Brandon John: Cartoonist, Painter and Educator

Brandon John is a cartoonist, painter, and educator out of St. Paul Minnesota. His work is primarily funneled through his self-published NUT Comics. NUT is a paracosm, a god, and a new home to everything in existence. A world in which the vital makeup of everyone and everything has been violently chewed up and spit back out into new and bizarre forms. On this stage, these things that were once people must learn to make their own happiness and find purpose so that they may try to live again. Through this, he questions themes of dread, futurism, and existentialism.

Publications

  • NUT: "Honey, I'm Home!", September 2024, Self-Published

  • Rutt Dreams of Love, May 2024, Self-Published

  • NUT: Welcome to the New World, April 2024, Self-Published

  • Row 7 Anthology Magazine: Jan. 2024, Self-Published

  • NUT: Billion Dollar NUT, April 2023, Self-Published

  • NUT: In the Gutter and Down the Drain, June 2022, Self-Published


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Group Shows
  • Gods and Monsters,  Jackson Arts Flats Minneapolis MN, October 2023
  • Miller Center Student Art Show, St. Cloud MN, 2022
  • Saint Cloud State Annual Juried Student Exhibition, St. Cloud MN, 2022, Juror Pao Houa Her
  • Saint Cloud State Annual Juried Student Exhibition, St. Cloud MN, 2021 
  • Print Devils, Saint Cloud State, St. Cloud MN, 2021
  • Saint Cloud State Annual Juried Student Exhibition, St. Cloud MN,  2020, Juror Mary Bruno
Solo Shows
  • Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud MN, May 2023
Awards
  • "Project We Love, Kickstarter 2023
  • Ralph Hiemdahl Memorial Scholarship 2022
  • May Bowle Art Scholarship 2022
  • Dean Purchase Award 2022
  • “Project We Love,” Kickstarter 2022
  • Sykora Fine Arts Scholarship 2021
  • Dean Purchase Award 2021
  • Ralph Hiemdahl Memorial Scholarship 2020
Education
  • BFA Saint Cloud State University 2022