Carol K. Brown (born 1945 in Tennessee) is an American artist that works with sculpture, painting, photography, installation, video, and digital manipulation.[1][2] She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami.[3][4] Brown lives and works between Miami and New York.[5]
Carol K. Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tennessee, US |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Pedestrian series (2006), and Home Décor series (2008) |
| Awards | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986) |
Work
editCarol K. Brown received an MFA from University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1981, and a BFA from University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, in 1978. Brown also had academic experiences at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (1965) and at New School for Social Research, New York (1967).[6]
Brown's artistic practice has elaborated on social commentary about female perception and gender perspectives in relationship to the environment and society. Her initial sculptural work evolved into an expansive multidisciplinary practice, from anthropomorphic figures to abstraction and figurative painting.[7]
Her solo exhibition Off (spring) in 2014-2015 at Under the Bridge Art Space, South Florida, showcased paintings, photographs, installation, and video pieces to touch on the overwhelming and distinct experiences of motherhood and childbearing.[8]
In 2019, Carol K. Brown's solo exhibition Down The Rabbit Whole, in New York, displayed a series of mixed media paintings on board and three sculptures.[2]
Her work is often associated with her metal elongated sculpture work, but her most recent body of work encompasses a series of watercolor paintings and hand drawings, which she titles "Modified Husband." The series, a culmination of decades worth of artistic practice, was on view at Brown's 2023 solo exhibition Someplace Else at Nohra Haime Gallery, in New York.[9][10] The series also takes inspiration from Henry David Thoreau's writings.[5]
Collections (selection)
editHer artworks are featured in international museum collections across the United States including Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art[11] at Cornell University,[1][12] the Denver Art Museum, Colorado;[13] University of Colorado, Boulder;[13] City of Orlando, Art in Public Spaces in Miami-Dade County Art in Public Spaces, and Miami-Dade County Public Library.[1][12]
Awards and Recognition
editCarol K. Brown is the recipient of regional and national awards. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983),[13] the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986),[13][12] and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986).[13]
Further reading
editBrown, Carol K. "Carol K. Brown: Edgewater Ballroom." Nohra Haime Gallery. New York, 2003.
Maxwell, Douglas F. "Carol K. Brown: Pedestrian." Nohra Haime Gallery. New York, 2006.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Carol K. Brown of Nohra Haime Gallery". Nohra Haime Gallery. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ a b "Carol K. Brown". Meer. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Carol K. Brown | Visual Arts Faculty | Visual Arts | New World School of the Arts (NWSA)". nwsa.mdc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Faculty - New World School of Arts". nwsa.mdc.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ a b Hall, Susan. "Artist Carol K. Brown is Something Else - Susan Hall - Berkshire Fine Arts". www.berkshirefinearts.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Carol K. Brown Biography". Artnet. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Carol K. Brown, Untitled Sculpture: Six Vertical Elements., 1986,". Manolis Projects Shop. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "carol k.brown Off(spring) 2014-15". under the bridge art space. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Carol K. Brown: Someplace Else | Widewalls". www.widewalls.ch. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "CAROL K. BROWN". Art in New York City. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Carol K. Brown | Johnson Museum of Art". emuseum.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ a b c "Laocoon's Folly - artisabout.com". artisabout.com. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ a b c d e North American women artists of the twentieth century : a biographical dictionary. Heller, Jules., Heller, Nancy G. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1995. ISBN 9780815325840. OCLC 31865530.
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