergan, Norway ​ ​ Never Odd of Even. Grimmuseum. Berlin, Germany ​ ​ Telefone Sem Fio: The Word-Things of Augusto de Campos Revisisted. The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. ​ ​ New York, NY Barroco Nova. Macintosh Gallery. London, ON ​ Location/Dislocation. Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Toronto, ON ​ ​ ​

BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds After 1989. ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, DE ​ Sense and Sensibility. Salzburger Kunstverein. Salzburger, Austria ​ ​ ​ Buli. Harvest Works, Governor’s Island. New York, NY ​ Every Line / Every Other Line. Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts. Winnipeg, MB ​ Are You a Hybrid? Museum of Art and Design and Visual Culture. Baltimore, MD ​ In Other Words? Collaboration with Nanna Debois Buhl. Karen Blixen Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark ​ Where Do We Migrate To? Centre for Art, Design and Visual Culture. Baltimore, MD ​ Found In Translation. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, NY ​ NY / Prague 6. The Czech Center. New York, NY ​ Serious Play. Space Studio. London, UK ​ Towards Middle Ground. Stiftelsen 3, 14. Bergen, Norway ​ 2010 Sobey Art Award. Musee D’Art Contemporain de Montreal. Montreal, QC ​ ​ NY/Prague 6. Futura Gallery. Prague, Czech Republic ​ ​ The Travelling Show. Botkyrka Konsthall. Stockholm, Sweden ​ ​ Wordless. The Elizabeth Foundation. New York, NY ​ ​ Field Work. Access Gallery. Vancounver, BC ​ ​ Manif D’Art. The Quebec City Biennial. Quebec City, QC ​ ​ Harlem Postcards. The Studio Museum in Harlem. Harlem, NY ​ ​ The Arbitrariness of Signs. Momenta Arts. Brooklyn, NY ​ ​ Bunny Redux: Contemporary Artists Rethinkg the Iconic Playboy Bunny. The Andy Warhol Museum. Pittsburg, PA ​ ​ Alternorther. The Lab. San Francisco, CA ​ ​ Accented. BRIC Rotunda Gallery. Brooklyn, NY ​ ​ 2009 Invisible Homes. SOMArts Centre. San Francisco, CA ​ ​ Mobile Archive. Art in General. New York, NY ​ ​ DIASPORArt. Ambassadors Room, Rideau Hall. Ottawa, ON ​ ​ Air Conditioned Jungle. Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere. Power House. Memphis, TN ​ ​ One Size Fits All. On Stellar Rays. New York, NY ​ ​ Fallow. Flux Factory - Anonymous Gallery. New York, NY ​ ​ Emerge 10. Aljira Centre for Contemporary Art. Newark, NJ ​ ​ Living and Dreaming. AIM Program, Bronx Museum. Bronx, NY ​ ​ South-South: Interruptions and Encounteres. Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Shifting Shapes–Unstable Signes. Yale Art Gallery. New Haven, CT ​ ​ Longitude/Latitude. Rush Arts Gallery & Resource Centre. New York, NY ​ ​ ​ ​ 2008 Freeze Frame. Miami Art Week. Miami, FL. ​ ​ Freeze Frame. Michael Stevenson Gallery. Cape Town, ZA ​ ​ The Third Guangzhou Triennial. Guangdong Museum of Art. Guangzhou, China ​ ​ The Gatekeeper. Horland Art Centre. Bergen, Norway ​ ​ The Gatekeeper. Momenta Arts. Brooklyn, NY ​ ​ Red Badge of Courage Revisited. Newark Art Council. Newark, NJ ​ ​ ​ ​ Near Sighted, Far Out. Harvestworkds Digital Media Arts Center. New York, NY ​ ​ Toronto International Art Fair. Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Dyed Roots: The new emergence of culture. Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto, ON ​ ​ LOLA Festival. London, ON ​ ​ Intransit. Moti Hasson Gallery. New York, NY ​ ​ 2007 Deer Art: Animal Imagery in Contemporary Art. Like the Spice Gallery. Brooklyn, NY ​ ​ Big Stories, Little India. Harbourfront Centre. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Arthaus. White Box Gallery and Ethan Cohen Fine Arts. Miami, FL ​ ​ On Migration. ASpace Gallery. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Simulasian; Asian Contemporary Art Fair. New York, NY ​ ​

BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

Beyond/In Western New York Biennial. Albright Knox and the U of B Anderson Art Galleries. Buffalo, NY ​ ​ Big Stories, Little India. SAVAC and [murmur]. Toronto, ON. ​ ​ Whitney I.S.P. Group Show. Artist Space. New York, NY ​ ​ Foire comme si tout allait bien! Centre Des Arts Actuels Skol. Montreal, QC ​ ​ Unpacked and Reheated. Artspace. Victoria, BC ​ ​ 2006 the Life and Death of I.D. McMaster Museum of Art. Hamilton, ON ​ ​ Big. Durham Art Gallery. Durham, ON ​ ​ 2005 The Joke. UWO Faculty Exhibition, Art Lab. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Toronto Alternative Art Fair International. Toronto, ON ​ ​ The Knot Show. Lonsdale Gallery. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Artwallah. Barndall Art Gallery. Los Angeles, CA ​ ​ The Association. Art Lab. London, ON ​ ​ 2004 Included in the Present Classification. Art Lab. London, ON ​ ​ Expose 67. Forest City Gallery. London, ON ​ ​ Unusual Suspects. Gallery One. Toronto, ON ​ ​ ​ ​ 2003 Mend. The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Den. Gallery 61. Toronto, ON ​ ​ 2002 Den. The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. Toronto, ON ​ ​ Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Toronto, ON ​ ​

AWARDS

2020 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington, DC 2020 Fleck Fellowship, Banff Centre, Banff, AB 2019 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY 2019 Artadia, Chicago Awardee, New York, NY 2019 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Nomination, Washington, DC 2019 Sobey Art Award, Long List. Ottawa, ON 2018 Artadia, Chicago Finalist. New York, NY 2018 The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Fellowship. Chicago, IL 2017 Queer Art Prize, Nomination. New York, NY 2017 US Artist, Nomination. Chicago, IL 2016 Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 2016 Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Best Show: Innovation in Collection-Based Exhibition. Toronto, ON 2015 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant, Nomination. New York, NY 2015 Sobey Art Award, Long List. Ottawa, ON 2013 Sobey Art Award, Long List. Ottawa, ON 2010 Sobey Art Award, Short List (Ontario Finalist). Ottawa, ON 2009 New Commissions Recipient. Art in General. New York, NY 2007 Artist of the Year. South Asian Visual Arts Collective. Toronto, ON

GRANTS

2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Residency Creation Grant. Ottawa, ON 2020 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington DC ​ 2019 Canada Council for the Arts, Research Creation Grant. Ottawa, ON 2018 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON 2017 Canada Council for the Arts, New Chapter Grant. Ottawa, ON Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Art. New York, NY Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON

BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

2016 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON 2015 Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Grant. Toronto, ON Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON 2014 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant. Ottawa, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON 2013 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Grant. Toronto, ON 2012 Franklin Furnace Fund Grant. New York, NY Canada Council for the Arts, Long-Term Grant. Ottawa, ON Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON 2011 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant. Toronto, ON 2010 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant. Ottawa, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON 2009 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant. Toronto, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON 2008 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON 2007 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON 2006 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant. Ottawa, ON Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant. Toronto, ON Ontario Arts Council, Career Development Grant. Toronto, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON 2005 Canada Council for the Arts, International Residencies Program. Ottawa, ON Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant. Toronto, ON Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant. Ottawa, ON

RESIDENCIES

2020 UC Berkeley Institute of South Asia Studies Artist Residency, Berkeley, California 2020 Fleck Fellow Residency, Banff Centre, Banff, AB 2020 Historias Da Danca [Histories of Dance]. Museu de Arte de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. 2019 The Odette Sculpture Residency. York University. Toronto, ON 2017 The Graham Foundation. Chicago, IL Sessions Artist. Recess. New York, NY 2016 Mana Contemporary. Chicago, IL The Museum of Glass. Tacoma, WA Performance Studies and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL 2015 The Allegheny College Art Galleries. Meadville, PA 2014 Critical Practices Inc., New York, NY Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Process Space Residency. New York, NY Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency. Captiva, FL Field House Residency. Contemporary Art Gallery. Vancouver, BC 2013 Blackwood Gallery. University of Toronto. Mississauga, ON Margaret Lawrence Gallery. University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia 2012 Western Front Society. Vancouver, BC Centre3 for Print and Media Arts. Hamilton, ON

BRENDAN FERNANDES CV

Fire Island Artist Residency. Cherry Grove, NY 2011 ZKM Centre for Art and Media. Karlsruhe, Germany 2010 New York – Prague Six. Chateau Třebešice. Čáslav, Czech Republic Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, ON DIVA Artist Residency. Copenhagen, Denmark 2009 Gyeonggi Creation Center. Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea New Work Residency. Harvestworks. New York, NY AIM. Bronx Museum, Bronx. NY 2008 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Swing Space Residency. New York, NY Emerge 10. Aljira: A Centre for Contemporary Art. Newark, NJ 2007 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Work Space Residency. New York, NY 2006 Caribbean Contemporary Arts. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

PRESS & PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS

2020 Grant, Jean, “The 10 most covetable pieces for sale at Art Toronto” Toronto Life, Nov. 2020 https://torontolife.com/culture/art/the-10-most-covetable-pieces-for-sale-at-art-toronto/ Wortham, Jenna, “Seeing Black Futures” The New York Times Culture Issue, Oct. 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/07/magazine/black-futures.html Yerebakan, Osman Can. “Artist Brendan Fernandes on ballet and BDSM.” Soho House. September 12. https://www.sohohouse.com/house-notes/issue-005/art-and-design/artist-brendan-fernandes-on-ballet-bdsm ​ Slayton, Jeff. “Free Fall, For The Camera: A Film By Brendan Fernandes.” LA Dance Chronicle. September 5. https://www.ladancechronicle.com/free-fall-for-the-camera-a-film-by-brendan-fernandes/ ​ Aruna D’Souza, et al. “Dance during the Pandemic: A Roundtable Conversation.” Frieze. September 4. https://www.frieze.com/article/dance-during-pandemic-roundtable-conversation ​ Cardoza, Kerry. “Art 50 2020: Chicago’s Artists’ Artists.” Newcity Art. September 3. https://art.newcity.com/2020/09/03/art-50-2020-chicagos-artists-artists/ Janjuha-Jivraj, Shaheena. “Re-Imagining Art In The Pandemic- The Aga Khan Museum Provides Sanctuary Virtually.” Forbes. August 3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2020/08/03/re-imaging-art-in-the-pandemicthe-ag a-khan-museum-provides-sanctuary-virtually/#5a1ce0b57a5c Sutton, Benjamin. “Twenty artists receive Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grants, including Tschabalala Self and Paul Mpagi Sepuya.” Artsy.net. May 12. https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-twenty-artists-received-louis-comfort-tiffany-foundation-grants-inclu ding-tschabalala-paul-mpagi-sepuya Sward, Brandon, “Site-specific performances moved us beyond the black box” Chicago Reader May. 2020 https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/site-specific-performances-moved-us-beyond-the-black-box/Content ?oid=80029854 Yerebakan Can, Osman, “Nine Artworks to Turn You On in Isolation,” Playboy, April, 2020 https://www.playboy.com/read/nine-artworks-isolation ​ Moore Stockton, Cindy, “Brendan Fernandes: WE AS ONE,” Flash Magazine, March 2020 https://flash---art.com/2020/03/brendan-fernandes-we-as-one/ ​ Selvin, Claire, “ARTnews feature Free Money: Artadia’s unrestricted grants are about believing in artists,” Artadia, March 2020 https://artadia.org/news/artnews-feature-free-money-artadias-unrestricted-grants-are-about-believing-in-artists/ Dammers, Katy, “Training Devices,” Brooklyn Rail, Feb. 2020 https://brooklynrail.org/2020/02/dance/Training-Devices Newhall, Edith, “These are the Philly art gallery shows you’ll want to check out this spring” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 2020 https://www.inquirer.com/arts/philadelphia-art-shows-exhibitions-2020-galleries-gallery-20200208.html Menezes, Vivek “The Art of Resistance: Brendan Fernandes’s Mog Asundi is a message of love” Scroll.in, Jan. 2020 https://scroll.in/article/948502/the-art-of-resistance-brendan-fernandess-mog-asundi-is-a-message-of-love Storz, Emily, “Internationally Acclaimed Artist Brendan Fernandes Brings Solo Exhibition to Drexel” DrexelNOW Jan. 2020 https://drexel.edu/now/archive/2020/January/Pearlstein-Brendan-Fernandes-Solo-Exhibition/

