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Roger Brown Biography
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1941 |
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Born: Hamilton, AL, U.S.A.
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1962 - 1964 |
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Attended American Academy of Art
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1968 |
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Awarded his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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1970 |
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Awarded his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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2013
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Roger Brown, DC MooreGallery, New York, NY, January 10 - February 9, 2013
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2012
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Roger Brown: This Boy’s Own Story, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, August 24 – November 10, 2012
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2012
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Roger Brown: Urban Traumas and Natural Disasters, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, September 17 – November 13, 2012
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2009
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The Francis and June Spiezer Collection - Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Trees - DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY
Great Impressions II - Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider / Outsider Art from the Robert A. Lewis Collection - Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
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2008
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Roger Brown: The American Landscape - DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
Roger Brown: Southern Exposure - The Katzen Arts Center at American University, Washington, DC
Evening Light - DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY
Twenty Years (and Still Counting): Highlighs from Two Decades of Exhibitions - Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
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2007
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Hairy Who (and some others) - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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2005
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Roger Brown and Jesse Howard, ArtSpace, Kansas City Art Institute, traveling to the Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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2005
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Roger Brown, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
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2004
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Roger Brown: A Different Dimension, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama, traveling to the Chicago Cultural Center
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2004
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Roger Brown: Selections from the Collection of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
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2004
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That 70s show: the Age of Pluralism in Chicago, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
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2003
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Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Comics in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, traveling to: · The Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University, Columbus; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway
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2001 - 2003
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Jellies: Living Art, Monterey Bay Aquarium
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2002
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Art in the ‘Toon Age, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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2002
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Roger Brown, Chicago Imagist: Selected Works from the Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
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2001
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Roger Brown: Great Lakes Selections from the Collection of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
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2001
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Steel and Flesh, Indiana University Northwest INU Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, IN
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2001
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SUBLIMATED CONFLICTS: Contentious Categories within the Roger Brown Collection, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
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2000
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Bizarro World!, Cornell Fine Arts Museum / Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
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1999 - 2000
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Jumpin’ Backflash: Original Imagist Artwork, 1966-1969, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN, traveling to the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
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1999
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Roger Brown Paintings from the SAIC Collection, The University Club of Chicago
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1998
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Roger Brown and Friends in the Nineties, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, traveling to the University of Alabama-Birmingham
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1997
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30 Hairy: A Celebration of 30 years of Contemporary Art Brought to you by Phyllis Kind, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1996
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Art in Chicago: 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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1996
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Roger Brown: California Dreamin’, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
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1990
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Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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1990
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David Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA
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1988
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Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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1988
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Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1987 - 1988
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Roger Brown, a retrospective organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; traveling to: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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1987
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Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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1986
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1985
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Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
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1984 - 1985
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Roger Brown: A Selected Retrospective, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA, traveling to: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
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1983
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Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1981
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Mayor Gallery, London, U.K.
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1980
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Currents, St. Louis Museum, St. Louis, MO
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1980
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Matrix/Berkeley 35, Art Museum of the University of California at Berkeley
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1974
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Peale House, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1974
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Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
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