Melissa Brown
Melissa Brown
Education
- 1996
- BFA, Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design
- 1999
- MFA, Painting, Yale University
- 2000
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2022
- West Coast Paintings, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- NYNY2020, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2018
- Between States, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2017
- Melissa Brown, Tennis Elbow, the Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2016
- Money Shots, Roberto Paradise, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Past Present Future, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
- Future Past, Big Medium for Print Austin, Austin, TX
- 2015
- Four Play, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
- Eye in The Sky Hold ‘Em, NADA Special Project, Basketball City, New York, NY
- 2014
- Eye in the Sky Hold Em, Where, Brooklyn, NY
- 2013
- Gertrudes Nose, Fred Giampietro, New Haven, CT
- 2012
- Kings Park, Roberto Paradise, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Palisades, Kansas Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011
- Dotto Lotto, CRLab at Winkleman curated by Julie Chae, New York, NY
- 2009
- Paper Fortune, Canada, New York, NY
- 2004
- 5 Artist Shows, Kenny Schachter, Rove Projects, London, England
- 2003
- Smokin’ Mirrors, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2022
- Nature, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA (forthcoming)
- 2021
- The Interior, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
- Friends and Family, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
- This is Water, Workplace, London, England
- our constellations: astral embraces and tactual consciousness, Curated by Terri C. Smith, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
- Balloons Dropping from a Ceiling Fan, curated by Morgan Blair Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA
- Potent, curated by Nicasio Fernandez, Harpers, East Hampton, NY
- 2020
- All of them Witches, curated by Dan Nadel and Laurie Simmons, Deitch Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- E-Motionø Support Group, curated by Lauren Powell, Art of this World, IGTV
- 2019
- Fountain, Melissa Brown and Jamie Bull, curated by Katie Geha at the Lamar Dodd Galleries, University of Georgia
- 2018
- Going AWOL, Patrick Brennan and Melissa Brown, Biggins Gallery at Auburn University, Auburn, AL
- Hedonist, curated by Irena Jurek, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
- Show Your Hand, Small Editions, Brooklyn, NYFace Off, curated by Caroline Larson, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Spring Break Art Show, Black Room curated by Emily Davidson and Samantha Strand, New York, NY
- 2017
- Genesis Belanger, Melissa Brown, Roy DeForest, Mimi Gross, curated by Dan Nadel, Derek Eller, New York, NY
- Hide and Go Chic, Rover Gallery, Chicago, IL
- The Dating Game, Rover Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Drawing Island, the Journal Gallery, New York, NY
- 2016
- Nosegays, Tussie-Mussies and Possies, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
- Goulding The Lolly, curated by Brian Belott, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
- Booby Trap, The Hole, New York, NY
- Summer Flats, Shrine, New York, NY
- So Much, So Little, So All at Once, Regina Rex, New York, NY
- Liquid Pictures: Lea Beeferman, Melissa Brown, Erica Magrey, Adam Shecter, Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York, NY
- 2015
- Anderson’s Hidden Game, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- Providence, Fracas psychedelique en Nouvelle-Angieterre, Musee International des Arts Modestes, Sete, France
- Mons Dew, Mass Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2014
- It’s a Force Not a Curvature, curated by Ryan Schneider, Novella Gallery, New York, NY
- Hearts Gymnastics, curated by Yevgenia Baras, Outpost Artist Resources, Brooklyn, NY
