BRENDAN BARRETT
Minneapolis, MN
EDUCATION
BFA Furniture Design, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN, 2019
AAA Professional Craft: Fine Woodworking, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe NM, 2015
FELLOWSHIPS + GRANTS
2019-2020 Windgate Fellowship, Center for Craft & The Windgate Charitable Foundation
2019 “Get Ready” Studio Preparedness Grant, CERF+
AWARDS
2020 Distinguished Artist Series Mentorship Program, James Renwick Alliance
2018 Kinji Akagawa Merit Award, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2017 Furniture Design Competition Winner, Room & Board Inc.
(Baltic Bench Coat Rack, currently in production by Room & Board)
2017 Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2017 Liberal Arts Merit Award, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2016 SITE Scholar, SITE Santa Fe
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Process as Practice, altSpace Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Made at MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2018 The Auction at MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2018 Garden Reception, Whittier Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Northern Woods, Minnesota Woodworkers Guild, Eden Prairie, MN
2018 Touch, Texture, Connection, Tuller Garage Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018 NASAD Accreditation Review, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2018 Bird in the Hand, Walker Methodist Senior Center, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Discovery, Invention, Process, Homewood Studios, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD X, Barnes & Thornburg, Minneapolis, MN
2016 3D Cast and Printed, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2016 SITE Scholars Exhibition, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Summer Art Review, The Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Winter Art Review, The Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
WORKSHOPS + CONFERENCES
2020 (Upcoming) Teaching Assistant, “Spoon Carving” with Julian Watts & Aspen Golann, Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC
2020 Mentee, “Distinguished Artist Series: Annie Evelyn,” American University Museum, Washington, DC
2019 Attendee, “Present Tense: 2019,” American Craft Council, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Student, “Carving Handheld Sculptures” with Julian Watts, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME
PRESS
“Studio Furniture Maker Wins $15,000 Fellowship,” Woodshop News, 2019
“Room & Board Manufactures Winning Student Designs,” MCAD News, 2017
AFFILIATIONS
Minnesota Woodworkers Guild
American Craft Council
Furniture Society