LaKela Brown
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LaKela Brown
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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.
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LaKela Brown IMPRESSED reviewed in Runner Magazine
EDUCATION
2005
BFA, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Second Growth, 56 Henry, New York, NY
2021
IMPRESSED, Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI
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
2022
52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart and Alexandra Schwartz, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art, curated by Monique Long, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA and Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
2021
New Light: Encounters and Connections, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
Lady Finger and Fig McFlurry, 56 Henry, New York, NY
Women in Paris, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
Show Me Your Pony, One Trick Pony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
To Heal and Protect, Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
FETICHE, curated by Ebony Haynes, Morán Morán, Mexico City, Mexico
The Meeting Point, Vol. 2, curated by Danny Báez, Regular Normal, New York, NY
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