MILLS BROWN
Education
2017
MFA Studio Art
American University
Washington, DC
2015
BA English and Art History
Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC
Solo and
Two-Person
Exhibitions
2021
Welcome with Celeste Caldwell, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2019
Interiors, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
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
Press
2022
Superposition, curated by Mandy Cooper, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
REVERB, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition 2022, Edinburgh, Scotland
2021
Magical Thinking, online exhibition with Ivy League Gallery project
Heatwave, online exhibition with Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Garden Party, online exhibition with Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
Alchemical Vessels: Silver Linings, online exhibition and benefit with Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2020
Art Month, online exhibition with Hickok Cole and Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Hedges and Houses and Mothers and Children, online exhibition with I Like Your Work curated by Pennlyane Shen of Dazed and Confucius
The Sound of One Fork, online exhibition curated by SWERVE Arts Collective
Unleashing Magic, online exhibition curated by PxP Contemporary and Create Magazine
Here, There & Elsewhere: Exploring the Idea ofPlace, online exhibition with Visionary Art Collective curated by Svitlana Martynjuk
On The Table, online exhibition curated by Marram Arts Collective
2019
Small and Smaller, curated by Heather Bhandari, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
The Human Condition, curated by Madison Bolls, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
And Now For Something New Vol. 2, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Quietly Powerful, curated by Jenny Wu, Sense Gallery, Washington, DC
2018
Dimensions: A Collage Exhibition, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
Uprooted, curated by Adriel Luis, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
Congruent, Constellation on H, Washington, DC
Summer Syllabus, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
The Art of Disruption, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
Women x Art, curated by Neon Cat, The Lemon Collective, Washington, DC
Sanctuary, Gallery 263, Cambridge MA
2017
Alternate Views, MFA Thesis Show, Katzen Museum at American University, Washington, DC
Collage Group Show II, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
2016
197k, MFA First Year Show, Katzen Museum at American University, Washington, DC
2021
Q+Art: Artist Mills Brown Unravels Memory and Mythology in the American South, Not Real Art World interview with Morgan Laurens, April 21, 2021
Deeper Narrative & Emanant Feeling: Interview with Mills Brown, Power Clash Art, March 31, 2021
'Welcome' analyzes the concept of home at Redux, Charleston City Paper, February 10, 2021
2020
Art Write Newsletter Issue 12 interview with Maggie Levine. December 12, 2020
Candy Floss Magazine, The Enchanted Issue, November 2020
Creating Intimate Spaces with Collage by Mills Brown, Create Magazine Issue xx Special Mention. July 31, 2020
2019
In the Galleries: Mills Brown Interiors review in The Washington Post. April 19, 2019. Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
In the Galleries: Quietly Powerful review in The Washington Post. March 29, 2019. Sense Gallery, Washington DC.
2017
Mills Brown in The Studio Visit. May 28, 2017. Washington, DC
10 Artists we Discovered at Artfields, The Art Mag, Charleston, SC. April 25, 2017
In the Galleries: Collage Group Show II review in The Washington Post. April 12, 2017. Latela Gallery, Washington, DC
Grants, Awards & Residencies
2020
Inside the Artist's Studio, virtual art residency with Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
2019
Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant recipient
2018
Glogauair Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
Carol Bird Ravenal Art Travel Award, American University, Washington, DC
2017
Patrick Moore Segnan Award, American University, Washington, DC
Babs Van Swearingen Award, American University, Washington, DC
Related Professional
Experience
2022
Curatorial Project: New Light, online exhibition with Project Gallery V, Brooklyn NYC
Freelance artist and art educator with Modern Art Oxford, Oxford UK.
Member of The Residents Collective, artist collective through Capitol Hill Workshop, Washington DC
Adjunct Professor of Studio Art at Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg, SC, 2021-present
2021
Curatorial Project: Together, online exhibition of student work at Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg, SC
2019
Selection Panel Member for Art Fields Jr, Lake City, SC
2018
Studio Assistant for Zoë Charlton, Washington, DC