Two bells
2008
ink on paper
60 x 58 inches

EMILY BROWN

b. Philadelphia, PA 1943
Lives and works in Philadelphia

Education

1966 University of PA Graduate School of Fine Arts, BFA
1964-66 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1962-64 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1960-62 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
Surfaces and Reflections, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Emily Brown: Ink Drawings and Etchings, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2006
Aucocisco, Portland, ME
Kate Ganz USA Ltd, New York, N.Y
2005
Emily Brown: The Evolving Landscape, The James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA
2003
Brush Drawings and Collages, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Searsmont Town Library, Searsmont, ME
Isalos Fine Art, Stonington, ME
2002
Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
2001
List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2000
Recent Drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, M E Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
1999
Kate Ganz USA Ltd, New York, N.Y.
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1997
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Maine Coast Artists, Camden/Rockport, Maine
1995
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
1991
The Nesbitt Design Arts Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1986
Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY
1982
Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1980
Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
Warning: Graphic Content! The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Contours, Elan Gallery, Rockport, ME
INK!, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Philagrafika Exhibition, William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia
Viewing MacDowell: Works by Recent MacDowell Colony Artists, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2006
A long shadow: the influence of Fairfield Porter, Villa Julie College Gallery, Stevenson, MD
Art(212), 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY
Maine Printmakers 1980-2005, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Philadelphia Print Collaborative, 33 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
Out of the Blue, Amy Lipton, Curator, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (Purchase Prize)
Small group, Prints and Drawings, Alcove Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Juried by Yvonne Jacquette, John Cheim and Judith Tannenbaum, Portland, ME
Full Circle, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Prints from the C.R. Ettinger Studio, Hamilton Gallery, University of the Arts, Phila. PA
Drawn to the Present, Jane Dickson and Linda Gottesfeld, Curators, Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY
Mentors and Models, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Sam Cady, Sharon Corwin and Waqas Wajahat, Jurors, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Residents’ work, Alfred Klots Foundation, Rocheforte-en-Terre, Brittany, France, administered by the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Philadelphia on the Rocks, Susan Lerner and David Baker, Curators, Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
The Vernacular in Art, Susan Daly, Curator, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
National Spring Open Juried Exhibition 2004, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
New Prints, Barry Walker, Curator, IPCNY, New York, NY
Baltimore Fair for Contemporary Prints and New Editions, Gallery Joe, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Philadelphia Invitational Portfolios 2001-2003, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
2003
Searsmont Public Library, Searsmont, ME
Isalos Fine Art, Stongingon, ME
Drawings, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
Hot Off the Press: Collaborative Ventures in Printmaking, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Senior Artists Initiative, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2002
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA (Leeway Award recipients 2002)
Summer Drawing Show, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Joe, Art Chicago 2002 at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Gallery Joe, San Francisco International Art Exposition SF4, San Francisco, CA
2001
Taking Stock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Recent Works by Gallery Artists and Friends, Kate Ganz USA, Ltd, New York, NY
2000
Gallery Joe, San Francisco International Art Exposition SF3, San Francisco, CA
Treasure Island, Late 20th century works by eight Philadelphia artists, curated by Richard Torchia, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999
A Grove of Trees, Eglin Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Summer invitational, Maine Coast Artists, Camden/Rockport, ME
1998
In Her Voice: Self-portraits by Women, Helen Mirkil, Curator, Philip & Muriel Berman Museum, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1997
Changing the Rules of the Game, Kocot & Hatton,Curators, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Drawings, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
An Extended View: Landscape paintings by Philadelphia Artists, curated by Lisa Panzera, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
1993
Five Artists, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Invitational, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Twentieth Century Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Morris Gallery, PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1990
The Small Painting, (prize); Sidney Goodman, Juror, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
1985-86
Philadelphia Urbanscape-Portraits of the City, Mark Rosenthal, Juror, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
1985
Contemporary American Still Life, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
1984
Selections: Five Philadelphia Artists, Elsa W. Longhauser, Curator, Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1983
The Wallpack Valley: Contemporary Views of the Region, Walpack, NJ
Contemporary Realists, David Findlay, Jr., New York, NY
1981
Really Real, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Paintings on Canvas, Paper, and Mushrooms by Rudy Burckhardt and Guest Artists, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
1980
Paintings 1980, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
Small Wonders, Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia

Awards and Residencies

2007
Visual Arts Grant, The Independence Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
2005
Pew Fellowship GAP Grant
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts SOS Grants (2)
2004
Residency, Alford & Trafford Klots Residency Program in Rocheforte-en-Terre, France; Administered by Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (postponed for health reasons)
2003
Rutgers University, Print Award, Second Annual Philadelphia Print Collaborative Print Portfolio
Milton and Sally Avery Fellow, Macdowell Artists' Colony, Peterborough, NH
Semi-Finalist (current), Public Art Competition, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Panelist, "Literature that speaks to the visual," Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2002
The Leeway Foundation Grant for Excellence, works on paper
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA, semi-finalist Public Art Commission
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Award for Painting
Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Subject, Senior Artists Initiative, Anne Kaplan, Directot, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Senior Artists Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Fellowship Recipient, painting
1999
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Resident Fellow, full fellowship
1982
Artists for Environment Foundation, Walpack, NJ, Artist in Residence and Instructor

