Brenda Garand
Education
1983MFA Sculpture Queens College City University of New York Flushing, New York
1981BFA Sculpture University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire
Exhibitions
2010Chautauqua: A Continuum of Creativity, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2009Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries Brenda Garand “Northern Routes” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
ArtSTRAND Gallery paperJAM Works on Paper Invitational Provincetown, MA
BigTown Gallery Drawings and Prints Rochester, VT
BigTown Gallery Members Exhibition Rochester, VT
2008 Johnson State College Brenda Garand: Sculpture Johnson, VT
The Sharon Arts Center A Gathering of NH Visual Arts Fellows: 1999-2009 Peterborough, NH
George Marshall Store Gallery Road Trip 2008 York, ME
Reeves-Contemporary Brenda Garand 535 West 24th St. New York, NY
National Academy Museum 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of
Contemporary American Art 1083 Fifth Ave. New York, NY
Honey Space Object Salon 148 11th Ave. New York, NY
2007Strauss Gallery Faculty Drawing Exhibition Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries Faculty Exhibition Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Spheris Gallery Brenda Garand and Colleen Randall Hanover, NH
Wright State University Art Galleries Brenda Garand “Northern Fiction” Sculpture
Wright State University Dayton, OH
AVA Gallery Waste to Art,Lebanon, NH
2006Hancock Town Library Brenda Garand and Betsey Garand: Works on Paper Hancock, NH
Spheris Gallery Selected Works Hanover, NH
The American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture New York, NY
2005Awol Gallery Toronto and New York Square Foot IV, Brooklyn, NY
Medialia: Rack and Hamper Gallery A Shriek from an Invisible Box Revisited III, New York, NY
The Oxbow Gallery Works on Paper Invitational Northampton, MA
2004Louisiana State University School of Art Gallery
Wall Works: Brenda Garand and Betsey Garand Baton Rouge, LA
Usine C 1345 Ave. Lalonde Montréal, Québec, Canada
National Academy Museum 179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art
1083 Fifth Ave. New York, NY
Foothills Art Center North American Sculpture Exhibition Golden, CO
Selected by James Surls
2003Usine C 1345 Ave. Lalonde Montréal, Québec, Canada
Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries Faculty Exhibition Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
The Art Gallery An Eye on Alumni-Six Sculptors University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
A.V.C. Contemporary Arts Gallery Intimate Abstraction The Fuller Building 57th St. New York, NY
2002Hampshire College Brenda Garand: Sculpture Amherst, MA
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Exhibitions (cont’d.)
2002Laramie County Community College On the Wall: Brenda Garand and Betsey Garand Cheyenne, WY
im n iL Two Ones Brenda Garand and Betsey Garand Brooklyn, NY
A.V.C. Contemporary Arts Gallery From Nature Part I The Fuller Building 57th St. New York, NY
The American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture New York, NY
55 Mercer Gallery Esmé Thompson and Brenda Garand New York, NY
The Andrews Gallery Drawings by Sculptors for Sculpture
The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA
2001Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo A Shriek from an Invisible Box Tokyo, Japan
Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries Brenda Garand Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH
450 Broadway Gallery A Collaborative Fusion; with Eung Ho Park New York, NY
2000Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery Brenda Garand, Jane Miller, Esmé Thompson
Colby Sawyer College New London, NH
b. j. spoke Gallery Expo XIX Huntington, NY
Selected by Beth Venn, Associate Curator of The Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
Washington Art Association Betsey Garand, Brenda Garand and Hearne Pardee
Washington Depot, CT
AVA Gallery New Work: Brenda Garand and Esmé Thompson Lebanon, NH
Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries Faculty Exhibition Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
1999Atelier Silex 0 3/4 Galerie Brenda Garand: Fleuve Témoin Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
La Galerie L'Embuscade Brenda Garand: Fleuve Témoin Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
