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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Stomach Acid Dreams
Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY (September)
2008
Adventures of a Reluctant Omnivore
Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Adventures of a Reluctant Omnivore
ArtGate, New York, NY
2007
Proteomics
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Pears & Polypeptides
Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2006
Complexities of the Garden
Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2005
Mia Brownell: New Paintings
Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Zymotic Tonic
Duke University Union Brown Gallery, Durham, NC
1998
Prelude to a Stomach Acid Dream
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY
1995
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Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Where Lies Beauty, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Curated by Cynthia Roznoy (June)
Aldrich Museum Radius Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artisits, CT
Amuse Bouche, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Just Art 2010, Twelve 21, New York, NY. To benefit the New York Civil Liberties Union. Curated by Catinca Tabacaru
8 Eyes: Photographs by four extraordinary painters, Jennifer Jane Gallery, New Haven, CT. Curated by Steven DiGiovanni
CIGE, Beijing, China. Presented by Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, CZ
AAF, London, UK. Presented by Bo Lee Gallery
Red Dot, New York, NY. Presented by Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Black and White, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Still Life, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
Alumni Art Exhibition, Zamoiski Segal Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Close to Nature, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, UK
2009
A Taste of Young New York, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, CZ
AAF, Amsterdam, NL. Presented by Bo Lee Gallery
Art London, London, UK. Presented by Bo Lee Gallery
Moments of Macabre, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, UK
Potluck Series, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
Germ Welfare, The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Treasure Chest, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
From the Studio, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2008
How To Cook A Wolf, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
Summer Salon, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Leave Nature to Nature, Artgate, New York, NY
Pretty Things: Confronting the Sensuous, Artspace,
New Haven, CT. Curator: Joy Pepe (catalogue)
Local Growing Conditions, Westchester Arts Council,
White Plains, NY. Curator: Kenise Barnes
The Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, The College
of New Rochelle, NY. Selection Committee: Madeline Segall-Marx and David C. Terry (catalogue)
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program,
Port Louis, Mauritius
2007
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program,
Port Louis, Mauritius
Punchbowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL. Presented by Gallery 138, NY, NY
Flow Art Fair, Miami, FL. Presented by Kenise Barnes Fine Art
2006
YEA! (Young Emerging Artists), Westchester Arts Council, Arts Exchange Gallery, White Plains, NY. Curator: Rosemary Erpf
Modern Edens: Permutations of Paradise, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, California. Curator: Michelle Lee Townsend
Survive/Thrive/Alive, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery,
Bronx, NY Curator: Jennifer McGregor (catalogue)
SCSU women in the Arts, Lyman Gallery, New Haven
Scope New York, Art Fair, New York, New York
Presented by Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn
Seven, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
Curator: Lynn Stien (catalogue)
2005
Caspar David Séance, Jack the Pelican Presents,
Brooklyn, NY Curator: Don Caroll
Synthesis and Distribution: Experiments in Collaboration, Pace University Gallery, NY, NY. Curators: Will Papenhimer, Ron Janowich and Merijn Van Der Heijden
Reality Show, Kenise Barns Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Faculty Show, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven
Scope Hamptons, Art Fair, Southampton, New York
Presented by Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY and
Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Flash Art Fair, International Fair of Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Art Chicago, International Fair of Contemporary Art,Chicago,IL Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
She Blinded Me With Science, Gallery 138, New York, NY
Two-person show with Jennifer Formica
2004
Breathing Space, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Media Loft Gallery, New Rochelle, New York.
Faculty Exhibition, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven
Shifting Affinities,Yale University School of Art, New Haven
Curator: Paul Clabby
Second Nature, Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, New York. Curator: Linda Dennis
Fabrication, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2003
White Columns, Curated Artist Registry
Samson Fine Arts, New York, New York. Curator: Maeve Gyenes
Faculty Plus, Southeast Louisiana University
Flat File Exhibition, artSPACE, New Haven
2002
Claiming the Spirit. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Curator: Wendy Tarlow Kaplan and Linda Poras
Food. Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, New York.
Works on Paper. ArtSpace, New Haven, Connecticut.
The Nature of Things. Gallery 138, New York, New York.
