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Awards
2024
Curatorial Research Fellowship from Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual ArtsSpring 2024 Grant Recipient | Curatorial Research Fellowship awarded with Kimi Kitada (Charlotte Street Foundation, KC) and Jes Allie (Bulk Space, Detroit) through Public Media Institute. The grant goes to support curatorial research to develop an oral history about artist-run culture in the Central Midwest spanning the last 50 years. Part of the MdW Coalition, the research project will inform a museum exhibition slated for 2026.
2021
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation Research Fellowship. from Independent Curators InternationalBrandon conducted research trips to cities in the Midwest to explore and learn from the culture of experimental, artist-run, or alternative spaces in the region, as well as radical creative collaboratives and other independent DIY initiatives along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, mapping an archipelago of art worlds in the middle of the United States.
2017
Nominated Teaching Excellence Award from Columbia College ChicagoNominations are put forth by students, faculty, and staff of the college.
2015
Venice Biennale Travel GrantBrandon was awarded this funding for research and professional development by an undisclosed patron. Long weekend trip involved a loose-knit set of independent curators from North America, Europe, and Asia touring various sites and events in and around Venice, Italy.
2014
Top 50 Artists' Artist from New City ChicagoAwarded number 27 with cover appearance by New City Chicago free arts and culture monthly.
2012
Top 50 Artists' Artist from New CIty ChicagoAwarded number 45 by New City Chicago arts and culture monthly.
2011
Best Artist In Chicago from Chicago ReaderNamed Best Artist in Chicago by alt-weekly mainstay, the Chicago Reader. Essay by Bert Stabler.
2010
Propeller Fund from Gallery 400 and threewallsInaugural Propellor Fund Grant (subsidized by Warhol Foundation) for programming at The Storefront project space.
2010
pFac research grant from Columbia College ChicagoFunding for research trip to New York to conduct studio visits and museum research for the exhibition "FAIR USE" at the Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago.
2009
ASDF Makes Grant from ASDFASDF is David Horvitz and Mylinh Trieu Nguyen.
2005
Larson Fellowship from University of Illinois ChicagoMerit-based fellowship for graduate study in studio art.