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brandon king
(b. 1984) 

multidisciplinary artist, from the Atlantic Ocean by way of Hampton Roads VA, brandon creates installations exploring African Diasporic identities, honoring his ancestors’ stories through archival and found materials, sound collage, painting, film, and other forms. his practice generates pathways to acknowledge and alchemize harms committed to disrupt despair, to equip and strengthen past, present, and future generations.


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brandon is a founding member of Cooperation Jackson, a cooperative network in Jackson Mississippi and currently serves as Executive of Resonate Coop, an international, open source, music streaming platform cooperative. subt.le is based in NYC and is currently an MFA candidate at Queens College focusing on Social Practice and Installation. he is also a member of the New York City based artist collective PTP
“peace by piece: fight by flight” kuwasi balagoon tribute (2011)

acrylic on canvas
21 x 17 inches

how does freedom feel? this piece is inspired by Kuwasi Balagoon, a queer Afrikan anarchist, and former member of the Black Liberation Army. the foreground of the work is a replication of a drawing by Balagoon that was printed in his obiturary. centering Balagoon (right bottom corner) as a freedom fighter, the work re-envisions how Balagoon imagined his life as free and always free while struggling and navigating concerte carceral spaces-. this piece was donated to Cooperation Jackson, a worker-owned cooperative in Jackson, Mississippi.