Brandon
Lipchik
About
Brandon Lipchik born in Erie, (US), 1993. Lives and works in Brooklyn, (US).
Lipchik’s images, rendered on the computer and then transferred by hand to canvas, revolve around the pool, the backyard, the neatly mown lawn as physical manifestations of the American dream, the garden and the suburb as mythologically charged sites of homoeroticism and death. The cubist, collaged aesthetic of the figures, who stare into mirrors, at smartphones and water surfaces, recall early 1980s computer animations, a kaleidoscopic visual language, in which myth, technology, and magic intersect. With animalistic figures interacting with the anonymous, avatar-like figures, nature itself becomes an active protagonist as well.
Under cosmic starry skies, in sparkling pools, a speculative story unfolds about class, sexuality, identity, and ecology. With latest body of work, Lipchiks practice returns to the moment when one recognizes oneself in the water, in the mirror, in the avatar of a game, and senses its future manifestations, in Audre Lordes’ words, “nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt”.
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 with 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
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)
- 2022 Weltkunst: “Liebesbriefe an die Kunsgeschichte“
- 2022 Numero Berlin: “Brandon Lipchik & Above the Surface“
- 2021 Juxtapoz: “A Conversation with Brandon Lipchik“
- 2020 Le Monde Diplomatique: “Kunstler des Monats“
- 2020 Gallery Talk: “For my sweet love America“
- 2019 Kunstforum International: “Post-Digital Pop: Instagram durchgespielt“
- 2019 Monopol Manazin: “Watchlist Interview: Brandon Lipchik“