Brandon Tho Harris (b.1995)
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
brandon11016@gmail.com

Selected Exhibitions and Projects:
2025

Hoa Tay (Flower Hands): Southern Artists of the Vietnamese Diaspora, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Group Exhibition, New Orleans, LA

2023
One Day We’ll Go Home, Group Exhibition, Emerson Contemporary, Boston, MA
Majority Rules curated by Erika Mei Chua Holum, Group Exhibition, Sanman Studios, Houston, TX
Our Vibrant AAPI Community: Selections from the Houston Asian American Archive, Group Exhibition, Houston Public Library, Houston, TX

2022
Where They’re At, Group Exhibition, FLATS, Houston, TX
The High Wall 2022, Public Art Display, Strange Fire Collective & Inscape Arts and Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
CraftTexas 2022, Group Exhibition, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Lo que me queda de tu amor (What’s left of your love for me), Group Exhibition, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Grounded: An Exploration by Houston Artists of The Soil We Call, Group Exhibition, The Orange Show, Houston, TX
Asian Americans in Texas: Unmasking Stereotypes, Group Exhibition, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX Pulp, Group Exhibition, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX

2021
Nước, Water, (Home)land, Asian Pacific American Heritage Association, Performance, Rice University, Houston, TX
Soil Tongue: A Southern Language - Curated by The Black and Brown Biennale, Group Exhibition, Alternative Roots, Atlanta, GA
Artist on Site, Group Exhibition, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX

2020
Proactive Prints, Group Exhibition, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX
Faces in the Pandemic, Group Exhibition, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
Assuming the Pose: Contemporary Portraiture, Group Exhibition, Third Space Gallery, Houston, TX
The Photographic Diptych, Group Exhibition, William R. Jenkins Architecture & Art Library, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Contemporary Practice, Group Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

2019
Everyone at Blaffer presented by There Is Enough for Everyone, Group Performance, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX
Vitality, Public Art Commission, Hines Real Estate Investments, Houston, TX

Bibliography & Interviews:
2022
“Q&A: THE HIGH WALL: BRANDON THO HARRIS,” Artist interview, Strange Fire, Online
"McNay exhibition of 5 queer, Asian American artists aims to shatter the 'model minority' stereotype," Exhibition review, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
“The "Oh Mother Vietnam, We Are Still Here" Exhibition: Displacement, Survivorship
and Diasporic Kinship,” Exhibition Review, Arts Help, Toronto, CA
“Artist Response to Spector of Ancestors Becoming by Tuan Andrew Nguyen,”
Commissioned Writing Piece, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX

2021
Superpresent Magazine, Photo Spread, Volume 1, Issue 4, Houston, TX
“Video Drive By: ‘Artists on Site’ at Asia Society Texas Center, Houston,” Virtual Exhibition Tour, Glasstire, Houston, TX
“Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experience at the Asia Society Texas Center,” Online Publication, Art and Culture Texas, TX

2020
“Faces in the Pandemic” Queer Asian American artists address COVID-19 at a new Rice University exhibit," Magazine Article, Outsmart Magazine, Houston, TX
Flats Conversations with Brandon Tho Harris, Flats Presents, Digital Interview, Houston, TX
“Rice University Webinar Features Asian American LGBTQ Creatives Tonight,” Online Publication, OutSmart Magazine, Houston, TX
“Local Asian American artists respond to the pandemic in new Fondren exhibit,” Newspaper Article, The Rice Thresher, Houston, TX
“Brandon Tho Harris,” Interview for Archive, Houston Asian American Archive, Fondren Library at Rice University, Houston, TX
“Interview with Brandon Tho Harris,” Online Published Interview, Project Yellow Dress

2018
Open Donut, Zine, Issue #02, Houston, TX

Lectures and Presentations:
2022
Art and Resilience Artist Talk with Brandon Tho Harris, University of Texas Health Houston, Artist Talk, Houston, TX

2021
Elsewhere Within Here: Artists Reflecting on April 30th, Yale University, Artist Talk, New Haven, CT
Artist on Site, Artist Talk, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX

2020
Faces in the Pandemic, Artist Talk, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
Contemporary Practice, Artist Talk, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

2019
Rotimi Fani-Kayode & The Queer Black Body, Presentation, FotoFest, Houston, TX

Awards, Grants and Residencies:
2021
Artist on Site, Artist Residency, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX

2020
Houston Art Alliance: Let Creativity Happen! Grant recipient, Houston, TX
The Idea Fund: Round 12 Grant recipient, Houston, TX

Education:
2020
BFA, Photography & Digital Media, University of Houston, Houston, TX