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Joan Brown Biography
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1938 |
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Born in San Francisco, CA
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1960 |
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M.F.A. California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA. During her career, she taught at University of California (Berkeley, CA), Sacramento State College (Sacremento, CA), Academy of Art (San Francisco, CA), and San Francisco Art Insitute (San Francisco, CA).
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1962 |
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James D. Phelan Award
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1965 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany award
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1976 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant
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1977 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1980 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant
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1986 |
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute
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1990 |
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Died during work on an installation in Proddatur, India
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2005
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2004
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George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2002
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“Paintings and Drawings from the '70's," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2002
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"A Few of Her Favorite Things: Joan Brown Works on Paper," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1998
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"Transformations: The Art of Joan Brown", UC Berkeley Art Museum & Oakland Museum of California (solo)
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1997
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"Mary Julia Series and Other Early Works," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1994
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"Paintings and Drawings from the '70's," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1994
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"Here and Now: Bay Area Masterworks from the di Rosa Collections ", The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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1994
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"Around The House", Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York
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1993
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"Paintings and Drawings from the 1970's", Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut (solo)
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1992
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"Joan Brown, Drawings and Paintings," Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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1992
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"On Painting: The Work of Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown", Berkeley Art Museum, Berkley, CA (solo)
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1992
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"Major Works From the Early 1970's", Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1992
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"people", The Gallery Three Zero, New York
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1992
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"Why Painting, Part I", Susan Cummins Gallery , Mill Valley, CA
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1991
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"Memorial Exhibition", Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York (solo)
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1990
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Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1990
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"Bay Area Figurative Painting," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA. Also traveled to: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
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1990
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"Signs of the Self: Changing Perceptions," Woodstock Artists Association, New York, NY
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1990
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"Northern California Figuration", Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
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1989
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"Here's Looking at Us: A Selection of Figurative Works from the di Rosa Foundation," Rasmussen Art Gallery, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA
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1989
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"Personae: Contemporary Portraiture and Self-Portraiture," Islip Art Museum, New York, NY
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1989
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"Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-1985," traveling museum exhibition organized by Randy Rosin Arts Associates
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1988
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Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1988
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"The Artists of California: A Group Portrait in Mixed Media," Oakland Museum; Crocker Art Museum, San Francisco; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
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1988
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" Large Paintings," Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York NY
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1988
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"Just Like A Woman," Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
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1988
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" Lost and Found in California: Four Decades of Assemblage Art," James Corcoran Gallery, Pence Gallery, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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1988
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"Made in the Sixties: Paintings and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum," Whitney Museum of American Art, Equitable, NY
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1988
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"6 Artists/6 Idioms" Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX
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1988
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"Diversity and Presence," Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
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1987
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"Self-Portraits by Women Artists," Security Pacific National Bank's Gallery at the Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
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1987
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"Art Is" Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, CA
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1987
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"Self -Portraits: the Message, the Material," Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
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1987
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"The Figure In Context," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1986
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"38th Annual Purchase Exhibition, Hassam and Speicher Fund," American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1986
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"Joan Brown: The Golden Age," San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA (solo)
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1986
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"Joan Brown, Painting and Sculpture," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1986
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Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1985
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Peppers Art Gallery, University of Redlands, CA (solo)
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1985
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Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, CA (solo)
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1985
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Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1985
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"Five Contemporary Painters," CSCS Art Gallery, New York, NY
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1985
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"Art In the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980," Oakland Museum, CA
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1985
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"Three Reflections on the World : An Exhibition of Three Milton Avery Distinguished Visiting Professors in the Arts," Edith C. Blum Art institute, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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1985
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"Chiaroscuro," Art City, New York, NY
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1985
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"Outline, Cutout, Silhouette," Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
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PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Rincon Center, San Francisco, 1988
The Parks at Arlington, Texas, 1988
Sidney Walton Park, Golden Gateway, San Francisco, 1987
The Center at Beverly Hills, 1986
Horton Plaza, San Diego, 1985
Mattson Jr. High School, Kent, Washington, 1985
Performing Arts Garage, San Francisco, 1985
Ocasek State Office Building, Akron, 1984
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
American Federation of the Arts, New York, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Aldrich Collection, New York City
Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City
Clark Art Institute, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Dillard Paper Corporation, Greensboro, North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Lewis Collection, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond
Los Angeles County Museum
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Miami-Dade Community College, Florida
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase
Newport Harbor Art Museum, California
Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
Oakland Museum, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum, California
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoenix Art Museum
Rene and Veronica di Rosa Foundation, Napa, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Jose Museum of Art, California
Seattle Art Museum
University of California Art Museum, Berkeley
University of New Mexico Art Museum
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
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