JOAN BROWN
	Born 1938 San Francisco, CA Died 1990 Puttaparthi, India Education 1960 MFA, California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco 1959 BA, California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 2004 Geroge Adams Gallery, New York, NY 2002 "Paintings and Drawings from the '70's," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA 2002 "A Few of Her Favorite Things: Joan Brown Works on Paper," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2001 "Joan Brown: Dogs and Cats," George Adams Gallery, New York, NY 1999 "Transformation: The Art of Joan Brown," University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and the Oakland Museum of Calfornia 1999 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA 1997 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1994 "Joan Brown: Paintings and Drawings from the '70's," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA 1992 "On Painting: The Work of Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown," University of California, Berkeley Art Museum 1991 "Self-Portraits 1970-1983: A Memorial Exhibition," Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY 1987 "Joan Brown/Jack Zajac: The Sculptures at The Center in Beverly Hills and Other Installations," The Beverly Hills Library, Beverly Hills, CA 1986 "Joan Brown: The Golden Age," University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, CA 1985 "Joan Brown: Paintings on a Water Theme," Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA 1984 "The Early Sixties: Jack Beal and Joan Brown," Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY 1983 "Joan Brown: From the Studio," Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA 1979 "Joan Brown: Matrix/Berkeley 24," University of California, Berkeley, CA 1979 "Joan Brown's Joan Browns," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA 1978 "Joan Brown, Paintings," University Art Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Davis Art Gallery, University of Akron, OH 1977 "Joan Brown/Matrix 30," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT 1974 "Joan Brown," University of California, Berkeley Art Museum 1973 "Joan Brown: The Dancers Series," Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1971 "Joan Brown: Paintings," San Francisco Museum of Art, CA 1961 "Recent Paintings," Batman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1957 "Paintings by Joan Beatty and Mike Nathan," 6 Gallery, San Francisco, CA Selected Group Exhibitions 2000 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA 1995 "Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA 1995 "American Art 1940-1965: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art," San Jose Museum of Art, CA 1994 "Wildlife," California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA 1994 "Here and Now: Bay Area Masterworks from the di Rosa Collection," Oakland Museum of California 1991 "Her Story: Narrative Art by Contemporary California Artists," The Oakland Museum of California 1990 "Regarding Art: Artworks about Art," Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 1989 "Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1989 "Making their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-85," Cincinnati Art Museum, OH; New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; Denver Art Museum, CO; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1988 "Made in the Sixties: Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art," Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York, NY 1987 "The Artists of California: A Group Portrait in Mixed Media," Oakland Museum of California, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 1986 "Selections of Post War California Art from the Permanent Collection," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA 1985 "American Realism: Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Glenn C. Janss Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; De Cordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, MA; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA; Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX 1984 "The Human Condition," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA 1984 "Disarming Images: Art for Nuclear Disarmament," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY 1984 "Content: A Contemporary Focus, 1974-84," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC 1984 "The 20th Century: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collection," San Francisco Museum of Art, CA 1983 "The 38th Corcoran Biennial Exhibition of American Painting," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Long Beach Museum of Art, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA 1983 "Language, Drama, Source, & Vision," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY 1983 "Brave New Works," Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA 1982 "The West as Art: Changing Perceptions of Western Art in California Collections," Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA 1982 "Early Work: Lynda Benglis, Joan Brown, Luis Jimenez, Gary Stephan, Lawrence Weiner," The New Museum, New York, NY 1982 "Focus on the Figure: Twenty Years," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1982 "74th Annual American Exhibition," The Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1981 "Animals: Celebration and Communion," San Jose Museum of Art, CA 1979 "The 1970s: New American Painting," The New Museum, New York, NY 1978 "Aesthetics of Graffiti," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA 1978 "'Bad' Painting," The New Museum, New York, NY 1977 "1977 Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1977 "Archives of American Art: California Collecting," The Oakland Museum of California 1976 "Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 1973 "A Period of Exploration: San Francisco, 1945-50," The Oakland Museum of California 1972 "1972 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1971 "San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition," San Francisco Museum of Art, CA 1967 "Funk," University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1965 "Portraits from the American Art World," New School Art Center, New York, NY 1964 "Current Painting and Sculpture of the Bay Area," Stanford Museum, Stanford, CA 1963 "Phelan Award Exhibition," M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA 1961 "64th American Exhibition," Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1960 "Young America 1960 (Thirty American Painters under Thirty-Six)," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1957 "Seventy-Seventh Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition," San Francisco Museum of Art, CA Awards Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, 1986 National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 1980, 1976 Guggenheim Fellowship, 1977 Adeline Kent Award, 1973 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, 1965 James D. Phelan Award, 1962 Selected Collections Whitney Museum of American Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Philadelphia Museum of Art Phoenix Art Museum Seattle Art Museum University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Los Angeles County Museum of Art Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Denver Art Museum Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul Oakland Museum of California Palm Springs Desert Museum