Ellie Brown

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Ellie Brown - Photography

 
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Korean Notebook series
1. Korean Notebook 2
2. Korean Notebook 3
3. Korean Notebook 4
4. Korean Notebook 5
5. Korean Notebook 6
6. Korean Notebook 7
7. Korean Notebook 8
8. Korean Notebook 9
9. Korean Notebook 10
10. Korean Notebook 25
11. Korean Notebook 26
12. Korean Notebook 27
13. Korean Notebook 28
14. Korean Notebook 29
15. Korean Notebook 30

Images are digital c-prints 16" x 20"

 
 
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About My Sisters 1996-2006 series
1. Jane Folding Sheets, 2006
2. Emily on Winston, 2005
3. Sorting Coupons, 2005
4. Emily Spreading Gown, 2006
5. Graduation Hands, 2006
6. Emily Cocoon, 2006

Images are c-print, 16" x 20"

 

Artist Statement
About My Sisters 1996-2006
I have been photographing my sisters’ passage through childhood, into and out of adolescence for ten years and find the work to be valid and socially significant on many levels beyond pure documentation. The work chronicles the quest for identity, changes in voice and confidence through adolescence, the strong influence of media and peer groups and an eating disorder. An interesting factor of the work is my absence in it, except as the observer. This has to do with the large age difference between my sisters and myself and my choosing photography as a way to connect and understand their very different lives from mine. The images don’t reflect a sisterly presence that also reflects our relationship.

This work is different than other photography about girls and women (like Girl Culture by Lauren Greenfield) because of its intimate nature of documenting family rather than approaching it from a journalistic and removed standpoint. This work is also different because of the long-term nature of the project itself. In this work it is very important to me that the images and text are non-exploitive, protecting my sisters. For example, Emily has anorexia and it is addressed in the book but I do not want it to be a focal point. I feel that the images are strong enough to express the issues without being overly didactic or having shock value.

Click here to purchase the book Two Girls: My Sisters 1996-2006.

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Ellie Brown - Book Arts

 
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Lover's Books series
1. Drinking and What to do About It, 2006
2. Give Love the Air, 2006
3. Nervous Accomplice, 2006
4. Personal Hygine, 2006
5. The Sensuous Woman, 2006
6. The Forgotten Smile, 2006

Altered books, mixed media, dimensions variable

 

Artist Statement
The year I turned 30 was a year of deep introspection. I spent many hours contemplating the experiences that shaped me as an adult woman. One of the major factors in the shaping of my personality has been the men I have had as lovers and / or boyfriends. They have taught me many things about myself and about how I relate to others. The Lover’s Books project was started in homage to each of the men I have slept with. Each man has a book and then a digital print of the book in his name. The books are based on my impressions, memories and experiences with each man, regardless of whether the experience was positive or negative. I have contacted the men I’m still in touch with to share my altered book version of our affair. In my e-mail, I explain that the book is an earnest evaluation of my memories and not in any way meant to degrade, attack or humiliate them. Many of my e-mails with the man’s book image have gone ignored. Most of the responses I’ve received have been positive with the men feeling mostly flattered. Only one response to the project has been negative. In this, the man told me he did not care to read the book.

My previous bookwork has typically have been a reflection on the books' cover and my political, visceral or instinctual reaction to it. I have made these books to recontextualize the meaning of the book and create my own in its place. They are typically displayed on a shelf so that the viewer can open them. The pages of the book are glued together and only one altered page is viewable. In representations of the work, the left side represents the cover and the right side represents the only viewable inside of the book. To remove the meaning of the book cover and collage one step further, I’ve begun to make Archival Epson Prints of the books as they appear in the slides. The digital prints maintain the thee-dimensional quality of the books with all rips, cut windows, ribbons and other textures showing in great detail. The prints remove the option of the viewer touching the piece but instead allow a new visual dialogue between the cover and the collage. I will continue to present the work both as altered books and prints either together or separate.

The print sizes range from 13x19 to 30x40 and can be shown independently or in companion with the altered books.

