Brandon
Lipchik
artworks
About
Brandon Lipchik was born in Erie, (US), in 1993. Lives and works in Brooklyn, (US).
In recent years, a Wagnerian night has descended upon Brandon Lipchik’s paintings. Moons rise, beasts and titans move into this homogenous world of swimming pools, white picket fences and neatly trimmed lawns. Lipchik’s images, rendered on the computer and then transferred by hand to canvas, revolve around the backyard as a mythically charged pop culture site. The garishly lit, multi-perspective images echo typical shots from 1980s gay films and cite the clean American Apparel look. Lipchik digitally deconstructs male bodies, spaces, plants, objects, and fauna, breaking them down into rudimentary, abstract forms. His figures, staring at smartphones and water surfaces, are reminiscent of early computer animation. Yet the figures remain strangely empty, like avatar containers that can be filled with new speculative narratives.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, (US)
Digital Language Art – Brown University, Providence, (US)
Publications and Bibliography
2022 Moonbeams of Allegory, publication by Hatje Cantz and Kunstpalais Erlangen
Awards and Residencies
2020 The Garage Residency, Amsterdam, (NL)
2019 Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, (IT)
2018 So Far Residency, Montpellier, (FR)
2018 Oli Epp’s Summer Residency, The Koppel Project Hive, London, (GR)
2014 Brooks Fellowship Award Winner, Snowmass Village, (US)
2011 Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association Scholar, Erie, (US)
2011 Rhode Island School of Design Scholarship, Providence, (US)
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Moonbeams of Allegory, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen, (DE)
2021 Above the Surface, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, (DE)
2021 Inground, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, (US)
2020 Visions of Song, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, (DE)
2020 Upcoming Spring, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, (FR)
2019 Visions of Song, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, (DE)
2018 Nu Digital, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, (FR)
Group Exhibitions
2023 IMAGINE — 10 Unrealized Projects, Robert Grunenberg, (DE)
2022 In Search of the Present, EMMA Museum Helsinki, Helsinki, (FI)
2022 Art Brussels (Double feature booth with Sonja Yakovleva), Brussels, (BE)
2021 THE ARTIST IS ONLINE, König Galerie, Berlin, (DE)
2020 Sincere Intentions, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, (DE)
2020 Arena, East Projects, New York, (US)
2019-2020 Kunst nach den sozialen Medien, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, (DE)
2019 Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, (IT)
2019 Expo Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, (US)
2019 Group Show Pop Up, Galerie Julien Cadet, Montpellier, (FR)
2019 Post Digital Pop, The Garage, Amsterdam, (NL)
2019 Something New, Something Borrowed, Plastic Murs, Valencia, (ES)
2019 Time Bomb, Wadstrom Tonnheim Gallery, Marbella, (ES)
2019 Ultra Light Beams, Mount Analogue, Seattle, (US)
2018 Last Minute, Art Haps Gallery, New York, (US)
2018 While Supplies Last, Seattle, (US)
2016 Senior Invitational Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, (US)
2016 RISD Annual Senior Thesis Show, Providence, (US)
2015 Erie Art Museum’s 92nd Annual Spring Show, Erie, (US)
past exhibitions
press
- 2023 Mit Kunst von der Insel Capri dem Berliner Winter entfliehen, Berliner Morgenpost
- 2022 Der Schöne und das Biest, Die Welt
- 2022 Brücken zwischen digitaler und analoger Welt, Der Spiegel
- 2022 Auf der Suche: Mary Sibande und Brandon Lipchik in Erlangen, Bayerische Rundfunk
- 2022 Liebesbriefe an die Kunstgeschichte, WELTKUNST
- 2022 Brandon Lipchik & Above the Surface, Numero Berlin
- 2021 A Conversation with Brandon Lipchik, Juxtapoz Magazine
- 2020 Kunstler des Monats, Monde Diplomatique
- 2020 For my sweet love America, gallerytalk.de
- 2019 Post-Digital Pop: Instagram durchgespielt, kunstforum.de
- 2019 Watchlist Interview: Brandon Lipchik, Monopol Magazine