Department of Digital Information
College of Design
University of Ulsan, P.O. Box 18
Ulsan, 680-749 South Korea
ellie@elliebrown.com
http://www.elliebrown.com
B.F.A. 1997 Photography, Massachusetts College of Art
1997 Massachusetts College of Art International Studies, Skopelos, Greece
2008- Visiting Professor, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, S.Korea
-Color Theory, 2D Digital Design, Content Analysis: Digital Information
2007-Instructor, Rowan University, NJ
-Color and Design, Experiencing Art (Altered Books)
2005-2007 Full-Time Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
-2D Foundations, Photography (Color and Digital)
2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Kutztown University, PA
-Introduction to Photography
Fall 2004 Adjunct Instructor, The College of New Jersey
-Digital Photography
-Introduction to /Documentary Photography (six classes)
2000-2002 Instructor on Record- San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
-Beginning and Intermediate Photo (three classes)
2001-2002 Adjunct Instructor, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA
-Visual and Performing Arts, Music Appreciation 1999-2000 Teaching Assistant-San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Shelly Cook, Shape of Space and Reed Estabrook, Intro to Photography
2000 Internship- SFCamerawork, San Francisco, CA
2005 ArtWorks! Instructor- Mural Arts Program
-An anti-truancy program for court appointed middle school children
-Cartooning, Digital Photography and Documentary Video
2005 Photography Instructor- Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA
2002-2003 Art Instructor- Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA
-Arts in Action resident artist at Montclair Elementary, plus workshops and after school classes in 2-D and 3-D.
2001-2003 Art Teacher, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
-2-D and 3-D Art grades 2-5 for summer and after school classes
2001 Art Teacher, ArtPath, San Jose, CA
-Artist in Residence, McCullam Elementary
2000-2001 Art Teacher, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Grants/Awards
2008 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
2007 Medial Art Museum, Honorable Award, London, England
2006 The Print Center International Juried Competition Calumet Award
2005 International Festival of Documentary Arts, Award of Distinction, Romania
2004 Leeway Foundation, Window of Opportunity Grant
2004 Fraser Gallery International Photography Competition, First Place
2002 Women in Photography International Featured Artist Award
2001 Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Natl. Juried Merit Award
2001 Graduate Equity Fellowship, San Jose State University
2001 Barnum-Everett Scholarship, San Jose State University
2001 National Alliance for Excellence, Inc., ALEX award in Visual Arts
2001, 2002 Catherine Urban Award, San Jose State University
2001 Board of Directors Scholarship, San Jose State University
1997 Dondis Traveling Fellowship Award
Solo Exhibitions
2009- Lover’s Books Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
2008- Images from Ciudad Colon, Galeria Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007- Yo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006-International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2005Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
Elastic Identity, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX
2004
Information, Information, Bridgette Mayer Gallery (project space), Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibition, Tyler School of Art Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA
A Little Girl No More, Richmond Art Center,Richmond, CA
A Little Girl No More, Abrons Art Center, Henry St. Settlement, New York, NY
New Work, Clinton House Artspace, Ithaca, NY 2003-Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbox, TX 2002
Phantom Art Gallery, Girl/Woman/Girl, San Jose, CA
Remembering Twelve, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibit, Gallery Three, San Jose, CA 2001
New Mythologies, Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA
New Paintings, Gallery Five, San Jose State University
Scopophilia, Collaboration with Jennifer Levy, San Jose State University 2000
Girls, Gallery Two, San Jose State University 1998
Girls at Ten, Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain, MA
Of Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, Light Sources, Boston, MA
Select Group Exhibitions
2008
Artoteque 1st Annual Biennial, London England
Never Routine: Women in the Course of Their Daily Lives, Grace Institute, NY, NY
Print Center’s 82nd International Competition The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Pacific Festival of the Book, Victoria Arts Connection, Victoria, BC Canada
Big Food, Bowman Gallery, Allegheny College, PA
Altered Books, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN (curated by Betty Bright)
2007
Dangerous Women, The Gallery at Mercer Comm. College, Trenton, NJ
Crossroads, Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY (catalogue)
Interactions, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Spring Juried Competition, Divishow Gallery, Cuautitlan Izcali, Mexico
Detrius Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, S. Orange ,NJ
Seams and Surfaces, Gallery 124, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Medial 2. Art Biennial, Art Addiction, London, England
Contained Art, Galerie Sei-Un-Do, Zurich, Switzerland
