Education
2024 (expected), MFA - Photography, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2011, BFA - Photography/New Media, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Solo + Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Plastic Dream w/ Vic Barquin, The Creamery, Rogers, Arkansas
2024 Late to the Party, The Pit, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2023 Thorough Review, Elevate Gallery, 21c Bentonville, Bentonville, Arkansas
2022 The Athletics of Yes w/ Sara Grose, Roommate Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2022 An illusive view in an illuminated field, SCUL Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2020 Palimpsest, Flock Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2020 Diminishing Returns, Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 With castles and clothing and food for all All belongs to you, Insurance, G-CADD, Granite City, Illinois
2013 As Honest As We Are, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, Missouri
2011 Day is Dying in the West, the Roost, Kansas City, Missouri
Group Exhibitions
2023 Open Space, Sím Barn Exhibition Hall Korpúlffstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
2023 Terrene: An Exploration of Self, Anne Kitrell Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2023 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile Biennial, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
2022 2022 National Photography Invitational, Ana Mendieta & Drewelowe Galleries, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2021 Cake Stand Biennale, Crisis Brewery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2021 Unbound 10, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2019 Summer Winds, Bubbler Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusettes
2019 Solar Girl, The Drugstore, Kansas City, Missouri
2019 Objectified, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2018 Run Riot, Plug Projects, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 GIFC Worldwide, Galleri Gosla, Oslo, Norway
2018 GIFC Worldwide, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2018 GIFC Worldwide, Pt 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 Basic Essentials, Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Oakland, California (curated by Zoë Taleporos)
2018 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile Biennial, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Basic Essentials, La Esquina, Kansas City, Missouri (curated by Zoë Taleporos)
2017 Exhibition #10, G-CADD, Granite City, Illinois
2017 Sensible Disobedience, La Esquina, Kansas City, Missouri (curated by Lynnette Miranda)
2016 Replication: Molds & Meaning, KCAI Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 Show & Tell, The Bauer, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 Made Fresh All Day, The Drugstore, Kansas City, Missouri (curated by PLUG Projects)
2016 The One Thing That Can Save America, Paragraph Gallery/Project Space, Kansas City, Missouri (curated by Jessica Baran)
2015-2016 RE/WORK, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, Missouri
2015 No. 2, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 The Telephone Show, Craft Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
2014 TRADE LOOK SHIP, CANVAS, Chicago, Illinois
2014 TRADE LOOK SHIP, Netherlands Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2014 TRADE LOOK SHIP, Trap Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 KC+ Connect, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 32nd Annual River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artist's Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 Pineapple Rentals, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, Missouri
2013-14 30th Annual 5 State Photography Exhibition, Hays Arts Center, Hays, Kansas
2012 Gorilla Event, City Ice Arts Building, Kansas City, Missouri
2011 Artists in Resonance: Vivid Shadows/ Obscure Illuminations, Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
2011 America: Now and Here, Arts Incubator, Kansas City, Missouri
2011 2011 B.F.A. Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
Public Programming & Curatorial Projects:
Open House
2019 Chain Mail, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2019 Welcome Home, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Garage School, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Soonering: Prior to the Stopping Point, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Sit and Watch Conmigo, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Meditation for Computers, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Common Sense Reading, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 P L A Y P I T, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 How to Loiter, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Community Post, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Apt 1 / Apt 2, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Down Home, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 Making Do, Open House, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 4th Annual Southwest x Central Street Fest, Imagine That!, Kansas City, MO
