ONLINE PRESS :
NEW YORK TIMES: The Impressario of ‘Ballet Kink’
Art Agency News: Pushing Boundaries; Ten Emerging LGBTQ+ Artists of Note
NEW YORK TIMES: The Whitney Biennial
Whitewall: “Brendan Fernandes Talks ‘Ballet Kink’ at The Guggenheim and Beyond”
Vivek Menezes, “The in-between world of the African Goans”
Western University News: Whitney Biennial provides another stage for alumnus
Vogue: “Ballet and Bondage Came Together in a Performance at the Guggenheim…”
Whitewall: "Our New Common Ground: The Uncommon Art Residency Program"
Surface Tensions: Brendan Fernandes on surface, aesthetics, art, race and play
Esse: Labour – Brendan Fernandes
Nuit Blanche Returns to Toronto For One Night Only. L’Officiel Art
This Artist Is Throwing a Dance Party Around Police Cars to Raise Awareness of Violence
Northwestern News Feature: Brendan Fernandes Wants To Make You Uncomfortable
Chicago Tribune: Artist and Choreographer Brendan Fernandes...Makes Chicago His Home
LVL3: Artist of the Week: Brendan Fernandes
The High Line: Open Encounter: A Conversation with Brendan Fernandes
The Sound: Philia, Loss and Memory; Brendan Fernandes' Philia pulses within the walls at Rodman Hall
Of Ballet and Bondage: a review of Brendan Fernandes's The Master and Form at the Graham Foundation
ASAP Journal: Clean Labour by Brendan Fernandes, Soo Ryon Yoon
Flash Art: The Master and Form
Garage Magazine: Brendan Fernandes's Sculptures Explore the Masochism of Ballet
Artnet News: What is Your All Time Fantasy Exhibition? We asked 14 Art-World Heavyweights
Forbes: Artist Brendan Fernandes Looks At The Pain And Pleasure Of Ballet in The Master and Form
PIN-UP Magazine: The Master and Form; Brendan Fernandes Exploration of Space, People and Power
Newcity Design: Pain, Pleasure and Desire: "The Master and Form" at the Graham Foundation
The Architects Newspaper: Endurance Art that Explores ‘Mastery’ in Architecture and Ballet
Sleek Magazine: Why the Art World is Obsessed with Dance"
Artforum: Brendan Fernandes talks about his performance at Recess in New York / 500 Words.
Frieze Magazine: Dancing to the Pulse.
VISIT Curatorial Art Magazine: Acting Out: Pointing in the Museum.
Canadian Art Magazine: The Floor Hits Back: Talking Dance with Brendan Fernandes
Canadian Art Magazine: Nature of Culture
Canadian Art Magazine: Found in Translation: Missing Links
Canadian Art Magazine: Brendan Fernandes Balances Politics and Optimism
KAPSULA: Break it down: Sighting/Citing/Siting Performance Art: Discussing Encomium
Seattle Times: Grand Illusion: Seattle Art Museum show pairs African masks, contemporary art
BOMB Magazine: Artists in Conversation: Brendan Fernandes
Esse Magazine: Three: Brendan Fernandes' They at Rodman Hall Art Centre
Art in America: Elocution Lessons: Q+A With Brendan Fernandes
Art in America: Nanna Debois Buhl and Brendan Ferndandes
Art in America: The Aesthetic of W.E.B. Du Bois
Art in America: “Crossing Brooklyn” Highlights Borough's Artists, from Bushwick to Bay Ridge”
Art Metropole Blog: Brendan Fernandes
Huffington Post: Global African Artists Explore The Meaning of Disguise In The 21st Century
Fuse Magazine: Undoing Identities: Brendan Fernandes' Haraka Haraka
Artforum Online: Critic's Pick, Found in Translation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Deutsche Bank Art Mag: Broken English, An Interview with Brendan Fernandes
Toronto Star: Art World Likes Where He's Coming From
National Post: Questions & Artists: Getting Behind Africa's Moving Masks
Press IN PRINT :
Heidi Mitchell & Stephen Ostrowski. “Innovators and Influencers” Michigan Avenue Magazine.
Djassi Dacosta Johnson, "Brendan Fernandes (Interview)" Kinfolk, Volume 28.
Gabrielle Welsh, "Brendan Fernandes: The Master and Form // Graham Foundation." The Seen, Issue 06.
Julia Bryan-Wilson, Jessica Silverman Gallery: Crowd Crush
Studio Museum Harlem: Studio Visit: Brendan Fernandes
Ian Bourland, Exile on Canal Street: Brendan Fernandes.
Art Papers: Brendan Fernandes at Momenta Arts, Brooklyn
Border Crossings: Brendan Fernandes at Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
C Magazine International: Brendan Fernandes: Until We Fearless
Deutsche Guggenheim Magazine: Found in Translation
NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, #31, Fall 2012: “Breaking the Codex”
fukt Magazine: Elisabeth Brye invite Brendan Fernandes
The Dance Current: New Day Rising: Brendan Fernandes Returns to Dance
monographs:
Brendan is currently represented by Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago. Contact: brendan@brendanfernandes.ca