LaKela Brown

LaKela Brown

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Lb2049 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Composition with Rope Chains with Gold, 2020, Plastic and acrylic, 29 x 22 x 2.5 in,

Lb2052 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Still Life and Doorknocker Earrings with Gold 2, 2020, Plastic and acrylic, 45 x 33 x 4in,

Lb2051 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Sunken Relief Still Life with Gold, 2020, Plastic and acrylic, 29 x 22 x 2.5 in,

Lb2050 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Still Life and Doorknocker Earrings with Gold 3, 2020, Plastic and acrylic, 45 x 33 x 4in,

Lakela brown door knocker composition with three gold and nefertiti heads reyes finn 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Doorknocker, Grill, and Chicken Head Large Composition, 2020, Plastic and acrylic, 20 x 16 x 2 in.

Dsc 4226 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Large Door Knocker Composition with Space and Gold, 2020, Plaster and acrylic, 48 x 33 x 3 in.

dsc3497 web 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Doorknocker, Grill, and Chickenhead Arrangement, 2018, Plaster, 20 x 16 x 1 in.

dsc3510 web 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Triangle Bamboo Earrings and Chicken Heads, 2018, Plaster, 20 x 16 x 1 in.

dsc3502 web 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Doorknocker, Grill, and Chicken Head Large Composition, 2018, Plaster, 60 x 48 x 1 in.

Brown materialreliefinstall 34 rp 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Doorknocker, Grill, and Chicken Head Large Composition, detail, 2018, Plaster, 60 x 48 x 1 in.

Brown materialreliefinstall 38 heartroundtrianglebambooearringcompositionsunkenrelief rp 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Heart, Round, and Triangle Bamboo Earring Composition Sunken Relief, 2018, Plaster, 20 x 16 x 1 in.

Brown materialreliefinstall 37 freehearts rp 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown, Free Hearts, 2018, Plaster, 20 x 16 x 1 in.

Dsc 4237 1300 xxx q82 — Independent Art Fair New York 2020 Install, photography by Adam Reich

Dsc 4250 copy 1300 xxx q82 — Independent Art Fair New York 2020 Install, photography by Adam Reich

Dsc 4247 1300 xxx q82 — Independent Art Fair New York 2020 Install, photography by Adam Reich

Brown materialreliefinstall 13 rp 1300 xxx q82 — Material Relief, Reyes Projects, photography by Clare Gatto

Brown materialreliefinstall 10 lovetriangle rp 1300 xxx q82 — Material Relief, Reyes Projects, photography by Clare Gatto

Brown materialreliefinstall 8 rp 1300 xxx q82 — Material Relief, Reyes Projects, photography by Clare Gatto

12072018 reyes 0014 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown and Nikita Gale Install image of NADA Miami 2018 Booth

12072018 reyes 0006 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown and Nikita Gale Install image of NADA Miami 2018 Booth

12072018 reyes 0001 1300 xxx q82 — LaKela Brown and Nikita Gale Install image of NADA Miami 2018 Booth

LaKela Brown is from Detroit, Michigan, where she attended Detroit Public Schools and graduated from the College for Creative Studies in 2005. She is the recipient of an OxBow School of Art, MI fellowship and participated in the Mano y Mente residency in Tula Rose, NM. Brown has participated in solo and group exhibitions globally, including Reyes | Finn, Detroit; 56 Henry, NY; Swiss Institute (SI), NY; WE BUY GOLD, NY; Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), NY; and Lars Friedrich Gallery, Berlin. Brown is a professor at RISD: Rhode Island School of Design. She has also held teaching positions at New York University and The Cooper Union. Brown’s work resides in the permanent collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Recently seen in: Apogee Journal Issue 15

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Recent Exhibitions:

NADA Miami 2020

Independent New York 2020

Independent New York 2019

NADA Miami 2018

Material Relief

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EDUCATION

2005

BFA, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

LaKela Brown at Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

2019

Surface Possessions, 56 Henry, New York, NY

2018

Material Relief, Reyes Projects, Metro Detroit, MI

LaKela Brown, Lars Friedrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2016

Bamboo Earrings, At Least Two Pair: An exhibition by LaKela Brown, CAVE, Detroit, MI

2015

Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1, Solar Gold, Jackie Klempay, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

NADA Miami, Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI

ID: Formation of the self, Shirley Fiterman Center at BMCC, New York, NY

A group of more or less than 10, Winter Street Gallery, Edgartown, MA

Art Mile Detroit, Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI

Independent New York, Reyes | Finn, New York, NY

Metallica, Foxy Production, New York, NY

2019

Styles of Resistance: From the Corner to the Catwalk, MOCADA, Brooklyn, NY

2018

Classic Beauty, Providence College, Providence, RI

Dressed, The Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ

Swiss Institute Architecture and Design Series: 3rd Edition, READYMADES BELONG TO EVERYONE, Curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, Swiss Institute (SI), New York, NY

Mane 'n Tail, curated by Katherine Simóne Reynolds, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO

2017

THREE., On Visibility and Camouflage, works from Black Women Artists for

Black Lives Matter, curated by Daniella Rose King, We Buy Gold, Brooklyn, NY

LaKela Brown and Liona R. Nyariri: Fool's Gold, AC Institute, New York, NY

Laurel, curated by Tatiana Kronberg, BUNK CLUB, Greenpoint, NY

Tell The Truth About Me, Prince George’s African American Museum & Cultural Center, North Brentwood, MD

2016

Island States, Tops Gallery, curated by Corinne Jones, Memphis, TN

2014

U:L:O: Part II | O:, Curated by CAVE, Paper for the Sky, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY

AN INVENTORY OF LUCIFER’S GROTTO, Curated by Jackie Klempay & FHFHFHFHFHFHFH, Jackie Kemplay, New York, NY