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Melanie P. Brown
b. 1972
Education:
1996-1998 MFA- Painting. The American University, Washington, DC teaching fellowship.
1990-1994 BA-Fine Art Painting. Knox College, Galesburg, IL Studio Art Major, Granted Honors Project in painting
Artist Residency at The Vermont Studio Center, 1992
Selected Exhibitions:
Melanie P. Brown: Layered Sounds, StudioUs, Chicago IL (to happen 11/30/2019) *Solo show
Artists for Asylum, StudioUs, Chicago IL 2019
Weather the Weather, The Art Center Hightand Park at City Hall, Highland Park IL 2019
Oh Yes She Did, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock IL 2019
Memory and Sound, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL 2018 *Solo show
Redefining Tradition, Ice House Gallery, Evanston, IL 2018
Collaborative Art Series: Concurrence, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL 2018 *Three person show
SOTA, McGarry Bowen, Chicago, IL 2016-2917
Fear No Art, Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago IL 2017
Meet the Artist Be the Artist, Skokie Public Library, Skokie IL 2016 *Solo show
40th Anniversary Invitational, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL 2016
Art Effects, Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago IL 2016
Melanie P. Brown, Claire E. Smith Gallery, Barrington IL 2015 *Solo show
Materiality, David L. Pierce Art and History Center, Aurora IL 2015
Imagined Landscapes, Fermilab Gallery, Batavia IL 2014 *Three person show
Her, Beauty and Brawn Gallery, Chicago IL 2013
F*ck Em/Forgive Me, Fulton Market Gallery, Chicago IL 2012
Open Wall- Lillstreet and Art Reach, City of Chicago-Ward 47, Chicago IL 2011
Birds: Memory and Material, Matrix Gallery, Chicago IL 2010 *Solo show
Faculty Show, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL 2010
Aviary: Artists’ Passion for Birds, Brushwood Gallery Deerfield IL 2010
Group Exhibition, Black Walnut/Robert Wayner Gallery, Chicago IL 2009
Chicago Revisionists, Phantom Gallery, Chicago IL 2009
Selected Live Painting Performances:
Layered Sound Project: performance with Ryan Ingebritsen, Studio Us, Chicago IL 3/2/2020
Teatro Fundus: Live painting performing artist, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL 2/28/2020
Layered Sound Project: performance with Ryan Ingebritsen, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock IL 2/9/2019
Collaborations in Concert: Jazz and Impressionism, Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL 1/18/2019
Collaborations in Concert: Jazz and Impressionism, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL 1/11/2019
Featured Artist at JRAC: Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson Trio, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL 7/12/2018
Layered Sound Project: performance with Ryan Ingebritsen, as part of In The Realm of Senses, PianoForte, Chicago, IL 6/16/2018
Layered Sound Project: performance with Ryan Ingebritsen, as part of In The Realm of Senses, Mayne Stage, Chicago, IL 5/26/2018
Layered Sound Project: performance with Ryan Ingebritsen, Annex Project Space, Chicago, IL 4/16/2018
Featured Artist at JRAC, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL 3/8/2018
Collaborations in Concert with The Ursa Ensemble, DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, Chicago IL 4/28/2017
Collaborations in Concert with The Ursa Ensemble, DANK Haus German American Cultural Center,, Chicago, IL 11/13/2015
Collaborations in Concert with The Ursa Ensemble, DePaul Art Museum, 10/23/2015
Copyright 2015