Artist Bio
Jenny Brown
Born 1973, Boston, MA
Lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, United States
EDUCATION
| 2003 - 2005 | School of Visual Arts, New York, NY MFA, Fine Arts, May 2005 |
| 1992 - 1996 | Bennington College, Bennington, VT BA, 1996 (Painting and Printmaking) |
| 1991 - 1992 | Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 8/2008 | In Search of Sun Cups at Night Artists Foundation, Boston, MA |
| 6/2006 | “Up in the Attic
and Under the Bed,” The Vault Room at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 7/2005 | “Writing in My Own Language
Backwards…” Servicio-Ejecutivo, Brooklyn, NY |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
| 6/2010 | Ready, Willing & Able - Benefit Exhibition Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 5/2010 - 6/2010 | Art Meets the Green Life-Curated by Maya Allison Projects Candita Clayton Studio, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 4/2010 | I Heart Art 2010, The WORK/Wassaic Project |
| 3/2010 | “Art for Chile,” Benefit Exhibition organized by Maya Allison Projects, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 12/2009 | 5 Traverse at Aqua Art Fair Aqua Art Fair, Miami, Florida |
| 9/2009 | Anonymous Drawings Archive at Alternative Art Fair Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 6/2009 | Back On Our Feet Benefit Exhibition Bridgette Mayer Gallery Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| 6/2009 | Anonymous Drawings at Liste Basel Liste Basel Art Fair Basel, Switzerland |
| 5/2009 | White Box 10th Anniversary Auction White Box New York, NY, United States |
| 5/2009 | Bridgette Mayer at Gallery Night Tierney Communications Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| 2/2009 | I Heart Art, The WORK/Wassaic Project WORK Gallery Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| 9/2008 | "A Bestiary" Pomme Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| 7/2008 | Anonymous Zeichner/Selection Galerie in der Stadtschuene Otterndorf, Germany |
| 6/2008 | Summer Art Party Auction Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, United States |
| 5/2008 | Gallery Night at Tierney Communications Philadelphia, PA , United States |
| 12/2007 | Night of 1,000 Drawings Artists Space New York, NY, United States |
| 9/2007 | Anonymous Zeichner at Berlin Kunstsalon Berlin, Germany |
| 7/2007 | Selection, Traveling Exhibition Blutenweiss at Chez Linda Hamburg, Germany |
| 6/1 - 6/3/2007 | Anonymous Drawings, 6 Blutenweiss Berlin, Germany |
| 3/17 - 3/18/2007 | Anonymous Drawings, 5 Blutenweiss Berlin, Germany |
| 2/2007 | Blood, Sweat and Tires…Part
I, Los Angeles Network Gallery Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| 12/2006 | Blood, Sweat and Tires…Part
I Servicio-Ejecutivo Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| 12/1/2006 | Postcards from the Edge, a Benefit
for Visual AIDS hosted by Sikkema & Jenkins New York, NY, United States |
| 7/2006 | draw_drawing2 at the London Biennial, The Foundry London, United Kingdom |
| 4/2006 | Gallery Night, presented by Tierney
Communications Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| “Je T’aime Tant Presents,
Part 2,” curated by Benoit Vial, Plus Gallerie Aix-en-Provence, France |
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| 3/2006 | “Into the Darkness” Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts New York, NY, United States |
| “Je T’aime Tant Presents,” curated
by Benoit Vial, L’Histoire Gallerie Marseilles, France |
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| 1/2005 | “The Best,” MFA Thesis
Exhibition, curated by Zach Feuer Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 7/2004 | “T Gallery: retro + 1” Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 5/1/2004 | “Spring Forward,” performer in “Jenny and the Animals,” directed by Amanda Bristow Zeitgeist Gallery Cambridge, MA |
| 4/10 - 4/17/2004 | “T Gallery: New Work by Jenny
Brown” T Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 12/2002 | “Defiled/Defined: New Work
by Jessica M. Kaufman and Jenny Brown” Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art |
| 1/2002 | “Rotterdam Film Festival,” Rotterdam,
The Netherlands Lead Actress in “Sue’s Last Ride,” directed by Nicholas Elliott Festivals: Rotterdam, Amiens, Chicago Underground, Portland Reel Music, Luxembourg Cinenygma, USA Film Festival (Manchester, VT) |
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, PUBLICATIONS
| 2009 | Flat Files, 5 Traverse Gallery Providence, RI, United States |
| 2007 | Anonymous Zeichner 6, published by Anke Becker Blutenweiss, Berlin, Germany |
| 2005 | Je T’aime Tant,
Issue #1, December, 2005 Created and published by Benoit Vial, Aix-en-Provence, France |
| The L Magazine, August 03-30, 2005 | |
| 2003 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Berkshire Taconic Artist’s Foundation Full Fellowship Award |
| 2002 | “Critics’ Picks” [Defiled/Defined:
New Work by Jessica M. Kaufman and Jenny Brown], Christine Temin, The Boston Sunday Globe, December 1, 2002 |
| “Where to Go, What to Do, and
Why” [Defiled/Defined], Darcy Scanlon, The Boston Phoenix, December 29, 2002 |
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
| 2006 - 2007 | Adjunct Faculty, Painting
and Printmaking Castleton State College, Castleton, VT |
| 2005 | Studio Assistant to Chloe Piene CP Studio, Brooklyn, NY |
| 3/2005 | Visiting Artist Rollins College NYC Program, 2005 |
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