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About
Brandon Saunders (b. 2000, Grand Cayman) graduated from Newcastle University in 2022, and obtained his Masters from the Ruskin School of Art in 2024. Saunders’ work, magnifing diasporic perspectives in the Caribbean sphere, has exhibited in the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands many times. This includes; Upon the Seas (2017), where his piece would be adopted into the National Gallery’s permanent collection. The Cross Currents exhibition would see Saunders as a runner-up for the Emerging Artist Award until the Reimagined Futures (2021) exhibition in which he was the recipient.
Saunders has also been a contributor in the development of many Black Diasporic works. TAKE A SECOND TO BREATHE is a (Browns) commissioned work directed by Divine Southgate-Smith which saw Brandon as animator. They would go on to collaborate again with THICKER THAN WATER, an installation exhibited in the Sainsbury Center’s Visions of Ancient Egypt. During Frieze 2024, Divine Southgate-Smith would unveil Aspects of Things Existing, where Saunders aided in the creation of Twerk and Fold by rendering Southgate-Smith’s 3D object as a hyper-realistic wooden texture, before being printed as a UV sublimation on glass.
As a CGI Technical Director, Saunders would work with a larger team and actualize several black hole sequences for IWOYI: Within the Echo, a five-screen installation commissioned by the British National Library for their Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music Exhibition. IWOYI was also submitted for the Circa (2024) Prize, shortlisted amongst 29 other pieces, and (an excerpt) displayed on: London’s Piccadilly Lights screen, Berlin Limes Kurfürstendamm screen, and Milan’s EssilorLuxottica screen in Cadorna Square.
Saunders’ work is also permanently displayed at the University of Oxford’s Mansfield College. His piece Blouse and Skirt were amongst two other pieces to be recognized by the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize-whose judging panel that year consisted of Stephanie Straine, Joy Labinjo, and Nick Serota.
Clients
APPLE Inc. , Art Review Oxford , Brainfeeder , Browns , Divine Southgate-Smith , Gucci , Hatra x Hakushi Hasegawa , ITV , Jawara Alleyne , Mobi , Ninja Tune, Puma , Selfridges , Studio Bajek , The British Library , Tai Shani Studio , TAR , Warp Records
Upon the Seas
Contemporary Art (Permanent Display)
Cross Currents
Play Ground
Reimagined Futures
Newcastle University Degree Show
81° WEST
New Hybrids: Ruskin School
Bite
Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize (Permanent Display)
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
Newbridge Project
Newcastle University
St Hilda’s College (University of Oxford)
Ruskin School of Art
Mansfield College (University of Oxford)
2017
2017
2020
2021
2022
2022
2024
2024
2024
2024
Press
“Announcing the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize winners 2024”
-Mansfield College (University of Oxford)
“MAHŌGAKKŌ BY HAKUSHI HASEGAWA”
-Ninja Tune
“25 Creative Tips from the #Ps25Under25 Artists”
-Adobe Blog
Contact
Saunders has also been a contributor in the development of many Black Diasporic works. TAKE A SECOND TO BREATHE is a (Browns) commissioned work directed by Divine Southgate-Smith which saw Brandon as animator. They would go on to collaborate again with THICKER THAN WATER, an installation exhibited in the Sainsbury Center’s Visions of Ancient Egypt. During Frieze 2024, Divine Southgate-Smith would unveil Aspects of Things Existing, where Saunders aided in the creation of Twerk and Fold by rendering Southgate-Smith’s 3D object as a hyper-realistic wooden texture, before being printed as a UV sublimation on glass.
As a CGI Technical Director, Saunders would work with a larger team and actualize several black hole sequences for IWOYI: Within the Echo, a five-screen installation commissioned by the British National Library for their Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music Exhibition. IWOYI was also submitted for the Circa (2024) Prize, shortlisted amongst 29 other pieces, and (an excerpt) displayed on: London’s Piccadilly Lights screen, Berlin Limes Kurfürstendamm screen, and Milan’s EssilorLuxottica screen in Cadorna Square.
Saunders’ work is also permanently displayed at the University of Oxford’s Mansfield College. His piece Blouse and Skirt were amongst two other pieces to be recognized by the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize-whose judging panel that year consisted of Stephanie Straine, Joy Labinjo, and Nick Serota.
Clients
APPLE Inc. , Art Review Oxford , Brainfeeder , Browns , Divine Southgate-Smith , Gucci , Hatra x Hakushi Hasegawa , ITV , Jawara Alleyne , Mobi , Ninja Tune, Puma , Selfridges , Studio Bajek , The British Library , Tai Shani Studio , TAR , Warp Records
Exhibitions
Upon the Seas
Contemporary Art (Permanent Display)
Cross Currents
Play Ground
Reimagined Futures
Newcastle University Degree Show
81° WEST
New Hybrids: Ruskin School
Bite
Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize (Permanent Display)
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
Newbridge Project
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
Newcastle University
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
St Hilda’s College (University of Oxford)
Ruskin School of Art
Mansfield College (University of Oxford)
2017
2017
2020
2021
2022
2022
2024
2024
2024
2024
Press
“Announcing the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize winners 2024”
-Mansfield College (University of Oxford)
“MAHŌGAKKŌ BY HAKUSHI HASEGAWA”
-Ninja Tune
“This Project is an Afrosurrealist Ode to Black British Music”
-AnOther
“The Magical World of Mahōgakkō: An Interview with Hakushi Hasegawa”
-Kaltbult Magazine
“One to Watch - Divine Southgate-Smith’s Take A Second To Breathe Video Installation”
- New Wave Magazine
“Divine Southgate-Smith explores Black joy as a political ideology”
-Dazed Digital
“NGCI Holds 2nd Biennial Awards Ceremony”
-National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
“Young artists from Newcastle University shortlisted for art award”
-Newcastle University Press Office
“ITV brings in the students for its latest idents”
-Creative Review
-AnOther
“The Magical World of Mahōgakkō: An Interview with Hakushi Hasegawa”
-Kaltbult Magazine
“One to Watch - Divine Southgate-Smith’s Take A Second To Breathe Video Installation”
- New Wave Magazine
“Divine Southgate-Smith explores Black joy as a political ideology”
-Dazed Digital
“NGCI Holds 2nd Biennial Awards Ceremony”
-National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
“Young artists from Newcastle University shortlisted for art award”
-Newcastle University Press Office
“ITV brings in the students for its latest idents”
-Creative Review
“25 Creative Tips from the #Ps25Under25 Artists”
-Adobe Blog
Contact