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Portrait of Brandon Ivan Gonzalez

Brandon Ivan Gonzalez

  • Associate Professor of Practice at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Choreogrpaher, Arrival. October 24, 2024 - October 26, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. Performing Arts Center, San Marcos, Texas.
  • Choreographer, Contours of Play. April 25, 2024 - April 27, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Choreographers Showcase. Jowers, San Marcos, Texas.

2023

  • Choreographer/Dancer, Finding your Edge. October 2023.
    Performances:
    • Dance Carousel. October 2023 - Present Ground Flour Theater, Austin, Texas.
  • Dancer, Wise Faith. October 2023.
    Performances:
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. Texas Women's University, Denton, Texas.
  • Sound Design and Musical Score, Mysteries. September 2023.
    Performances:
    • Secret Venue, Austin, Texas.
  • Choreographer, ChatGPT. April 2023.
    Performances:
    • Choreographer's Showcase. April 2023 - Present Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.

2022

  • Director/Choreographer/Dancer, Us/Uncertian. October 8, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre, San Marcos, TX.
  • Critical Mass Artist Residency, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Dancer. June 28, 2022 - July 6, 2022.
  • Director/Choreographer, States and Waves. March 24, 2022 - March 27, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Merge Reframed. Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre, San Marcos Texas.

2021

  • Videographer and Editor, The State of Human Affairs // 2021 BFA Showcase. November 12, 2021.
  • Dancer and Choreographer, Scenarios. September 24, 2021.
    Performances:
    • San Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. September 24, 2021 CU Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
    • Merge Reframed. 2022 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos.
  • Choreographer and Performer, Standing Wave. August 7, 2021.
    Performances:
    • Mini Movment Festival. August 7, 2021 Arts Mission, Dallas, Texas.
  • Videographer and Editor, Choreographers Showcase // Summer 2021. July 29, 2021.
  • Videographer and Editor, Choreographers Showcase // Spring 2021. April 26, 2021.
  • Videographer and Editor, Merge: Through a Lens. April 10, 2021.
  • Videographer and Editor, Student Dance Concert // Spring 2021. April 9, 2021.

2020

  • Videographer and Editor, Distorted Reality: BFA Senior Showcase. November 30, 2020 - December 6, 2020.
  • Videographer and Editor, Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 12, 2020 - October 18, 2020.
  • Videographer, Director, Dancer, WRECKING/LANDSCAPES. October 15, 2016 - October 17, 2020.
    Showings:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. 2020 Online.
    • The Decameron Festival. 2017 Outokumpu, Finland.
    • MINI exhibition. 2016 Pikkupuoli Gallery, Northern Finland.
    • Festival UrbanApa X Ateneum. 2016 Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland.
    • Group Show. RUPLA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Videographer and Editor, Choreographer's Showcase. October 6, 2020.

2019

  • Choreographer and Dancer, Still Seeking. October 19, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
  • Dancer, Shift. 2018 - September 1, 2019.
    Showings:
    • Poetics of Ageing. July 10, 2021 Freeskewel, New York, New York.
    • Miradas a traves del Tiempor. April 12, 2021 Montevideo, Uruguay.
    • LOBOFest. November 13, 2019 Museu Vivo de Momoria Candanga, Brasilia, Brazil.
    • Mozi Motion Festival. October 5, 2019 Beeld en Gerluid, Hilversum, Netherlands.
    • Cefalu Film Festival. June 1, 2019 Arena Re Campofelice, Palermo, Italy.
    • Primigenia Festival. April 13, 2019 Jardines de CECONEXCO, Morelia, Mexico.
    • The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival. February 20, 2019 Mumbai, India.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Titration. August 10, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Mini Movement Festival. August 10, 2019 Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas.
  • Co-director and Choreographer, A dance of care. May 25, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Activation for exhibition by Abraham Cruzvillegas: Hi, How Are You, Gonzo? May 25, 2019 The Contemporary Austin — Jones Center.
  • Choreographer/Performer, Street Work. March 30, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Austin Dance Festival. March 30, 2019 Austin Public Library Downtown, Site specific.
  • Choreographer, Cradle, Fountain, and Bridge. February 23, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Ritual Art Showcase. February 23, 2019 Indra's, Austin, Texas.

