Lifelong Artist
Frequently emerging from a futuristic paradox, Brande is recognized for her edgy, geometric designs. With over 20 years of experience in fashion styling/costume design, photography became her first medium of expression. She created concepts for photography shoots and designed thematic installation backdrops for each. Her photography & costume work was published in 75+ worldwide publications & magazine covers from 2014-2019. Her love for artistic design & expression naturally evolved into a vast skillset that spans several different genres.
Artist Statement
The first focus of my work is to give. As a futuristic artist my heart is in the art of course, but my nature is to see a better future for the oppressed and downtrodden. When you purchase art from me, you can be confident that a large part of it is going to help those with immediate needs like food, shelter and clothing in my area and beyond.
The purpose of my work is to invoke a vision of the timeline of life. I encourage the viewer to assess the space we presently occupy and consider the space we will occupy in the future. We determine the paths of our future by the decisions we make today. Some of my pieces provoke an interactive response in a multi-sensory way. This invites interaction with the power to change a current position. I call my work a study of time travel, we all have the power to change something for the future. When the viewer encounters my work, I hope they see many options & opportunities. Some of my inspirations are space travel, industrial architecture, digital technology and mid-century design
Education & Experience
Raised by an accomplished art instructor, Brande's creative journey was built with a solid understanding of the arts. She attended a year of college at CBC Conway, but was challenged financially during that time and had to step away. When she opened her online vintage boutique in 1999, Victory Vintage Boutique, she discovered fashions with delicate handmade details that were in need of a new life. The need to give new life to vintage heirlooms naturally led her into her own design line. Her business flourished and eventually turned into her own costume design business. She developed skills in fashion and beauty photography during this time and worked alongside many well-known designers and photographers. This season of experience in millinery & costume design led to the evolution of craft in the arts. From costume & headgears to installation art & painting, Brande's work is recognizable no matter the medium.
She is self-taught in multidisciplinary mediums of paper art, construction sculpture technique, assemblage, mural design, concept development, painting, multi-sensory, installation art and more.
AWARDS
2022 Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award Grant
World Cup Dubai 2014 Best Dressed Couple in Giant Red Rose Hat by Brande Wilkerson
2014 First Place Award Puerto Rico Spring Hat Show
2014 Honorable Mention Mad Hatters Society
2015 Deviousness Award for Design by Deviant Art
Art Exhibitions
Oct 21- Dec 15, 2022
"Positive Visitation" by Brande Wilkerson
Solo Show of Multisensory Interactive Artwork
Oct 1-Dec 31, 2022
"Dimensions" Solo show by Brande Wilkerson Cabot Foundation for Arts & Culture at Arlene Cherry Cabot Library
July 1 --Oct 12022
Multisensory ART Show at Pea Farm Bistro
Cabot, AR
TRAHC 34th Annual Juried Exhibition
July15- Sept 3, 2022
Cabot Art Walk MURAL Design
June 1-May 2023 Cabot Foundation for Arts & Culture
"A Sense of Place" Exhibition
Fenix Arts
April 7, 2022- May 28, 2022
Cabot Foundation for Arts & Culture Traveling Exhibit
https://www.facebook.com/CabotFoundation/
Nov 2021-Jan 2023
Women to Watch "Paper Routes"
Fenix Arts
Jan 13- Feb 26, 2022
https://fenixarts.org/exhibitions/
Small Holiday Works Show
Fenix Arts
Nov 12- Dec 24, 2021
https://fenixarts.org/exhibitions/
Biafarin Awards Group Exhibition
Nov 15-Dec 15, 2021
https://www.biafarin.com/p/ba2021.html?AW=AW127642290
Sept 1- Oct 31, 2021
"Emergence" Pacific Northwest Sculptors
https://pnwsculptors.org/upcoming-exhibits/
Aug-6-Sept 25, 2021
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council/
TRAHC 33rd Juried Exhibition
Aug 5-28th 2021
Textures & Patterns Exhibit
https://www.laslagunaartgallery.com/
Industry Work
Brande's costume work includes clients from a number of recognizable names in the Entertainment & Music Industries including, Disney, Marvel, Fox, Warner Bros, WWE Becky Lynch, Sean Paul & Sia, Scott Barnes Cosmetics, Simrit, Edge of Paradise, & more.
Over the 2020 pandemic she spent a concentrated effort going an entirely new direction in her work. She created a collection of Interactive Installation Functional artworks, concentrated in the Multisensory arts.
Over the past 2 decades, Brande's creative photography & fashion stylist work has been published in numerous international fashion & art publications including: 360 Magazine, Vogue.it, Neiman Marcus The BOOK, Dark Beauty, Flawless Magazine, Fashion Faces Magazine, Most Magazine, IKON mag, Get Inspired Magazine & more.
Her well known (now retired) award winning giant red rose headpiece was featured in news headlines across the globe when it won Best Dressed couple at Dubai World Cup 2014 & Worldwide from Royal Ascot in Berkshire 2014.
Memberships
Arkansas Arts Council Registry of Artists
Cabot Foundation for the Arts & Culture
KHA- Corinth, TX
Fenix Arts
Saatchi Artists
Southwest Artists
The Hidden Warriors
Women's Global Ministry Network
Mad Hatters Society
The Millinery Artisan Guild
Frequently emerging from a futuristic paradox, Brande is recognized for her edgy, geometric designs. With over 20 years of experience in fashion styling/costume design, photography became her first medium of expression. She created concepts for photography shoots and designed thematic installation backdrops for each. Her photography & costume work was published in 75+ worldwide publications & magazine covers from 2014-2019. Her love for artistic design & expression naturally evolved into a vast skillset that spans several different genres.
Artist Statement
The first focus of my work is to give. As a futuristic artist my heart is in the art of course, but my nature is to see a better future for the oppressed and downtrodden. When you purchase art from me, you can be confident that a large part of it is going to help those with immediate needs like food, shelter and clothing in my area and beyond.
The purpose of my work is to invoke a vision of the timeline of life. I encourage the viewer to assess the space we presently occupy and consider the space we will occupy in the future. We determine the paths of our future by the decisions we make today. Some of my pieces provoke an interactive response in a multi-sensory way. This invites interaction with the power to change a current position. I call my work a study of time travel, we all have the power to change something for the future. When the viewer encounters my work, I hope they see many options & opportunities. Some of my inspirations are space travel, industrial architecture, digital technology and mid-century design
Education & Experience
Raised by an accomplished art instructor, Brande's creative journey was built with a solid understanding of the arts. She attended a year of college at CBC Conway, but was challenged financially during that time and had to step away. When she opened her online vintage boutique in 1999, Victory Vintage Boutique, she discovered fashions with delicate handmade details that were in need of a new life. The need to give new life to vintage heirlooms naturally led her into her own design line. Her business flourished and eventually turned into her own costume design business. She developed skills in fashion and beauty photography during this time and worked alongside many well-known designers and photographers. This season of experience in millinery & costume design led to the evolution of craft in the arts. From costume & headgears to installation art & painting, Brande's work is recognizable no matter the medium.
She is self-taught in multidisciplinary mediums of paper art, construction sculpture technique, assemblage, mural design, concept development, painting, multi-sensory, installation art and more.
AWARDS
2022 Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award Grant
World Cup Dubai 2014 Best Dressed Couple in Giant Red Rose Hat by Brande Wilkerson
2014 First Place Award Puerto Rico Spring Hat Show
2014 Honorable Mention Mad Hatters Society
2015 Deviousness Award for Design by Deviant Art
Art Exhibitions
Oct 21- Dec 15, 2022
"Positive Visitation" by Brande Wilkerson
Solo Show of Multisensory Interactive Artwork
Oct 1-Dec 31, 2022
"Dimensions" Solo show by Brande Wilkerson Cabot Foundation for Arts & Culture at Arlene Cherry Cabot Library
July 1 --Oct 12022
Multisensory ART Show at Pea Farm Bistro
Cabot, AR
TRAHC 34th Annual Juried Exhibition
July15- Sept 3, 2022
Cabot Art Walk MURAL Design
June 1-May 2023 Cabot Foundation for Arts & Culture
"A Sense of Place" Exhibition
Fenix Arts
April 7, 2022- May 28, 2022
Cabot Foundation for Arts & Culture Traveling Exhibit
https://www.facebook.com/CabotFoundation/
Nov 2021-Jan 2023
Women to Watch "Paper Routes"
Fenix Arts
Jan 13- Feb 26, 2022
https://fenixarts.org/exhibitions/
Small Holiday Works Show
Fenix Arts
Nov 12- Dec 24, 2021
https://fenixarts.org/exhibitions/
Biafarin Awards Group Exhibition
Nov 15-Dec 15, 2021
https://www.biafarin.com/p/ba2021.html?AW=AW127642290
Sept 1- Oct 31, 2021
"Emergence" Pacific Northwest Sculptors
https://pnwsculptors.org/upcoming-exhibits/
Aug-6-Sept 25, 2021
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council/
TRAHC 33rd Juried Exhibition
Aug 5-28th 2021
Textures & Patterns Exhibit
https://www.laslagunaartgallery.com/
Industry Work
Brande's costume work includes clients from a number of recognizable names in the Entertainment & Music Industries including, Disney, Marvel, Fox, Warner Bros, WWE Becky Lynch, Sean Paul & Sia, Scott Barnes Cosmetics, Simrit, Edge of Paradise, & more.
Over the 2020 pandemic she spent a concentrated effort going an entirely new direction in her work. She created a collection of Interactive Installation Functional artworks, concentrated in the Multisensory arts.
Over the past 2 decades, Brande's creative photography & fashion stylist work has been published in numerous international fashion & art publications including: 360 Magazine, Vogue.it, Neiman Marcus The BOOK, Dark Beauty, Flawless Magazine, Fashion Faces Magazine, Most Magazine, IKON mag, Get Inspired Magazine & more.
Her well known (now retired) award winning giant red rose headpiece was featured in news headlines across the globe when it won Best Dressed couple at Dubai World Cup 2014 & Worldwide from Royal Ascot in Berkshire 2014.
Memberships
Arkansas Arts Council Registry of Artists
Cabot Foundation for the Arts & Culture
KHA- Corinth, TX
Fenix Arts
Saatchi Artists
Southwest Artists
The Hidden Warriors
Women's Global Ministry Network
Mad Hatters Society
The Millinery Artisan Guild
Volunteer Work
Volunteer Collaboration with Hidden Warriors Project 2014-2015
http://www.hiddenwarriors.org/
Continued contributer current 2016
http://www.hiddenwarriors.org/
Continued contributer current 2016
VVB Floral headpiece donated for "LIVE IN THE STORY"
Womens Conference 2016 Little Rock, AR
womanconference.tv/
Womens Conference 2016 Little Rock, AR
womanconference.tv/