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2020 Gopinath Gabrielle, “Brendan Fernandes,” Sculpture Magazine, January 2020 https://sculpturemagazine.art/brendan-fernandes/ ​ Georgas, Helen. “Staging the Work of Ballet Amid Noguchi’s Expressive Sculptures,” Hyperallergic, Jan 2020 https://hyperallergic.com/538353/staging-the-work-of-ballet-amid-noguchis-expressive-sculptures/ ​ 2019 Seibert, Brain, “Dance: Brendan Fernandes,” The New Yorker, November 2019 https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/dance/brendan-fernandes-11-04-19 ​ Vickery, Morgan, “Monique Meloche Gallery: Restrain,” Flaunt Magazine, 2019 https://www.flaunt.com/content/monique-meloche-gallery-restrain ​ Howe, David Everitt. “Brendan Fernandes’s New Performance Brings Isamu Noguchi Sculptures to Life.” Art in America. November 26. https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/brendan-fernandes-isamu-noguchi-martha-graham-perfor mance-contract-release-1202669540/ Hosein, Lise. “Brendan Fernandes uses Lithography and dance to mourn those who fell in the Pulse nightclub shooting.” CBC Arts. November 15. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/brendan-fernandes-uses-lithography-and-dance-to-mourn-those-who-fell-in-the-pulse- nightclub-shooting-1.5360016 Josey, Ryan. “Negative Space, Objects in the Absence of Performance.” Flash Art International. No. 328. November 2019. Print. LaRoche, Holly. “Brendan Fernandes’ ‘Contract and Release’ at the Noguchi Museum.” Dance Informa. October 3. https://www.danceinforma.com/2019/10/03/brendan-fernandes-contract-and-release-premieres-at-the-noguch i-museum/ Alpert, Avram. “Brendan Fernandes: Contract and Release.” Brooklyn Rail, Sept. 2019 https://brooklynrail.org/2019/11/artseen/Brendan-Fernandes-Contract-and-Release Mika Yoshida & David G. Imber. “Review: Brendan Fernandes, Contract and Release.” Casa Brutus. September 26. https://casabrutus.com/art/117740 ​ Slivers, Erin. “Racism and Social Space in Canadian Dance: Actants, Structures, and Dancing Differently.” Performance Matters 5.1. 2019. Print. Voon, Claire. “There’s Pain and Pleasure: Brendan Fernandes on His Ballet Kink and His Whitney Biennial Project.” Artnews. May 28. http://www.artnews.com/2019/05/28/theres-pain-and-pleasure-brendan-fernandes-on-his-ballet-kink-and-his- whitney-biennial-project/ D’Souza, Aruna. “Whitney Biennial 2019: self, society, tear gas…” 4Columns. May 24. http://www.4columns.org/d-souza-aruna/whitney-biennial-2019 Stewart, Amy. “Artist Talk with Brendan Fernandes.” Akimbo. May 23. https://akimbo.ca/listings/artist-talk-with-brendan-fernandes/ “Acclaimed Artist Brendan Fernandes (BFA ‘02) is the 2019 Louis Odetter Sculptor-in-Residence.” YFile, York University News. May 21. https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2019/05/21/acclaimed-artist-brendan-fernandes-bfa-02-is-the-2019-louis-odette-scu lptor-in-residence/ Moffitt, Evan. “The 2019 Whitney Biennial Is Unafraid to Be Beautiful.” Frieze. May 20. https://frieze.com/article/2019-whitney-biennial-unafraid-be-beautiful ​ Schjeldahl, Peter. “The Whitney Biennial In An Age of Anxiety.” The New Yorker. May 20. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/27/the-whitney-biennial-in-an-age-of-anxiety Kissick, Dean. “Whitney Biennial Takes on the American Dream.” Cultured Magazine. May 14. https://www.culturedmag.com/the-whitney-biennial-takes-on-the-american-dream/ ​ Saltz, Jerry. “The New Whitney Biennial Made Me See Art History in a New Way.” Vulture. May 14. https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/whitney-biennial-review-jerry-saltz.html ​ Davis, Ben. “Take a Virtual Tour of the Whitney Biennial…” Artnet News. May 14. https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/whitney-biennial-2019-pictures-1545712 ​ Carrigan, Margaret. “Whitney Biennial aims to focus on artists but – as protests mount – it cannot escape politics.” The Art Newspaper. May 13. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/new-york-s-whitney-biennial-can-t-escape-politics-but-keeps-the-f ocus-on-artists Small, Zachary. “Initial Thoughts and Highlights from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.” Hyperallergic. May 13. https://hyperallergic.com/500133/initial-thoughts-and-highlights-from-the-2019-whitney-biennial/ ​ Morais, Betsy. “Ballet Kink At the Guggenheim.” The New Yorker. May 13. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/20/ballet-kink-at-the-guggenheim Jordan, Eliza. “Brendan Fernandes Talks “Ballet Kink” at The Guggenheim and Beyond.” Whitewall. May 6. https://www.whitewall.art/lifestyle/brendan-fernandes-talks-ballet-kink-guggenheim-beyond ​ Talbot, Adela. “Whitney Biennial provides another stage for alumnus.” Western News. April 23.