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About Ellie Brown

Contact Information
e-mail: ellie@elliebrown.com
www.elliebrown.com
www.flickr.com/photos/elliebrown
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Education
2002
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
MFA, Photography

1997
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
BFA, Photography

1997
Massachusetts College of Art International Studies, Skopelos, Greece

Awards and Grants
2008
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2007
Medial Art Museum, Honorable Award, London, England

2006
Calumet Award, International Juried Competition, Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Inter-Art Foundation International Award of Distinction, Romania

2004
Leeway Foundation, Window of Opportunity Grant

First Place, International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

2002
Featured Artist Award, Women in Photography International

Catherine Urban Award, San Jose State University

2001
Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Natl. Juried Merit Award

Graduate Equity Fellowship, San Jose State University,
San Jose, CA

Barnum-Everett Scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

National Alliance for Excellence, Inc., ALEX award in Visual Arts

Catherine Urban Award, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Board of Directors Scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

1997
Dondis Traveling Fellowship Award

Residencies
2007
Julia and David White Artist’s Colony, Costa Rica

2006
Santa Fe Art Institute, Full Fellowship

2002
Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Artist/Graciela Iturbide

Professional Affiliations
College Art Association
Society for Photographic Education
American Association of University Women

Professional Experience
2009
Adjunct Instructor, Bucks County Community College,
Newtown, PA

2008
Visiting Professor, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea

2007-2009
Adjunct Instructor, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

2005-2007
Full-Time Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2005
ArtWorks! Instructor, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

Art Instructor, Summer Institute for the Gifted, Bryn Mawr, PA

Photography Instructor, Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA

2004-2005
Adjunct Instructor, Kutztown University, PA

2004
Adjunct Instructor, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

2003-2004
Lecturer, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

2002-2003
Art Instructor, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain
View, CA

2001-2003
Art Instructor, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

2001-2002
Adjunct Instructor, National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA

2001
Art Instructor, ArtPath, San Jose, CA

2000-2002
Instructor on Record, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2000-2001
Art Instructor, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

2000
Internship, SFCamerawork, San Francisco, CA

1999-2000
Teaching Assistant, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

1997-present
Owner, Look Twice

Publications
Two Girls: My Sisters 1996-2006, Look Twice/ Blurb, 2008

Sweeney, Kathleen, Maiden USA: Girl Icons Come of Age, Peter Lang Publishing, 2008

Selected Bibliography
2008
"Photography Feature" Catchlight Magazine, Summer 2008

Masters of Art and Trends in Art, World of Art

Thomas, Helen"Exhibition by Art Colony Residents review" A.M. Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Feb. 8, 2008

2007
Kilpatrick, Kate, "Disposable Culture" Philadelphia Weekly, October 24, 2007

"International Museum of Women: Art in the Age of Beauty", article Sept. 2007

Journal of International Women's Studies, May edition, Vol 8, no 4

Fallon, Roberta, "Dream Girls", Philadelphia Weekly, January 10, 2007

Garcia, Erin, "What Are You Afraid Of?", Afterimage, Jan/Feb 2007

2006
"Ellie Brown", Three Part Video Portrait, Romanblog, Oct., 2006
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Baechtel, Mark, "International Photo Exhibits”, PJM News, Sept. 14, 2006

Intern, Caitlin,“Cut Up and Newly Pasted” artblog , Sept. 26, 2006

Edward, Sozanski, “Boobies”, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 4, 2006

2005
Fallon, Roberta, “Cheek Please”, Philadelphia Weekly, July 6, 2005

Ingalls, Hunter, Exhibition Review", Amarillo Globe-News, May 1, 2005

Koppman, Debra, "Preview", Artweek, May 2005

Chandler, Chip, Getout Amarillo, April 8, 2005

Girl Wide Web, Book Cover

2004
Women in the Middle, Walker Point Center for the Arts Catalogue, 2004

New American Talent, Arthouse at Jones Center Catalogue, 2004

2003
IRIS- A Journal About Women, Fall 2003, Issue #47 (photo essay)

“Be More Than a Muse”,JANE Magazine, August 2003, page 46 (photo)

“Ellie Brown, an interview”, Vitaphobia , Spring/Summer 2003

“Artists Fill in the Blanks in Downtown S.J.”, San Jose Mercury News, Jan. 19, 2003

