Brandon Ndife
b. 1991, Hammond, IN Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2020 | MFA, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY |
2013 | BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY |
SOL0 & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 | Shade Tree, Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY (forthcoming) |
Down to the Spoons and Forks, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT | |
2020 | MY ZONE, Bureau, New York, NY |
2019 | Minor twin worlds, Brandon Ndife & Diane Severin Nguyen, Bureau, New York, NY |
2018 | Ties that Bind, Shoot the Lobster, New York, NY |
2016 | Just Passin’ Thru, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY |
Meanderthal, Species, Atlanta, GA | |
2014 | Rodi Gallery, Yorktown Heights, NY |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 | Gravity, a proposal, organized by Cameron Martin, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY |
A Través, James Cohan, New York, NY | |
2021 | Soft Water Hard Stone, New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York, NY |
untitled Arrangement, Bureau, New York, NY | |
BLOOM, Park View / Paul Soto, Los Angeles, CA | |
Cascadence, organized by K.R.M. Mooney and McIntyre Parker, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA | |
A New Us, curated by Howie Chen and Pippa Cohen, The Storefront Bellport, Bellport, NY | |
Striving After Wind, Chapter NY, New York, NY | |
Mist, Foam, Drainage Ditch, organzied by Laurie Kang, Franz Kaka, Toronto, Ontario | |
La Boîte-en-Valise, an online exhibition, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium | |
Winterfest: An Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO | |
2020 | Material Conditions, Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
It Remains An Open Horizon, co-curated by Marina Caron, LC QUEISSER, Tbilisi, Georgia | |
Until tomorrow: Ten Years of Bureau, Bureau, New York, NY | |
2019 | Fixing the “not... but”, curated by Marina Caron, LC QUEISSER, Tbilisi, Georgia |
Condo New York, Bureau hosting STANDARD (OSLO), New York, NY | |
Backgrounds, Carl Louie, Toronto, Ontario | |
2018 | Dinner that night, curated by Weston Lowe, Bureau, New York, NY |
Man Thing vs. Swamp Thing, Et. Al Projects, San Francisco, CA | |
2017 | Group show, organized by Nicole Klagsbrun, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY |
2016 | When did intimacy begin width, curated by Torey Thornton, Jeffery Stark, New York, NY |
EVA, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY | |
2015 | Auto Body Gallery @ Sunset Drive, Miami, FL |
MDCCLXXXIV, Kimberly-Klark, Queens, NY | |
Driveway 327, curated by Troy Kreiner, Los Angeles, CA | |
2014 | 99¢ Plus Art Shop / HANDJOB Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
Same as billing address, curated by John-Elio Reitman and Zoe Wonfor, Montreal, Quebec City | |
INTO YOU, curated by Haydee Marin-Lopez, Running Residency, London, United Kingdom | |
Post-Size, curated by Mitch Thar and Robin Waart, Berlin, Germany |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 | Gabriella Angeleti, 'Storm King Art Center celebrates sculptor Wangechi Mutu in 2022 season: The arts centre will unveil various works by Mutu, and a site-specific commission by the New York-based artist Brandon Ndife,' The Art Newspaper, 15 March |
2021 | Kat Herriman, ‘Brandon Ndife Ditches Painting for Sculptural Portals,' Cultured Mag, November |
Brian P. Kelly, ‘2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone Review: What’s Old Is New at the New Museum,’ The Wall Street Journal, November | |
Holland Cotter, 'New Museum Triennial Explores the Hidden Strengths of Soft Power,' The New York Times, November | |
'Get to Know 5 Rising Art Stars From the New Museum Triennial,' Interview Magazine, November | |
Manuel Arturo Abreu, 'Sculpting the Black Generic,' X-TRA, April | |
2020 | Michael Eby, 'Vegetable Beauty Pure of Exchange: Brandon Ndife,' Mousse Magazine, Issue 73 |
Katie Rothstein, 'The Art World Works From Home: Storm King Senior Curator Nora Lawrence | |
Is Working on a Kiki Smith Show and Taking Up Birdwatching,' Artnet, June | |
Avram C. Alpert, ‘Brandon Ndife: MY ZONE,’ The Brooklyn Rail, June | |
Peter Brock, ‘Brandon Ndife: MY ZONE,’ The Brooklyn Rail, June | |
Luther Konadu, 'Haptic suppositions: some ruminations with Brandon Ndife,' Public Parking, May | |
Brian Paul, 'Interview: Brandon Ndife,' Living Content, May | |
Andrea K. Scott, ‘Brandon Ndife,’ The New Yorker, April | |
Peter Brock, ‘An Ear at the Edge of a Chasm,’ Texte zur Kunst, April | |
Joel Dean, ‘Melancholia and Its Mutations: Brandon Ndife at Bureau,’ Burnaway, April | |
Helen Holmes, ‘NYC’s Small Galleries, Struggling Amid Coronavirus Closures, Get an Assist From David Zwirner,’ Observer, March | |
Melanie Gerlis, ‘Realities sink in as crisis hits,’ Financial Times, April | |
2019 | Jeffrey Grunthaner, ‘NADA’s Solution to the Growing Cost of the Art Fair,’ Hyperallergic, March |
2018 | Charlie Markbreiter and Alexander Iadarola, ‘Brandon Ndife Shoot the Lobster / New York,’ Flash Art, April |
2016 | Ian Epstein, ‘35 Can’t-Miss Art Exhibits Opening This Fall,’ Vulture, August |
2015 | Blake Daniels, ‘11 Exciting Artists to Watch in 2015,’ ARC, January |
2014 | Alyson Krueger, ‘Just Like Taco Trucks, Art Takes to the Road,’ The New York Times, May |
AWARDS
2021 | The Lotos Foundation Prize |