Bibliography

2007
Newhall, Edith. "Drawings that dot the 'I" in ink," The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 20, 2007
2005
Portland Biennial Catalog, Portland, Maine
New American Paintings, 2005, Northeast edition
Sozanski, Edward, “A. Phila. Painter and her evolving vision,,�? The Philadelphia, Inquirer, July 8, 2005.
Brock, Jess. "Artistic Evolution from the Heavenly to the Rotten," Art Matters, June 27, 2005.
2004
Donohoe, Victoria, "Distinctive Touches Add to Group Show", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 2004
2003
Hagen, Susan, "Emily Brown: Brush Drawings and Collages", Philadelphia City Paper, December 11, 2003
Hagen, Susan,"Partners in Art", Philadelphia City Paper, April 3, 2003
2000
Fallon, Roberta, "Fluid Grace", Philadelphia Weekly, November 8, 2000
Lincoln, Nan, "Stone, water and light at the Blum", Ellsworth Weekly, October 26, 2000
Henry, Gerritt, "Emily Brown", Art in America, March 2000
Fallon, Roberta, "Hidden Treasures", Philadelphia Weekly, January 20, 2000
Sozanski, Edward J. , "Exhibit plucks treasures from a timeless place", Philadelphia Inquirer, January 15, 2000
Rice, Robin, "Golden Boy; Richard Torchia maps the way to Buried Treasure at Locks Gallery", Philadelphia City Paper, January 10, 2000
1999
Donohoe, Victoria, "Emily Brown", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 30, 1999
Sozanski, Edward J., "Viewing Women Artists Looking at Themselves", Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1, 1999
1998
Donohoe, Victoria, "Ursinus Show gives the Sense of Image Recycling", Philadelphia Inquirer, December 20, 1998
Csaszar, Tom, " Emily Brown", The New Art Examiner, Chicago, Illinois, July, 1997
1997
Sozanski, Edward J., "Surveying the Local Scene for Landscape Painters", Philadelphia Inquirer, July 4, 1997
1996
Smith, Dinitia, "A Master of the Graceful Sidestep: At Home with Anne d'Harnoncourt", The New York Times, May 30, 1996
1994
Sozanski, Edward J., Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1994
1993
Mangravite, Andrew, 'From Sea to Shining Sea Redux," The Welcomat, July 21, 1993
Sozanski, Edward J., " Museum Uses its Collection as a Lure," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 1993
1991
Reed, Brenda, Art Matters, February 1991
Sozanski, Edward J., "Emily Brown", Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 1991
1986
Wolff, Theodore F., "An Emerging Artist in a Dialogue with Nature," The Christian Science Monitor, January 6, 1986
Sachs, Sid, "Emily Brown," ARTS Magazine, January 1986
1984
Henry, Gerritt, "Emily Brown" ARTS Magazine, September 1984
1983
Zimmer, William, The New York Times, August 14, 1983
The Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown, MA, July 20, 1983
Sachs, Sid, "Emily Brown," The New Art Examiner, Chicago, March 1983
1982
Sozanski, Edward J., "In Love with the Landscape," Philadelphia Inquirer, November, 1982
1980
Katz, Jonathan, The Bulletin, Philadelphia, March 16, 1980

Publications

"Quotable women", Running Press, Philadelphia, Pa 2004
literal latte, Volume 9, Issue 4, July-August 2003
Little, Carl, The Art of Maine in Winter, Down East Press, ME. (photo)
Judith E. Stein, "Collecting the Art of the Times," Searching out the Best, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1988

Public, Institutional and Corporate Collections

Alliance Bernstein, Tokyo, Japan
Blank Rome, Philadelphia
Aronson+Johnson+Ortiz
Dechert LLP, Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College Library, Bryn Mawr, PA
CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Prints and Pictures Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Greitzer and Locks, Philadelphia, PA
Jefferson Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Price Waterhouse
Readers Digest Corporation
Rutgers Center for Innovative Prints and Paper
US Embassy, Kazakhstan

Further Activity

Master lecturer, University of the Arts Foundation Program, Philadelphia, PA (current)
Faculty, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Critic, Post-Baccalaureate Program, Phila., PA 1999 to Present
Instructor, The Arts center at Kingdom Falls Liberty, ME, 2004
Workshop in Ink brush drawing, Chester Springs Art Center, Chester Springs, PA, 2004
Chester Springs Studios, Brush Drawing Workshop, May, 2004
Guest lecturer in conjunction with the exhibition, "American Sublime," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Visiting Lecturer, Critic and Juror, Community College of Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, "Intensive Oil Painting," The Arts Center at Kingdom Falls, Liberty, ME
Critic and Lecturer, Graduate Program, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Faculty, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences, 1998
Art instructor, The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1990-98
Teacher, Montessori and other pre-schools, Philadelphia 1967-74