Bio
Billie June Brand is a multi-media artist, writer, and educator in Minneapolis interested in learning, teaching, and making through experimentation. Originally from the Southwest, Billie works with found and accumulated materials to craft emergent assemblages with paper, clay, text, fibers, and oil paints. They believe that making is a means for archiving alternative pasts/presents/futures, and that a politically and emotionally potent otherwise can be realized through play, non-linear constructions, and the alliance of materials. They believe that material altering through craft is a methodology for practicing self-determination and autonomy with implications for our political and intimate worlds.
Education
2026
B. A. Majors in Studio Art (Honors) and Educational Studies, Minor in English Creative Writing, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Selected Exhibitions
2026
“Habit Pattern” Senior Exhibition, Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2025
Juried Student Show Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2024
“Teaching Artists of NCC” Emily Galusha Gallery, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2023
“Finding Time” Solo Wet-Clay Exhibition, Koch Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
“Intimate Touch” Solo Tactile Exhibition, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Awards / Honors / Publications
2026
Joan Adams Mondale Endowed Scholarship, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2024
Book Award, Annual Juried Student Show, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2023
Joan Adams Mondale Ceramic Artist Award, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
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