Wild At Heart, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011
Lush Life, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
Scope, Presented by Sloan Fine Art, Miami, FL
Horsplay, UB Art Gallery (SUNY), Buffalo, NY. Curated by Bill Maynes
Plus 1, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Mia Brownell, Mira Hecht, Jason Rohlf, Judy a Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
Kin, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Food, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR. Curated by Allison Carruth
Ten years, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Fall River, MA. Curated by Kathleen Hancock
2010
Girls Just Want to Have Funds, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY. (Rema Hort Mann)
Highlights from the Collection, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Nature/Culture, Castel Gallery, College of New Rochelle
Where Lies Beauty, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Curated by Cynthia Roznoy
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. (New York Civil Liberties Union)
8 Eyes, 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. Curator: Joy Pepe
Local Growing Conditions, Westchester Arts Council, Curator: Kenise Barnes
The Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY.
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, White Plains, NY.
Modern Edens: Permutations of Paradise, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, California.
Survive/Thrive/Alive, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery,Bronx, NY Curator: Jennifer McGregor
SCSU women in the Arts, Lyman Gallery, New Haven
Scope New York, Art Fair, New York, New York Presented by Metaphor Contemporary
Seven, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY. Curator: Lynn Stien
2005
Caspar David Séance, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY Curator: Don Caroll
Synthesis and Distribution: Experiments in Collaboration, Pace University, NYC
Reality Show, Kenise Barns Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Faculty Show, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven
Scope Hamptons, Art Fair, Metaphor and Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Flash Art Fair, Milan, Italy Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Art Chicago, Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
She Blinded Me With Science, Gallery 138, New York, NY
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, NY. 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, MA
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. Curator: Gerald Mead.
Works on Paper. The Park Avenue Armory. Presented by Samson Fine Art, NYC
Zg Gallery. Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Curator: Myra Casis.
Planet Earth. New Gallery at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Holding Pattern. Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, MA. 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. Curator: M Kruck and L Soutter.
Third National. Studio 4 West Gallery, Piermont, New York.
Environmental Injustices. Gallery of Social/Political Art, Boston.
2000
Untitled (space) opens the flatfile. Untitled (space), New Haven, Connecticut
Unknown Generation X. Danforth Gallery,Curator: Mark Bessire.
4 x 4: 4 Mediums by 4 Artists. Chautauqua Center, Curator: Cynnie Gaasch.
Fabulous Food. NCC Gallery, 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.
American Sentences. Sponsored Reality, Union City, New Jersey.
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. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. (catalogue)
The Inanimate: 12 Artists on Still Life. Burchfield-Penney Art Center
1997
Biohazard. Walter/McBean Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
Remix. MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York
Consum(e)ation: Food, Fetishes, and Fantasy. Tufts University Art Gallery, MA
Artist Residency Exchange, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
COLLECTIONSNational Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Numerous Private Collections
SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS2010 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, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
AWARDS FROM CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY2011 Creative Activity Award Program, Southern Connecticut State University
2011 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2011 Sabbatical leave
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
2003 Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
2003 Research Reassigned Time, Southern Connecticut State University
2001 - 2011 Faculty Development Grant(s), SCSU
EDUCATION1995 MFA Painting, State University of New York, Buffalo
1993 BFA Painting, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
1993 Minor Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
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
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BOOKSContributor, 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.
FILMFeatured in 'Where Lies Beauty' a documentrary film by Carina Tautu. The Mattatuck Museum commissioned this film to document the Josephine McMillen and Lois Livingston McMillen Exhibit featuring of the dynamic art of five women artists. The film reveals the aesthetic and intellectual instigations behind each of the artists’ creations as well as the precise and painstaking detail required in the art-making process. The artists are: Leah Joo, Susan Madasci, Mia Brownell, Afarin Rahmanifar, and Eleanor Miller.
ARTIST LECTURES, PANELS, JUDGE & CRITIC
2011 Artist Talk, Lyme Academy of Art, Old Lyme, CT
2011 Panelist, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
2011 Juror, Mill Gallery, Guildford Art Center, CT
2010 Artist Talk, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2010 Artist Talk, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT
2010 Drawing Workshop, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT
2010 Artist Talk, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2009 Juror, Milford Fine Arts Council, Milford, CT
2008 Visiting Critic, Maryland Institute, College of Art
2007 Artist Talk, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
2000 Juror, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
2000 Juror, Bruce Museum, 18th Annual, Greenwich, CT