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https://news.westernu.ca/2019/04/whitney-biennial-provides-another-stage-for-alumnus/ ​ Morsch, Mai. “Ballet and Bondage Came Together in a Performance at the Guggenheim’s Young Collectors Party.” Vogue. April 12. https://www.vogue.com/article/the-guggenheim-young-collectors-party-2019 ​ Menezes, Vivek. “The in-between world of the African Goans.”Live Mint. April 19. https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-in-between-world-of-the-african-goans-1555659088733.ht ml Jordan, Eliza. “Our New Common Ground: The Uncommon Art Residency Program.” Whitewall. March 26. https://www.whitewall.art/lifestyle/new-common-ground-uncommon-art-residency-program ​ Freeman, Nate. “The Whitney Museum chose a young and diverse group of 75 artists and collectives for its 2019 Biennial.” Artsy. Feb. 25. https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-whitney-museum-chose-young-diverse-group-75-artists-collectives- 2019-biennial Steinhauer, Jillian. “The Whitney Biennial: 75 Artists Are In, and One Dissenter Steps Out.” The New York ​ Times. Feb. 25. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/arts/design/2019-whitney-biennial.html ​ ​ 2018 Waxman, Lori, “Brendan Fernandes: The Living Mask,” Brooklyn Rail, December 2018 https://brooklynrail.org/2018/12/artseen/Brendan-Fernandes-The-Living-Mask ​ Morelli, Didier. “Brendan Fernandes.” Esse Magazine. Issue 94: Labour. Autumn 2018. http://esse.ca/en/brendan-fernandes Latterner, Timothy. “Nuit Blanche Returns to Toronto for One Night Only.” L’Officiel Art. Oct. 02. https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/nuit-blanche-toronto-2018 ​ Hall, Jake. “This Artist Is Throwing a Dance Party Around Police Cars to Raise Awareness of Violence.” Into More. Sept. 23. https://www.intomore.com/culture/this-artist-is-throwing-a-dance-party-on-police-cars-to-raise-awareness-of-vi olence Kulke, Stephanie. “Brendan Fernandes wants to make you uncomfortable.” Northwestern News. Sept. 13. https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/september/brendan-fernandes-wants-to-make-you-uncomfortable Hawbaker, KT. “Artist and choreographer Brendan Fernandes nails all the right moves as he makes Chicago his home.” The Chicago Tribune. Aug. 30. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-fall-2018-brendan-fernandes-artist-profile-20180828-stor y.html “Artist of the Week: Brendan Fernandes.” LVL3. July 31. http://lvl3official.com/brendan-fernandes/ ​ Kerr, Ted. “Open Encounter: A Conversation with Brendan Fernandes.” The High Line Blog. July 24. https://www.thehighline.org/blog/2018/07/24/open-encounter-a-conversation-with-brendan-fernandes/ ​ Gazzola, Bart. “Philia, Loss and Memory.” The Sound. June 2018. https://thesound.rocks/philia-loss-memory/#comments-section ​ Kennedy, Jen. “Surface Tensions; Brendan Fernandes on surfaces, aesthetics, art, race, and play.” Ampersand Online: Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. May 21. https://www.womenandperformance.org/ampersand/28-2-kennedy-fernandes Johnson, Djassi Dacosta. “Brendan Fernandes (interview).” Kinfolk. Vol. 28. May 2018. Welsh, Gabrielle. “The Master and Form.” The Seen. Issue 06. April 2018. Hoyer, Sharon. “Of Ballet and Bondage: a review of Brendan Fernandes’ The Master and Form at the Graham ​ ​ Foundation.” Newcity Stage. March 06. Yoon, Soo Ryon. “Clean Labor.” ASAP\Journal. March 01. Ugelvig, Jeppe. “The Master and Form.” Flash Art. Feb 06. Binlot, Ann. “Artist Brendan Fernandes Looks At The Pain and Pleasure Of Ballet In The Master and Form.” Forbes Magazine. Jan. 31. “What is Your All-Time Fantasy Exhibition? We Asked 14 Art-World Heavyweights.” Artnet News. Jan. 31. Yerebakan, Osman Can. “Brendan Fernandes’ Sculptures Explore the Masochism of Ballet.” Garage Magazine. VICE Media. Jan. 29. Santiago, Sean. “The Master and Form: Brendan Fernandes’ exploration of Space, People and Power.” PIN-UP Magazine. Jan. 25. Berger, Philip. “Pain, Pleasure and Desire: The Master and Form at the Graham Foundation.” Newcity Design. Jan. 24. Ross, Chelsea. “Endurance Art that explores Mastery in Architecture and Ballet.” THe Architects Newspaper. Jan. 23. 2017 Barbu, Adam. “Poster Virus: Views from the Street.” Esse Magazine. Sept. 15. Furtado, Will Paz. “Why the Art World is Obsessed with Dance.” Sleek Magazine. Sept. 12. Vogel, Wendy. “Brendan Fernandes: Talks about his performance at Recess in New York.” Artforum. Aug. 18. Ngo, Johnson. “Red, Green, Blue ≠ White.” Blackwood Gallery. University of Toronto, Mississauga. Aug. 2017