im n il Out of Y2K 213 Franklin St. Brooklyn, NY
A.I.R. Gallery II Brenda Garand New York, NY
Texas A & M University Galleries Traveling Exhibition
New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition Commerce, TX
Selected by Robert Storr, Curator Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1998No Bias Gallery North Bennington, VT
Selected by Elizabeth Levine of The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
University of North Alabama Art Gallery Solo Exhibition Florence, AL
Beavis Frank Gallery Kittery Point, ME
Paint Creek Center for the Arts National All Media Exhibition Rochester, MI Selected by Jene Highstein
Erector Square Gallery Women in the Visual Arts-1998 New Haven, CT
Selected by Andrea Miller-Keller, Curator of Contemporary Art at The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Texas Fine Arts Association at Centerspace New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition
Austin, TX
The Rotunda Gallery, Reading Between The Lines Library Inclusion Brooklyn, NY
1997The Cornerhouse Pierogi 2000, Manchester, England
University of North Texas Art Gallery New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition, Denton, TX
A.I.R. Gallery Generations 40 Wooster St., New York, NY
Artspace New Work '97 New Haven, CT
Selected by Marian Griffiths, Director of the Sculpture Center New York, NY
Brooklyn Brewery Curtain I Four Sculptors: René Pierre Allain, Brenda Garand, Jesse Goode,David Lindberg
Brooklyn, NY Curated by James Oliver of Mary Boone Gallery New York, NY
The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair Pierogi 2000 New York, NY
Northwest Area Arts Council Women's Works Crystal Lake, IL
Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries Faculty Exhibition Hanover, NH
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Exhibitions (cont’d.)
1996Pierogi 2000 Flat Files 167 N. St. Brooklyn, NY
Pelham Art Center Space plus Surface 155 Fifth Ave. Pelham, NY
Gola Gallery GolaEstival 476 Broome St. New York, NY
A.I.R. Gallery 2nd Biennial Exhibition 40 Wooster St. New York, NY
Selected by Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art The Brooklyn Museum
Eclectic Gallery Abstractions Tucson, AZ
Vincent's Gallery Art Under the Influence of Women Mansfield, MA
St. John's University 2nd Annual National Show Jamaica, NY
Northwest Area Arts Council Women's Works Crystal Lake, IL
1995Art Initiatives Maximum Capacity 148 Duane St. New York, NY
Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries New Faculty: Brenda Garand and Marilyn Ranker
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
407 Greenwich St. Buoys: Marking the Place Curated by Bill Bace New York, NY
Art Initiatives Mass Exposure 106 Duane St. New York, NY
Art SOS Exhibition 420 West Broadway New York, NY
Fairleigh Dickinson University Outside, Onsite II Teaneck, NJ
1994 Dedicated Space Trappings 327 Fifth Ave. Brooklyn, NY
University of New Hampshire Art Gallery InvitationalAlumni Exhibition Durham, NH
Williamsburg One Day Brooklyn, NY Organized and Curated by Sandra Spannan
1993Erector Square Gallery Women in the Visual Arts New Haven, CT
Selected by Susana Viola Jacobson Yale School of Art New Haven, CT
Eigen & Art Gallery Kunstage 578 Broadway New York, NY
performance participation in Bill Byers' piece
1992Herron Test-Site The Salon of the Mating Spiders Brooklyn, NY
Trenkmann Gallery Fashion 189 Lafayette St. New York, NY
1990St. Anselm College New York Connections Manchester, NH
1988Genie de la Bastille Lucille Bertrand and Brenda Garand
5 Cité de la Roquette Paris, France
1987Wooster Gallery 22 Wooster Group Show New York, NY
1984Bush Terminal Loft 7: Art in the Bush Brooklyn, NY
Awards and Residencies
2005Vermont Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
New Sculpture That Investigates The Cultural Links Between The French and Indigenous Peoples of Québec
2004Pouch Cove Foundation Residency Newfoundland, Canada
Vermont Artist in Residence The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center West Rutland, VT
2003Dartmouth College Senior Faculty Grant Québec, Canada
Fleuve Témoin: A Visual Exploration of the 17th Century French Influences From Trois-Rivières to Tadoussac
2000New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Individual Fellowship Sculpture
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Awards and Residencies (cont’d.)