Growing Up Girl, Open Lens Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Holidaze, Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY
2006
Proof: Video Screening curated by Colette Copeland, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
SubTerrane, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Vernacular Spectacular Extravaganza Exhibition, UPenn Meyerson Gallery, Phila. PA
Terror, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Texas Photographic Society International Juried Traveling Exhibition, Austin, TX
Growing Up Girl, Open Lens Gallery at the Gersham Y, Philadelphia, PA
Boobies, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cut and Paste, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Second Skin, Harding Mott University Center Gallery U of Michigan, Flint MI
80th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Engendering Diversity, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
12th Juried Exhibition, curated by Bonnie Benrubi, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
National Women’s Exhibition, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Women’s Things: Reassessing Everyday Objects, Rogue College, Grants Pass, OR
Bound/Unbound, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Framed, City/County of Wilmington, DE
Click Art, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Meraviglia, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2005
Alpan International 2005, Alpan Gallery, Long Island, NY
SPE Mid-Atlantic Video Festival Screening, Fairfax, VA
Philadelphia Cheek, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Momenta Art Benefit 2005, White Columns , New York, NY
Art Full Text, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
National Womenís Show, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
Women, Words and Images, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
Letters, Words and Books, SPA Gallery, Barre, VT
Relative: Photographing Domesticity, ATHICA, Athens, GA
Pareidolia, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Closer In, Contemporary Arts Center, North Adams, MA
Rendering Gender, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2004 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Women in the Middle, for NWSA, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
New American Talent: The Nineteenth Exhibition, Arthouse, TX: Traveling Exhibition re(GENDER), University of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Bethesda International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Pages, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY (Curated by Buzz Spector)
Document, TIXE Art Space, NY, NY
Identity, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Alternative Materials Show, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2003
National Juried Show, Organization of Independent Artists, Gallery 402, NY, NY
Faculty Show, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
International Assemblage Artist Exhibition, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
Ellie Brown and Erin Shaddox, Community School of Music and Art, Mtn. View, CA
Juried Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Girls, Georgia State University Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Heritage Bank Group Show, San Jose, CA
Ladyfest South, Atlanta GA
Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
MUSAWWIR ARMAS, First Exhibition, Trenton, NJ
Regarding Beauty, Texas Womanís University, Denton, TX
National II Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
BayArea LadyFest, San Francisco, CA
June Show, The SPACE Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002 Spring International Invitational Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
The Center for Photography Annual Benefit Auction, invitational, Woodstock, NY
Out of State, WORKS, San Jose, CA
2001
Namenlosen, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA
Best Contemporary Art 2001 WWW National Juried Art Exhibition and Photographic Processed III International Exhibit, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE Urban, Suburban & the Boondocks, The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA
Genderplex, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
Ladyfest Midwest- BLISSTER, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Embodied: Feminist Self Portraits, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
Artist/Athlete/Artist: Portrait of the Artist as Athlete, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
Juried Art Show, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove
National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ-Merit Award Winner
29th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
Women Image Women, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
A.I.R. Gallery 4th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996-2000
Two Photographers, Exit Gallery, Reno, NV, 2000
Terminal, Gallery Oni, Boston, MA, 1999
Perfect Strangers, The White Elephant Gallery, Boston, MA, 1998
Massachusetts College of Art Benefit Auction, Boston, MA, 1997, 1998, 1999
Summer Exhibition, Skopelos, Greece, 1997 International Exhibition
Manifest, A Biennial of Contemporary Visual Art, Copley Society, Boston, MA, 1997
Emerging Image, Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA, 1997
Illuminations, Massachusetts College of Art, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA, 1996
Masters of Art and Trends in Art inclusion in published books by Masters of Today