2016 Fiber & Sculpture Exhibition, Imagine That!, Kansas City, MO
2016 Doodle Show + Draw Station, Imagine That!, Kansas City, MO
2016 Coming Together, Imagine That!, Kansas City, MO
2015 Swimming Through the Air, Imagine That!, Kansas City, MO
2015 Printmaking Exhibition, Imagine That!, Kansas City, MO
2015 Doodle Show, Imagine That!, Kansas City, MO
2016 Community Documentation Station, KCAI Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2016 Guest Curator for Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, H&R Block Artpsace, Kansas City, MO
2016 Group Crit Night #6, The Drugstore, Kansas City, MO
2016 Lecture Series, Fifty at Fifty Fifty, 50/50, Kansas City, MO
2016 Big American Picture, Paragraph Gallery/ Project Space, Kansas City, MO
2015 Miscellanea, East Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 Group Crit Night #5, Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 Infrastructure and Inheritance: A Local Matter, The Red Lady Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 SWxC Photography Show: Curated by Archive Collective, Imagine That! Kansas City, MO
2014 Trade Look Ship: Postal/Cultural Exchange, Kansas City, MO + Milwaukee, WI + Chicago, IL
2014 Homebodies: An Ode to Bill Owens, The Red Lady Gallery
2014 Print and Bowl, The Spencer Museum at Kansas University
2013 Artist Talk, Paul Turouent, “Lens Culture in the Public Eye”, via Google Hangout
Awards / Public Commissions / Residencies / Workshops
2023 Sím Artist Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2019 ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, Kansas City, MO
2019 DIY Fund Grant, Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Finalist Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award, Kansas City, MO
2016-Present Drugstore Studio Residency, Kansas City, MO
2018 ArtFarm Residency, Marquette, NE
2018 Rocket Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation, Spencer Museum, Charlotte Street Foundation Kansas City, MO
2018 Tiny Farm Artist Residency, Kansas City, MO
2017 ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, Kansas City, MO
2017 Missouri Bank Artboards, Kansas City, MO
2015-16 Charlotte Street Studio Residency (as Archive Collective), Kansas City, MO
2016 ArtsKC Inspiration Grant (as Archive Collective), Kansas City, MO
Collections
2022 21c Museum, St. Louis, MO
Press
Brandon Frederick, Artist and Impresario, by Neil Thrun, KC Studio, 2019
I know this feeling. I was here before: On Basic Essentials, by Camile Messerly, Informality, 2018
2018 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, by Alice Thorson, KC Studio, 2018
Inside a West Plaza bungalow, Open House is carving out a new, subversive space for art and community-building, by Annie Raab, The Pitch, 2018
At This Kansas City Art Space, Loitering Is Both Subversive And Neighborly, by Scott Wilson, KCUR 89.3, 2018
Toward a New Identity: Contemporary Photography in Kansas City, by Lynnette Miranda, KC Studio, 2017
Arranging it with Care: Brandon Forrest Frederick Explores Futility, The Collective Gap (Exhibition Essay for Sensible Disobedience), by Matt Austin, 2017
Crushed/Optimistic: Photography, Poetry, & Brandon Forrest Frederick, by Megan Pobywajlo-Bailey, Informality, 2017
With Disobedience And Disruption Trending, A Curator Questions The Meaning Of ... Meaning, KCUR 89.3, 2017
An Archive of Crit Night with Archive Collective, Informality, 2016
Instagrammers Have This Week (Or Forever) To Help Finish This Kansas City Art Project, KCUR, 2016
At This Loud, Chaotic Studio In Kansas City's Crossroads, 'Every Person Has A Story', KCUR, 2015
Empire of Things, Made Work and the Familiarity of Found Work, Cupcakes In Regalia, 2013
Timothy Amundson, the Energy in the Imagery is the Massage, Cupcakes In Regalia, 2013
Talks
2018 Artist Lecture, Stintson Law Firm, Kansas City, MO
2017 Artist Lecture, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
2017 Artist Lecture, Photo Scholars program at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2016 Artist Lecture, The Warehouse, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2016 Lecture Series, Fifty at Fifty Fifty, 50/50, Kansas City, MO
2016 Artist Talk, The One Thing That Can Save America, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 Artspeak Radio on KKFI Community Radio 90.1, Kansas City MO
2014 Artist Talk, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City MO
2013 Artist Talk, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City MO
Teaching & Professional Experience
2021-2022 University of Arkansas - Instructor of Record
2018-2021 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art - Art Preparator
2019-2020 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Art Preparator
2017-2019 Patty Carrol Studio - Studio Assistant
2017-2019 Open House - Founder/ Co-Director
2011-2017 Imagine That! - Program Supervisor/ Community Arts Specialist
2013-2017 Archive Collective - Co-Founder
2017 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Photo Scholars Program Visiting Artist/Instructor
2016 Kansas City Art Institute - Continuing Education Darkroom Photography Instructor
2014-2015 MyARTS - Art Mentor/Darkroom Photography Instructor
2011-2013 the Roost Gallery - Co-Founder