ABOUT ME.
Kierra Branker is a lens-based artist creating works that reflect the shared heritage of the African Diaspora. Through (reinventing/breaking) conventions of photography, she aims to create a vivid visual language that reasserts the legacy, memory, and cultural artifacts of the lived experience.
Curriculum vitae.
Kierra D. Branker b.1995
Works in Florida and New York
EDUCATION:
2019
Parsons School of Design, Photography BFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023
Windows & Mirrors presented by Steelehaus, Conduit Gallery, Orlando, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Interwoven, Casselberry City Hall, Casselberry, FL
Identity Group Exhibition, Kissimmee City Hall, Orlando FL
2023
Experience Contemporary, Casselberry City Hall, Casselberry, FL
You Gave Me Wings, Orange County Public Library, Eatonville, FL
Florida In Focus, Osceola Arts, Kissimmee, FL
2022
MOVE, City Arts Factory, Orlando, FL (Curated by Tyla Harrington)
Bless The Block/ Get It And Come Back, Virtual, (Curated by Sheherazade Thenard)
Snap! Gallery Florida Showcase, Orlando, FL
2020
PEASY, Syla Studio, Virtual
2019
Twist and Twine, Paradice Palase, Long Island City, NY.
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Aperture Foundation, Parsons School of Design, Manhattan, NY.
Photofeast Pin-Up Show, Parsons School of Design, Manhattan, NY.
Photoville Emergi-Cube Exhibition, New York, NY
2018
Photofeast Film Festival, Parsons School of Design, Manhattan, NY.
HONORS & AWARDS:
2023
Google Creator Labs Photo Fund
2019
New York Times Portfolio Review
PARADICE PALASE Juror’s Award
2014
Dean’s Scholarship
RESIDENCIES:
2023 Art House San Clemente Cohort 11
2022 Penumbra Workspace Program
NOMINATIONS:
2023 Leslie Lohman Museum Fellowship
2020 Aperture Foundation Next Step Award
PUBLICATIONS AND FEATURES:
2023
Common Ground, Issue 2, Borderline Press
Photographer Kierra Branker Brings Artifacts to Life, The Cut
2021
Women Crush Wednesday, Musée Magazine
2021
Polyester Zine Artist Instagram Takeover
2020
Baxter Street Artists in Focus
Fraction Magazine, Issue 140
2014
Photofeast Zine, Manhattan, NY
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
2023
Women Photograph, Remote
2021
AIGA Early Career Mentorship Program, Remote
Black Women Photographers, Remote
2017
Black Student Union, Manhattan, NY
2014 Sisters Art Salon, Manhattan, NY