Born 1955, California
Lives & works in New York City |
1978 M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
1976 B.A., Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa |
2021-22 "The Shadow Paintings," Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg Museum Derneburg, Germany
2021 "Solo Presentation," MISA, Art Cologne, Germany
2020 "Return to Forever," Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL
2021 "Quiet City," Anna Zorina Gallery, High Line Nine, New York
2021 "Shadow Paintings," Scott Miller Projects, Birmingham, AL
2021 "Nomad Exquisite," Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX
2021 "Things As They Are," Anna Zorina, New York
2020 “Parts Unknown,” Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL
2019 "dirt's the only animal who will sleep with you, The Lodge, Los Angeles
2019 "Human Nature / Nature Human," two-person show with Mark Barry, Bundy Modern,
Waitesfield, Vermont
2019 "A Land More Kind Than Home," Union Hall, curated by Arielle Myers, Denver, CO
2019 "Deborah Brown: This dream and other animals," Burning in Water, New York, NY
2018 "Chimeras," Spoonbill Studio, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Madeleine Mermall
2017 "Runaways," Geary Contemporary, New York, NY
2016 "Parlor Games," Art3, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Deborah Brown Recent Paintings, Flecker Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
2014 "Outer Limits," Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2014 Lesley Heller Workspace, New York
2012 "Freewheeling," the Active Space, Bushwick, NY
2011 The Bushwick Paintings, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2008 Deborah Brown, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Deborah Brown, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Paintings, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
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2022 2022: "Domesticity," Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
2021 "Friends and Family," Magenta Plains, New York
2021 "The Changing Subject," curated by Shane Wu Collectors Showcase, LIGHTWELL, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 "The Loneliest Sport," curated by Caio Twombly and Jacob Hyman Spazio Amanita, 43 Crosby, New York
2021 "Plain Air," Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
2021 "Domesticity," Volery Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E., curated by Sasha Bogojev
2020 "Nasty Women" Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA
2020 "Suddenly Last Summer," Auxier Kline, New York, NY
2020 "Sit Still: Self-Portraits in the Age of Distraction," Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY
2019 "Certain Women," Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX
2019 "In the Summertime," Danese/Corey, New York, NY
2019 "About Face," The Painting Center, New York, NY
2019 "Afflatus," 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2018 "Sexy Xmas," The Lodge, Los Angeles, California
2018 "Summer of Love," curated by Nick Lawrence, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
2018 "Still Lives," curated by Alex Allenchey, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2018 "Stranger in a Strange Land," Castor Gallery, New York
2017 "American Genre," curated by Michelle Grabner, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2017 "School's Out," Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2016 "Self-Portraits, a group exhibition," BravinLee programs, New York, NY
2016 "Myths & Legends of the Hudson Valley," Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2015 "Who" curated by Lesley Heller, Lesley Heller Workspace
2015 "Fleurs Fatales," curated by KK Kozik, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
2015 "I Am What I Am Not Yet, A Survey of Brooklyn's Moment," curated by Diana Buckley, Madlyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
2015 "Contemporary Portraiture" Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 "Becoming…..," Odetta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 "Hair DO," No Globe Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
2014 "Concrete Muse," curated by Krista Saunders,DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2014 "The Reason for Beauty," Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2014 "Color Me Badd," curated by Chris Bors, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2013 "Epic Fail," organized by Erik Benson and Frank Webster, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
2013 "Thanks," curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus, New York, NY
2013 "See the Pyramids Along the Nile," English Kills Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 "Heroes," curated by Julie Torres, Small Black Door Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
2012 "Land eScape," Parallel Art Space, Ridgewood, NY
2012 "Two River," One River Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2012 "Salon Show," the Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
