Mia Brownell
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MIA BROWNELL
EDUCATION
1995 MFA Painting, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
1993 BFA Painting, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 Minor in Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Stomach Acid Dreams, Sloan Fine Art, New York, 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
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Inside Out, Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT. Curated by Elizabeth Peterson
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
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 Artists, CT
Amuse Bouche, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Just Art 2010, Twelve 21, New York, NY. Curated by Catinca Tabacaru
8 Eyes: Photographs by four extraordinary painters, Jennifer Jane Gallery,
New Haven, CT
CIGE, Beijing, China. Presented by Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, CZ
AAF, London, UK. Presented by Bo Lee Gallery
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
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
The Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Port Louis, Mauritius
2007 US Punchbowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
YEA! (Young Emerging Artists), Westchester Arts Council, Arts Exchange Gallery
2006 Survive/Thrive/Alive, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Bronx,
NY Curator: Jennifer McGregor
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Work has been reviewed by The New York Times, Boston Globe, Washingtonian Magazine, New Haven Advocate, New Haven Register, Hartford Courant, Southern Life, Yale Daily News, The Buffalo News, Art Voice, The Spectrum, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Journal News, Westchester Arts Council Journal, Antiques and The Arts Weekly, Garden Design, The Portland Phoenix, The Chautauqan Daily and the San Francisco Weekly.
Artist features in Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, Chicago Art Journal, Hi–Fructose and Issues in Science and Technology.
SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS
2011 Commission for University of Connecticut, Cell and Genome Sciences Building
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
Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery Exhibition Honorarium
2005 New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend
2000 Millay Colony for the Arts Fellowship
SELECT COLLECTIONS
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Numerous Private Collections
TEACHING
Professor of Art at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven