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Christopher Brown Biography
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1951 |
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Born in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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1972 |
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University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, B.F.A.
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1974 - 1975 |
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Mary C. McLellan Scholarship for independent study and travel in Europe
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1973 - 1976 |
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Regents’ Fellowship, University of California, Davis
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1976 |
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University of California, Davis, M.F.A.
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1978 - 1979 |
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DAAD Grant, guest artist affiliation with the Academy of Art in Munich
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1979 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Special Projects Grant in Art Criticism
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1981 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Special Projects Grant in Art Criticism
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1984 |
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Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
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1985 |
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Eureka Fellowship, The Mortimer Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA
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1986 |
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Award in the Visual Arts, given by the Equitable and Rockefeller Foundations with partial support from the National Endowment for the Arts
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1987 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Painting
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1988 |
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American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Art
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
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2006
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, California
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2004
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Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID; Rail Variations -solo
John Berggruen Gallery, San Fransisco, CA -solo
Paulson Press, Berkeley, California
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2002
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA -solo
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2001
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Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID -solo
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO -solo
Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
San Jose Museum of Art, "Prints from Paulson Press"
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2001
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Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO - solo
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2000
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Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA-solo
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art "The Anderson Collection", San Francisco, CA
Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Prints from the Anderson Collection", San Francisco, CA
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek Art Center, "Abstraction from Raucous to Refined", Walnut Creek, CA
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1999
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Campbell Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA -solo
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Palo Alto Art Center "The Great Novel Exhibition" Palo Alto, CA
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
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1998
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Huntington Museum, Huntington, WV -solo
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY -solo
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
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1997
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Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN -solo
Friesen Gallery, Celebrating Ten Years, Sun Valley, ID
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1995 - 1996
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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, History and Memory: Paintings by Christopher Brown, Fort Worth, TX -solo
Traveled exhibition, selected venues:
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Edward Thorp Gallery, Christopher Brown - Recent Paintings, New York, NY
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1989 - 1990
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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 10 + 10: Contemporary Soviet and American Painters, Fort Worth, TX
Traveled exhibition, selected venues:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
Artist's Union Hall of the Tretyakov Embankment, Moscow
Tsentralnyi Zystavochnyi Zal, Leningrad
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1988
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Award Recipients' Exhibition, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1985 - 1986
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Madison Art Center, The Painted Room, Madison, WI -solo
Traveled exhibition, selected venues:
Matrix Gallery, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
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| Literature |
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Albright, Thomas, "Fresh Paint", Artnews, September, 1982
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Boettiger, Susan, "Fresh Paint, New Fingerprints", San Francisco Chronicle,June 27, 1982
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Kelley, Jeff, "Christopher Brown", Arts, September, 1980
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Fischer, Hal, "Christopher Brown", Artforum, February, 1980
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"Introductions", San Francisco Examiner, July 14, 1977
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Tamblyn, Christine, "Christopher Brown", Artnews, November, 1991
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Moser, Charlotte, "Ambivalence Toward Painting", Artweek, Sept. 27, 1990
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Bonetti, David, "The Elements of Fine Painting", San Francisco Examiner, September 8, 1990
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Jan, Alfred, "Christopher Brown", Flash Art, January-February, 1988
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Berkson, Bill, "Christopher Brown", Artforum, January, 1988
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Baker, Kenneth, "Christopher Brown", San Francisco Chronicle", October 23,1987
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Baker, Kenneth, "A Bay Area Biennial", San Francisco Chronicle, November 9, 1986
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Branson, Jamie, "Autobiographical Landscapes", Artweek, November 23, 1985
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Albright, Thomas, "Christopher Brown", Artnews, May, 1985
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Albright, Thomas, "Christopher Brown", Artnews, May, 1983
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Baker, Kenneth, San Francisco Chronicle, Review, April 24, 2004. E10
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Nahas, Dominique, "Christopher Brown at Edward Thorp Gallery", Review, June 1, 1998, pp. 11-12
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Ollman, Leah, "Christopher Brown at San Jose Museum of Art and Palo Alto
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Cultural Center, Art News, October 1995, p. 155
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Smith, Roberta. Review. The New York Times, June 2, 1995
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Whiting, Sam. “Brushing up on History” San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 1995.
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Baker, Kenneth, “Christopher Brown’s Paintings.”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 1993
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Tromble, Meredith, “Christopher Brown”, San Francisco Focus, September, 1993
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Johnson, Ken, “Christopher Brown at Edward Thorp”, Art in America, November, 1992, p. 139
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De Vuono, Frances, "Christopher Brown", Artnews, March, 1992, p.139
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| Links to further information |
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