ONLINE PRESS
The New York Times, “Blending Dance and Sculpture Creates a Fresh View of Art”
Philadelphia Gay News, “Queer Artist Transforms the Barnes Foundation into a ‘Spiritual Ground’”
NUVO, “The Many Identities of Brendan Fernandes”
Forbes. “Walker Hotel Greenwich Village Addresses Post-Pandemic Healing with Touch,”
Art21. “How Do We Come Together Again?”
NBC News, “6 queer artists to watch at Art Basel in Miami Beach”
Frieze, “Finding a Penfriend in Best! Letters from Asian Americans in the Arts”
Design Miami. Anna Carnick, “In Collaboration: A Letter to Noguchi”
Montecristo Magazine. “Watch a Clip From This Riveting Two Channel…”
CBC. Peter Knegt, “This urgent new show…”
GQ India. “Brendan Fernandes’ Very Big Year.” Vivek Menezes.
Canadian Art. “Brendan Fernandes’ Zoom Choreography”
CBC Radio, Studio Q with Tom Power: Brendan Fernandes
Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO Insider: “Going Left”
The New York Times Magazine. Jenna Wortham & Kimberly Drew, “Seeing Black Futures”
SoHo House: Artist Brendan Fernandes on ballet and BDSM
Frieze: Dance During the Pandemic — A Roundtable Discussion
LA Dance Chronicle: Free Fall, for the Camera — A Film by Brendan Fernandes
Forbes: Re-Imaging Art In The Pandemic - The Aga Khan Museum Provides Sanctuary Virtually
New City Art: Art 50 2020 — Chicago’s Artists’ Artists
Flash Art: Brendan Fernandes: WE AS ONE
ArtNews: Equity and Inclusion for All? Curator Anuradah Vikram Chronicles Her Path …
ArtNews: Free Money: Artadia’s Unrestricted Grants Are All About Believing in Artists
Flaunt: Monique Meloche Gallery, Restrain
Art in America: Brendan Fernandes’ New Performance Brings Isamu Noguchi’s Sculptures to Life
Document: Brendan Fernandes reinterprets Isamu Noguchi and Martha Graham’s ‘strange beauty’
CBC: Brendan Fernandes uses lithography and dance to mourn those who fell…
Brooklyn Rail: Brendan Fernandes: Contract and Release
Hartford Courant: Exhibit or dance set? The answer is both. Brendan Fernandes’ ‘Inaction’ premieres…
Informa: Brendan Fernandes’ ‘Contract and Release’ premieres at the Noguchi Museum
NEW YORK TIMES: The Impressario of ‘Ballet Kink’
Art Agency News: Pushing Boundaries; Ten Emerging LGBTQ+ Artists of Note
NEW YORK TIMES: The Whitney Biennial
Whitewall: “Brendan Fernandes Talks ‘Ballet Kink’ at The Guggenheim and Beyond”
Vivek Menezes, “The in-between world of the African Goans”
Western University News: Whitney Biennial provides another stage for alumnus
Vogue: “Ballet and Bondage Came Together in a Performance at the Guggenheim…”
Whitewall: "Our New Common Ground: The Uncommon Art Residency Program"
Surface Tensions: Brendan Fernandes on surface, aesthetics, art, race and play
Esse: Labour – Brendan Fernandes
Nuit Blanche Returns to Toronto For One Night Only. L’Officiel Art
This Artist Is Throwing a Dance Party Around Police Cars to Raise Awareness of Violence
Northwestern News Feature: Brendan Fernandes Wants To Make You Uncomfortable
Chicago Tribune: Artist and Choreographer Brendan Fernandes...Makes Chicago His Home
LVL3: Artist of the Week: Brendan Fernandes
The High Line: Open Encounter: A Conversation with Brendan Fernandes
The Sound: Philia, Loss and Memory; Brendan Fernandes' Philia pulses within the walls at Rodman Hall
Of Ballet and Bondage: a review of Brendan Fernandes's The Master and Form at the Graham Foundation
ASAP Journal: Clean Labour by Brendan Fernandes, Soo Ryon Yoon
Flash Art: The Master and Form
Garage Magazine: Brendan Fernandes's Sculptures Explore the Masochism of Ballet
Artnet News: What is Your All Time Fantasy Exhibition? We asked 14 Art-World Heavyweights
Forbes: Artist Brendan Fernandes Looks At The Pain And Pleasure Of Ballet in The Master and Form
PIN-UP Magazine: The Master and Form; Brendan Fernandes Exploration of Space, People and Power
Newcity Design: Pain, Pleasure and Desire: "The Master and Form" at the Graham Foundation
The Architects Newspaper: Endurance Art that Explores ‘Mastery’ in Architecture and Ballet
Sleek Magazine: Why the Art World is Obsessed with Dance"
Artforum: Brendan Fernandes talks about his performance at Recess in New York / 500 Words.
Frieze Magazine: Dancing to the Pulse.
VISIT Curatorial Art Magazine: Acting Out: Pointing in the Museum.
Canadian Art Magazine: The Floor Hits Back: Talking Dance with Brendan Fernandes
Canadian Art Magazine: Nature of Culture
Canadian Art Magazine: Found in Translation: Missing Links
Canadian Art Magazine: Brendan Fernandes Balances Politics and Optimism
KAPSULA: Break it down: Sighting/Citing/Siting Performance Art: Discussing Encomium
Seattle Times: Grand Illusion: Seattle Art Museum show pairs African masks, contemporary art
BOMB Magazine: Artists in Conversation: Brendan Fernandes
Esse Magazine: Three: Brendan Fernandes' They at Rodman Hall Art Centre
Art in America: Elocution Lessons: Q+A With Brendan Fernandes
Art in America: Nanna Debois Buhl and Brendan Ferndandes
Art in America: The Aesthetic of W.E.B. Du Bois
Art in America: “Crossing Brooklyn” Highlights Borough's Artists, from Bushwick to Bay Ridge”
Art Metropole Blog: Brendan Fernandes
Huffington Post: Global African Artists Explore The Meaning of Disguise In The 21st Century
Fuse Magazine: Undoing Identities: Brendan Fernandes' Haraka Haraka
Artforum Online: Critic's Pick, Found in Translation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Deutsche Bank Art Mag: Broken English, An Interview with Brendan Fernandes
Toronto Star: Art World Likes Where He's Coming From
National Post: Questions & Artists: Getting Behind Africa's Moving Masks
Press IN PRINT
Heidi Mitchell & Stephen Ostrowski. “Innovators and Influencers” Michigan Avenue Magazine.
Djassi Dacosta Johnson, "Brendan Fernandes (Interview)" Kinfolk, Volume 28.
Gabrielle Welsh, "Brendan Fernandes: The Master and Form // Graham Foundation." The Seen, Issue 06.
Julia Bryan-Wilson, Jessica Silverman Gallery: Crowd Crush
Studio Museum Harlem: Studio Visit: Brendan Fernandes
Ian Bourland, Exile on Canal Street: Brendan Fernandes.
Art Papers: Brendan Fernandes at Momenta Arts, Brooklyn
Border Crossings: Brendan Fernandes at Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
C Magazine International: Brendan Fernandes: Until We Fearless
Deutsche Guggenheim Magazine: Found in Translation
NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, #31, Fall 2012: “Breaking the Codex”
fukt Magazine: Elisabeth Brye invite Brendan Fernandes
The Dance Current: New Day Rising: Brendan Fernandes Returns to Dance
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Brendan is currently represented by Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago. Contact: brendan@brendanfernandes.ca