Curator: Brookie Maxwell.
Symbology. Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, New York. Curator: Cyn McLean.
Insight/OnSight. Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. (catalogue)
Big Orbit ten years of spin. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Curator: Gerald Mead. (catalogue)
Works on Paper. The Park Avenue Armory
Presented by Samson Fine Art, New York, NY.
Zg Gallery. Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Curator: Myra Casis.
Planet Earth. New Gallery at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Curator: Sherry Gache.
Holding Pattern. Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Fall River, Massachusetts. Curator: Kathleen Hancock.
2001
Reflections. NCC Gallery, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Curator: Susan Hardesty.
Drawing Today. Arons Art Gallery, Hamden, Connecticut.
Curator: Ben Westbrock.
Drawing National. Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland.
Final Thoughts. Gallery in the Wood, South Windsor, CT
Grrrls!. Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
Curator: Martin Kruck and Lucy Soutter. (catalogue)
Third National. Studio 4 West Gallery, Piermont, New York.
Jurors: Patricia Gutierrez, Betty DeMarco, and Pamela Fedele.
Environmental Injustices. Gallery of Social/Political Art, Boston.
2000
Untitled (space) opens the flatfile. Untitled (space), New Haven, Connecticut
Unknown Generation X. Danforth Gallery, The Maine Artists Space, Curator: Mark Bessire.
4 x 4: 4 Mediums by 4 Artists. Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Curator: Cynnie Gaasch.
Fabulous Food. NCC Gallery, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk. Curator: Susan Hardesty.
By the Palette, For the Palate. University of Minnesota
Alumni Show. Alcazar Gallery, Baltimore School for the Arts
Culture of Class: Issues of Class in North American Culture. Decker Gallery at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Curator: Will Hipps.
1999
Fire & Ice: Nature and Technology. Attleboro Museum, Massachusetts.
Tackling Meaning. Red Chair Gallery, Kansas
Illusions. Kleist Center of Art and Drama, Cleveland, Ohio.
Apocalypse. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York. Juror: Terrance Lindall
American Sentences. Sponsored Reality, Union City, New Jersey. Curator: David Melamed
Stills in Life, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, Wisconsin. Invitational.
The Feast, Fine Art Celebrating Food. South Windsor, CT
You are what you eat. Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill
1998
Constant Cravings. Constance Lindolm Fine Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Art for Environmental Advocacy. Adell McMillan Gallery at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. (catalogue)
The Inanimate: 12 Artists on Still Life. Burchfield-Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College. Curator: Gerald C. Mead. (catalogue)
1997
Biohazard. Walter/McBean Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. Invitational. (catalogue)
Remix. MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York
Consum(e)ation: Food, Fetishes, and Fantasy. Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts. Invitational. (catalogue)
Artist Residency Exchange: Western New York. Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York. (catalogue)
COLLECTIONS
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
Numerous Private Collections
SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts,
Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2010 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,
Radius Program.
2009 American Academy in Rome,
Visiting Artist (January).
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts,
Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2007 US Department of State,
Art In Embassies Program.
2006 New York Foundation for the Arts,
Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2005 New York Foundation for the Arts,
Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2003 White Columns, Curated Artist Registry.
2000 Millay Colony for the Arts Fellowship.
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Art - Painting and Drawing
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
AWARDS FROM CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
2010 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2009 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2008 Promotion to Professor
2008 Research Reassigned Time,
Southern Connecticut State University
2008 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2007 Faculty Scholar Award,
Southern Connecticut State University
2007 Board of Trustees Award for Research,
Southern Connecticut State University,
2007 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2007 Research Reassigned Time,
Southern Connecticut State University
2006 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2005 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2005 Sabbatical leave (ranked first in university)
2003 Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
2003 Research Reassigned Time,
Southern Connecticut State University
2001 - 2010 Faculty Development Grant(s), SCSU
EDUCATION
MFA Painting 1995
State University of New York, Buffalo
BFA Painting 1993
Carnegie Mellon University
Minor Ethics 1993
Carnegie Mellon University
Studied Painting
Parsons School of Design, Paris
Studied Printmaking
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Studied Philosophy
The American University of Paris
Studied Painting
Maryland Institute, College of Art
Studied Dance
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reviews, catalogues, works reproduced, and other publications
Tracey O'Shaughnessy. "Where Lies Beauty" Republican-American. Tuesday, June 29, 2010 section 3D
Roznoy, Cynthia. "Where Lies Beauty" (Waterbury: Mattatuck Museum, 2010)
Hank, Hoffman. "A group exhibit in Westville inspired by photography" New Haven Advocate, May 18, 2010, Arts & Literature.
