Brandon Reintjes was born in Bozeman, Montana and grew up in Northern Michigan. He received a BFA in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in curatorial and critical studies from the University of Louisville. He works as senior curator at the Missoula Art Museum and spends the majority of his time thinking about, looking at, and making art. He has exhibited at the Zootown Arts Community Center and the Brink Gallery in Missoula, MT; Luminary Arts Center in St. Louis, MO, the 930 in Louisville, KY, Turman Larison Contemporary in Helena, Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory in Willow Creek, MT. He has completed an Artist·Forest·Community, residency in the Helena National Forest in 2001, Myrna Loy Center for the Performing Arts residency in Helena in 2004; and most recently an OpenAIR residency at America Prairie Reserve in 2023.