1998Atelier Silex Residency Trois-Rivières Québec, Canada
1997Dartmouth College Faculty Fellowship
Sculpture and Structure: A Visual Exploration of French Medieval Influences Along the St. Lawrence River
Yaddo Residency Saratoga Springs, NY
Ragdale Foundation Residency Lake Forest, IL
1996 The Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Grant Bayeux, France
The Visual and Spatial Constructs of The Bayeux Tapestry and Bayeux Cathedral
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Grant The Hood Museum of Art Hanover, NH
The Study of Sculpture, Objects and Related Drawings
1995Dorland Mountain Arts Colony Residency Temecula, CA
1988Fulbright Berlin Seminar
1987 Fulbright Grant France
Sculpture, Drawing and The Research of Chartres Cathedral
Visiting Artist and Lecturer
Atelier Silex Trois Rivieres Québec, Canada 1998 1999
Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, NY1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Colby College Waterville, ME2001 2006
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH1995 2001
Hampshire College School for Interdisciplinary Arts Amherst, MA 1998 2002
Johnson State College Johnson,VT2008
Princeton University Princeton, NJ2001
Roger Williams University Bristol, RI2007
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center West Rutland,VT 2004
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA 2001 2005
University of New Hampshire Durham, NH2002
University of North Alabama Florence, AL1998
Vermont Studio Center Johnson,VT2001 2002 2004
Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT2007
Upcoming
January 2010, Vermont Studio Center, Visiting artist and critic
Spring 2011, Marywood University,Confluence, Scranton, PA
Teaching
Associate Professor of Studio Art, Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
1995-Present
Chair of the Studio Art Department, 2006-2009 2010-2012
Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Studio Art
1983-1987 1989-1995
Brenda Garand
Teaching (cont’d.)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, 1995
Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, New York Studio School, New York, NY 1994
Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Maryville University, St. Louis and Potosi, MO, 1992 and 1994
Visiting Associate Professor of Studio Art, Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua School of Art Chautauqua, NY
1998-2005
Professional Organizations
American Association of University Women Washington, DC
AVA Gallery and Art Center Lebanon, NH
College Art Association New York, NY
Fulbright Association Washington, DC
International Sculpture Center Washington, DC
Sculpture Center Long Island City, NY
The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, DC
Publications
Book cover, Italian Feminist Theory and Practice Equality and Sexual Difference Edited by Graziella Parati and Rebecca West
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, London: Associated University Presses 2002
Front cover, Arts New Hampshire News Volume XVIV Number 3 Summer 2001
Selected Bibliography
Artdaily.org “179th Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art” The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 article 2004
Artnet News “179th Annual at National Academy Museum” April 13, 2004 artnet.com
Artslant New York “Brenda Garand and Doug Trump”
Bill Bace “Buoys: Marking the Place An Exhibition of Large Scale Sculpture” Curated By Bill Bace exhibition catalogue 407 Greenwich St. New York, NY January 8-February 18, 1995
Bill Barrette “Brenda Garand” exhibition catalogue Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Feb. 13-March 18, 2001
Hilary Becker “Sculptor Brenda Garand To Head Studio Art Department” The Dartmouth Volume CLXIV No.39 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 p. 7
Phyllis Braff “Biography and 500 Days of Discipline” Art Reviews The New York Times Sunday, March 5, 2000
Traver Braithwaite “EMCO and You” LaSalle News Building Products Group Vol. 4. Edit.2, April 1996 p. 7
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Bibliography (cont’d.)
