Renee Brown is a Western New York artist.
Renee Brown's CV:
Education
1990 University at Buffalo, 45 hours in MFA painting program
1982 Rochester Institute of Technology, painting, BFA cum laude
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Interactive Dream Workshop and exhibit , Foundry Suites, Buffalo, NY
2012 Group show, Artist Among Us, Burchfield Penny Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2012 Group show, Liberated Dream, Trevisian Art International, Ferrara, Italy
2010 Do Dreams have Meaning? Discussion and installation, Burchfield Penney Art Center
2008-2009 Group show, Empire College, Buffalo, NY
2005 Buffalo Arts Studio, Tri-Main Gallery, first prize, drawing
2004-2005 Paintings sold at Burchfield Penny Art Center auctions
2003 NAACP Annual Gala, featured artist award, Buffalo, NY
2003 One-woman show, Broadway Polish Gallery, Buffalo. NY
2003 Olean Public Library, Olean, New York
2001 Art Without Borders selected entrant
2000 Mural, Buffalo Elementary School of Technology
1999 Theodore Roosevelt Mansion, group show
1999 Making the Connection group show, Joy Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1999 Sharing our Views group show, Joy Gallery
1999 Essential Nature solo exhibit, Joy Gallery
1983 First place, figure drawing competition, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo
1982 Bevier gallery, "Thesis Show", Rochester Institute of Technology
1980 Courtroom artist, WGRTV2, Buffalo, NY
Articles
2015 Art Business News, March edition
2014 Criterion News, "Dreamscape Book Signing," December edition
2014 Buffalo State College News, November edition
2014 Burchfield Penny Event Magazine, "Dreamscape Book Signing," November edition
2012 Contemporary Art Globally Speaking, "London Curator Pick," Saatchi Gallery, January
2012 Art Business News, "50 Emerging Artists," Spring edition
2010 Trevisan Art International Catalogue, "Liberated Dream"
2010 Challenger News, "Understanding Dreams Workshop at the Burchfield," November edition
2001 Challenger News, " Urban League - NAACP Featured Artist Award," November edition
1999 Challenger News, "Sharing our View," January edition
1999 Burchfield Penny Event Magazine, ’Essential Nature by Renee Brown," March edition
Collections
Buffalo Urban League
Corporate Law Offices
Private collections, USA and Italy
Awards
2014 Peace fellowship, Transart Art Institute
1996-9 DEC Arts council
1995 Schomberg Fellow, University of Buffalo
Books
2014 Dreamscapes book publication in association with Artbook Press
Preface by Dr. Anthony Bannon, Executive Director of Burchfield Penny Art Center
Essay by Nancy Weekly, Senior Curator of Burchfield Penny Art Center
Forthcoming: Lines & Circles books