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Steinhauer, Jillian. “The Dance Floor as a Site for Queer Memorials,” Hyperallergic. Aug 2017 https://hyperallergic.com/396948/brendan-fernandes-recess/ ​ Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Crowd Crush.” Jessica Silverman Gallery. July 14. Bourland, Ian. “Dancing to the Pulse.” Frieze. July 13. Shore, Amanda. “Halifax Report: Not for a Long Time.” Canadian Art. July 11. Hill, Lizzy. “Brendan Fernandes: Move in Place.” Visual Arts News. June 13. Yood, James. “Brendan Fernandes: Free Fall (review).” GLASS Quarterly. June 01. Mosurinjohn, Sharday. “The dance between artefact, commodity and fetish: a case study of Brendan Fernandes’ Lost Bodies.” Third World Thematics: A TWA Journal. May 02. ​ ​ Tradicante, Alana. “Brendan Fernandes: Lost Bodies (review).” Journal of Curatorial Studies. Vol. 6. No. 1. April 2017. Stromberg, Matt. “Perform the Movements of a Santa Monica Neighborhood, Hyperallergic. March 2017 https://hyperallergic.com/365831/perform-the-movements-of-a-santa-monica-neighborhood/ 2016 Graham, Amanda Jane. “Acting Out: Pointing in the Museum.” Visit Curatorial Magazine. http://visitmagazine.org/index.php/issue-3/z_acting-out-pointing-in-the-museum/ ​ Brown, Nicholas. “The Floor Hits Back: Talking Dance With Brendan Fernandes.” Canadian Art. https://canadianart.ca/features/brendan-fernandes-dance/ ​ Lisa, Dana. “Studio Visit: Brendan Fernandes.” Studio Magazine. The Studio Museum in Harlem. Spring/Winter 2015-2016. Pg. 34-35. 2015 Snider, Jenn et al. “Break it down: Sighting/Citing/Siting Performance Art: Discussing Encomium with Brendan Fernandes.” KAPSULA Magazine. Special Issue: Multiple Li(v)es of Art/ists … ” September 2015. Lamber, Audra. “One for All: Brendan Fernandes’ Performance, ‘We As One’ at Mixed Greens Gallery.” Artfuse. November 10. “Brendan Fernandes.” The Art Metropole Blog. Portis, Ben. “Temperamental.” C Magazine. Issue 126. Pg. 62 Clemans, Gayle. “Grand Illusion: Seattle Art Museum show pairs African masks, contemporary art.” Seattle Times. June 19. Jen, Graves. “SAM Invokes New Spirits in the Ambitious Disguise: Masks and Global African Art.” The Seattle Stranger. June 24. Frank Priscilla. “Global African Artists Explore The Meaning of Disguise in The 21st Century.” The Huffington Post. June 24. Blankinship, Donna Gordon. “Seattle Art Exhibit Puts Spotlight on Race, Identity.” The Huffington Post. June 29. Mahon, Patrick. “Brendan Fernandes Balances Politics and Optimism.” Canadian Art Magazine. Feb. 12 https://canadianart.ca/reviews/brendan-fernandes-rodman-hall/ Hanna, Maeve. “Three: Brendan Fernandes’ They at Rodman Hall Art Centre.” Esse Magazine. Jan. 4 http://esse.ca/en/three-brendan-fernandes-they-rodman-hall-art-centre 2014 Wilcox, Jessica & Wendy Vogel. “Artist in Conversation: Brendan Fernandes.” BOMB Magazine. http://bombmagazine.org/article/1000100/brendan-fernandes ​ 2013 Portis, Ben. “New Day Rising: Brendan Fernandes Returns to Dance.” The Dance Current. Fall 2013. Pg. 20 Bourland, Ian. “Breaking the Codex.” NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art. #31. Fall 2012. Pg. 22 2011 Parmer, Amanda. “In Your Words; Review.” Art In America. November 2011. Pg. 41 Byre, Elisabeth. “FUKT #10.” Pg. 72 Howe, David Everitt. “Elocution Lessons: Q+A with Brendan Fernandes.” Art in America. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/conversations/2011-05-06/brendan-fernandes/ ​ ​ Bourdland, Ian. “Critic’s Pick: Found in Translation.” Artforum. http://artforum.com/picks/id=27958&view=print ​ Syperek, Pandora. “The Nature of Culture.” Canadian Art Magazine. Spring 2011. Pg. 66 Yusuf, Farah. “Brendan Fernandes: Until We Fearless.” C Magazine. Spring 2011. Pg. 41 2010 Rackham, Michele. “The Spirit behind the Mask.” The Maple Tree Literary Supplement. Issue 7. Whyte, Murray. “Art World Likes Where He’s Coming From.” The Toronto Star. July 31. Vaughan, R.M. “Brendan Fernandes at the Art Gallery of Hamilton.” The Globe and Mail. July 24. Pg. R9

