Brandin is a California raised, Chicago based installation artist. Her work explores the natural world through the ways in which woman have interacted with our ecosystems for millenia.
Exploring the seemingly eternal and awe-inspiring patterns found in nature allows her to examine the beauty, fragility, and interconnectedness of the natural world and our responsibility towards it. She creates installations, sculptures, and fine art utilizing clean contemporary lines to honor the beauty and diversity of the natural world. She draws on her experience in theatrical scenic design to create immersive work, utilizing her background in fine art to execute these pieces with an eye for detail, and her love of nature to imbue them with passion and care. Growing up in Northern California gave her a soul full of foggy redwoods and magical tidepools; drawing upon this curiosity and care for the natural world as a way to learn about the state she has called home for the last 10 years is a huge part of exploration as an artist. So much of her work involves researching, scouting, foraging, collecting and photographing the ecosystems she lives in that learning about the nature close to home has become an inextricable part of her and her art. Her most recent series "Reliquaries" and "Heriloom" explore foraging and and weaving, activities traditionally passed through the maternal line for centuries, to speak about conservation.