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M. Brandon Cotter /THEM
b.1988
Is a
non-binary settler and multidisciplinary
visual
artist living and working in so-called Vancouver, Canada, on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.
Brandon holds a BDes in communication design from Emily Carr University (2010). They co-founded the gallery FIELD Contemporary in Vancouver, BC (2014-2019); alongside Daniel Jefferies and Avalon Mott.
My artistic practice spans painting, drawing, collage, bricolage, poetry and furniture. My approach to art-making is guided by intuition, curiosity and research.
My work engages a broad set of concerns including
whiteness, shame, gender, settler-colonial history, class and metaphysics.
I create work that invites interpretation and personal inquiry—encouraging contemplation, critical thought, and a reconsideration of the belief structures that shape our realities.