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

Works:
Lot: 31
The Weatherproof Anniversarial
Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
2024



Lot: 31
Auction Bid Log on Self-Adhesive Vinyl, Engraved Acrylic Plaque
Produced for the occasion of the Weatherproof Anniversarial, 2024
Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
Curated by Milo Christie and Sam Dybeck

Lot Details: Taking the form of auction bid log, Bandy’s “Lot: 31 (A Work in Progress)” requires the sale of the work to render it complete. If “Lot: 31 (A Work in Progress)” does not sell, the work of art does not exist. When sold, the work will be updated with the bids which comprised its sale, making the work a record of its own existence as a financial instrument. The collector will receive an adhesive vinyl print identical to this one which will be updated with the financial history of the work and an engraved acrylic plaque. Rather than receiving a traditional art object, the buyer will receive a permanent record of their generous contribution to the gallery and artist. Any bidder enters an agreement with the artist and gallery that their name and bid amount(s) will be used in the completion of the work. If the collector moves or the work is damaged, they may contact the artist’s studio for a reissue of the vinyl.


Completed through collection by Murat Ahmed
Special thanks to Milo Christie and Sam Dybeck
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 -