Mark Brown Paintings

Selected Solo and Small Group Exhibitions

2014 “Mark Brown: October Red,” Gallery One, Artspace, Raleigh, NC. Solo
2012 “Unscripted,” Craven Allen Gallery, Durham, NC. Three-person. Invitational
2010 “Mark Brown,” Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC. Solo
2008 “Force Field and Weather Patterns: Mark Brown and Mario Marzan,” Semans Gallery, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC. Invitational
2007 “Mark Brown and Margaret White,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC.
2007 “Mark Brown: Winterreise,” 5ive & 40rty Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC. Solo
2007 Wichita State University, solo exhibition of prints; digital images from the Winter series projected on a 14′ screen during a performance of Schubert’s Winterreise
2005-06 “Winterreise,” National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC. Solo
2003 “Mark Brown: New Paintings”, HagerSmith Design Gallery, Raleigh, NC. Solo
1994 “Primary Natures,” E. S. Vandam Gallery, New York, NY. Three-person
1994 Marita Gilliam Gallery, Raleigh, NC. Two-person
1993 “Die Grosse Nacht,” Duke Institute of the Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC. Solo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020 #STILLCONTEMPORARY, 40th Anniversary Hodges Taylor Gallery Commemorative Exhibition, Charlotte, NC
2020 “Front Burner: Highlights of Contemporary North Carolina Painting,” North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
2017 “Survey,” five abstract artists, Hodges Taylor, Charlotte, NC
2015 “Art in America,” representing North Carolina, Art Basel Satellite Art Show, Miami, FL. Curated by Julie Torres
2015 Grand Prize, North Carolina Artists Exhibition. Juror- Herb Jackson, Professor Emeritus, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
2014 “Graphics: Drawings and Prints,” FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC. Invitational
2013 “Independents,” ‘Five of North Carolina’s Most Accomplished Abstract Painters.’ Greenhill Center, Greensboro, NC. Curated by Edie Carpenter
2006 Grand Prize, North Carolina Artists Exhibition. Juror – Alison De Lima Greene, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2006 “Order(ed)”. Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Julie Karabenick. Catalog
2001 “Other Worlds”, The Painting Center, New York, NY
1994 “New Art,” Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC. Juror – Katy Kline, Director, Bowdoin Museum of Art. Brunswick, ME
1993 Triennial North Carolina Artists Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Juror – Michael Auping, Director, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Catalog
1993 “Art on a Small Scale,” Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
1992 “Temporal Surfaces-Six Abstract Painters,” Davidson College Art Gallery, Davidson, NC. Catalog. Mark Brown, Linda Gentile, Peter Pinchbeck, Edwin Ruda, Diane Townsend, Joe Walentini
1984 Triennial North Carolina Artists Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Juror – Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA. Catalog
1983 Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

Selected Awards

2016 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2015 Grand Prize, North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh, NC
2012 Fellowship, The Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
2011 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
2007 EAG Project Grant, Durham, NC Arts Council
2006 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Artist Residency Grant
2006 Grand Prize, North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh, NC
1992 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Finalist – Painting
1991 EAG Project Grant, Durham, NC Arts Council
1984 Kent State University Summer Art Program, Kent, OH, Full Scholarship
1983 Smith Fund Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Selected Publications / Reviews

Broadstone Books,”Mark Brown: Unspoken Epiphanies”, monograph, 2020
University of North Carolina Press, “The Art of the State”, 2022
artdaily.org, “Greenhill Center exhibition of North Carolina Abstract artists,” April 2013
The Blotter, cover art and centerfold, October 2007
Dougherty, Linda Johnson, “ART”, The Spectator, December 6, 1995. Photo
Dougherty, Linda Johnson, “Abstraction and Representation,” The Spectator, January 20, 1994. Photo
Durham Herald-Sun, Best Bets, August 22, 1993. Photo
Fabbri, Anna, Art Matters, June, 2006
Fallon, Roberta, “Beauty, Order and Originality,” ORDER(ED) Exhibition Catalog, 2006
“Five Visual Artists You Should Know”, Raleigh News & Observer, June 10, 2006. Photo
Garr, Shana Dumont, Artist Interview, artspace, September 2014
Genetics in Medicine, cover art, 5 issues
Greenberg, Blue, “Art.” Durham Herald-Sun, August, 2012. Photo
Greenberg, Blue, “Blue Is the Perfect Gambit,” Durham Herald-Sun, January 27, 2007. Photo
Greenberg, Blue, “Art,” Durham Herald-Sun, December 10, 1995
Greenberg, Blue, “Mark Brown, Margaret White: Recent Paintings” Durham Herald-Sun, October 31, 2007
Hendricks, Braden, The Duke Chronicle, March 19, 1993
The Independent, Best Bets, August 18, 1993. Photo
Karabenick, Julie, Featured Interview with Mark Brown, geoform.net, February, 2006
Kline, Katy, “New Art,” Duke University Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalog, 1994
Litt, Steven, “Strong Show of Abstract Expressionism in Triangle,” November, 1986
Natale, Michele, “Mark Brown’s Winterreise,” Raleigh News & Observer, January 8, 2006. Photo
Natale, Michele, “Art Picks”, Raleigh News & Observer, November 9, 2007
Newhall, Edith, “Creative Styles of Their Own'”, Philadelphia Enquirer, May 26, 2006
Paschal, Huston, “North Carolina Artists Exhibition 1993,” Exhibition Catalog, NC Museum of Art
Patterson, Tom, “The Shades of Winter”, Winston-Salem Journal, March 16, 2007. Photo
Pinchbeck, Peter, “Temporal Surfaces,” Exhibition Catalog, Davidson College Gallery of Art, 1992
Rossof, Libby, ORDER(ed), artblog, May 17, 2006
Structure and Imagery, April 1, 2013
Triangle Business Journal Book of Lists, Cover Art, 1993-94
Wasserman, Janet, “Schubert’s Winterreise”, Exhibition Statement, National Humanities Center, 2005

Education

MFA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA University of Kentucky

Teaching / Professional

2007- 2011 Art preparator temp, Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, NC
2010 Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists Grant Awards Panel, Durham, NC
2004 Digital imaging volunteer, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
1997 Visiting Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1995 Master of Fine Arts Candidates Critique Panel, UNC- Chapel Hill
1982-83 Teaching Assistantships, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1981 Designed and taught course in two-dimensional abstraction, Rowan Technical College/ Waterworks Gallery, Salisbury, NC
1979 Visiting Lecturer, Kentucky State University

Public / Corporate Collections

Bernhardt Industries, Lenoir, NC
Capitol Broadcasting, Raleigh, NC
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection (4)
Glencore Ltd., Stamford, CT
Medco Research, Research Triangle Park, NC (5)
Midtown Plaza, Raleigh, NC (6)
Neiman Marcus permanent collection, Atlanta, GA, commissions (2)
NITROX, Durham, NC, commission
SEER Technologies, Cary, NC (3)
Sidley, Austin; New York, NY (2)
Ten Capital Management, Cleveland, OH (2)
Troutman Sanders, Charlotte, NC

Representation

Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC

Studio by appointment, Chapel Hill, NC 919.260.8480

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