Brandon Bandy (b. 1994, St. Louis, MO) is an artist and publisher in Long Beach, California. Brandon’s practice confronts ideas of the virtual, visual conventions, and artistic production amidst the domination of online platforms and erosion of institutions. Often centering site, perspective of the lens, and memetics, Brandon’s works are unfixed, often synthesized from contemporary folklore or metadata and shifting form as they undergo stages of mediation. Brandon co-operates Special Effects, a publishing studio producing art books and editions and organizes exhibitions at LA-based gallery, Timeshare, with Rachel Jackson. Brandon received a MFA from University Of California, Riverside.
Contact:
info@specialeffects.zone
Lecturer:
California State University, Bakersfield, Spring 2025 – Present
University of California, Riverside, Summer 2023 – Summer 2025
Whittier College, Fall 2024
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:
Mystic Cachet, Brandon Bandy and Rachel Jackson, Rumpus Room, MO, 2025
Contemporary Art, Daily, The Fulcrum Press, CA, 2024
Flaming Hot Mountain Dew, UCR Arts, CA, 2023
Psyop Realism, UCR Phyllis Gill Gallery, CA, 2022
Network Spirituality, UCR Phyllis Gill Gallery, CA, 2022
no one loves the cowgirl, Granite City Art and Design District, IL, 2017-2018
Connie Kreski and the '69 Shelby GT-500 Mustang in Playmate Pink, Grease 3, MO, 2017
Somewhat Important Email, Webster University, 2015
Group Exhibitions:
Ambient Propaganda, IMPAKT, Netherlands, 2025
Shipping and Receiving, Escolar, CA, 2025
Weatherproof Anniversarial, Weatherproof, IL, 2024
Excellent Form/White Pill, Weatherproof, IL, 2024
i.e., The Fulcrum Press, CA, 2023
Welcome, Take A Seat Anywhere, Tomorrow Maybe, Hong Kong, 2022
Do Not Research, lower_cavity, MA, 2022
Chain Mail, Open House, MO, 2019
First Date, Granite City Art and Design District, IL 2019
First Date, Open House, MO, 2019
Risograph Printing Across North America, Void Gallery, Canada, 2019
In Memory Of Our Youth, Webster University May Gallery, MO, 2017
Press: