Mia Brownell

Still Life With
Gastric Peptide
2010
30" x 36"
oil on canvas

 

 



Solo Exhibitions


2010
Stomach Acid Dreams, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Mia Brownell: Paintings, Museum of Arts and Culture, New Rochelle, NY

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
Internal Icons, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Group Exhibitions

2012
Inside Out, Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT. Curated by Elizabeth Petrson

2011
Lush Life, Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
Horseplay, 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. To benefit the Rema Hort Mann Foundation.
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. 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)

Select Awards & Honors

2010
New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend
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

Education

MFA Painting, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 1995
BFA Painting (Minor in Ethics), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993