Exhibition by Art Colony Residents review-A.M. Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica,
Feb. 8, 2008, by Helen Thomas
Maiden USA by Kathleen Sweeney- book article and photos January,2008
Philadelphia Weekly Disposable Culture by Kate Kilpatrick October 24, 2007
International Museum of Women: Art in the Age of Beauty, article Sept. 2007
Journal of International Women's Studies, May edition, Vol 8, no 4
ROMANBLOG video documentary http://vincentromaniello.com/vlog.html
Philadelphia Weekly Dream Girls by Roberta Fallon Jan. 10, 2007
Afterimage What Are You Afraid Of? By Erin Garcia Jan/Feb 2007
PJM News ‘International Photo Exhibits” by Mark Baechtel Sept. 14, 2006
Philadelphia Art Blog “Cut Up and Newly Pasted” by Caitlin Intern Sept. 26, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer “Boobies” by Edward Sozanski August 4, 2006
Philadelphia Weekly, ìCheek Pleaseî by Roberta Fallon July 6, 2005
Amarillo Globe-News exhibition review by Hunter Ingalls, May 1, 2005
Artweek Preview by Debra Koppman, May 2005
Getout Amarillo, exhibition preview by Chip Chandler, April 8, 2005
Girl Wide Web, Book Cover
Women in the Middle, Walker Point Center for the Arts Catalogue, 2004
New American Talent, Arthouse at Jones Center Catalogue, 2004
Cornell Daily Sun, March, 31, 2004 ìLocal Photographer Wins Contestî
IRIS- A Journal About Women, Fall 2003, Issue #47 (photo essay)
JANE Magazine, August 2003, ìBe More Than a Museî page 46 (photo)
Vitaphobia , Spring/Summer 2003 ìEllie Brown, an interviewî
Photofile Magazine #42, Review by Doug Dubois, ìEllie Brownís ëGirlsíî,Winter 2002, pages 26-35 (photos)
San Jose Mercury News, ìArtists Fill in the Blanks in Downtown S.J.î Jan. 19, 2003
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov.22, 2002, ìGirl Watching Fuels Thought at Georgia Stateî , page 6 (photo)
Girls (catalogue), Georgia State University (photo)
San Jose Mercury News, ìOur Art, Ourselvesî, July 23, 2002 (photo)
www.artschools.com/ www.photoschools.com - Featured Interview
The Sandpaper, ìUnreal Reality of Art Examines Its Image in Foundation Showî, Aug 1, 2001
York Daily Record, îI Want My Yorkfest TVî, August 24, 2001
Washington Square, Sharkbyte Art: 100 sharks cruise into San Joseî, page 11
SPE Mid-Atlantic Region Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2006 Lovers Books
SPE Western Region Conference, Oakland, CA, Fall 2002
Girls: Public Spaces vs. Private
At Any Age, a panel discussion, The Gersham Y, Philadelphia, PA Jan. 2007
A History of Book Making, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA Sept. 2006
Altered Book Making, Temple Main Campus Summer Session, August 2006
Lunch Box Lecture, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, October 2005
Foundations Lecture Series, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA, Sept. 2005
Altered Book Collage, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA March 2005
See Art, Hear Art, Speak Art, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY August 2004
New York State Summer School for the Arts, Cazenovia College, NY, July 2004
Growing Up Female in America, Elmira College, NY, May 2004
Re-visioning Women's Bodies, Johnson Museum, Cornell University, March 2004
Notre Dame High School, San Jose, CA April 2002
The Girls Middle School, Mountain View, CA April 2002
Girls for a Change Launch Event, lecture and exhibition, November 2001
Gallery Affiliation
The Print Center Gallery Store, Philadelphia, PA
Artist in Residence
Julia and David White Artist’s Colony, Costa Rica, 2007
Santa Fe Art Institute, Full Fellowship, 2006
Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Artist/Graciela Iturbide, June 2002
Professional and Community Service
2007 Volunteered at Cardinal Bevilacqua Community Center Girls Group teaching Photo
2006 Volunteer photo teacher at Red Shield Homeless Shelter, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Brought visiting artist Robin Lasser to Ithaca College for public lecture and collaborative workshop entitled Persona: Public vs. Private.
2003 Advisory Board and Program Director, Sister2Sister, Ithaca, NY
Developed programming and art show for middle school girlsí event.
2001 Volunteer Artist, Girls for a Change, San Jose, CA. Created audio promotional piece and worked on launch event.
College Art Association, Society for Photographic Education, American Association of University Women
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
Viva la Video- a showcase of Bay Area video artists. WORKS, San Jose, CA Dec. 2001 CommissionsIBM commissioned ìUnder the Seaî for the Shark Byte public art project. Completed with the students of Downtown College Preparatory, San Jose, CA 2001
Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Lafayette University, Easton, PA
Bruno Bertocci, Chicago, IL
Larry Lewis, Kingston, NY
Amber Shields, Brooklyn, NY
Scott B. Davis, MOPA, San Diego, CA
Chis McCaw, San Francisco, CA
Harold Kraemer, San Jose, CA
Lori Braithwaite, San Jose, CA
Alex Campos, Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
Ivy Silver, A Chance to Heal Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Karen Lightner, Philadelphia Public Library Print Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Milnes, San Jose State University, CA
Robin Lasser, San Jose, CA
Robert Brand, Solutions for Progress, Philadelphia, PA
Dirk Buengel, Philadelphia, PA
University of Ulsan, Office of the President, Ulsan, South Korea
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