2002
Dubois, Doug, “Ellie Brown’s ‘Girls’”, Photofile Magazine #42, Winter 2002, pages 26-35 (photos)

“Girl Watching Fuels Thought at Georgia State”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov.22, 2002, page 6 (photo)

Girls (catalogue), Georgia State University (photo)

“Our Art, Ourselves”, San Jose Mercury News, July 23, 2002 (photo)

2001
“Unreal Reality of Art Examines Its Image in Foundation Show”, The Sandpaper, Aug 1, 2001

Lectures and Talks
2008
“The Korean Female’s Self-Gaze” Popular Culture and Education in Asia, Hong Kong, December

2007
"At Any Age" panel discussion, The Gersham Y, Philadelphia, PA

2006
"Lovers Books" SPE Mid-Atlantic Region Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November

"A History of Book Making" Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

"Altered Book Making" Temple Main Campus Summer Session, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Lunch Box Lecture, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

Foundations Lecture Series, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

"Altered Book Collage" University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2004
"See Art, Hear Art, Speak Art" Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

New York State Summer School for the Arts, Cazenovia College, NY

"Growing Up Female in America" Elmira College, NY

"Re-visioning Women's Bodies" Johnson Museum, Cornell University

2002
"Girls: Public Spaces vs. Private" SPE Western Region Conference, Oakland, CA

Notre Dame High School, San Jose, CA

The Girls Middle School, Mountain View, CA

2001
Girls for a Change Launch Event, lecture and exhibition

Commissions
2001
IBM commissioned “Under the Sea” for the Shark Byte public art project. Completed with the students of Downtown College Preparatory, San Jose, CA

Collections
Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Lafayette University, Easton, PA
Bruno Bertocci, Chicago, IL
Larry Lewis, Kingston, NY
Amber Shields, Brooklyn, NY
Scott B. Davis, MOPA, San Diego, CA
Chis McCaw, San Francisco, CA
Harold Kraemer, San Jose, CA
Lori Braithwaite, San Jose, CA
Alex Campos, Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
Ivy Silver, A Chance to Heal Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Karen Lightner, Philadelphia Public Library Print Collection,
    Philadelphia, PA
Robert Milnes, San Jose, CA
Robin Lasser, San Jose, CA
Robert Brand, Solutions for Progress, Philadelphia, PA
Dirk Buengel, Philadelphia, PA
University of Ulsan, Office of the President, Ulsan, South Korea

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2009
Lover’s Books, Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY

2008
Images from Ciudad Colon, Galeria Nacional, San Jose,
Costa Rica

2007
Yo! Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK

2005
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ

Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA

Elastic Identity, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX

2004
Information, Information, Bridgette Mayer Gallery Project Space, Philadelphia, PA

Solo Exhibition, Tyler School of Art Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA

A Little Girl No More, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

A Little Girl No More, Abrons Art Center, Henry St. Settlement, New York, NY

New Work, Clinton House Artspace, Ithaca, NY

2003
Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbox, TX

2002
Girl/Woman/Girl, Phantom Art Gallery, San Jose, CA

Remembering Twelve: M.F.A. Thesis Exhibit, Gallery Three, San Jose, CA

2001
New Mythologies, Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA

New Paintings, Gallery Five, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Scopophilia, Collaboration with Jennifer Levy, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2000
Girls, Gallery Two, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

1998 -
Girls at Ten, Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain, MA

Of Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, Light Sources, Boston, MA

Two-person

2003
Ellie Brown and Erin Shaddox, Community School of Music and Art, Mtn. View, CA

2000
Two Photographers, Exit Gallery, Reno, NV

Group

2009
Stretching the Spine: Books on Health & Healing, Philadelphia Center for the Book presents at Hahnemann Library, Philadelphia, PA

H(4U), Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2008
Bitch, Fusion Art Musueum, New York, NY

Sanlun Yishu, Mobile Gallery, Beijing, China

IRevelar, Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Artoteque 1st Annual Biennial, London, England

Faculty Exhibition, University of Ulsan, South Korea

82nd International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

Pacific Festival of the Book, Victoria Arts Connection, Victoria, BC Canada

Big Food, Bowman Gallery, Allegheny College, Allegheny, PA

Altered Books, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN
Curator: Betty Bright

