About Me
Artist and Creative Director
art as magic
Brandi Strickland Bentley (b. 1985) is a collage and mixed media artist based in Floyd, Virginia. She grew up in North Carolina and received a BA in Art from Queens University of Charlotte in 2007. Working from her home studio, Brandi creates small, detailed works of art combining collage, painting, drawing, and sometimes, digital techniques.
shops
Fine Art Prints: Little Paper Planes, Society6, Saatchi
Clothing & Merch: Print All Over Me, Society6
Creative Assets / Downloads: Creative Market, Etsy
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Solo Exhibitions
2012 False Door, Rochester Museum of Fine Art, Rochester, New Hampshire
2011 The Other Is Looking In On You, BellJar Gallery, SF
2009 Pie In The Sky You Know How I Feel, Preteen Gallery, Hermosillo, Mexico
2008 It’s All Around You, Mark’s Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Group Exhibitions
2014 Int’l Weird Collage Show, Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NYC
2014 The Age of Collage, Gallery Feinkunst Kruger, Hamburg, Germany
2014 Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Queens University, Charlotte, NC
2013 The Age of Collage, Gestalten Space, Berlin, Germany
2013 Heavy Nothing, Glitch, Memphis, TN
2012 Mirage, Temporary Residence @ Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2012 A Printmaker’s Collection, Queen’s University, Charlotte, NC
2011 LPP’s Rock Collection at BellJar Gallery, SF
2011 One Story Literary Debutante Ball, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Big Things Grand Opening, Kitsch Gallery, SF
2010 Masters: Collage, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2010 Penny Pinch, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
2010 One Story Literary Debutante Ball, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Superstition, Nemo Design, Portland, OR
2009 Dark Crystal, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
2009 World of Imagination, Vol. 2, APW Gallery, Queens, NY
2009 Enormous Tiny Art Show, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2008 Little Big Show, Canteen, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
2008 New Views, Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 Alumni 1937-2007, Queens University, Charlotte, NC
2008 Alumni Photo Show, Queens University, Charlotte, NC
2007 Secret Password, Element Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2007 Thoughts Are Things, Queens University, Charlotte NC
Bibliography
2014 Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Chronicle Books
2013 The Age of Collage, Gestalten
2013 RVA #14, Fall 2013
2012 Fanzine 10×15, No. 30, I Love Collage Issue
2011 Earth Quarterly, Issue One
2011 So Guide Magazine, China, August
2010 Carpaccio Magazine: Go Do Endless Summer, Issue 20
2010 SoulPancake Book
2010 Quotation, Worldwide Creative Journal, Japan, No. 8
2010 Jewish Museum Berlin Journal, Cover Photo
2010 Masters: Collage, Lark Books
2010 Tokion Magazine, April
2010 Blü Magazine, January
2009 100% O2, Vol. 1, Issue 1
2008 24/7 With Brandi Strickland, Charlotte Skirt Magazine, December
Education
2007 BA Studio Art, Queens University of Charlotte