HEATHER BROWN
Born 1977 in Berkeley, California, USA
EDUCATION
2002 M.F.A., Emphasis in Painting, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1999 B.A., College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Psychic Forms, Five Car Garage, Santa Monica, CA
2020 Flocking Together, Alto Beta, Altadena, CA
2015 Bedfellows, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Ruins, Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Thank You for Your Childhood, Parker Jones, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Drawings, Parker Jones, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Heather Brown: Recent Paintings, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Heather Brown: New Paintings, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Graduating Senior Exhibit, College of Creative Studies Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Works on Paper, 2021, curated by Lanka Tattersall, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2019 Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House (plus Cat house), Serious Topics, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Kristin Calabrese, Joshua Aster, and Torie Zalben)
2017 Wrong, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Better Far Pursue a Frivolous Trade by Serious Means, than a Sublime Art Frivolously, CSULA Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles (curated by Lia Halloran and Rebecca Campbell)
2014 Human-Sized, Fine Art Gallery, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO
Tony Beauvy/ Heather Brown/ Elizabeth Medina/Michael Morrison, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2013 California Visual Music, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
Forms Of Abstraction, Irvine Art Center, Irvine, CA
2012 Hot Paint, Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
Ebb Tide, Rockoon Dot Co, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Kurt Mueller)
2009 Feelings and Power, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Rowan Wood)
2008 Southern Exposure, Ruby Green, Nashville, TN
Heavy Corner, Creative Artists Agency, Century City, CA (curated by Kristin Calabrese)
The Black Dragon Society, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
Some Paintings: The Third (2007) LA Weekly Annual Biennial, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Doug Harvey)
2007 Slices, Phantom Galleries Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, CA (curated by Rebecca Niederlander)
Hovering Over the Universe, Honor Fraser Gallery, Venice, CA (curated by Kristin Calabrese)
Big Secret Cache, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Houseguests, The Brewery Project, sponsored by Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
True Love Always, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Rebecca Campbell)
2006 Way Too Over Hung, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Paintings, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Little Things, Blue 7 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Kunst- und Literaturtage, Circus of Books Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2005 The Hopeful Painter, Blue 7 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Christmas in July, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Observations, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Carpetbag and Cozyspace, Healing Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Hieronymus Slept Here, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2003 Help Thy Self, Blue 7 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Smoking Pencils, Rolling Papers, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-in-Print, Pacific Coast Number 163, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2015 Horst, Aaron, “Heather Brown at Monte Vista Projects,” Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Oct 21.
2012 Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah. “Against Spectacle,” Heather Brown at Carter & Citizen, ArtSlant, Jul.
Tuck, Geoff. “Ebb Tide” with Heather Brown, David Gilbert, and Wyatt Kahn, Notes on Looking, Jun.
Shaw, Michael. Heather Brown on The Conversation: Early Rebellion and Painting as Chess, Notes on Looking, Feb.
2011 Enholm, Molly. “Heather Brown: Thank You for Your Childhood at Parker Jones,” art ltd. magazine, Jan/Feb.
2010 Pagel, David. “Around The Galleries: The Geometry of Imbalance,” Los Angeles Times, Nov 19.
2009 Shaw, Michael. “Heather Brown, review of solo exhibition, Drawings,” at Parker Jones, ArtScene, Dec.
Miles, Christopher. “Heather Brown: Drawings at Parker Jones,” review of solo exhibition at Parker Jones, LA Weekly, Nov 13-19.
2008 LeBlanc, Marc. “Heather Brown: Recent Paintings,” review of a solo exhibition at Black Dragon Society, Artillery, Jul/Aug,
“Continuing and Recommended Exhibitions,” review of exhibition at Black Dragon Society, ArtScene, May
Harvey, Doug. “Some Paintings: The artists in the third LA Weekly Annual Biennial,” LA Weekly, Jan 11-17.
2007 Gray, Emma. “L.A. Confidential,” Artnet, Feb 14.