2011 "Round Up," STOREFRONT Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 "6 Who Paint," curated by Fred Valentine, Kate Teale's Big & Small/Casual Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2011 "Memory is a Metaphor," Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2010 "Landscapes," United States Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia
2010 "Bibliophilia," curated by KK Kozik, Hotchkiss Library, Sharon, CT
2010 "Spazi Segreti, or Mendacity, Mood," curated by Paul D'Agostino, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2010 "Ocketopia," curated by Austin Thomas, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York
2009 "Urban Biotic," Lumenhouse, Brooklyn, NY
2009 "Brooklyn Art:Work," Artist Honoree, BRIC Gala, Rotunda Gallery and Steiner Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2009 The 2009 Bushwick Biennial," NURTUREArt, Brooklyn, NY
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2020 Paint School Fellow, Shandaken Projects
2005 Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
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John M. Anderson Lecture Series, Penn State University
Hunter College MFA Program, New York, NY
Art Omi, Ghent, NY
Pace University Department of Art, New York, NY
Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Columbia University MFA Program, New York, NY
Yale University, New Haven, CT
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2021 Sandra Schulman, “At Gavlak Deborah Brown Mingles Objects and Fantasy,” Palm Beach ArtsPaper, October 6
2021 Neha Jambhekar, “Editors’ Picks: Deborah Brown’s Quiet City at Anna Zorina Gallery,” Artnet News, September 27
2021 Artsy, “Inside My Collection: Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall” June 4
2021 James Panero, “Crtitic’s Notebook,” The New Criterion February 8
2021 Sasha Bogojev, “Painting Things As They Are: A Conversation with Deborah Brown,” Juxtapoz, February 8
2021 Natasha Gural, “From Playful, Busy Self-Portraits to Mundane Still Lifes, Deborah Brown Explores Our Collective Isolation,” Forbes online, January 21
2021 Katie White “17 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week,” Artnet, January 18
2020 Elisabeth Condon, “Interview: Stalking Deborah Brown’s Paintings, Two Coats of Paint, December 16
2020 Eileen Kinsella, “Ten Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar” Artnet News, June 16, 2020
2020 Caroline Goldstein, Artnet News, “Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at 2020 Armory Show,” March 9
2019 Brask Studio Visits V, Brask Publications, pp. 114-119
2019 David Molesky, "Dirt's the Only Animal Who Will Sleep With You: Deborah Brown in Review," Juxtapoz Magazine, October 7
2019 Annabel Osberg, “Pick of the Week,” Artillery Magazine, September 26
2019 Paul Laster, Galerie Magazine, Six Must-See Figurative Painting Shows in New
York," February 28
2019 Sarah Cascone, artnet, "Editors’ Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World
This Week," February 4
2019 Paul Laster, Galerie Magazine, Six Must-See Figurative Painting Shows in New York," February 28
2019 Sarah Cascone, artnet, "Editors’ Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week," February 4
2019 Brask Art Blog, February 5
2018 Andrea K. Scott "Goings On," The New Yorker, review of "Still Lives" at Underdonk, Brooklyn, September 3.
2018 Heather Zises,
READart, A Conversation with Deborah Brown and Madeleine Mermall, April 29, 2018
2017 Alex Travers, "The Can't-Miss Galleries Downtown and the Top Eight Exhibitions To See This Fall," Quest Magazine, October 6
2017 Sarah Cascone, "16 Things to See in New York This Week," Artnet, September 25
2017 Darren Jones, "Deborah Brown, GEARY Contemporary," Critics’ Pick, New York, Artforum, September 15
2016
Eileen Kinsella, "9 Must-See Summer Gallery Group Shows," Artnet,. June 40
2016
2016 Sharon Butler, "Cheat Sheet: Summer Group Shows and What Curators Are Writing
About Them,"Two Coats of Paint, July 19.
2016 Claudia Bodin, "Planet Brooklyn," Art-Das Kuntsmagazin, April, pp. 23-33.
2016 Keri Blakinger, NY Daily News, The Story Behind the Octopus at the Houston Street Subway Stop
2015 The New York Times, Westchester Metropolitan, "Things To Do in the Hudson Valley December 4-20, 2015," December 6, p. 12, with illustration.
2015 Sharine Saad, "Brooklyn Bouillon de Culture," Madame Figaro,
October 24, pp. 78-84
2015 Brent Wallace, The Ambidextrous Artist ,"The Conversation Project,"
September 13
2015 Kate Menard, A Conversation with Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery Owner
Deborah Brown by Kate Menard, Bushwick Buzz, September 12
2015 Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, "Brooklyn in Westchester This Summer," New York Arts Exchange, August 9
2015 Cait Munro, ArtNet, "10 Things To Do: Bushwick Open Studios 2015 Deborah Brown Open Studio," June 3
2015 Blouin Artinfo, "Instagrams of the Artworld: Bushwick Open Studios, and More," June 5
2014 Katy Diamond Hamer, 26 Female Artists on Lynda Benglis and the Art World's Gender Problems, New York Magazine, November 24.