2018

  • ESPACIOS LATENTES/ LATENT SPACES. Texas State Galleries. October 24, 2018
  • Choreographer, Dancer, Video design, i horizon you. October 18, 2018 - October 20, 2018.
    Performances:
    • AVANTE. Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre.
  • #mycar. Art & Design Faculty Exhibition. September 28, 2018 - October 17, 2018
    Schedule:
    • Texas State Galleries.
  • Gonzalez, B. I. (2018). Sources of Embodied Creativity: Interactivity and Ideation in Contact Improvisation. Behavioral Sciences, 8(6). Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/8/6/52
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Polyvagal. April 26, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Polyvagal. Travis Heights Studio, Austin, Texas.
  • Dancer, Fractallage. March 16, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Meow Wolf Showcase. Empire Control Room, Austin, Texas.

2017

  • Cinematographer, Daven Dowse II. 2017.
    Showings:
    • Blackbox. Austin, Texas.
  • Potential. Fusebox Festival. 2017 Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • Fusebox Festival. 2017 Austin, Texas.
  • Daven Dowse II. Blackbox. 2017 Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • 2017 Blackbox, Austin, Texas.
  • Choreographer, Body Textures (performance). 2017.
    Performances:
    • Dance Concert. Dallas College Eastfield Campus, Dallas, Texas.
  • Choreographer, The Shape our Shapes (And the Skin of That). 2017.
    Performances:
    • Art and Design Faculty Show. Texas State Galleries (FLEX), San Marcos, Texas.
  • Body Textures (installation). Eastfield College. October 21, 2017 - December 18, 2017 Artists: Solo
    Schedule:
    • Mesquite, Texas.
  • Eastfield College Guest Artist, Eastfield College. Choreogrpaher. October 16, 2017 - October 21, 2017.
  • The Shape of our Shapes (installation). Texas State Galleries (FLEX). September 24, 2017 - September 29, 2017 Artists: Solo
    Schedule:
    • Art and Design Faculty Show. Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
  • Choreographer and Performer, Touch Loop. July 15, 2017.
    Performances:
    • Touch Loop. July 15, 2017 Friedrichsstrasse 58, Friedrichsstrasse 58 Freiber, Germany.
  • Choreogrpaher and Dancer, Slow Corner. March 2017.
    Performances:
    • Art in the Park. 2017 Sewell Park, San Marcos Texas.
  • Duet and Wrecking Landscapes. Art and Design Faculty Show. February 12, 2017 - February 28, 2017
    Schedule:
    • Art and Design Faculty Show. Texas State Galleries.
  • Wrecking Landscapes. Decameron Festival. February 1, 2017 - February 10, 2017
    Schedule:
    • Decameron Festival. Outokumu, Finland.

2016

  • Choreographer and Dancer, Materialities of Emptiness. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Volksroom Residency. Volksroom, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Breaking Together. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. Sam Houston State University, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.
  • Cinematographer, Daven Dowse II. 2016.
    Showings:
    • Big Medium. Austin, Texas.
  • Salon. Palazzo Guido. 2016 (International)
    Schedule:
    • Salon. Palazzo Guido, Lecce, Italy.
  • Daven Dowse II. Big Medium. 2016 Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • 2016 Big Medium, Austin, TX.
  • The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden. Movement Artist. 2016.
  • Kökar Residency, Åland archipelago, Finland. Director and Performer. 2016.
  • Die Dinge der Welt, Vienna, Austria. Dancer and Movement Researcher. 2016.
  • Performer, Salon. August 2016.
    Performances:
    • Salon. Lecce, Italy, Lecce, Italy.

