James Justin
Brown - b. 1973
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Project
Architect, 1998 current
Freelance
Designer / Artist / Writer - current
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Architecture, Virginia Tech, May 1996
Diploma, American High School of Madrid, Spain 1991
ART EDUCATION:
5 years Design Lab, Virginia Tech Architecture
1
year Pottery and Ceramics
1
Year Water Color
PUBLICATIONS:
"The Renascent - Painting vol. 1, J. Morse, 2005 Exhibition Catalog James Justin Brown, Delight Hamilton Gallery 2004
"The Artists Bluebook - 29,000 North American Artists", Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Ed), 2003
"insanity", Nightfall of Diamonds, August 1997 - poem Self
published book of poetry Journey up the Mountain 2001 OTHER EVENTS:
"Art Detour Seattle 2004 - Center on Contemporary Arts - " Open Studio COLLECTIONS:
Coos Art Museum - Coos Bay, Oregon (3 paintings) 114
works in private collections in 21 states and 4 countries COMMISSIONS: 1998
- Mercy 30x42 Charcoal Jim Vogler, Chicago Illinois MEDIUMS: Oil, Acrylic, Oil pastel, Charcoal, Pastel, Gouache, Water color,
Pen, Colored pencil, Ink, Chalk, Magic marker, Pencil, Saliva, Broken
paintbrush pieces, Varnishes, and finishes, Cigarette ash, Wine, Crayon, Plant
pigments, Wood, Other water based paints, Digital pixels, Blood, Plaster,
Metal, smoke Applied to: Linen, cotton canvas, Masonite, Cardboard, Wood, Canvas board, Charcoal paper,
Water color paper, Brown crate paper, Sketch paper, Unstretched canvas, Paper
bags, Cardboard, Wood, clothing, other Cloth, My body, Walls, Table clothes,
Paper fragments, Rubylith, Napkins, Magazines Applied with: Paintbrushes, Broken paintbrushes, Fingers,
Sticks, pointed objects, Chisels, Knives, Other parts of my body, Hammers, Fire, Random
available household objects, Sheer will power
UPCOMMING - CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
Henry Art Gallery, auction - Bash Art, Seattle WA - May 18, 2007
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Gallery IMA 2 person show, Seattle, WA, January 2007
Artifakt, Seattle, WA, Nov 3rd. 2006
Coos Art Museum, "Expressions West" Coos Bay, OR, May 26-July 13 2006
Columbia City Gallery, "Plugged In and Caffinated" Seattle, WA, May 10-July 9 2006
Expressions West - Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, July 12, 2005, juror, Norm Lundin
Allied Arts, juried show, Richland WA - May 8-June 3, 2005
Calix Fine Art, 3 person show, Seattle - September 2004
Works on Paper - Calix Fine Art, Group Exhibition - Seattle - July 2004
Delight Hamilton Gallery Group Show, (8) works - April 2004
Little Things Count Center On Contemporary Arts, Seattle WA - Nov-Dec 2003 - 6 works
Northwinds Art Center, Port Townsend WA - October 2003 - juror - Greg Bell, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Tacoma Art Museum
Secluded Alley Works, "Not of This Earth, Seattle WA, September 2003
Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg PA, May-June 2003 juror - Yvette Lee, Asst. Currator at the Whitney Museum of Art
Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle WA, ongoing, 2003 3 Works
Little Things Count - Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle WA, December 2002 4 Works
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Delight Hamilton Gallery Solo Exhibition - March 2004
Samis Gallery Foundation, October 14 - November 14, 2002 Exhibition
Ureibo Gallery, Seattle WA, December 2000 Exhibition of 26 works, primarily oils and
acrylics
XYZ Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, September 1995 Exhibition of over 100 works in
Oil, Acrylic, pastel, & watercolor
Henry Art Gallery, auction - Bash Art, Seattle WA - July 30, 2005
Montserrat College of Art 17th Annual Auction Exhibition and Auction - May 2003
Montserrat College of Art 16th Annual Auction Exhibition and Auction - May 2002
Blacksburg "Steppin' Out" art fair, August 1997
Virginia Tech College of Architecture, charity auction Exhibition and Auction - Spring 1993