Arden Bendler Browning

Arden Bendler Browning - Painting


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Large works on Tyvek
1. Between the Lots, 2010, gouache on Tyvek, 120” x 162”
2. Between the Lots, detail
3. Pattern Language, installation view of Haven and Stops), 2009, gouache and crayon
on Tyvek, 60” x 211”
4. Interior, 2009, gouache and crayon on Tyvek, 60” x 76”
5. Stops, 2009, gouache and crayon on Tyvek, 60” x 139”
6. Turnover, 2009, gouache, crayon, and Flashe on Tyvek, 60” x 70”


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Small works on paper
1. Forgotten, 2010, gouache on rag paper, 11-1/2” x 16”
2. Into, 2010, gouache on rag paper, 11-1/2” x 16”
3. Blocked, 2010, gouache and flashe on rag paper, 11” x 14”
4. Walking, 2009, gouache and pencil on rag paper, 15” x 22”
5. Banner, 2009, gouache and crayon on rag paper, 15” x 22”
6. Out, 2009, gouache and crayon on rag paper, 15” x 22”
7. Rearview, 2009, gouache and crayon on rag paper, 15” x 22”
8. Disappear, 2009, gouache and crayon on rag paper, 15” x 22”
9. Hole, 2009, gouache, crayon, and pencil on rag paper, 15” x 22”

About Arden Bendler Browning

Contact Information
e-mail: arden@ardenbendlerbrowning.com
www.ardenbendlerbrowning.com
www.paintsnob.com
The Drawing Center
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
Neatly organized frozen moments are not real. Experience is messy: overlapping reflections, memories clouding the present muddled by competing background noises. The urban environment is a vast sea of fluctuating boundaries arguing claim to the demarcation of space as “wild”, “inhabited”, “private”, “public”, “forbidden”, and “open”. I make sprawling wall-sized and room-sized paintings on Tyvek as a direct response to this environment.

My imagery is derived from actual and virtual meandering throughout fringe neighborhoods within Philadelphia. Google maps' street views counter my real experiences of place by allowing me to jump through time and space. My fleeting impressions of spaces correlate with the inherent distortions of Google's low resolution snapshots of fluctuating, blurred spaces. Similar to the experience of locating one's orientation by coming to the surface when snorkeling, I often find myself lost and need to zoom out of a street view to an aerial view for navigation. No matter how closely I zoom in on a space, the truest details are inaccessible...similar to the gap between public and private space in actual experience.

Education
2003
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
MFA, Painting, with University Fellowship

2000
Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
MSA, Painting, with High Distinctions

1997
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
BFA, Art with Honors

1996, and 2003
Study Abroad, Temple Rome, Italy

Publications
2009
New American Paintings, Issue #81, Open Studios Press

International Drawing Annual 4, Manifest Gallery, Cincinatti, OH

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2011
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2010 - 2011
Fleisher Challenge, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Pattern Language, AHN/VHS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Solo Series, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

2008
Urban Reef, InLiquid at the Bride, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Instability, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA

Group

2010
Seepages, Whitespace, Atlanta, GA

Paintsnob Invitational, Gallery 500X, Dallas, TX

2009
Art of the State, The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA

23rd International Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of
New Jersey NJ

Crossing Lines, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts DE

2008
Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juried Exhibition
Curator: William Pym

2008 Paint Snob Invitational, CSC Gallery, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
Curator: Melissa Wilkinson

Sneak Peek : CFEVA's Artists and Programs, Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia PA

One Planet, One Experiment, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juried Exhibition

Tyler Alumni Exhibition, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Curator: Sharyn O'Mara

2006
Works on Paper: 2006, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA

2005
Junto, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Philadelphia Selections : 5, Paley and Levy Galleries, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Summer Dialogue, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

2003
MFA Biennial:The Future is Now, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

National Open Juried Exhibit, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

MFA Thesis Exhibit, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Beyond Surface, TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia

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