BRAD BLONDES

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BRAD BLONDES
WAS BORN IN
WASHINGTON DC.
HE RECEIVED HIS
BA FROM TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY IN 2002
AND MFA FROM
THE YALE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ART
IN 2007. HE LIVES
AND WORKS IN
BROOKLYN NY WHERE
HE SPLITS HIS TIME
WORKING ON HIS
OWN PROJECTS,
FREELANCING AND
TEACHING AT
THE SCHOOL OF
VISUAL ARTS





ARTIST STATEMENT

'UNDO'

TO UNDO IS MY WAY OF DOING. IT'S A CALL TO ACTION AND A METHOD OF MAKING.
SOME DEFINITIONS OF UNDO ARE; TO OPEN; TO REVERSE THE DOING OF;
TO UNFASTEN BY RELEASING; AND, A TRANSFORMATION. ALL OF THESE EXPLANATIONS
SUGGEST AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE REBUILDING AND REINTERPRETATION
OF OBJECTS, PEOPLE, AND CONCEPTS.

I AM SEARCHING FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES. I AM SEEKING A MOMENT OF TENSION
THAT CREATES A DOUBLE-TAKE IN THE MIND OF THE VIEWER. BY REMOVING A
PART FROM THE WHOLE, DISASSEMBLING, REASSEMBLING, FRAGMENTING, CENSORING
AND DELETING, MY GOAL IS TO ALLOW NARRATIVES AND IDEAS TO
EMERGE FROM EMPTY SPACES, MISUSED MATERIALS AND UNEXPECTED CONTEXTS.

I USE MY METHOD OF 'UNDO' TO INVESTIGATE AND TAKE APART THEMES
DEALING WITH RELATIONSHIPS, MEMORY, DUALITY, SOCIETY & TIME.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS UNDERLYING FOUNDATIONS ARE DISCOVERED, ALLOWING
FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IDEAS INTO NEW AND PROVOCATIVE FORMS.

RESUME


EDUCATION
m.f.a, 2007, yale university school of art, new haven, ct
b.a, 2002, temple university, philadelphia, pa
2001-2003, school of visual arts, new york, ny

selected exhibitions & Commissions
2011, yans & reto, anthology film archives, group show, new york, ny
2011, THEY MAGAZINE N.2 RELEASE EXHIBITION, GROUP SHOW, MIMODA STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CA
2010, yans & reto, anthology film archives, group show, new york, ny
2010, short division, w/ gallery, 2-man show, new york, ny
2010, digital art l.a, lacda, group show, los angeles, ca
2009, the wooly, the woolworth building, new york, ny
2007, m.f.a. thesis exhibition, yale university, new haven, ct
2006, m.f.a. 2ND YEAR show, yale university, new haven, ct

PUBLICATIONS
2012, DESIGN WITHIN REACH WINTER CATALOG, page 45
2007, aperture magazine, #189, page 53
2006, icograda, enews 43-44/06
2006, core77, november 6
2006, dimensions, vol 1, issue 3, yale university

TEACHING
2010-present, adjunct professor, school of visual arts, new york, ny
2008-2011, adjunct professor, queens college, queens, ny
2008, visiting critic, university of connecticut, storrs, ct
2008, visiting critic, rutgers university, new brunswick, nj
2006, teaching assistant, yale univeristy, new haven, ct

awards
2005, president's public service fellowship, yale university
2004, charles sawyer scholarship, yale university
2004, gerber weiner memorial scholarship, temple university