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Sandals, Leah. “Behind the Mask.” The National Post. July 6. Pg. AL8 Kennedy, Jen. “Undoing Identities: Brendan Fernandes’ Haraka Haraka.” Fuse Magazine. Vol. 33. No. 03. Pg. 38 Snukal, Alex. “Brendan Fernandes.” Bad Day. Issue 7. Pg. 58 Medley, Mark. “Sobey Art Award announces 2010 Longlist.” The National Post. “Alternorthern.” The Lab. San Francisco, CA “Conversation Pieces: Speaking in Tongues-and-cheek.” The Art Gallery of York University. 2009 Johnson, Ken. “Young Artists Arrive, Either Rough or Ready.” The New York Times. July 8, 2009. ​ ​ “South- South Encounters.” Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Toronto, ON Whyte, Murray. “Chewing on the Carcass.” The Toronto Star. Toronto, ON Cotter, Holland. “Why University Museums Matter.” The New York Times. Feb. 20. 2009 ​ ​ Landry, Mike. “Mutual Surrender.” Truck Gallery. Calgary, AB Ryan, Carol-Ann. “Future Forward.” C Magazine. Issue 101. Pg. 26 Mitra, Srimoyee. “Mutual Surrender.” Truck Gallery. Calgary, AB Lax, Thomas J. “Connected by a Distance.” Rush Arts. New York, NY Dykhuis, Peter. “Brendan Fernandes.” Art Gallery of York University Studio Blog. 2008 Gerrity, Jeanne. “Brendan Fernandes. Momenta Art Brooklyn, NY.” Art Papers. Nov. 2008. Pg. 58 “Young Bloods.” City: NY. Nov. 2008. Pg. 66 Priegert, Portia. “For My Culture.” Border Crossings. Summer 2008. Vol. 27. No. 2. Issue 106. Pg. 100 Turnbull, Glenna. “African Safaris to New York Art World.” Kelowna Capital New. Feb. 27. Pg. 26 Priegert, Portia. “Cultural Authenticity.” eVent Magazine. Feb. 22. Pg. 4 Stockton-Moore, Cindy. “For My Culture.” Kelowna, BC 2007 Caruth, Nicole. “Wine Gums.” Sweet Contemporary Blog. Dec. 4. Follwell, Matthew. “Artist Profile.” Our Neighbourhood. September 2007. Pg. 34 “Artist Project.” Fuse Magazine, 30th Anniversary Issue. Fall 2006. Vol. 30. No. 4. Pg. 5 Eller, Erin. “Brendan Fernandes’ Quest for Culture.” Locus Suspectus. Issue 4: Nature and Technology. Pg. 14 Kurd, Nadia. “Big Stories, Little India.” South Asian Visual Arts Collective. Toronto, ON Sayej, Nadja. “Getting the Real Story on Little India.” Globe and Mail. Aug. 18. Pg. 43 Yelaja, Prithi. “Little India: Six Blocks, Many Stories.” Toronto Star. Aug. 25. Diack, Heather. “Point and Shoot: Brendan Fernandes’ Deocoy Takes Aim.” June 1. www.ducts.org Diack, Heather. “Strike a Pose: The Diaspora of Brendan Fernandes’ Decoy.” Art Space. Peterborough, ON Dault, Meredth. “Brendan Fernandes: Wish You Were Here.” Jan. 18. www.infomonkey.net 2006 Westcott, Scott. “Identity Theft.” The Silhouette. Oct. 12. Haggo, Regina. “Identity Crisis.” Hamilton Spectator. Oct. 31. Pg. 34 “Preview.” Canadian Art Magazine. Fall 2006. Vol. 23. No. 3. Pg. 58 Frater, Sally. “The Life and Death of I.D.” McMaster Museum of Art. Hamilton, ON “The Art of Authenticity.” Sunday Express Mix. July 30. Pg. 5. Trinidad and Tobago Mahon, Patrick. “BIG” Durham Art Gallery. Durham, ON. 2005 Beaulieu, Derek & Jason Christie & Angela Rawlings. Shift and Switch: New-Canadian Poetry. Toronto: ​ ​ Mercury Press. Cover Art. Temple, Kevin. “Double You Art Fair.” NOW Magazine. Vol. 25. Nov. 3. Windover, Michael. “On Safari.” McIntosh Gallery. Longon, ON. Rae, Staci. “UWO’s McIntosh Gallery Goes On Safari.” Scene Magazine. Issue 499. Sept. 1. Pg. 26 2004 Pidsadny, Terry. “Unusual Suspects.” DHL Graphics and Gallery One. 2003 Hirschmann, Thomas. “Threads that Thrill.” NOW Magazine. Vol. 22. March 20. Pg. 65 Dault, Gary Michael. “Brendan Fernandes’ Art of Comfort.” Universe. Feb. 03. Pg. 20

