ABOUT
Brandon Aquino Straus is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Philadelphia. He was raised in Virginia and New Mexico, and he is part of the LGBTQ community and the Filipino diaspora with family roots in Polillo Island. He holds a BFA from the University of New Mexico, and studied abroad at L’IPAG Paris. He is currently an MFA candidate at Tyler School of Art. He works as a freelance videographer and editor in the arts and culture sector.
Get in touch: strausbrandon@gmail.com
Education
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, MFA Sculpture, [currently]
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque [B.F.A. Summa Cum Laude] 2015
IPAG | Ecole supérieure de commerce, Paris, France [Study Abroad] 2011
Screenings/ Events
2024
Silent Green, Ecologies of Collapse Screening, Berlin, Germany
2023
20/92 Video Festival, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia
5 Years of Lino Kino, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia
Residues, Fjord, Philadelphia
Barnes Family Festival Performance with Ani/Malayaworks, Philadelphia
Tabo and Washrag: The Sound of Raindrops on a Tin Roof, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia
2020
States of Desire, El Icho Magazine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
States of Desire, Fringe Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Testing Grounds, Cherry St Pier, Philadelphia
Hell World, Vital Spaces, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Lino Kino TV (Cones of Philadelphia), Lino Kino X Automat, Philadelphia
2019
Video Open Call Rush Screening, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Bad Video Art Festival, Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
William Way LGBTQ Community Center: Tactile Assembly, Philadelphia PA
Asian Arts Initiative: Dream House: Inside Music + Video, Philadelphia PA
2023
Kapwa, Davinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia
Oil of Milk, Vox Populi, Philadelphia
81st Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
2022
Tagong Yaman, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia
Queer Ecologies, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia
2021
When I Say Me, You Say Queer, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia
319 Artists in Residency, Marginal Utility, Philadelphia
File Save/ Sift Search, Automat, Philadelphia
2019
Encounters with Whitman, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia
Stonewall @ 50, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia
Staff Art Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
2016
VICELAND, Great Far Beyond, Philadelphia
2015
SEXT, Art in the Age of Technology, Graft, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Annual LGBTQ Artists Exhibition, New Mexico Pride Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Selected Undergraduate Showcase, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Coconut Palace and a Bamboo Mansion, Marginal Utility, Philadelphia
2015
Red Narcissus, Graft, Albuquerque, NM
Grants/Awards
2024, Presidential Fellow Scholarship, Temple University
2023, National Performance Network Project Grant
University of New Mexico 2015 Dean’s Travel Grant 2011 International Study Abroad Scholarship 2010- New Mexico Lottery Scholarship 2014 2009 New Mexico Bridge Scholarship
Relevant Employment History
Freelance videographer & content marketer
Teaching Artist
Fleisher Art Memorial: Intro to Video Art
Marketing Videographer and Editor
Museum of the American Revolution
Audio Visual Technician
Philadelphia Museum of Art