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		iona rozeal brown bio + work
		Born in Washington, D.C., 1966 Lives and works in Maryland Education
2002		M.F.A. Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1999		Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME B.F.A., Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, Valedictorian, Dean's Honor List
1996		Pratt Institute, Honor List, Brooklyn, NY

		Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010		Upcoming Traveling Solo Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (January-May) Upcoming Exhibition, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
2009		Goff & Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
2008		...of heroines, demons and those on the fence-myth beginings, Sandroni Rey, June 4 - June 8, VOLTA4, Basel, Switzerland
2007		the epidemic of excess, the detriment of denial, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
2006		Blending Lines, G Fine Art, Washington, DC iona rozeal brown, University of Arizona, Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2004		a3 the revolution: televised, terrorized, sexualized, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY iona rozeal brown, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA iona rozeal brown, G Fine Art, Washington, DC Bling BlAsian Bling, (two person exhibition with Stella Lai), The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA Matrix 152, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2003		a³…black on both sides, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2002		a³…black on both sides 2, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA a³…black on both sides 2, Caren Golden Fine Arts
2000		homecoming, Pavilion of Fine Arts, Takoma Park, MD
1999		many faces, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1995		iona 101, Gallery Upstairs, Takoma Park, MD. soul tapping, St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Washington, DC.
		Selected Group Exhibitions / Screenings / Publications
2008		Belle du Jour, Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY
2007		Japan, INC., Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY Iona Rozeal Brown and Zoe Charlton Lecture at the Hirshhorn Museum February 2, 2007
2006		Paper Trail: African American Works on Paper, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA When the East is in the House: iona rozeal brown and Stella Lai, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA Compliciit, curated by Johanna Drucker, Andrea Douglas and Jill Hartz, University of Virginia Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA Three Decades of Contemporary Art from San Francisco Art Institute, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute Stereotypes: Confronting Cliches, curated by June Lambia, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2005		Linkages and Themes in the African Diaspora, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2004		Notorious Impropriety, curated with Franklin Sirmans, Samson Projects, Boston, MA New Visions: Emerging trends in African American Art, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
2003		Pop Rocks, curated by Daria Brit, shapiro & caren golden, Caren Golden Fine Art, New york, NY Black Belt, (Curated by Christine Kim) Studio Museum of Harlem, NY Online, curated by Charlie Finch and Robert Storr, Feigen Gallery, NY International Paper, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Americas Remix, curated by Franklin Sermans, Comune de Milano, Milan, Italy
2001		FFWD Contemporary Art Fair, Hotel Nash, Room Curated by Franklin Sirmans, Miami Beach, FL
1999		Frenzy: Artist's Initiated Auction and Art Sale to Benefit the Luggage Store Gallery/509 Cultural Center, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA Future Shock: New Langton Arts Live and Silent Auction, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA Skowhegan Film Festival, Skowhegan, ME B.F.A. Show 1999, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Radical Performance Fest, Somart Gallery, San Francisco, CA Zyzzyva in Black and White, Diego Rivera Gallery, Curated by Naomie Kramer and Howard Junker, San Francisco, CA Zyzzyva, the journal of west coast writers and artists, Black and White Series, Curated by Naomie Kramer and Howard Junker
1998		Ultra Down, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA Afro Solo, Z Space Studio, San Francisco, CA Portraiture, The Abstract Zone, Emeryville, CA Busted, Crucible Cell Gallery, San Francisco, CA Annual Juried Luggage Show, The Luggage Store Gallery, Curated by Bill Berksen, San Francisco, CA
		Grants / Awards
2007		Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York, NY Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York, NY Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
2004		Matrix Artist, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
2003		United States/Japan Creative Artists Program
2002		Blair Dickinson Award, Yale University.
2001		Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Yale University.
1999		Camile Hanks Cosby Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
1998-99		Honor Student Painting Studio, San Francisco Art Institute. Supplemental Art Materials Award, San Francisco Art Institute.
1997-98		Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute. Student Grant, San Francisco Art Institute.
1996-97		Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Presidential Grant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1994-95		Women’s Community Art Award, Montgomery County Community College, Takoma Park, MD.
		Collections
		Altoids Curiously Strong Art Collection
		Bibliography
2007		Merali, Shaheen. “Haus der Kulturen der Welt: New York – States of Mind,” Exhibition and Film Programme, 28.08.2007-04.11.2007 Buckley, iona rozeal brown, Artforum.com, June 30, 2007 “iona rozeal brown: still exploring and unlikely pairing,” Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2007
2004		Genocchio, Benjamin. "Iona Rozeal Brown, Wadswoth Ateneum Museum of Art," New York Times, April 4, 2004 Palumbo, Mary Jo. "Artist's Japanese-styleprints add new translation to hip-hop," Boston Herald, April 10, 2004
2003		"Biters of Style," Trace, May 2003 Knight, Christopher. "Richly drawn from drawings," Los Angeles Times, March 2003 Koppman, Debra. "International Paper," Previews, February 2003 Mathis, Sommer. "Paper Trail, Global Culture Lends Contemporary Exhibit Wide Speectrum of Artistic Creations, Bringing New Life To Fiber As a Medium," Daily Bruin, January 2003 Brown, Iona Rozeal. "Self-Portrait," Tema Celeste, January/February 2003
2002		"Intelligent Work Forges Links," Los Angeles Times, October 2002 Jones, Rose Apodaca. "Gangsta Geisha," WomenÕs Wear Daily, September 2002 Smith, Roberta. "Roland Flexner Iona Rozeal Brown," New York Times, October 2002