2015

  • Performer and Video Artist, Implicit Fragments. 2015.
    Performances:
    • SUNDAY RUN_UP. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Choreographer, Vibrant Matter. 2015.
    Performances:
    • MFA Thesis Performance. Della Davidson Performance Studio, University of California, Davis.
  • Sound Design, The Walking Pieces. 2015.
    Performances:
    • University of Dance And Circus, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Dancer, Dialogue. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Dancer, Serendipity. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Pop-Up Performance. Ferry Building (Site Specific), San Francisco, CA.
  • Dancer, Dance that Documents itself. 2015.
    Performances:
    • ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA.
  • Dancer, Glitch-Body and Nanostalgia. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Davis, California.
  • Duet. Texas State University Galleries. 2015 (National)
    Schedule:
    • Alumni Invitational. Texas State University Galleries, San Marcos, TX.
  • Radiata Machine. SUNDAY RUN_UP. 2015
    Schedule:
    • Basement Show. 2014 University of California Davis, Davis, California.
    • SUNDAY RUN_UP. 2015 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Implicit Fragments. SUNDAY RUN_UP. 2015
    Schedule:
    • SUNDAY RUN_UP. 2015 Stockholm, Sweden.
    • Basement Show. 2014 Basement Show, University of California Davis.
  • Dialogue. Theatre Academy. 2015 Artists: 2
    Schedule:
    • 2015 Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Settlement VII, A.PASS, Brussels, Belgium. Dance Artist. 2015.
  • Penasco Theater Residency, Penasco Theater, Penasco, New Mexico. Choreogrpaher and Video Design. 2015.
  • Video Artist and Dancer, Radiatta Machine. 2015.
    Showings:
    • Basement Showing. Basement Gallery, University of California Davis.
  • Video/Projection Artist, Cracks Are How The Light Gets In. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Fem Art Festival. 2015 Pristina, Kosovo.
    • Müszi. 2015 Budapest, Hungary.
  • Choreographer, Softening/Encounters. July 2015.
    Performances:
    • Modern Dance Festival at the Modern. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Choreographer and Performer, Untitled (performance installation). May 2015.
    Performances:
    • Subject to Change. Beatnik Studio, Sacramento, California.

2014

  • Somatic Paintings. Somatic Paintings. 2014 (Regional)
    Schedule:
    • Pine St. Station Group Exhibition. 2014 Pine St. Station, Austin, TX.
  • Urban Feral. Avignon OFF Festival. 2014 Artists: Group
    Schedule:
    • Avignon OFF Festival. 2014 Site Specific performance, Avignon, France.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Improvisation with Stu. 2014.
    Performances:
    • Breitenbush Contact Improvisation Jam. 2014 Breitenbush, OR.
  • Dancer, Death Star Migration. 2014.
    Performances:
    • MFA Performance. 2014 University of California (Davis), Davis, California.
  • Dancer, Project Barca. 2014.
    Performances:
    • Guest Faculty Performance. 2014 Della Davidson Performance Studio, Davis, California.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Space Between (Performance Series). 2010 - 2014.
    Performances:
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. October 2010 - Present Texas Christian University, Denton, Texas.
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. October 2011 Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
    • Northern California Performance Platform and Performance. 2014 San Francisco Art Institute,, San Francisco, California.
    • Performance Studies Symposium. Della Davidson Performance Studio, Davis, California.

2013

  • Transmigrations. Salvage Vangaurd. 2013
    Schedule:
    • 2013 Salvage Vangaurd, Austin, TX.
  • Dancer, The Body Shift Project: Cripping the Streets. 2013.
    Performances:
    • Fusebox Festival. 2013 Downtown Austin (Site Specific), Austin, Texas.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Limbic Variance. 2013.
    Performances:
    • Group Showcase. Galaxy Studios, Austin, Texas.
  • Dancer, Eyes of Horus. May 2013.
    Performances:
    • Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. 2013 Yerba Buena Gardens, San Fransisco, California.