2014 Ann Landi, "Artists' First Influences," ARTnews, May 2014, pp. 82-89.
2014 Benjamin Sutton, "Art: Major Players," BROOKLYN MAGAZINE, Spring 2014, pp. 66-67.
2014 Sharon Butler, "Speaking Deborah Brown's Language," Two Coats of Paint, March 3
2014 The Editors, "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," BROOKLYN MAGAZINE, March 11
2014 Paul D'Agostino, "Four Art Exhibits You Need to See," The L Magazine, January 40
2013 Emily Colucci, "Deborah Brown is Showing on The LES While Going Big in Bushwick," Bedford + Bowery, July 10
2013 Vera Haller, "Bushwick Embraces Its Art," Wall Street Journal, Greater New York, May 31, A 15 + 16
2013 Kristen Iversen, "Storefront Bushwick: Art, Open to the Street," Brooklyn Magazine, March 2013, p.42
2013 Vera Haller, "Brooklyn Museum Tests A Democratic Model," The Wall Street Journal, February 6, p. A15
2012 Holland Cotter, "The Latest Vibe Moved to Brooklyn," The New York Times, June 8, p. C35 + 38
2011 Jed Lipinski, "Highlights from the James Kalm Report," The New York Times, 24 December, B1
2011 "Bushwick or Bust!" by Deborah Brown and Howard Hurst, The Art Economist, Volume 1, Issue 8, pp.11-15.
2011 Lucie Alig, "Not an Aesthetic, But an Attitude": Artist Deborah Brown on the Future of Bushwick's Art Scene," The ARTINFO interview, 27 September.
2011 Sharon Butler, "Deborah Brown's Bushwick: An Artist Grows in Brooklyn," The Huffington Post, 3 February
2011 Araceli Cruz, "True Grit: Deborah Brown, "The Bushwick Paintings," THE VILLAGE VOICE, 1 January.
2011 ARTCAT, "Pick," 1 January.
2011 The L Magazine, "Editors' Picks," Deborah Brown: The Bushwick Paintings," 19 January 19--1 February, p. 51.
2011 The James Kalm Report, "Deborah Brown: The Bushwick Paintings at Lesley Heller Workspace," 19 January.
2011 Jorge Martin, "Deborah Brown Writes Post-Industrial Poetry at Lesley Heller," Hyperallergic, 21 January.
2011 CityArts, cover image, 26 January--8 February.
2011 Anne Bauso, INNEWYORK.com, " Spotlight on Art & Antiques," February.
2010 Marina Galperina, "Bushwick Dreams and City Fantasies," ANIMAL, 40 December.
2010 Kat Irannejad, "ArtBuzz: July 15--July 21," BROOKLYN, the borough
2010 Marquita Harris, "Spazi Segreti, or Mendacity, Mood," cityist, July 14
2010 Aaron Short, "Bigger Than Ever: Bushwick Open Studios 2010," BushwickBK.com, 2 June.
2010 Sharon Butler, "Tracks: Expanding Utopia," The Brooklyn Rail, June.
2010 James Panero, "Gallery Chronicle," The New Criterion, "Deborah Brown:The Bushwick Paintings" at STOREFRONT," May 2010, Volume 28, Number 9, p. 50.
2010 James Kalm, "Brooklyn Dispatches: Dog Years," The Brooklyn Rail, May, on line and print editions.
2010 Trent Morse, "Trent's Top Gallery Picks," WiliamsburgGreenpoint News + Arts, May p. 4.
2010 "Deborah Brown, The Bushwick Paintings," L Magazine, April 24, 2010, on line edition.
2010 Aaron Short, "Bushwick Has a Cool New Gallery," New York Post, April 6, on line edition.
2010 Miranda Siegel, "Gallery Listings: Deborah Brown at STOREFRONT," New York Magazine, March 29, April 5, April 12, April 19, April 26, May 3 and May 10 issues.
2010 "Tip Sheet: Beautiful Bushwick," Brooklyn Based, March 31--April 6, on line edition.
2010 "Deborah Brown:The Bushwick Paintings," New York Press, April 13, Volume 23, Number 16, p. 4.
2010 James Panero, "Gallery Chronicle," THE NEW CRITERION, February, pp.49-51
2009 Alison Levy, "Triple Biotic," ArtSlant, 6 September
2009 Melena Ryzik, "Open Studios in Brooklyn," The New York Times, 5 June, p. C22
2009 Benjamin Evans, The 2009 Bushwick Biennial, catalog, NURTUREArt, p.34
2009 Charlie Finch, "Artists as Optimists," Art Net, 6 January
2008 Benjamin Gennochio, "From East to West," The New York Times, Long Island edition, 19 December
2008 Charlie Finch, "A Brown World," Artnet, 26 March
2008 Sharon Butler. "Deborah Brown Loves Animals," TwoCoatsofPaint.blogspot.com, 26 March
2008 John Haber, "Scratch and Sniff," haberarts.com, 22 April
2006 Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayers, Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Monacelli Press, New York, p. 172
2006 Ken Johnson, The Boston Globe, "DeCordova's 'Ape' is an Entertaining Bestiary..." Arts and Entertainment, 15 September
2006 Rachel Rosenfield Lafo et al, “Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art,” exhibition catalog, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, p.10.
