Iona Rozeal Brown

IrozealB was born in Washington D.C. (USA) in 1966, she lives and works in New York.

Artist portrait: Chester Higgins/The New York Times

 

irb, sweetie, 2013, acrylic on plywood skateboard deck, 32x8x2 inch

Artist Bio

Education

2002
- MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, USA

1999
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, USA
- BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA

1996
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Exhibitions

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

The Concept of Baroque in Contemporary Art, Springmann group show 2013

2013

The Concept of Baroque in Contemporary Art, SPRINGMANN Berlin

2010
– „iona rozeal brown: all falls down“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, USA
– „iona rozeal brown: all falls down“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI, USA

2008
– „iona rozeal brown: all falls down“, Goff+Rosenthal Berlin, DE
– „iona rozeal brown: all falls down“. VOLTA4: Voltany, Basel, CH

2007
– „the epidemic of excess, the detriment of denial“ Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2006
– „Blending Lines“, G Fine Art, Washington D.C., USA
– „iona rozeal brown“, Univeristy of Arizona, Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, USA

2004
– „a3 the revolution: televised, terrorized, sexualized“, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
– „iona rozeal brown“, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA, USA
– „iona rozeal brown“, G Fine Art, Washington D.C, WAshington, USA
– „Bling BIAsian Bling“, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA, USA
– „Matrix 152“, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, USA
– „a3…“black on both sides“, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, USA

2003
– „a3…“black on both sides“, Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA

2002
– „a3…“black on both sides“, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
– „a3…“black on both sides“, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006
– „Stereotypes: Confronting Clichés“, McMoll Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, USA
– „When the East is in the House“, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
– „Dragon Veins“, Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, FL, USA
– „D’Afrique. D’Asie“, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY, USA

2005
– „Say it LOUD! A Hip Hop Conversation: ion rozeal brown and Nikki S. Lee“, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
– „BlackBelt“ Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY and Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2004
– „Notorious Impropriety“, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, USA
– „Pop Rocks“, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
– „New Visions: Emerging Trends in African American Art“, Smithsonian Institute, Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Washington D.C, Washington, USA

2003
– „Transcontinental“, New Image Art, Hollywood, CA, USA
– „Census03“, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington D.C, USA
– „On Line“, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
– „Skin Deep“, Numark Gallery, Washington D.C, Washington, USA
– „Americas Remixed“, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Comune di Milano, Milan, IT
– „New Wave“, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY, USA
– „International Paper“, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA

SPRINGMANN