Biography
Brann Fizzard (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist in Newfoundland and Labrador who graduated with a BFA from Memorial University of Newfoundland. They have exhibited work at the Rotary Arts Centre, IceberGallery, Eastern Edge Gallery, GateHouse Arts, HOLD FAST Festival, and CB Nuit.
Brann has also been published in zines such as WEREWOLVES VERSUS: EVERYTHING, Clanzine, CATastrophe: A Warriors Zine, Gender Euphoria: A New Collection, and Undiscovered Gems. They co-founded, curated, and created the zine The Queer Agenda. They are also a member of St. Michael’s Printshop, Eastern Edge Gallery, IceberGallery, along with multiple other online art collectives.
Brann also shows and sells their work at local conventions and markets ranging from the Lawnya Vawnya Merch & Print Sale, HOLD FAST Festival Zine Market, Needful Things Bizarre, IceberGallery Exhibition & Print Fair, Avalon Expo, and Sci-Fi on the Rock. They have a special interest in birds, cats, taxidermy, monsters, and sociology.
Artist Statement
"Within my interdisciplinary practice, focusing on installation, I investigate themes of advocacy and activism through the lens of experience and the relationship between Western Society and nature. Expanding upon areas of study such as conservation, sociology, folklore, film and community engagement, I critique the various discourses and institutions in which activists must navigate to strive for change in the natural world and the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The media and processes I choose to use is based upon on the conceptual underpinnings of my work, always working to reinforce the concept. Rooting my practice in historical uses of different media and modifying them to speak to the themes of my work.
Within this framework I have a special interest in the interaction the western world has with non-human animals with the overarching themes of; the demonization of nature; care of self; care of community; the personification and disembodiment of nature; how these relationships are exploitative or destructive; and the way in which both can move toward reciprocity. Along with an interest in showing the experience of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and their disassociation within Western Society. My practice seeks to express that there is no singular experience as the community does not exist as a monolith."
