Brendan Fernandes


Fear Not, 2007
C-print, 24" x 16"
courtesy the artist and Diaz Contemporary
estimate $1,000 framed

Born in Kenya of Indian heritage, Brendan Fernandes immigrated to Canada in the 1990s. He completed the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art (2007) and earned his MFA (2005) from The University of Western Ontario and his BFA (2002) from York University in Canada. He has exhibited internationally and nationally including exhibitions at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Andy Warhol Museum, Art in General, The Art Gallery of York University, Manif d’Art: The Quebec City Biennial, The Third Guangzhou Triennial and the Western New York Biennial through The Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Fernandes was the Ontario finalist for the Sobey Art Award in 2010. He is based between Toronto and New York.