Deborah Brown
EDUCATION
1978 M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
1976 B.A., Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
The Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York
2006
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York
2005
Thacher Profffitt & Wood, World Financial Center, New York
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2003
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York
Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2002
Travis Tower, Houston, curated by Julie Kinzelman
2001
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York
Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
2000
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York
1998
Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York
1996
Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
1995
Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans
1994
Modernism, San Francisco
LedisFlam Gallery, New York
1992
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1991
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
1990
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1989
Robischon Gallery, Denver
Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami
1988
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1987
Illinois Center, Chicago, curated by Dennis Adrian
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
1986
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1985
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
1982
Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
“Field and Stream,” Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
“A Breath of Fresh Air.” Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2007
"Green is the New Black", Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Surf and Tuf", Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmount, NY
2006
"Winter Salon", Lesley Heller, New York
"A Thing of Beauty", Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
"Animal House", Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York, curated by Karen Shaw
"Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art", DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
"The Manhattan View", Reckson Associates, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, curated by VIART Corp.
2005
"Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit,
Celebrating 20 Years of Public Art", UBS Gallery, New York
"City Art: New York’s Percent for Art Program", Center for Architecture, New York
"Sky, Land, Water", Work from the Permanent Collection
South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi
2004
"Fake Plastic Trees,Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York
"Animal Spirits,Walker Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
2003
"Suspended Narratives, "University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
"Unlikely Portraits,Miller Block Gallery, Boston
"Dog Show,Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2002
"Inner Light: Selections from the Permanent Collection", Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, California
"In the Garden", Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle
"ArtHaus on Paper", ArtHaus, San Francisco
2001
"New Prints", International Print Center, New York
2000
"The Dog and Pony Show", The Workspace, New York
"Animal Magnetism", curated by Stuart Horodner, Bucknell University Art Gallery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
1999
"Water", curated by Thomas Garver, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina
"Wildflowers", curated by Susan H. Edwards, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
1996
"Anima Mundi", James Graham Gallery, New York
1993
"Undercurrents", Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
1992
"Illumination", Art Advisory Service Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, exhibited at Pfizer, Inc., NYC
1984
"Painting and Sculpture Today", Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
SELECTED AWARDS
2005
Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Charlie Finch, “A Brown World,” Artnet, 26 March
Sharon Butler. “Deborah Brown Loves Animals,” TwoCoatsofPaint.blogspot.com, 26 March
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
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.
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.
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
Cate McQuaid, "The Stories Portraits Tell Us", The Boston Globe, 28 March, p. D18
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press,
Boston, Massachusetts, Number 44, pp. 14-17
Charlie Finch, "When Your Friends Make Art", ArtNet, 3/5
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
Ken Johnson, "Art Guide", The New York Times, 1 June, p. E34
Charlie Finch, "Deborah Brown Paints Dogs: Looking Down on Man’s Best Friend", Artnet, 23 April
Bonnie Biles, "Gallery Watch", Art & Antiques, May, pp. 36, 38
2000
Lorraine B. Diehl, "Metropolitan Masterpieces", Daily News, 6 August , cover, "Lifeline"
1998
Ken Johnson, "Art Guide,The New York Times, 3 July, p. E34
Andrew Long, "Openings,Art & Antiques, Summer, p. 32
David W. Dunlap, "Next Stop, Murals; Change Here for Uptown Sculpture,The New York Times, 1 May, p. E52
1996
Carol Vogel, "Beyond Museum Precincts, The City as Gallery,The New York Times, 22 January, pp. C11-12
1995
Grace Glueck, "Prowling the City for Art?The New York Observer, vol. 9, no. 31, 14 August, p. 18
1994
George Melrod, "Something Wild,Mirabella, August, pp . 40-42
1993
Edward J. Sozanski, "Nine Artists Show Frailty of Water Environments,The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 March
1991
Gerrit Henry, "New York Reviews,Art in America, April, p.168
1989
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
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
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
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
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
SELECTED PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Raymond J. Learsy and Melva Bucksbaum, New York
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York
Philip Morris Companies Inc., New York
Fullbright and Jaworski, New York
Reader’s Digest Corporation, Pleasantville, New York
City of New York, Health and Hospitals Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York
Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York
United States Dept. of State, U.S. Embassy, Bogota, Colombia
Princess Cruises, Los Angeles
The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York
Tudor Investments, Greenwich, Connecticut
ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas
Fidelity Investments, Boston