mills brown
oxford, UK
b. 1993
education
2017 MFA Studio Art, American University, Washington, DC
2015 BA English and Art History, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
solo and two person exhibitions
2024 forthcoming at Florence County Museum, Florence, SC (solo)
2023 A Place to Hide, Fusion Arts Window Galleries, Oxford, UK (solo)
2021 Welcome with Celeste Caldwell, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC (two person)
2019 Interiors, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC (solo)
2018 Long Way Home, Jones Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC
Farther Along, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
Magnolia, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
selected group exhibitions
2023 Oxford Young Artist Competition, Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford, UK
Dara, Tree of Life, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire, UK
Witching Hour, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
Open, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire, UK
Mood, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK
Spaces, Places, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, UK
A Slash of Blue, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK
2022 Open Arts, The Jam Factory, Oxford, UK
Work in Motion, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK
Superposition, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
REVERB, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition 2022 (online)
2021 Heatwave, Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
Garden Party, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC (online)
Alchemical Vessels: Silver Linings, Joan Hisaoka, Washington, DC (online)
2020 Art Month, Hickok Cole and Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Hedges and Houses and Mothers and Children, I Like Your Work (online)
The Sound of One Fork, SWERVE Arts Collective (online)
Unleashing Magic, PxP Contemporary and Create Magazine (online)
Here, There & Elsewhere, Exploring the Idea of Place, Visionary Art Collective (online)
On The Table, Marram Arts (online)
2019 Small and Smaller, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
The Human Condition, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
And Now For Something New Vol. 2, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Quietly Powerful, Sense Gallery, Washington, DC
2018 Dimensions, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
Uprooted, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
Summer Syllabus, Arlington Art Center, Arlington VA
Womxn X Art, The Lemon Collective, Washington DC
Sanctuary, Gallery 263, Cambridge MA
2017 Alternate Views, MFA Thesis exhibition, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC
in print and online
2023 A Place to Hide: Paintings by Mills Brown, Fusion Arts, Oxford, UK
Selected Artist: Mills Brown, Arts in Square
2022 Artist Interview - Mills Brown, Fern & Glade
2021 Q+A: Artist Mills Brown Unravels Memory and Mythology in the American South, Not Real Art World
Welcome Analyzes the Concept of Home at Redux, Charleston City Paper
2020 Art Write Newsletter Issue 12, interview with Maggie Levine
Candy Floss Magazine, The Enchanted Issue, November 2020
Creating Intimate Spaces With Collage by Mills Brown, special mention in Create Magazine Issue XX
2019 In the Galleries: Mills Brown Interiors review by Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post
In the Galleries: Quietly Powerful review by Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post
2017 Mills Brown, The Studio Visit
10 Artists we Discovered at Artfields, The Art Mag
Collage Group Show II review by Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post
residencies
2022 Summer Residency, OVADA Gallery, Oxford UK
2020 Inside the Artist’s Studio virtual residency, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
2016 Glogauair Residency, Berlin, Germany
curatorial projects
2022 New Light, online exhibition with Project Gallery V, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Together, online exhibition with Spartanburg Methodist College, SC
grants & awards
2023 Solo Exhibition Award at Floco Museum, Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Florence, SC
Open 2023 Prize, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire, UK
2019 Maryland State Arts Council, Creativity Grant for Independent Artist
2016 Carol Bird Ravenal Art Travel Award, American University, Washington, DC
2015 Patrick Moore Segnan Award, American University, Washington, DC
Babs Van Swearingen Award, American University, Washington, DC
related professional experience
2023 Producer of Early Years and Families at Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK (2022-present)
Commissioned Installation for the Tiny Ideas Festival, Oxford, UK
Member of The Residents Collective, Washington, DC (2022-present)
2022 Lead artist for The World Reimagined with Oxford Cultural Education Partnership, Oxfordshire, UK
Adjunct professor of Studio Art, Spartanburg Methodist College, SC (2021-2022)
2019 Selection Panel Member for ArtFields Jr, Lake City, SC
2018 Studio Assistant for Zoë Charlton, Washington, DC
2017 Montessori art teacher (2017-2021), Franklin Montessori, Washington, DC
and Children's House Montessori, Arlington, VA