ABOUT
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?