2007
Dirty Little Secrets, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Conceptually Bound, University Art Gallery, Chico, CA
(catalogue)

Dangerous Women, The Gallery at Mercer Community College, Trenton, NJ
(catalogue)

Crossroads, Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY
(catalogue)

Interactions, The Center for Fine Art Photography,
Fort Collins, CO

Detrius, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, S. Orange ,NJ

Seams and Surfaces, Gallery 124, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Medial 2. Art Biennial, Art Addiction, London, England

Contained Art, Galerie Sei-Un-Do, Zurich, Switzerland

Growing Up Girl, Open Lens Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Holidaze, Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY

2006
Proof: Video Screening, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Curator:  Colette Copeland

Sub Terrane, The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Sean Stoops

Vernacular Spectacular Extravaganza Exhibition, Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Terror, Intersection for the Arts, San  Francisco, CA

Texas Photographic Society International Juried Traveling Exhibition, Austin, TX

Growing Up Girl, Open Lens Gallery at the Gersham Y, Philadelphia, PA

Cut and Paste, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Boobies, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Second Skin, Harding Mott University Center Gallery, U of Michigan, Flint, MI

80th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

Engendering Diversity, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA

12th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Curator: Bonnie Benrubi

National Women’s Exhibition, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Women’s Things: Reassessing Everyday Objects, Rogue College, Grants Pass, OR

Bound/Unbound, The Free Library of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA

Framed, Wilmington, DE

Click Art, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Meraviglia, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

2005
Alpan International 2005, Alpan Gallery, Long Island, NY

SPE Mid-Atlantic Video Festival Screening, Fairfax, VA

Philadelphia Cheek, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Art Full Text, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

National Women’s Show, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD

Women, Words and Images, Mills Pond House Gallery,
St. James, NY

Letters, Words and Books, SPA Gallery, Barre, VT

2004
Relative: Photographing Domesticity, ATHICA, Athens, GA

Pareidolia, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

Closer In, Contemporary Arts Center, North Adams, MA

Rendering Gender, Truman State University Art Gallery,
Kirksville, MO

2004 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

Women in the Middle, for NWSA, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

New American Talent: The Nineteenth Exhibition, Arthouse, TX: Traveling Exhibition

re(GENDER), University of Detroit, Detroit, MI

Bethesda International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

Pages, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY
Curator: Buzz Spector

Document, TIXE Art Space, New York, NY

Identity, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Alternative Materials Show, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI

2003
National Juried Show, Organization of Independent Artists, Gallery 402, New York, NY

Faculty Show, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

International Assemblage Artist Exhibition, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany

Juried Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Girls, Georgia State University Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Heritage Bank Group Show, San Jose, CA

Ladyfest South, Atlanta GA

Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

First Exhibition, MUSAWWIR ARMAS, Trenton, NJ

Regarding Beauty, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

National II Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

June Show, The SPACE Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2002 Spring International Invitational Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE

Out of State, WORKS, San Jose, CA

2001
Namenlosen, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA

Best Contemporary Art 2001 WWW National Juried Art Exhibition and Photographic Processed III International Exhibit, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE

Urban, Suburban & the Boondocks, The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA

Genderplex, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA

Embodied: Feminist Self Portraits, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA

Artist/Athlete/Artist: Portrait of the Artist as Athlete, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA

Juried Art Show, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove

National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
Merit Award Winner

29th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

Women Image Women, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA

A.I.R. Gallery 4th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Terminal, Gallery Oni, Boston, MA

1998
Perfect Strangers, The White Elephant Gallery, Boston, MA, 1998

1997
Summer Exhibition, Skopelos, Greece,
International Exhibition

Manifest, A Biennial of Contemporary Visual Art, Copley Society, Boston, MA

Emerging Image, Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA

1996
Illuminations
, Massachusetts College of Art, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA

Exhibitions Curated

2001
Viva la Video, WORKS, San Jose, CA Dec. 2001

Other

2005
Momenta Art Benefit 2005
, White Columns , New York, NY

2002
The Center for Photography Annual Benefit Auction, invitational, Woodstock, NY

1997, 1998, 1999
Massachusetts College of Art Benefit Auction, Boston, MA

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