Philbrick, Harry. "Mia Brownell' Radius. (Ridgefield: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 2010)
--. "Contemporary still life" Northern Vallery Press. pg 9. January 25, 2010.
Brownell, Mia. The Bath Magazine. Bath, UK. December 2009. Art featured on cover.
McGurk, Mollie."New gallery presents New York Artists", Czech Business Weekly. November 27, 2009.
Spoor, Nathan. "Mia Brownell: Skeptical Realism" Hi-Fructose Magazine Volume 13. Pages 16-17 and 30-33. Featured Artist.
--. Carnegie Mellon Today. January 2009, Vol.6 No 1
Korsmeyer, Carolyn. “ The Paintings of Mia Brownell,” Art Exit Magazine, July 2008, 114-117. Featured Artist.
Hank, Hoffman. "Pretty but not vacant at Artspace",
June 11, 2008, (http://ctartscene.blogspot.com/)
Traster, Tina. "Art House", New York Post, June 12, 2008,
Real Estate Guide, Cover, 46-47
Kobasa, Vincent. "Painted Over: Reflections on a desperate art", New Haven Advocate, June 5, 2008, Arts & Literature. Image
Pepe, Joy. “Pretty Things: Confronting Sensuousness” (New Haven: Artspace Gallery, 2008)
Lee, Phil. “Mia Brownell”, Chicago Art Journal, (University of Chicago. Michael Tymkiw and Christina Yu, Editors). 2007 Issue. Featured Artist.
--. “Art in Embassies Exhibition” (Port Louis, Mauritius: United States Embassy, 2007)
--. “ Catch it while you can.” Washingtonian Magazine, December 2007 Issue. Image.
Doherty, Donna. “Art with a Twist.” New Haven Register, November 25, 2007. Featured.
Doherty, Donna. “Hartt’s Best.” Hartford Courant, November 18, 2007.
--. “The Art of Science: Brownell named 2007 Faculty Scholar.” Southern Life, November 2007.
McQuid, Cate. “ Still lifes with a modern twist.” Boston Globe, Arts & Reviews, June 14, 2007.
--. “ 2 SCSU professors honored by board.” New Haven Register, August 2, 2007.
Brownell, Mia. “Mia Brownell”, Issues in Science and Technology, (University of Texas, Dallas. Kevin Finneran, Editor). Summer 2007 Issue. Cover/Featured Artist.
Kuspit, Donald. “ Ambiguous Nature: Mia Brownell’s Painting.” Mia Brownell: Complexities of the Garden. (Buffalo: Big Orbit Gallery, 2006)
Korsmeyer, Carolyn. “ The Paintings of Mia Brownell.” Mia Brownell: Complexities of the Garden. (Buffalo: Big Orbit Gallery, 2006)
Bendiner, Kenneth. “ Mia Brownell’s Paintings.” Mia Brownell: Complexities of the Garden. (Buffalo: Big Orbit Gallery, 2006)
Koening, Sara. “Brownell’s Garden.” University at Buffalo, The Spectrum, December 6, 2006.
Chao, Albert. “Fantasy in Realism.” Art Voice, November 29, 2006.
Brownell, Mia. “Complexities of the Garden”, Gastronomica: Journal of Food and Culture, (University of California Press. Darra Goldstein, Editor) Summer 2006, 24-29. Featured Art.
Newhall, Edith. “Photos at the Print Center.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 23, 2006.
Gouveia, Georgette. “Young & The Restless.” The Journal News, Life & Style, June 23, 2006, Cover, 8-9.
--. “YEA! Young Emerging Artists: Discover the County’s Leading New Artists” Arts News, Westchester Arts Council Journal, June 2006, 8-9 .
