Michael Brown
BIOGRAPHY
Michael Brown was born to a truck driving nurse lover in rural upstate New York where he discovered his desire to create other worlds through drawing and painting. This determined at an early age his decision to dedicate his life to the pursuit of the understanding and creation of “art”. He received his BFA in Painting from SUNY New Paltz and his MFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design. His work has been shown nationally and internationally including New Orleans, New York, California, Tel Aviv, London and can be seen currently at the Sarah Bain Gallery in Anaheim, Distinction Gallery in Escondido and Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra California.
His current work is informed by Greek mythology, cultural, economic and social Eugenics, Contemporary Imperialism, the Oedipus complex and the search for the resemblance of reason in the futility of human existence.
He currently resides in Atlanta Georgia and teaches undergraduate and graduate painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta campus.
RESUME
1987-1991 BFA Painting State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz N.Y.
1994-1996 MFA Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah Ga.
Professional Experience
1998-2003 Professor of Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design
2006-Present Professor of Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta
Solo Shows
2008 “Ring Masters”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim Ca.
2007 “PURITY” Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim Ca.
2005 “New Work”, Oddstadt Gallery, Redwood City Ca.
2004 “Work and Progress”, Opus Gallery, Savannah Ga.
“New Delights”, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont N.Y.
2002 “Secrets from the garden of delights”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
2001 “Seeing spots and other directions”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
“Places I forgot to remember”, Momus Gallery, Atlanta GA
1999 “Things that Float”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
1998 “Synonomites”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1997 “Water Dwellers”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1996 “Hats of Saints and Sinners”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
Group Shows
2010 Southern Organic, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
Lush Life II, RoqLaRue Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Cry for Help, Thinkspace Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 “SCAD – N.”, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville TN
Power in Numbers 4, QuinQuennium 5 year anniversary show, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
Wonderland, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Le Flash, Atlanta, GA
2008 Art Papers Art auction Preview
Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
Le Flash, Atlanta Ga.
“Natural Selection”, Distinction Gallery, Escondido Ca.
“Systema Naturae II”, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra Ca.
2007 “Innocent Discoveries”, Distinction Gallery, Escondido Ca.
“Grand Opening”, Tilllie Arts of Marfa, Marfa TX.
“Power in Numbers”, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra Ca.
“Systema Naturae”, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra Ca.
SCAD Faculty Painting Show, 1600 Gallery, Atlanta GA
2006 “Small Works” Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim Ca.
“Bestiary” Froelick Gallery, Portland Or.
“Power in Numbers” Nucleus Gallery, Los Angeles Ca.
“Icarus” Savannah Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
“Icarus” Red Gallery, Savannah Ga.
2005 “Site Unseen” Savannah Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
“ReOrder” Red Gallery, Savannah Ga.
“Reorder”, STARCCA, Savannah Ga.
“Re Order” Savannah Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
“In House” Red Gallery, Savannah Ga.
2004 “Group Show” Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea Ca.
2003 “Again” Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah GA.
“Wondrous Realities” Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah GA
2002 “Alumni Show”, Red Gallery, Savannah GA
“Interiors”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
2001 “Talking Heads” Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont NY
“Genetics” Momus Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Metro North” Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
Summer Show, Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago IL
Fine Arts Faculty Show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
2000 Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont NY
“A Different Light”, Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY
International Young Art Auction, Tel Aviv, Israel
International Young Art Auction, New York, NY
Nextmonet.com
1999 Red Threads, Savannah GA
Red Threads, Atlanta GA
“20/20 Vision” Faculty show, Savannah GA
1998 “Jewels of the South II”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
“Anniversary Show”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
“Small Sacrifice”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
“Night on Fullerton”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1997 “Portraits”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
“Got Art”, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna CA
South East Center of Contemporary Art, Winston Salem NC
“Jewels of the South”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
“10 Year Anniversary”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton
“Night on Fullerton”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
“New Paintings”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans LA
1996 Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton CA
“Small Sacrifices”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
“Art of Art’s Sake”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans LA
Capitol Art Exhibit, Atlanta GA
Portrait Exhibition, Savannah Civic Center, Savannah GA
Owens Thomas House, Savannah GA
1995 “To Dream of Flying” Bergen Main Gallery, Savannah GA
“Elvis in Excess” Henry Gallery, Savannah GA
Art Fairs
2003 – 2006
Affordable Art Fair
Art Miami
Art Chicago
Art Palm Beach
Texas International Fine Art Fair
San Francisco International Art Expo
2002 Art Miami
Dallas Art Expo
Palm Springs Art Expo
2001 Palm Springs Art Expo
Art Chicago
Art Miami
Toronto Art Expo
Bibliography
November 1996 Orange County Weekly, “Head Out and Hat High”
Guinness Book of World Records
Collections
Sir Elton John
Whoopi Goldberg
Savannah College of Art and Design
State University of New York at New Paltz