Brendan Albano
Vancouver, BC and Eugene, OR
Artist's Statement
My practice is rooted in a playful antagonism that feels out the invisible architecture of social behavior. I am interested in disturbing the narratives of day-to-day living through the aestheticised rearrangement of the cues and contexts that control who does what where.
Portfolio
Untitled (Picture Hanger #1), 2011
by Brendan Albano
White spray paint, construction adhesive, picture hanger.
Prototype for Swing Project, 2011
by Brendan Albano
Rope, swing, bridge.
Mr. Boat-head's Electrical Dream Ship/Casual Stories Project, 2011
by Brendan Albano and Kate Barbaria
Performance with strangers, stories, blankets, hot cocoa, audio recorder.
Review: "Mr. Boat-Head's Electrical Dream Ship makes you think about narrative conventions" in the Georgia Straight.
Trophy #1 and Trophy #6 from Trophies Project, 2011
by Brendan Albano
"Please do not touch" sign from Vancouver Art Gallery; a piece of Karen Tenant's last painting.
Chalkboard #2, from Chalkboard Project, 2011
by Brendan Albano
Chalkboard spraypaint, public signage, chalk, plastic tub.
Playground, 2011
by Brendan Albano
Swingset, slide, balance beams, building blocks, joy.
The Mathematical Conversion of Art Objects into Pure Energy, 2011
by Brendan Albano
Chalk, chalkboard, the combined energy of all of the art objects in the UBC AHVA Library Gallery on March 23, 2011.
Happy Birthday To Me, 2010 (still frames)
by Brendan Albano
Performance with angel's food cake, birthday candles, icing sugar, kerosene. (Video: 10 min).
Told by an Idiot, Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing, 2010
by Brendan Albano, Alvis Chu, Graeme Fischer and Karen Tennant
Installation, photocopies, furniture, every kung fu movie I own.
Tiny Parties, 2010 (exterior and interior views)
by Brendan Albano
8' x 8' x 8' wooden structure, DJ, keg, party.
Review: "Tiny Parties fulfills sloppy, sexy expectations" in the Ubyssey.
Press
- "Mr. Boat-Head's Electrical Dream Ship makes you think about narrative conventions" in the Georgia Straight.
- "Tiny Parties fulfills sloppy, sexy expectations" in the Ubyssey.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
School of the Art Institute Chicago
Master of Architecture, Emphasis Interior Architecture, expected 2015
University of British Columbia
BFA Visual Arts, Minor in Theatre, 2011
University of BC Medal (in Fine Arts)
Visual art
- How do you sleep with yourself? (group), UBC Visual Arts Grad Exhibition, 2011
- Playground (solo), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2011
- Artist in Residence (award), UBC Alma Mater Society, 2011
- Effects become causes (group), UBC AHVA Library Gallery, 2011
- MESH (group), UBC Dorothy Somerset Studios, 2011
- Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing (group), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2010
- Tiny Parties (solo), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2010
- Im/Perfect Bodies (group), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2010
Theatre
- Mr. Boat-head's Electrical Dream Ship/Casual Stories Project (director, creator, performer), Vancouver International Fringe Festival, 2011
- Our Time (director), The Cultch (IGNITE! Youth Week), 2010
- HAIR (set designer), Waterfront Theatre (Fighting Chance Productions, 2010
- ...Are You In? (performer, co-deviser), Theatre SKAM, Centre for Digital Media (HIVE 3), 2010
- FEAST! (director) at HIVE—The New Bees, Russian Hall (Vancouver Fringe Festival), 2009
- Lovestruck (set designer), Dorothy Somerset Theatre (UBC Players’ Club), 2009
- Semantics of Romantics (director), The Wise Hall (IGNITE! Youth Week), 2009
- Spring Awakening (set designer), Havana Theatre (Delinquent Theatre), 2009
- Armitage (director), Havana Theatre (UBC Players’ Club), 2009