Deborah Brown

Born 1955, Pasadena, California
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Deborah Brown received a BA summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University and an MFA from Indiana University. Brown has been a visiting artist and lecturer at Penn State University, Hunter College, Pace University, Columbia University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Yale University and Art Omi. 

The artist's work has been exhibited in the United States and Europe including Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL; Anna Zorina Gallery, New York; Burning in Water, New York; The Lodge, Los Angeles; Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX; Freight + Volume, New York; Underdonk, Brooklyn; Spoonbill Studio, Brooklyn; GEARY Contemporary, New York; Lesley Heller Gallery, New York; Mike Weiss Gallery, New York; BravinLee programs, New York; Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, and Angell Gallery, Toronto. Brown's work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Artillery Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Observer, ARTnews, Artnet, Juxtapoz Magazine, Galerie Magazine, Houston Chronicle, The Denver Post, Madame Figaro, Hyperallergic and ART-Das Kuntsmagazin. 

Brown's work is included in the restigious public collections, among them the Indianapolis Museum of Art, DeCordova Museum, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Orlando Museum of Art, Florida, The Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina. Most recently Deborah Brown's work joined the collection of ICA Miami and Portland Museum of Art (donation from the Alex Katz Foundation).