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ABOUT

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Exhibitions

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2020

Black History Exhibition

Group Show

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Swimming with Sharks Presented by Our House Entertainment

Group Show

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Year in (Re)view

Group Show

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2016

All-City Senior Art Exhibition

Group Show

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Bio

 

Brandon Towns is a multidisciplinary artist working in still photography, motion picture, and design. His work explores relevant themes within the black community such as cultural identity, gentrification, police brutality, and gun violence.

 

He received his Bachelor of Science in advertising with a minor in photography in 2020 from Bradley University. He is the first Bradley University student to be the recipient of the Multicultural Advertising Intern Program Fellowship or MAIP in 2019. He was also one of three recipients of the Sundance Institute's Roger Ebert Fellowship for Film Criticism in 2018.

 

Brandon is currently working as a freelance director of photography for various indie film and commercial productions in the Chicagoland area.

Awards + Grants

 

2018

2nd Place Big Picture Film Fest 2018

Roger Ebert Fellow

Winner of (BUBAA) Creative Student Contest

 

2017

Official Selection at Cardiff International Film Festival

Finalist in 11th Annual Global Mixx Music and Film Forum

 

2016

Everyday Hero Grant Presented by HBO + Sesame Street

Official Selection in All American High School Film Fest

 

2015

Best Student Short Film Presented by Little Mexico Film Fest

 

Publications

 

2018

Roger Ebert Ebert Fellows Announced for Sundance 2018

 

2016

Inpoints PROject US Extras: Music Videos

CPL Foundation From YOUmedia to HBO: The Story of Brandon Towns

 

2013

Mindworks Chicago Library Provides Example of High-tech and High Touch. Is L.A. Ready for This?

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