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Indoor Freshness to Rival Gardens.” The New York Times, WE Arts & Entertainment, April 23, 2006.
McGregor, Jennifer. “Survive, Thrive, Alive” (Bronx: Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, 2006)
--. “Plant Survival On View At Wave Hill In Spring..” Antiques and The Arts Weekly, April 7, 2006.
Andrews, Jenny. “Behind the Chlorophyll.” Garden Design, March 2006.
Gouveia, Georgette. “A Circle of Art.” The Journal News, The Line, January 27 2006, 8-9.
--. “Mia Brownell” Seven Degrees of Relativity (Rockland Center for the Arts, 2006)
--. “SCSU artist featured in NYC solo exhibit.” , New Haven Register, Education, January 5 2006.
--. “Brownell’s Life Anything But Still.” Southern Life, October 2005, 5.
--. “Shifting Affinities” (New Haven: International Festival of Arts and Ideas, 2004)
Licata, Elizabeth. Big Orbit Gallery, Ten Years of Spin, (Buffalo: Big Orbit Gallery, 2002)
Birke, Judy. “Insight/Onsite”, New Haven Register, March 31, 2002.
Boyce, David B. “Artists explore patterns in BCC exhibit”, Standard-Times, February, 2002
Hoffman, Hank. “Mia Brownell; You Art What You Eat”, New Haven Advocate, October 2001,18-24.
--. “Drawing Today exhibit opens at Hamden Hall.” New Haven Register, September 25, 2001, D12
Thompson, Chris. “Rumination X.” The Portland Phoenix, October 27, 2000, 20.
Brownell, Mia. Connecticut Review, 1999 & 2002 editions.
Bannon , Anthony. “Art show: 42-lb. frog, 1950 toaster, cheese noodles and cosmic mouse.” The Chautauqan Daily, August 16, 2000.
Huntington, Richard. “At home and abroad.” Buffalo News, Gusto, August 1, 2000.
Lustfeldt, Heather. “The Exhibit as Clinic at Red Chair.” Review: News Features and Art in Kansas City, January 19, 2000, 19.
Luzar, Jacqueline. “Good Art is No Illusion.” The Exponent, Arts, November 1999.
Starger, Steve. “Give in to Food Fantasies.” Journal Inquirer, Living, July 2, 1999.
Klaric, Arlette. Contemporary Constructs of Still Life (Buffalo: Burchfield-Penney Art Center,1998).
Huntington, Richard. “Everywhere at Once.” The Buffalo News, Arts & Ent , February 27, 1998.
Huntington, Richard. “Backward Glances.” The Buffalo News, January 4, 1998.
--. The Inanimate: 12 Artists on Still Life Interprets a Traditional Subject, (Buffalo: Burchfield-Penney Art Center, 1997-98), 1.
--. “Hazmat Alert.” San Francisco Weekly, December 1998, 3-9.
Degen Fleig, William. Our Distance Is The Danger, (San Francisc: San Francisco art Institute, 1997).
Huntington, Richard. “Body of Work, Well-thought-out still lifes that look deep inside.” The Buffalo News, Gusto, December 12, 1997, 32.
Huntington, Richard. “What’s Eating The Artist.” The Buffalo News, November 14, 1997.
--. Consume(e)attain Fur, fruit or flesh. What’s your passion? (Medford, Massachusetts: Tufts Journal, Volume 18, 1997), 4.
Worden, John. “Mia Brownell”, In WNY (Buffalo: Hallwalls Inc., 1997), .3-4.
Huntington, Richard “In photo and frame, artists sing the body eclectic,” The Buffalo News, Ent., February 14, 1997.
Huntington, Richard “INSIDE STORIES, Canvases from Brownell’s body of work," The Buffalo News, May 5, 1995.
BOOKS
Contributor, 100 Creative Drawing Ideas. Compiled and edited by Anna Held Audette (Shambhala Publications, Inc. Boston, MA.) p. 158-9. Animated by a Photo Collage
Contributor, 2008 Desk Diary, United States Department of State (Global Publishing Solutions, Vienna Austria). Featuring Art in Embassies Program exhibiting artists.
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