Frances Chapman “Charlotte’s Picks” WaterfrontWeek Williamsburg/Greenpoint New York Volume 6.13 July 4-July 17 1996
Roger Coda “Life Experiences in Male Environment Shape Sculptor’s Career” The Chautauquan Daily Volume CXXVII, Issue 12
Friday, July 4, 2003
Jane Eklund “Dualities” Monadnock Ledger Arts & Leisure New Hampshire Thursday, August 3, 2006
Alex Hanson “Dartmouth Faculty Get Their Art Together” Valley News Volume 56, Number 174 Thursday, November 29, 2007 p. C1 and C6
Sara Hickman “Artist Speaks at Hulquist Tonight” The Chautauquan Daily Volume CXXVI, Issue 12 Friday, July 5, 2002 p. 9
Jessica Keltz “Sense of Place Influences Sculptor Garand’s Work” The Chautauquan Daily
Volume CXXIII, Issue 17 Thursday, July 13, 2000 p.6
Rebecca L. Lawrence “Meet The 2001 Fellows” Arts New Hampshire News Volume XVIV Number 1 Winter 2001
Nancy Malloy “The Annual Exhibition Today” exhibition catalogue The 179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts New York, NY May 6-June 20, 2004
Nancy Malloy “Size Does Matter: The 183rd Annual Exhibition” exhibition catalogue The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts May 29-September 7, 2008 New York, NY
Mashiko “A Shriek from an Invisible Box” exhibition catalogue Meguro Museum of Art Tokyo, Japan 2001
Kristina Mendicino “Behind The Tenure System, Three Professors Describe Three Very Different Roads to Tenure: Professors Kang, Jack and Garand Reflect On Having Received Tenure and the Passion That Brought Them There” The Dartmouth Volume CLIX No. 52 Wednesday, April 3, 2002 p.B3
Tanjie Nash “Garand Exhibit On Display in UNA Art Gallery Through May 5” The Flor-Ala
Volume 66 Number 27 Thursday, April 16, 1998 p.1 and 6
"New Work of Brenda Garand and Esmé Thompson" Rutland Herald Vermont Sunday, March 12, 2000
“Out and About” Times Daily Florence, Alabama Monday, May 4 1998 Sect. C p. 1
Terry Pace “Professor’s Solo Exhibition Ends Today” Times Daily Florence, Alabama Tuesday, May 5, 1998 Sect. B p. 3
Roland Paillé “Une Américaine a la Recherche de Ses Racines Québécoises” Arts Visuels Le Nouvelliste Trois Rivieres,
Samedi, 17 avril 1999 p. 2
Noel Perrin “Artists 22, Philistines 14” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine October, 1999 p. 18
Re-Title.com “International Contemporary Art Listings Guide and Directory of Artists Worldwide” 2006
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Bibliography (cont’d.)
Kyle Renner “Artist To Show Steel Sculpture Today” The Chautauquan Daily Volume CXXVIXX Issue 6 Friday, July 1, 2005
Jennifer Saunders “The Stuff of Sculpture” Dartmouth Life December 1995 p.4
Kelly Seaman “Focus on Faculty, Sculpting a Career: Thomas Beale ’00 and Brenda Garand” Dartmouth Life Volume 19, Number 3 June 2009 p.1 and 3
Teri Slotkin “Mixed Doubles” Bomb Magazine XXXV spring 1991 p. 73
Peter Sloggatt “Expo XIX Whitney Curator Picks Five for B.J. Spoke’s Annual Juried Exhibition” The Long Islander’s Northport Journal February 24, 2000 Volume 125.No. 33 p. 1 and 4
Peter Sloggatt “National Sampling At Expo XIX” The Long Islander March 2, 2000 p. 13
Zeke Sorenson “Sisters Travel West, Share Diverse Art” Wingspan Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming Volume 36, Number 7 November 18, 2002 p. 17
Robert Storr “Texas Shuffle New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition” exhibition catalogue Traveling exhibition September 2,1997 to January 2, 1999 Organized by Texas Fine Arts Association Selected by Robert Storr, Curator Dept of Painting and Sculpture The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Janet Van Fleet “Reviews: Vermont Brenda Garand Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT” Art New England February/March 2009