2012

  • Crazywood Artist Residency Program, Huntsville, TX. Selected artist in collaboration. 2012.
  • Semester-long residency, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. Artist Faculty. 2012.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, A General Theory of Love. 2012.
    Performances:
    • 2012 Wuk, Vienna, Austtria.
    • OHO Tanzfestival. 2012 Oberwart, Austria.
  • Dancer, Pick-Up. 2012.
    Performances:
    • Pick-Up. 2012 Clearspring Studio, Austin, Texas.

2011

  • Gonzalez, B. I. (2011). Vedena. CQ Magazine, 36.

2010

  • Dancer, Recovery. 2010.
    Performances:
    • Recovery. Ballet Austin Theater, Austin, Texas.

2009

  • Vedanā. BIRDHOUSE Gallery. 2009 Artists: Solo (State)
    Schedule:
    • 2009 BIRDHOUSE Gallery, Austin, TX.
  • Choreogrpaher and Dancer, Mammal. 2009.
    Performances:
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. 2009 Northwestern College, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Where it Goes. 2009.
    Performances:
    • Moab Contact Improvisation Jam. 2008 MARC, Moab, Utah.
  • Dancer, Bodies in Urban Spaces. 2009.
    Performances:
    • Fuesbox Festival. 2009 Downtown Austin (Site Specific), Austin, Texas.
  • Dancer, A Closet Full of Pictures. 2009.
    Performances:
    • A Closet Full of Pictures. 2009 Ballet Austin Theater, Austin, TX.
  • Dancer, And Go! 2009.
    Performances:
    • Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas.

2008

  • Director, Dancer, Editor, Not Until Now. 2008.
    Showings:
    • Rio de Janeiro Film Festival. 2008 Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, Brazil.
  • Dancer, Merge. 2008.
    Performances:
    • Fusebox Festival. Site Specific, Austin, Texas.

2007

  • New Paintings. Gallery 1724. 2007 Artists: Solo (State)
    Schedule:
    • New Paintings. 2007 Gallery 1724, Houston, TX.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Mountain Piano. 2007.
    Performances:
    • Breitenbush Contact Improvisation Festival. Breitenbush, Oregon.

2006

  • Life Stories. The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art. 2006 (Regional)
    Schedule:
    • 2006 The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX.
  • Invisible Cities. Black and White Show. 2006 (Regional)
    Schedule:
    • Black and White Show. 2006 Red 10 Studios, San Marcos, TX.
  • Life Stories. Young Latino Artists Exhibition. 2006 (Regional)
    Schedule:
    • Young Latino Artists Exhibition. 2006 Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX.
  • Director, Life Stories. 2005 - 2006.
    Performances:
    • Life Stories Performance. American Youthworks, Austin, Texas.

2005

  • Fabric Studies. Thesis Exhibition Texas State University. 2005
    Schedule:
    • Thesis Exhibition. 2005 Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
  • Sphere. Texas State Art and Design Building. 2005
    Schedule:
    • 2005 Texas State Art and Design Building, San Marcos, TX.

2004

  • Can't Breathe. CARTS Transit System: Artworks 2004. 2004
    Schedule:
    • CARTS Transit System: Artworks 2004. 2004
  • Crossbow-Ring. Society of North American Goldsmiths: Annual Juried Student Exhibition. 2004
    Schedule:
    • Society of North American Goldsmiths: Annual Juried Student Exhibition. 2004 The California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

2003

  • Alpha Rhythm. Alpha Rhythm Live. 2002 - 2003 Artists: Group (Regional)
    Schedule:
    • SXSW Music Festival. 2002 - 2003

2002

  • Traces. Digital Art Showcase. 2002
    Schedule:
    • Digital Art Showcase. 2002 Austin Museum of Digital Art, Austin, Texas.