Brandi Kruse (b. 1979 Ypsilanti, Michigan) is an artist and educator living in Portland, Oregon. As a high school art and English teacher, she is committed to interdisciplinary teaching through a critical literacy perspective. Kruse has published numerous artist books including flat out (2019), in collaboration with Fuller Rosen Gallery. She is the co-founder of KC, a writers’ collective publishing poetry zines since 2013. Her artwork spans multiple disciplines and addresses intersection and absence within real and imagined spaces.
Kruse earned a BS in Education (Art and Literature) from Central Michigan University in 2003 and an MFA in Print Media from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2016. She is the Visual Arts teacher at Springwater Trail High School and a current member of the Teacher Advisory Council at the Portland Art Museum. Kruse is the recipient of residencies at the Portland Art Museum, Caldera Arts Center, and The Städelschule in Frankfurt, Germany.
Kruse’s work has been exhibited at numerous institutions in Portland, including the Center for Contemporary Art & Culture, Museum of Contemporary Craft, and Fuller Rosen Gallery. Kruse has also exhibited work in Tacoma, WA at 950 Gallery, Union Gallery in Amherst, MA, Paper Plane Gallery in Atlanta, GA, Fold Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, Lost Coast Culture Machine in Ft. Bragg, CA, and Worksound International in Mexico City, MX.
Kruse earned a BS in Education (Art and Literature) from Central Michigan University in 2003 and an MFA in Print Media from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2016. She is the Visual Arts teacher at Springwater Trail High School and a current member of the Teacher Advisory Council at the Portland Art Museum. Kruse is the recipient of residencies at the Portland Art Museum, Caldera Arts Center, and The Städelschule in Frankfurt, Germany.
Kruse’s work has been exhibited at numerous institutions in Portland, including the Center for Contemporary Art & Culture, Museum of Contemporary Craft, and Fuller Rosen Gallery. Kruse has also exhibited work in Tacoma, WA at 950 Gallery, Union Gallery in Amherst, MA, Paper Plane Gallery in Atlanta, GA, Fold Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, Lost Coast Culture Machine in Ft. Bragg, CA, and Worksound International in Mexico City, MX.
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brandi.kruse@gmail.com
brandi.kruse@gmail.com