2006 Eleanor Heartney et al, City Art: New York’s Percent for Art Program, Merrell Publishers Limited, London, p. 125.
2005 Catherine Fredman, "Underground Treasures: New York City's Subway Art," Steelcase 360, on line magazine, winter issue, 5 January, p. 1.
2004 "Artist of the Week," Metro New York, 16 December, p.17.
2004 James Gardner, "Museum Without Walls," New York Post, 24 April, p. 6.
2003 Roberta Hershenson, "From Pound to Portrait," The New York Times Westchester, 13 April, section 14, p. 10
2003 Cate McQuaid, "The Stories Portraits Tell Us," The Boston Globe, 28 March, p. D18
2003 New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston, Massachusetts, Number 44, pp. 14-17
2003 Charlie Finch, "When Your Friends Make Art," ArtNet, 3/5
2003 Robert O'Harrow, "Tunnel Visions," The Washington Post, 16 February, pp. E1 and 4
2002 Julia Szabo, "Breeds Apart," New York Post, 5 May, p. 60
2001 Reena Jana, "New York Reviews," ARTnews, October, p. 174
2001 Ken Johnson, "Art Guide," The New York Times, 1 June, p. E34
2001 Charlie Finch, "Deborah Brown Paints Dogs: Looking Down on Man 'Best Friend," Artnet, 23 April
2001 Bonnie Biles, "Gallery Watch," Art & Antiques, May, pp. 36, 38
1998 Lorraine B. Diehl, "Metropolitan Masterpieces," Daily News, 6 August , cover, "Lifeline"
1998 Ken Johnson, "Art Guide," The New York Times, 3 July, p. E34
1998 Andrew Long, "Openings," Art & Antiques, Summer, p. 32
1996 David W. Dunlap, "Next Stop, Murals; Change Here for Uptown Sculpture," The New York Times, 1 May, p. E52
1995 Carol Vogel, "Beyond Museum Precincts, The City as Gallery," The New York Times, 22 January, pp. C11-12
1994 Grace Glueck, "Prowling the City for Art?" The New York Observer, vol. 9, no. 31, 14 August, p. 18
1993 George Melrod, "Something Wild," Mirabella, August, pp . 40-42
1991 Edward J. Sozanski, "Nine Artists Show Frailty of Water Environments," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 March
1989 Gerrit Henry, "New York Reviews," Art in America, April, p.168
1988 Ruth Bass, "New York Reviews," ARTnews, Jan., pp. 141-44
1988 Marlena Donohue, "The Galleries," The Los Angeles Times, 29 January, sec. VI, p. 16
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2008 Mosaic mural, Animal Shelter/Veterinary Clinic, City of Memphis, commissioned by UrbanArt Commission (in progress)
2002 Mosaic roundels, Royal Caribbean Cruise Terminal, Port of Miami, commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places
2001 Mosaic frieze, P.S. 178, Manhattan, commissioned by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program
2000 Mosaic mural, Garfield Avenue Station, Jersey City, NJ Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit, commissioned by NJ Transit
1998 Mosaic mural, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, commissioned by Art in State Buildings Program
1994 Mosaic murals, Houston Street Subway Station, Manhattan, commissioned by New York MTA Arts for Transit
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Indianapolis Museum of Art
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
Bass Museum of Art, Miami
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama
Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami
The Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina |
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Andy and Christine Hall
Alan Lau
Johnson X. Yang
Nion McEvoy
Rob Thomas and Eric Suwall
Douglas Andrews
Charlie Ferrer
Michel Cohen
Pamela and David Hornik
Sara Vance Waddell
Ann and Mel Schaffer
Raymond Learsy
Raymond J. Learsy
Sue Stoffel
JP Morgan Chase Art Collection
City of New York, Health and Hospitals Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Laura and John Arnold Foundation, New York and Houston
United States Dept. of State, U.S. Embassy, Bogota, Colombia
Tudor Investments, Greenwich, Connecticut
ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas
Fidelity Investments, Boston |
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