CATALOGUES & ARTIST MONOGRAPHS 2021 Forthcoming Monographs - “Master and Form / Contract and Release” Graham Foundation and Noguchi Museum “Inaction” Zilkha Galleries, Wesleyan University and Richmond Art Gallery

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2019 Ed. Hockley, Rujeko & Jane Panetta. “Whitney Biennial 2019.” The Whitney Museum. New York, NY 2018 Alturi, Tara. “Uncommitted Crimes: The Defiance of the Artistic Imagi/nation.” Inanna Publications. Jan. 25. 2016 Fernandes, Brendan. “Still Move.” Black Dog Publishers. London, UK Fernandes, Brendan. “Lost Bodies.” Kingston University Press. Kingston, ON 2015 McClusky, Pamela. “Disguise: Masks and Global African Art.” Seattle Art Museum. Yale University Press. July 21. 2012 Ed. Belting, Hans, Andrea Buddensieg & Peter Weibel. “The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds.” MIT Press. March 8. 2013. Markonish, Denise. “Oh Canada.” Catalogue. Mass MoCA. North Adams, MA “Builders.” Catalogue. The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON “(Da Bao)(Takeout).” Catalogue. Varley Art Gallery. Markham, ON Fernandes, Brendan. “From Hiz Hands.” Art in General. New York, NY 2010 Fernandes, Brendan. “Until We Fearless.” Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, ON. Essays by Melissa Bennett and Eric Shiner. “Momenta Art 2007 / 2008 Year Book.” Momenta Arts. Brooklyn, NY “Momenta Art 2008 / 2009 Year Book.” Momenta Arts. Brooklyn, NY 2009 “Circle Jerk.” Catalogue. Art Metropole & Printed Matter. Toronto, ON & New York, NY Reisman, Sara. Emerge 10 Catalogue. Aljira Center for Contemporary Art. New York, NY Giovannotti, Micaela. AIM 29 Catalogue. Bronx Museum. Bronx, NY 2008 Hibert, Ted, Catlin Lewis & Helen Marzolf. “Unpacked and Reheated.” Catalogue. Open Space Gallery. Victoria, BC 2007 “Beyond / In Western New York Catalogue.” New York, NY 2005 “Toronto Alternative Art Fair International Catalogue.” Toronto, ON “Artwallah Catalogue.” Los Angeles, CA JURIES

2020 A C R E (Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions), Chicago, IL ​ ​ 2019 Exhibition Committee, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 2018 Body and Camera Film Festival. Mana Contemporary. Chicago, IL 2017 Recess. Programming Jury. New York, NY 2016 Artist Residency. NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. New York, NY 2015 Ontario Arts Council. Mid-Career Artist Grants. Toronto, ON 2015 Franklin Furnace Fund. New York, NY 2013 Canada Council for the Arts. Artist Project Grants. Ottawa, ON 2012 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Swing Space. New York, NY 2012 New York Foundation for the Arts. Interdisciplinary Work Category. New York, NY 2009 Canada Council for the Arts. Artists and Community Collaboration Program. Ottawa, ON 2009 Ontario Arts Council. Visual and Media Arts, Artist-Run and Organizations Grants. Toronto, ON 2006 Ontario Arts Council. Emerging Artist Grants. Toronto, ON

COLLECTIONS

2020 The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON 2020 Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Toronto, ON 2020 Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, IL 2019 The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art, San Francisco, CA ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Rennie Collection, Vancouver, BC ​ 2018 The DePaul Art Museum. Chicago, IL 2016 Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery. Kitchener, ON Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. Montréal, QC 2015 Rodman Hall, Brock University. St. Catharines, ON

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2013 University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University. Montreal, QC The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University. Kingston, ON 2012 The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS 2011 The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON 2010 The Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, ON The Art Gallery of York University. Toronto, ON 2009 Mobile Archive, The Israeli Center for Digital Art. Tel Aviv, Israel. The Canada Council Art Bank. Ottawa, ON Wedge Curatorial Projects. Toronto, ON 2008 The University at Buffalo Art Galleries. Buffalo, NY