Bradley Sinanan (he/they) is an designer, artist, and educator born and raised in Broward County, South Florida. He began designing as a teen, teaching himself Photoshop to make Tumblr fandom gifs. He is currently based in Fort Lauderdale, FL where he is an Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University teaching in the Graphic Design department. Previously, he was a Graphic Designer at Norwegian Cruise Line in Miami, FL and a Senior Art Director at Patients & Purpose in New York, NY.

He’s worked in advertising and marketing for global brands and for cultural and educational institutions across a range of media. Previous clients include: The City of Coral Gables (Miami, FL), Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA), The Anderson Gallery (Richmond, VA), Junior Achievement of Greater Miami (Miami, FL), Pfizer (New York, NY) and Norwegian Cruise Line (Miami, FL).

His research-based studio practice explores themes of identity, labor, gaze, power, and Otherness through performance, video, publication, sound, and interaction. The primary focus of his work is how the gaze is mediated through documents, interfaces, and grids — tracing contemporary fascinations of fixed identity to darker colonial histories of power and control. He applies friction when speed is demanded, slowing down the slickness of bureaucracy, emerging technology, and commerce to reveal their hidden effects — harmful, poetic, and otherwise.

He has exhibited at The Anderson Gallery (Richmond, VA), Visible Records (Charlottesville, VA), and the Bronx River Art Center (New York, NY). His self-initiated publications have been featured at Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair, Pioneer Works’ Press Play Fair, the Miami Zine Fair, and Sprint Milano. He holds an M.F.A. in Visual Communications, Graphic Design from Virginia Commonwealth University and a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Central Florida.

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