Brandon Bauer

Current

• Time Based Media Faculty at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Past

• Sound Engineer for the Artists Now! Lecture Series at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• Instructor of Record, 2D Concepts at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• Photo Documentation (PA) at University of Wisconsin

• Photography Lab Technician at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
• Contributing Illustrator at Clamor Magazine
• Outreach Programs Faculty at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
• Manager, Rental Technician/Repair Technician at Helix Photoart

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Connections

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Industry

Arts and Crafts

Brandon Bauer’s Summary

Brandon Bauer is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Wisconsin. His practice involves the critical use of collage, montage, and appropriation, and the exploration of the contextual meaning of images and objects. Brandon has exhibited work in the Aces(s) electronic media festival in Pau, France, The European Media Arts Festival in Osnabruck, Germany, and at Project 101 in Paris among several other national and international venues. Brandon’s work has been produced in DVD editions, used as illustration for various editorial publications and books, and has been published in poster editions. Brandon also currently co-produces a broadcast video art program through Milwaukee Public Access channel 96.

Brandon co-edited the book Peace Signs: the Anti-War Movement Illustrated, published in two editions and released in 2004. Gustavo Gili of Barcelona Spain published the Spanish language edition, and Edition Olms based in Zurich Switzerland published an English, French, and German language edition. In 2003 A DVD of Brandon’s early experimental video titled: Signaldrift: a day under the city was released by the Paris based video art label Lowave. In 2009 the experimental-noise label FTAM released a DVD of Brandon’s collaborations with noise musician Peter J. Woods titled Hungry Ghosts.

Brandon received his BFA in painting from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 1996, and his MA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2008. Brandon is currently completing his studies for the Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is a 2009-2010 Graduate Student Fellowship recipient.

Brandon Bauer’s Specialties:

Studio Art Practice, Teaching (Studio Arts), Video Production, DVD Authoring and Production, Television Production, Graphics, Illustration, Layout and Design, Sound Production, Photography, Video, Fine Art, Painting, Drawing, Printmaking

Brandon Bauer’s Experience

• Time Based Media Faculty

  Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

• Sound Engineer for the Artists Now! Lecture Series

  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year )

• Instructor of Record, 2D Concepts

  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year )

• Photo Documentation (PA)

  University of Wisconsin

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

• Photography Lab Technician

  Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  2001 — 2007 (6 years )

• Contributing Illustrator

  Clamor Magazine

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years )

• Outreach Programs Faculty

  Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

• Manager, Rental Technician/Repair Technician

  Helix Photoart

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  January 1998 — January 2001 (3 years 1 month)

Brandon Bauer’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  MFA , Visual Art- Intermedia , 2007 — 2010 (expected)

• Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

  BFA , Fine Arts- Painting , 1992 — 1996

Additional Information

Brandon Bauer’s Groups:

Rhizome, Phi Kappa Phi

•    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Association
•    MIAD Alumni Association

Brandon Bauer’s Honors:

2009-2010 Graduate Student Fellowship University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
2008-2009 Texas Commission on the Arts, Best of Dallas Video Festival Award and Multiple City Tour

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