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Visiting Artist Lectures

Brendan Sullivan

09/15/17

Please join us for a lecture with Oxbow Alumni artist Brendan Sullivan (OS4).

Date: Saturday, November 11, 2017 Time is TBA
Location: TBA

Artist Biography:

Brendan Sullivan is an artist and designer currently studying medicine at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Prior to medical school Brendan worked with MASS Design Group in Boston as a Design Associate and Design-Research Associate. Brendan’s design work was focused around a collaborative installation that aimed to draw attention to the current state of the American criminal justice system and give voice to the millions of incarcerated individuals within that system. His research on the other hand delved into the effects of architectural design on clinical outcomes in childbirth. In this role he collaborated with a team of architects and medical/public health professionals. Before working with MASS Design, Brendan spent three years at Gehry Technologies where he consulted on such projects as the Broad Museum in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.

Brendan holds a Masters of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design––a background that Brendan believes will serve him well as a future physician or surgeon. As the neurosurgeon Henry Marsh said, surgery is a craft that is fifty percent visual and fifty percent tactile.

Oxbow School is one of the preeminent choices for creative high school students interested in the arts. Their project-based, integrated approach to learning mirrors the approach of many top art schools. At California College of the Arts, we are thrilled to see applicants who have attended Oxbow because we know they are well prepared for the rigors of college level work. I wish there had been an Oxbow School when I was a high school student!

— Stephen Beal, President, California College of the Arts

Artistically, I learned a lot of new techniques and mediums while here. I had access to much more than before and I made the most of it. I tried everything I could and always talked to my teachers and peers about new ways I could make art. Every so often, I completely stepped out of my comfort zone. Experimenting with technique and testing my artistic boundaries has helped me realize how many paths I have to choose from in the art world and that makes me excited for the future.

— Macy Manning, Fall 2023

Oxbow gave Will a voice and a community. Under the nurturing attention of his wonderful teachers, he learned that he had the intellectual capability to express himself and that his unique point of view was, in fact, an asset.

— David Becker, Parent

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