Brendan Albano
is an M.Arch student interested in building performance, computational design and urban ecology.
Portfolio
Selected Architectural Work, 2010-2013
by Brendan Albano
View on Issuu or download pdf.
Being Present Is Hard To Do, at New Blood VI, SAIC, 2012
by Brendan Albano and Kate Barbaria
Megaphones, apple boxes, audience.
Prototype for Swing Project, 2011
by Brendan Albano
Rope, swing, bridge.
Mr. Boat-head's Electrical Dream Ship/Casual Stories Project, 2011
by Brendan Albano and Kate Barbaria
Performance with strangers, stories, blankets, hot cocoa, audio recorder.
Review: "Mr. Boat-Head's Electrical Dream Ship makes you think about narrative conventions" in the Georgia Straight.
Playground, 2011
by Brendan Albano
Swingset, slide, balance beams, building blocks, joy.
Tiny Parties, 2010 (exterior and interior views)
by Brendan Albano
8' x 8' x 8' wooden structure, DJ, keg, party.
Review: "Tiny Parties fulfills sloppy, sexy expectations" in the Ubyssey.
Press
- "Mr. Boat-Head's Electrical Dream Ship makes you think about narrative conventions" in the Georgia Straight.
- "Tiny Parties fulfills sloppy, sexy expectations" in the Ubyssey.
Resume
Education
School of the Art Institute Chicago
Master of Architecture with Emphasis in Interior Architecture, expected 2015
University of British Columbia
BFA Visual Arts, Minor in Theatre, 2011
University of BC Medal (in Fine Arts)
Work
- Teaching Assistant, Sharp Instructional Shop, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Sept 2012 - Present
- Photography and Web Design (freelance), May 2011 - Sept 2012
- Digital Media Lab Assistant, University of British Columbia Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Sept 2010 - April 2011
- Webmaster, Tec de Monterrey-UBC Joint Academic Program, Sept 2009 - April 2011
- Coordinating Assistant, The Ubyssey student newspaper, Feb - April 2010
- Interim Photo Editor, The Ubyssey student newspaper, Dec 2009
Visual art
- New Blood VI: with/on/our labor (group), SAIC, 2012
- How do you sleep with yourself? (group), UBC Visual Arts Grad Exhibition, 2011
- Playground (solo), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2011
- Artist in Residence (award), UBC Alma Mater Society, 2011
- Effects become causes (group), UBC AHVA Library Gallery, 2011
- MESH (group), UBC Dorothy Somerset Studios, 2011
- Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing (group), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2010
- Tiny Parties (solo), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2010
- Im/Perfect Bodies (group), UBC AMS Art Gallery, 2010
Theatre
- Mr. Boat-head's Electrical Dream Ship/Casual Stories Project (director, creator, performer), Vancouver International Fringe Festival, 2011
- Our Time (director), The Cultch (IGNITE! Youth Week), 2010
- HAIR (set designer), Waterfront Theatre (Fighting Chance Productions, 2010
- ...Are You In? (performer, co-deviser), Theatre SKAM, Centre for Digital Media (HIVE 3), 2010
- FEAST! (director) at HIVE—The New Bees, Russian Hall (Vancouver Fringe Festival), 2009
- Lovestruck (set designer), Dorothy Somerset Theatre (UBC Players’ Club), 2009
- Semantics of Romantics (director), The Wise Hall (IGNITE! Youth Week), 2009
- Spring Awakening (set designer), Havana Theatre (Delinquent Theatre), 2009
- Armitage (director), Havana Theatre (UBC Players’ Club), 2009