- Freak Furniture Fan Club, Bright Lyons, Brooklyn, NY
- 2013
- Draw Gym, curated by Brian Belott, 247365, Brooklyn, NY
- Morphology of The Print, Lehman College Gallery, Bronx, NY
- Home Screen, Petrella’s Imports at Suzanne Geis Co., New York, NY
- Bathers, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
- Land Ho!, curated by Ridley Howard and Holly Coulis, VCU Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
- Value Added: Artist’s Perspectives on the Meaning of Worth, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
- 2012
- Pig Party, curated by Gina Beavers, New York City Gallery, New York, NY
- B-Out, curated by Scott Hug, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
- Centaurs and Satyrs, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
- Ctrl+P, curated by Kristina Bilonick and Julie Chae, Arlington Arts Center, VA
- Chromochosom, Fred Giampietro, New Haven, CT
- 2011
- Gumption, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
- Summer Salt, curated by Ingrid Dinter, The Proposition, New York, NY
- Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
- Dadareaha, CANADA, New York, NY
Public Collections
- Fidelity Corporate Collection
- New York City Department of Education
- The Whitney Museum of American Art
Awards/Residencies
- 2019
- The Joan Mitchell Foundation Residency, New Orleans, LA
- 2018
- The Fountainhead, Miami, Florida
- 2012
- Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painting
Selected Press
- 2020
- Colvin, Rob. NYNY2020, Arts Magazine, December 2020
- 2019
- Halle, Howard. Garden, Sargent’s Daughters, Time Out New York, October 24, 2019
- 2018
- Sutphin, Eric. Melissa Brown, Between States, Reviews, Art in America, September 1, 2018
- Di Liscia, Valentina. Melissa Brown, Between States, Art Observed, June 30, 2018
- Halle, Howard. Best Free Art Exhibitions in New York, Time Out, June 23, 2018
- Schwedender, Martha. “What to See in New York Art Galleries this Week,” The New York Times. June 27, 2018
- Nadel, Dan. “Five Shows in New York," Art in America June 4, 2018
- Hanely, Sarah. “Melissa Brown, Rules of the Game” Art in Print.
- Thackara, Tess. “These artists travel the world to Paint en Plein Air” Artsy Editorial.
- 2016
- Kaack, Nicole. “Going Behind Time: Melissa Brown at Magenta Plains” Review SFAQ/NYAQ/AQ International Arts and Culture July 20, 2016
- Wolkoff, Julia. “Goulding the Lolly at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise” Art in America, July 2016
- Colvin, Rob. “Animations that Show Their Material Roots” Hyperallergic.com February 16, 2016
- Zech, Brandon. “Melissa Brown at Big Medium” Glasstire.com February 10, 2016
- Schwaiger, Seth Orion. “Melissa Brown: Future Past” at Big Medium the Austin Chronical February 5, 2016
- 2015
- Jurek, Irena. “Whitehot New Painting: Melissa Brown” WhiteHot Magazine.com Glasstire.com November 2015
- Zech, Brandon. “Mons Dew at MASS Gallery, Austin” Glasstire.com October 16 2015
- Thayer, Katheryn. “NADA Art Fair Opens Audience Access, Not Floodgates, Through Digital,” Forbes, May 14, 2015.
- “The Stakes are High at Nada,” The Art Newspaper. May 15, 2015.
- Russeth, Andrew. “Nada New York Announces Special Projects and Programming, From a Canine Performance to a Poker Tournament,” Art News. May 1, 2015.
- Chiaverina, John and Hannah Ghorashi. “Nada New York Opens with Gambling, Canine Artists, and at Least One Slurpee,” Art News. May 15, 2015
- Gottschalk, Molly. “Emerging Artists Hang with Top Collectors at Nada’s Best Edition Yet” May 15, 2015 Artsy Editorial
- 2012
- “Palisades”, Art In America, Author: David Greenberg, May 2012 pg. 172-73
- “Reviews” Modern Painters, Melissa Brown, May 2012 pg. 75
- Steadman, Ryan. “Palisades”, Critical Mob.com, March 2012
- Finch, Charlie. “Getting Down with Melissa Brown”, Artnet.com, March 2012
- Donovan, Bill. “Interview with Melissa Brown”, Beautiful Decay.com, March 2012
- 2009
- Wilson, Michael. “Melissa Brown, Paper Fortune” Time Out New York, June 25-July 1 2009