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

untitled (2001)

acrylic & tempera paint on paper
30 x 50 inches

inspired from the events of 9/11, coming of age as Black youth, violence at various scales (local to international) was given as the only option to saving humanity. in this piece the gun, its bullets, and a manipulation of nature, work subversively to intentionally resist state-sanctioned violence and to protect self-determined people.