JAMES BROWN
May 15 - June 15, 2003

James Brown, a native of New York City, is an internationally-known artist.His capabilities and talents extent beyond that of a painter, for he is a graphic artist and illustrator.

Most of his work concentrated within the pinnacle of the life experiences of African people in North and South America, Africa and the Caribbean. He is committed to portraying a universal theme, making a statement, or relating a story in the lives and culture of African people in urban and rural environnments that deals with such emotions as; loneliness, love, isolation, happiness, pride, faith and lack of faith, anguish, fear, weakness, dreams, despair, and above all strength and dignity.

Mr. Brown has exhibited his work in more than eighty shows throughout the United States, Europe, Canada and the Caribbean over a fifteen year period and was included in exhibitions with Romare Bearden, Andy Warhol, Jacob Lawrence, Frank Stella, Jack Levine, Will Barnet, Janet Fish, Elizabeth Catlett, Jack Beal and others. His work is included in numerous public and private collections.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Long Island University in Sociology, English, History, and Economics, a Master of Science degree from Brooklyn College, and has taken Doctoral Studies at New York University and Yeshiva University.

Mr. Brown is listed in “WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART”.

Currently, James Brown resides and works in Cambria Heights, New York with his wife and family. He, also, resides and has a studio in Port-au-Prince, Haïti.

E  X H  I B  I T  S
2000	Satta Art Gallery (NYC)
1996	Georgia State University
1996	Sotheby’s (NYC) (London)
1996	Museo de Arte Moderno (Santo Domingo)
1995	Provincial Museum of Modern Art (Ostende, Belgium)
1994	House of Humour & Satire (Grabovo, Bulgaria)
1993	Art Expo (Miami,Fla.)
1993	Voluntariado del Museo de las Casas Reales (Santo Domingo)
1992	World’s fair (Seville,Spain)
1992	Bedford-Stuyvessant Restoration(NYC)
1992	Spiral Art Gallery (NYC)
1991	Festival Art Gallery (Haiti)
1989	Jamaica Art Center (NYC)
1988	Cellar Art Gallery (S.Nyack,NY)
1988	Le Centre d’Art (Haiti)
1987	Dorsey’s Art Gallery (NYC)
1986	Poster Shop Galerie (Martinique)
1985	Schenectady Museum (NY)
1984	Queens Museum (NYC)
1982	Rutgers University (NJ)
1982	Corpus Christi Museum (TX)
1982	Museum of African-American Life and Culture, Bishop College (TX)
1981	Tulane University (LA)
1981	Museum of Philadelphia Civic Center (PA)
1981	Long Beach Museum of Art (NY)
1980	University of Missouri
1980	University of Arizona Museum of Art
1980	Kahn Art Gallery (TX)
1980	Albrecht Art Museum (MO)
1979	1979 Brooklyn Museum (NYC)
1979	Minnesota Museum of Art
1979	Galerie 858 (Montreal,Canada)
1979	Atelier-Galerie Fontaine (Quebec City,Canada)
1978	American International College (MA)
1978	Lever House (NYC)
1976	Windermere Art Gallery (FL.)

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