Biography - Brandon Bandy (b. 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 and is currently a lecturer at California State Univeristy, Bakersfield and Fullerton.  

Works – Books – Info

Artist’s Book:
Higher Source
Brandon Bandy & Rachel Jackson
2021



Higher Source
Brandon Bandy & Rachel Jackson
Artist’s Book
2021

9.5x12”
44pp
Plates: Risograph printed in black and light gray inks on Cougar Natural 80t
Essay: Risograph printed on International Papers Hammermill Orchid 50t
Cover: Risograph printed in light gray and white inks on French Paper Construction Blacktop 80c
Proceed To The Route
Epilogue by Brandon Bandy & Rachel Jackson

Higher Source by Brandon Bandy and Rachel Jackson catalogs sites which are the subject of crime scene, paparazzi, conspiratorial, and generally notable photographs. Using these historic images as a guide, this book archives what remains. Due to cover-ups or privacy concerns, these locations are often obfuscated. As structures are demolished, addresses are changed, land is cleared, and fences are erected, sites of tragedy and infamy disappear. Further complicating the process, sifting through information online becomes increasingly difficult, everything is ambiguous. Does the specificity of these images even matter, or is it about a photographic aura, constructing a specter of some real or fictional event?

Published via Special Effects
Curriculum Vitae - Selected 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 -