The Graham Foundation is thrilled to congratulate Graham Fellows Brendan Fernandes & Martine Syms and grantees Forensic Architecture, Sahra Motalebi, and Diane Simpson on their inclusion in the upcoming 2019 Whitney Biennial.

In the exhibition, Brendan Fernandes will present an expanded version of The Master and Form, commissioned and first exhibited by the Graham Foundation in 2018. The project was an outcome of his 2017/2018 fellowship and artist residency at the Madlener House. The project team includes the Chicago and New Orleans-based architectural design collaborative Norman Kelly.

Click here to read the New York Times feature, including comments by Brendan Fernandes.

Related Graham supported projects:

Brendan Fernandes
2018 Fellowship, The Master and Form
2018 exhibition at the Graham Foundation, The Master and Form Installation in collaboration with Norman Kelley

Martine Syms
2018 Fellowship, Incense Sweaters & Ice
2018 exhibition at the Graham Foundation, Incense Sweaters & Ice
2017 grant to Martine Syms for the exhibition Incense Sweaters & Ice at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Forensic Architecture
2018 grant to the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London for the exhibition Counter Investigations: Forensic Architecture
2010 grant to Eyal Weizman for the publication The Least of All Possible Evils: Humanitarian Violence between Arendt and Gaza

Diane Simpson
2018 grant for the research Architecture in Motion


Image: View of Brendan Fernandes: The Master and Form, 2018, Graham Foundation, Chicago. Design: Norman Kelley; dancers: Satoru Iwasaki, Yuha Kamoto, Andrea de León Rivera, Antonio Mannino, Leah Upchurch; photo: Brendan Meara