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
selected exhibitions
2023 A Slash of Blue, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK
The New Classics with COLLECTED, curated by Eleanor Edelman (online)
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 (two person) Welcome with Celeste Caldwell, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
Magical Thinking, Ivy League Gallery, (online)
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 (solo) Interiors, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
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 (solo) Long Way Home, Jones Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC
(solo) Farther Along, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
(solo) Magnolia, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
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
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
Deeper Narrative & Emanant Feeling: Interview with Mills Brown, Power Clash Art
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
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
2022 Producer of Early Years and Families at Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
Lead artist for The World Reimagined project in partnership with Modern Art Oxford and
Oxford Cultural Education Partnership, Oxfordshire, UK
Adjunct professor of Studio Art, Spartanburg Methodist College, SC (2021-2022
Member of The Residents Collective, Washington, DC
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