Biography

Bozidar Brazda's family emigrated to Canada from Eastern Europe in 1968. His father is the musician Andrew Brazda with the psychedelic band The Brazda Brothers. His grandfather was
the award-winning Slavic writer and journalist Andrej (Brazda) Jankovsky. The artist lives in New York City.

Work

Brazda's installations consist of text, audio, and sculpture, and are often rooted in what the artist has described as "semi-autobiographical narratives."
His work for the 2008 Whitney Biennial included a collaboration with various artists including Terence Koh and Ian Mackaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat).
He has curated sound-based exhibitions that have included works by Rich Aldrich and Anthony Burdin, and in 2010 recorded a 45" record with
artist Aïda Ruilova that featured a cover photograph by Raymond Pettibon.

Bozidar Brazda has exhibited at international museums and galleries including Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...

 (NY), The Kitchen

The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...

 (NY), and MoMA PS1 (NY).
His work has appeared in Artforum, Flash Art, artnet.com, The New York Times, Architectural Digest (France), Art in America, Interview Magazine and Maximum Rock and Roll.

External links

• Bozidar Brazda on ArtFacts.net
• Bozidar Brazda on ArtNet.com
• Further information and images from the Saatchi Gallery
• Holland Cotter, Art in Review; Bozidar Brazda, The New York Times, Nov 5, 2004.
• Brian Sholis, Bozidar Brazda: Haswellediger & Co. Gallery, ArtForum, Oct 2006.
• Gartenfeld, Alex "Bozidar Brazda Sinks and Swims", "artinamerica.com", Sept 14, 2009.