Education
2007 MFA, Studio Art-Photography, Mills College, Oakland CA
2005 MA, Studio Art-Painting, California State University Northridge
2004 BA, Studio Art, California State University Northridge
1996 BA, English-Literature, San Francisco State University
Exhibitions
2019
Handless Operative, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, curated by Petra Bibeau
*Jennifer Brandon & Andréanne Michon, SFCamerawork, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2018
*Jennifer Brandon & Jay DeFeo: Photographic Works, Mills College Museum of Art, Oakland, CA, curated by Stephanie Hanor, in association with the Jay DeFeo Foundation (catalog)
Radical Beauty, Part I, Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, CA curated by Daniel Nevers
2015
(im)materiel, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin Headlands CA curated by Kevin Chen
2014
Introductions 2014, Root Division, San Francisco CA
Wabi Sabi, Alterspace, San Francisco CA curated by Microclimate Collective
Upon Closer Inspection, Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA
2013
Luminous, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco CA curated by Catherine Wagner
Bay Area Currents: Navigating the New, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland CA curated by Michael Schwager
2012
*Compounded, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara CA
Keeping Time, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA
In the Space Between, Swarm Gallery, Oakland CA
Re-Told, Root Division, San Francisco CA
2011
California, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA Curated by Chandra Cerrito and Svea Lin Soll
Art Studio Faculty Exhibition, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park CA
2009
Bookish, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco CA
2008
*Ravel, Moorpark College Art Gallery, Moorpark CA
16th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles, curated by Sara Cochran
2007
*NightMoves: Fallen, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA
NextNew2007, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA
Plus One, M1 Gallery, San Francisco CA
Things Held, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland CA
2006
ConText, A Blending of Image and Language, Dorothy Herger Gallery, Solano Community College
2005
*Image. Memory. Narrative., West Gallery, California State University Northridge
Innocence Lost, Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA, curated by Eleana Del Rio
Made in California, City of Brea Gallery, Brea CA, curated by Alma Ruiz
Land of the Free: Americana, City of Brea Gallery, Brea CA, curated by Tyler Stallings
2004
In America Now, Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood CA, curated by Peter Frank
The American Experience, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA
Awards and Residencies
2018
Nominee, 2019 SECA Art Award
2017
Artist in Residence, RAYKO Photo Center, San Francisco, CA, January - June
2016
Nominee, 2017-2019 Eureka Fellowship Program for Visual Artists
2012
Nominee, The Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers
2008
Award of Distinction, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles
2007
Herringer Prize for Excellence in Studio Art, Mills College
Catherine Morgan Trefethen Fellowship in Art, Mills College
Graduate Research Grant, Mills College
2006
Graduate Research Grant, Mills College
2005
First Place, 9th Annual Graduate Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, CSU Northridge
2003
Hans Burkhardt Memorial Award, California State University, Northridge
Arts Council Scholarship Award, California State University, Northridge
Publications
Roula Seikaly, “Rethinking the Physical Limits of Photography,” Hyperallergic 27 May 2019
Sam Whiting, “When chemicals and Jennifer Brandon’s photos collide at SF Camerawork,” SF Chronicle 18 April 2019
Lea Feinstein, “(Im)materiel and The Marvelous Real,” Art Practical 17 February 2015
Michal Gavish, “(Im)materiel – Winter Group Exhibition,” SF Art News 04 February 2015
Obi Kaufmann, “In the Space Between,” East Bay Express 21 March 2012
“The Space Between at Swarm Gallery,” Sf-artists-at-large.com, 22 February 2012
Kija Lucas, “Knots,” Black Boots Inc., 18 February 2012
Virginia Pelley, “Revealing the Delicacy of Objects,” The San Francisco Examiner, 24 September 2009
"'NextNew 2007' and Mitra Fabian at the San Jose ICA," Artweek, November 2007
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor, Mills College, Department of Art & Visual Culture 2017-current
Associate Adjunct Professor, Mills College Department of Art & Visual Culture 2016-2017
Visiting Artist, Photography, Mills College Art & Art History Department 2009-2016
Visiting Artist, Photography, San Francisco State University Art Department 2008-2013
Visiting Artist, Photography, Sonoma State University Art Department 2010-2011
Visiting Artist, Photography, UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Summer Session 2009-2011
Lecturer, Photography Department, De Anza College 2007-2010
Lectures and Panels
Photographers and Their Images
CCSF, San Francisco April 10, 2017
50 Artists: Jennifer Brandon on Jay DeFeo
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 21, 2016
Guest Artist Lecture, Artificial Light, Location
Sacramento State University November 17, 2015
Guest Artist Lecture, Introduction to Photography and the Darkroom
San Francisco Art Institute October 29
Curating and Caring for the Conceptual, Panelist
Western Museums Association Annual Meeting, San Jose October 27
Guest Lecturer, Imaging Death
Death, Dying, and Modern Medicine: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
UC Berkeley, March 17, 2015
Have You Heard? Lunchtime Lecture
San Jose Museum of Art December 3, 2014
ReProduce / ReImagine Panel Discussion
Society for Photographic Education West Conference October 2013
Jennifer Brandon and Beth Dungan :: Now Then: Performance and Temporality
PSI 19 Conference, Stanford University June 2013
Panel Member for Teaching Beyond the Classroom
Society for Photographic Education National Conference 2013
Image-Maker Lecture
Society for Photographic Education National Conference 2012