janinekbr@gmail.com
203.685.5986
Born in Iowa
Works in Connecticut and New York City
Education
1999 Master of Business Administration, Marketing, New York University, Stern School of Business, New York, NY
2018 The Wallflower at the Dance, MORE ART HERE @ the Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2017 The Wallflower Project, Moorpark College Art Gallery, Moorpark, CA
2016 The Wallflower Project, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
2015 The Wallflower Project, Santa Monica Art Studios/Project Space, Santa Monica, CA
2011 The Remington Disarmed, Bridgeport Arts and Cultural Council, Bridgeport, CT
2005 Summer Shorts: Solo Exhibition, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Now: As a Consequence of Fact, Pen + Brush, New York, NY
The Magic Silver Show 2023, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY
Liminal Forms, Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Off The Wall, Red Shoe Studios Project Space, Old Greenwich, CT
Narrations, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
New Artifacts, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York City, NY
Krappy Kamera 2023, SOHO Photo Gallery, New York City, NY
2022 Future Perfect/Imperfect: The Next Century, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Koalaberation, The Schelfhaudt Gallery of Paier College, Bridgeport, CT
Public Private, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York City, NY
2021 Failed State – Restart, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Apocrypha, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Pandemic Art, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Fat City, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Ready Go, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
2020 The ILSSA Ballot for Twenty Twenty, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2020 Open Show, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Make Plain, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Field of Vision, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Exalted One, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Non sequitur Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
New Members Exhibition, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
About Women, Lockwood Matthews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT
Summer Salon, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Out There, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Krappy Kamera 2020, SOHO Photo Gallery, New York City, NY
S(He) Persisted, See|Me, New York City, NY
2019 69th AONE, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Out There, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Sanctuary Cities and the Politics of the American Dream, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
HeART and Mind, Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT
American Fabrics: Rhythms, Schelfhaudt Gallery/University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Complicit: Erasure of the Body, Yale School of Divinity, New Haven, CT
CWA 90th Annual National Show, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Putting It Together II, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
The Magic Silver Show 2019, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY
2018 The Artists Collective of Westport, Pop-Up Invitational, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Between Two Seas/LA International, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Tra 2 Mari/Between 2 Seas, Museo Area Archeologica Arte Contemporanea, Cisternino, Italy
Art Speaks! Lend Your Voice, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
BUNK, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Points of Departure, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Supergirls, Marie Baldwin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ten Women, Marie Baldwin Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2017 Phenomena, Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Personal Vacation, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
VS, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh 2017, SBC/SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 SWEET 16, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
Tell Me a Story, B-Complex Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Face in the Crowd, Artshare LA, Los Angeles, CA
Distinctive Voices, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mix'em Up, Hangar Galleries, Santa Monica, CA
Photo Contemporary/LAAA Booth, Los Angeles, CA
ADORN, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Chaos Theory, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
The Exposure Award Project, See Me at the Louvre Museum, Paris, FR
2014 How We See Her, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
It Narratives: The Movement of Objects as Information, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CTSee Me Times Square Takeover, American Eagle Outfitter's Billboards, New York, NY
2013 The Story of the Creative, Angel Orensanz Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
In House: Santa Monica Art Studios Resident Artists, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Women, Curated by Nancy Moore, Ridgefield Guild of Arts, Ridgefield, CT
2012 Toy Stories, Curated by Helen Klisser During, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
FOODIES, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT2011 LOVE: In the Eye of the Beholder, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Chain Letter, Samson Projects Boston, MA
Somewhat Off the Wall, Greater New Haven Arts Council New Haven, CT
Reticulation, three-person show, Rockwell Art and Framing Wilton, CT
2010 Spectra 2010, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
FARM, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CTFlower (re) Power, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2009 House Project, Westport Arts Center, curated by Terri C. Smith, Westport, CT
In the Mood for Color, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2007 Abstract and Geometric, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
3rd Annual Open Exhibition, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CTSelected
Publications/Awards
2023 School of Visual Arts Alumni Scholarship Award
2022 Grand Prize Award, Future Perfect/Imperfect: The Next Century, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Artist Janine Brown Invites You to Describe Who You Are by Genie Davis for Art and Cake LA
2020 Variety Shows by Joel Lang for Hearst CT Newspapers
Shout Out LA – Artist Feature2019 New Canaan Art Exhibit Promotes Mental Health and Substance Abuse Discussions by Andrea Valluzzo for The Ridgefield Press
2018 International Artists Exhibit in Santa Monica by Genie Davis for Art and Cake LA
Voyage LA online – Trailblazers Artist Feature
Un Ponte Per Gli Artisti Tra Puglia e California by Carmelo Cipriani for Quotidiano di Puglia
2017 Art Muzeo Magazine 1st Issue - Artist Feature
2016 Janine Brown: Wallflowers in Bloom by Shana Nys Dambrot for Huffington Post
Janine Brown’s Ghostly Pinhole Portrait Series of “Wallflowers”, by Caro for Hi-Fructose Online
Face in the Crowd: Art Share LA Group Show Closing by Genie Davis for Diversions LA
Four Solo Shows Connect at Gallery 825 by Genie Davis for Diversions LA
2015 Published in the Portraiture Collection, See Me, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Published in the "Art Takes Miami" Book, Artists Wanted/See Me, Brooklyn, NY
1st Place: Pastels, 2012 Open Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2011 1st Place, Pastels, Expressions 2011, Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
2010 Carriage Barn Arts Center exhibit has a pastoral focus, by Christina Hennessey, Connecticut Post
2007 Pastel 100, Pastel Journal: Pastel 100 Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, April 2007 Issue
2005 Pastel 100, Pastel Journal: Pastel 100 Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, April 2005 Issue
The Artists Collective of Westport – 24/7 @ 47 Main, Westport, CT
Made in Bridgeport, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Urban Essence, Bridgeport Arts and Culture Council, Co-curated with Thomas Mezzanotte
Wit’s End – Nina Bentley Retrospective, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery
beautyMARKS, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery
More Than Words, Leonard Everett Fischer, Victoria Kann, Lori Lohstoeter and Hans Wilhelm, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Co-Founder of MORE ART HERE – 2017 & 2018 Artist-Run Art Fair - Santa Monica Art Studios running concurrently with Art Los Angeles Contemporary