Henry Brown – Biography
Henry Brown is an abstract painter living and working in New York City. In his artwork, he combines mechanically drawn schematics with the painted images they generate. Flash Art describes Henry Brown's paintings as “pattern-like geometrical constructions.” Brown draws with compass and ruler directly on the gessoed canvases and then paints the images. He leaves the underdrawings visible to function as a pictorial elements in the finished work. The artist animates his brightly colored surfaces through changing spatial relationships that pull the viewer into the paintings. ArtsHouston calls Henry Brown “an abstract painter of note.”
He is currently showing in MINUS SPACE at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, NY through January 26, 2009. This exhibition features 54 artists from 14 countries and marks the 5th annivesary of MINUS SPACE curatorial project. MINUS SPACE presents exhibitions in its Brooklyn project space and curatorial projects in other venues nationally and internationally.
Henry Brown’s paintings have been exhibited in museums, universities and galleries throughout the United States including P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, FL; Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University; Hunter College and McKenzie Fine Art both in New York City; Gallery Sonja Roesch in Houston and Lamar University also in Texas.
His artwork has been reproduced and written about in The New York Times, Flash Art, The New York Sun, NY Arts, Jacksonville Times Union, ArtsHouston, Houston Press, and Young + Brash + Abstract by John Yau and Ted Potter. He has been interviewed by KUHF Houston Public Radio for The Front Row.
Brown has been awarded residencies at The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo and Millay Colony for the Arts.
Artist’s website: www.henrybrown.com