Brown, Michael
Michael Brown was born to a truck driving nurse lover in rural upstate New York where he discovered his desire to create other worlds through drawing and painting. This determined at an early age his decision to dedicate his life to the pursuit of the understanding and creation of “art”. He received his BFA in Painting from SUNY New Paltz and his MFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design. His work has been shown nationally and internationally including New Orleans, New York, California, Tel Aviv, London and can be seen currently at the Sarah Bain Gallery in Anaheim, Distinction Gallery in Escondido and Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra California.
His work is informed by Greek mythology, cultural, economic and social Eugenics, Contemporary Imperialism, the Oedipus complex and the search for the resemblance of reason in the futility of human existence.
He currently resides in Atlanta Georgia and teaches undergraduate and graduate painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta campus.
EDUCATION
1987-1991 BFA Painting State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz N.Y.
1994-1996 MFA Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah Ga.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 “Ring Masters”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim Ca.
2007 “PURITY” Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim Ca.
2005 “New Work”, Oddstadt Gallery, Redwood City Ca.
2004 “Work and Progress”, Opus Gallery, Savannah Ga.
2004 “New Delights”, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont N.Y.
2002 “Secrets from the garden of delights”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
2001 “Seeing spots and other directions”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
2001 “Places I forgot to remember”, Momus Gallery, Atlanta GA
1999 “Things that Float”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
1998 “Synonomites”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1997 “Water Dwellers”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1996 “Hats of Saints and Sinners”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Southern Organic, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2010 Lush Life II, RoqLaRue Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 A Cry for Help, Thinkspace Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 “SCAD – N.”, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville TN
2009 Power in Numbers 4, QuinQuennium 5 year anniversary show, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
2009 Wonderland, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009 Le Flash, Atlanta, GA
2008 Art Papers Art auction Preview
2008 Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2008 Le Flash, Atlanta Ga.
2008 “Natural Selection”, Distinction Gallery, Escondido Ca.
2008 “Systema Naturae II”, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra Ca.
2007 “Innocent Discoveries”, Distinction Gallery, Escondido Ca.
2007 “Grand Opening”, Tilllie Arts of Marfa, Marfa TX.
2007 “Power in Numbers”, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra Ca.
2007 “Systema Naturae”, Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra Ca.
2007 SCAD Faculty Painting Show, 1600 Gallery, Atlanta GA
2006 “Small Works” Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim Ca.
2006 “Bestiary” Froelick Gallery, Portland Or.
2006 “Power in Numbers” Nucleus Gallery, Los Angeles Ca.
2006 “Icarus” Savannah Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2006 “Icarus” Red Gallery, Savannah Ga.
2005 “Site Unseen” Savannah Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2005 “ReOrder” Red Gallery, Savannah Ga.
2005 “Reorder”, STARCCA, Savannah Ga.
2005 “Re Order” Savannah Gallery, Atlanta Ga.
2005 “In House” Red Gallery, Savannah Ga.
2004 “Group Show” Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea Ca.
2003 “Again” Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah GA.
2003 “Wondrous Realities” Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah GA
2002 “Alumni Show”, Red Gallery, Savannah GA
2002 “Interiors”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea CA
2001 “Talking Heads” Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont NY
2001 “Genetics” Momus Gallery, Atlanta GA
2001 “Metro North” Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
2001 Summer Show, Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago IL
2001 Fine Arts Faculty Show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
2000 Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont NY
2000 “A Different Light”, Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY
2000 International Young Art Auction, Tel Aviv, Israel
2000 International Young Art Auction, New York, NY
2000 Nextmonet.com
1999 Red Threads, Savannah GA
1999 Red Threads, Atlanta GA
1999 “20/20 Vision” Faculty show, Savannah GA
1998 “Jewels of the South II”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1998 “Anniversary Show”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1998 “Small Sacrifice”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1998 “Night on Fullerton”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1997 “Portraits”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1997 “Got Art”, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna CA
1997 South East Center of Contemporary Art, Winston Salem NC
1997 “Jewels of the South”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1997 “10 Year Anniversary”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton
1997 “Night on Fullerton”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1997 “New Paintings”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans LA
1996 Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton CA
1996 “Small Sacrifices”, Sarah Bain Gallery, Fullerton CA
1996 “Art of Art’s Sake”, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans LA
1996 Capitol Art Exhibit, Atlanta GA
1996 Portrait Exhibition, Savannah Civic Center, Savannah GA
1996 Owens Thomas House, Savannah GA
1995 “To Dream of Flying” Bergen Main Gallery, Savannah GA
1995 “Elvis in Excess” Henry Gallery, Savannah GA
ART FAIRS
2006 Affordable Art Fair
2005 Art Miami
2005 Art Chicago
2004 Art Palm Beach
2004 Texas International Fine Art Fair
2003 San Francisco International Art Expo
2002 Art Miami
2002 Dallas Art Expo
2002 Palm Springs Art Expo
2001 Palm Springs Art Expo
2001 Art Chicago
2001 Art Miami
2001 Toronto Art Expo
BIBLIOGRAPHY
November 1996 Orange County Weekly, “Head Out and Hat High”
Guinness Book of World Records
COLLECTIONS
Sir Elton John
Whoopi Goldberg
Savannah College of Art and Design
State University of New York at New Paltz
