ADA PULLINI BROWN - PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Studio: The Brewery,
2100 North Main Street
#A5
Los Angeles, CA 90031
tel (323) 221-4998
adapbrown@earthlink.net

SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1993 to pres
Brewery Open Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Bi-annual open studio exhibitions.
1994
The Story of Eve, Harper Center Art Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC.
1986
Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC.
1982
Focal Point Gallery, NYC.

COMING
February 2003
Vessel Paintings by Ada Pullini Brown at the Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002
Oil + Wax, Paintings by Ada Brown & Jill Douglas. Larchmont Village, Los Angeles, CA.
Brewery Artists, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Corazones de Aztlan. Gallery Orta Vez, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA.

2000
Made in France. Galerie de Tanneries, Nérac, France.
Printmaking in Los Angeles. Gallery at 777, Los Angeles, CA.
Prints from Self-Help Graphics. Sony Pictures, Culver City, CA.

1999
Small Works. Eye-Five Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1998
Beyond Boarders: The Art & Artists of Self-Help Graphics. Venice Art Walk, Pitka Studio.

1997
Voices/Voces, Concourse Gallery. John Wayne Airport, Costa Mesa, CA.
Que Vida! The Harris Art Gallery, The University of La Verne, La Verne, CA.
Prints from the Collection of Self-Help Graphics. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales & Rental Gallery.
Traditions Abandoned / Traditions Retained: An Artistic Dialogue. Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
Las Tunas, Serigraphs and Wood Block Prints. Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA.

1996
Downtown Lives '96. Downtown Arts Development Assn., Los Angeles, CA.
Los Talleres De Monotipia. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte y Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico.
Prints From L.A. Galeria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Texas.
Além Da Agua. Museo de Arte Extremeño e Iberoamericano, Badajoz, Spain.
Connections. Gallery Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA. Curator, Dr. Betty Brown.
Love, Love, Love! Palette des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
New Prints From Los Angeles. Academia Municipal de Arte, Juarez, Mexico.
Day Of The Dead. Self-Help Graphics, Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA.
Pulse Of L.A. El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angles, CA.

1995
La Isla Del Copyright. Institute Francais de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain.
DADA Downtown Art Tour. Los Angeles, CA.
Art By The Yard. Palette des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
Festival International De La Raza. Centro Cultural De La Raza, Tijuana, Mexico.
Boats, Books, Bones, Bread. Palette des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
The Artist & Their Prints. Galeria Otra Vez, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA.
Taking Root In Water. California State University Los Angeles, CA.
Portrait Of Pain. Unity Center at the William Reagh LA Photography Center, LA, CA.

1994
DADA, Downtown Lives '94. Los Angeles, CA.
Luchando Con La Vita, Dia De Los Muertos. Galeria Otra Vez, Self-Help Graphics, L.A.
Celebrating Art! El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angles, CA.

1993
American Painters In Italy. Gallerie de Le Loggia, Assisi, Italy.
Three Painters. Rebecca Cooper Gallery, NYC.
Womenxs Art, Womenxs Lives, Womenxs Issues. Tweed Gallery, NYC.

1992
Artists Invite Artists Annual. A.I.R. Gallery, NYC.
Nine Artists. Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC.
Sixteen Artists at Saint Gabriel's Court. Saint Gabriel's Court Exhibition Space, NYC.

1991 & Prior
The Food Show. Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC.
The Figure Revisited. Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.
Words And Images. Donnell Library Center, NYC.
Mail Art Then & Now. Franklin Furnace, NYC.
New England Art Exhibition. Millhouse-Bundy Fine Arts Center, Waitsfield, VT.


PUBLIC ART / RESIDENCIES / AWARDS / HONORS
2001 A Community of Angels, Postcard from LA, sponsored by Common Wealth Partners LLC.
1996 Silkscreen Atelier XXVIII, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. Invitational. Published print, "Mother of Sorrow."
1996 Atelier XXVII, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. A book project, "A Box of Mirrors."
1995 Silkscreen Atelier XXVI, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. Invitational. Published print, "Fruit of Discord."
1991 Art colony resident and scholarship. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
1989-93 Art Workshops International, Assisi, Italy. Summer Program, Artist in Residence.
1982 First Prize, Painting, 54th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA.
1975-8 Teaching Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston TX.


ARTICLES / REVIEWS
Marshall, Cari; "LA Prints Ninth Annual Exhibition." Austin Chronicle, May 31, 1996.
Wolff, Theodore; xDelicious Exhibition Features Food...,x Christian Science Monitor, June 13, 1989.
Raynor, Vivien; xIn xThe Figure Revisited," Figural Energy Is Explored," New York Times, April 30, 1989.
Brown, Kenneth; "The Lost Art of Photo Boards is Alive and Well in C.I.", Bay News, August 25, 1986.
Freedman, Diana; xWard-Nasse: Maturity of SoHo,x Artspeak, June 16, 1986.
Herman, Cheryl; xVibrant Visions,x Manhattan Arts, June 1986.
Dunn, Helen; xAda Pullini...Artist,x People Places & Parties Magazine, summer 1982.
Johnson, Patricia C.; xReunion Show 1982,x Houston Chronicle, May 29, 1982.
Innes, George; xMistrial by Jury,x Texas Monthly, January 1978.
Cuomo, Joseph; "Ada Pullini: Artist Talks on Art," WBAI Radio, August 26, 1979.
Crosley, Mimi; xYoung Houstonians at the Houston Museum of Modern Art," Houston Post, April 18, 1977.
Moser, Charlotte; xSeven Artists,x Houston Chronicle, January 1976.


CATALOGS / PUBLICATIONS / REPRODUCTIONS
ACommunity of Angeles Catalogue, 2001. Angels without Wings, page 158.
Que Vida! Catalogue the Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne, 1997. Reproduction, "Fruit of Discord."
Brewery Catalogue, 1997. Reproduction "Eve's Vessel."
Brainchild Magazine, 1995. "Commodity of a Murder (c) Orenthal Productions", 16- page special project.
DADA Art Tour, catalogue, 1995. Reproduction: "Frida / Me."
Promotional Copy; editor, Robin Kahn, 1993. Distributed by D.A.P., NYC. Reproduction, xDesire.x
Terill, Martha; The Food Show, Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC, 1989. Reproduction, "First Supper."
Terner, Ron; Viewfinder Journal, Focal Point Gallery, NYC, 1982. Reproduction.
Hatchett, Jim; The Reunion Show, Lawndale Annex, Houston TX, 1982. Reproduction.
54th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg PA, 1982.
Small Works, New York University, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC, 1980.
Pullini, and DeBock; catalog essay, xYoung Artists,x Houston Museum of Modern Art, 1977.
Robinson, William; The Houston Area Exhibition, S. C. Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX, 1977.
Pullini, and Kaldis; A History of Art Galleries in Houston, Houston Public Library, 1977.
Shout in the Street, Queens College Literary Journal, 1974, Reproductions: xThe Dancerx, xWoman at the Table.


SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1995 - present
Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA. Travel Abroad Program Director & Instructor, Italy & France.
1994 - present
Brentwood Art Center, School of Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA. Painting & Drawing Instructor.
1995 - 2001
Rio Hondo College, Whitter, CA. Art Appreciation & Art History Instructor.
1997
Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. Instructor, Painting in the Barrio.
1989 - 1993
Art Workshops International, Painting Instructor and Artist- in -Residence, Assisi, Italy.
1988 - 1989
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Art History Instructor.


ARTS ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE
2002- present
ArTravel, LLC, Owner and General Manager, Travel Abroad Studies Program, U.S. & Europe.
1989 - 1991
Business and Production Manager, The Journal of Art. New York, NY. Editor, Barbara Rose.


EDUCATION
1978 University of Houston, Houston, TX. M.F.A. Painting.
1975 Queens College, City Univ. of New York, N.Y.C. B.A., Magna Cum Laude. Studio Art.
1973 Sarah Lawrence College, Lacoste, France. Summer Program, Painting.
1969 High School of Art & Design, N.Y.C. Illustration and Graphic Design.


POST DEGREE EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS
2002 Art Center, Pasadena, CA. The Human Machine, Advanced Human Anatomy Studies.
2001 Eagle Rock Community Art Center, Michelle Marcuse, Encaustic painting Workshop.
2000 East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA. Life Drawing.
1995 Self- Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. Etching, Woodcut and Monotype Workshops.
1993 School of Visual Arts, N.Y.C. Contemporary Art, Theory and Criticism.
1992 The Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.C. Post Modernism: Art and Theory.
1992 Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, N.Y.C. Etching and monotype.


COMMUNITY SERVICE
1999 - pres.
Treasurer, Southern California Women's Caucus for Art. Los Angeles, CA.
1998 - 2000
Treasurer, The Downtown Arts Development Association, DADA, Los Angeles, CA.
1998 - 1999
Western Regional Vice President, National Womenxs Caucus for Art, NYC.
1998
Selection Panelist, L.A. Chamber of Commerce Medici Awards Program, L.A., CA.
1997 - 1999
President, Southern California Women's Caucus for Art, Los Angeles, CA.
1997
Juror, Santa Monica-Malibu Council PTA, National PTA Reflections Program.
1995 - 1997
Founder and Coordinator, "Life Drawing Group", Self-Help Graphics, LA, CA.
1995
Juror, 35th Annual Arts Competition. The National Conference of Christians & Jews.
1992 - 1993
Board Member, Finance Committee, WACxWomenxs Action Coalition, NYC.
1987 - 1990
Chair, Executive Board, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC.
1989
Juror, 19th Annual Collemancio Art Competition, Collemancio, Italy.
1980 - 1983
Steering Committee, Lacoste School of the Arts Alumni Association, NYC.


SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Mr. and Mrs. John Hatfield, Greensboro, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schiller, Pasadena, CA
Ms. Nancy Watt, Palm Springs, CA
Don Buchwald & Associates, NYC
Mind Your Business, Inc. Huntington, NY
Mr. and Mrs. G. Adler, Frankfurt, Germany
Professor Brian Curtis, Miami University, Miami, FL
Mr. Morris Groisser, NYC
Federico Guzman and Victoria Gil, Seville, Spain
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kimmons, Houston, Texas
Barry and Nancy Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Colleen Miyahara, Burbank, CA
Professor and Mrs. David Hunt, Hattisburg, MS
Ms. Charlene Lancaster, Houston, TX
Ms. Micki Napolitano, NYC
Mrs. Rhoda Pine, NYC
Ms. Megan Reinbach, Houston, TX
Ms Stacy Katzin, Studio City, CA.
Ms. Valeria Violeti, Assisi, Italy
Mr. and Mrs. B. Berner, Houston, TX
Shelia Whitford, Baytown, TX
Bernard Phreim, Lacoste School of the Arts, NYC
Ms. Lori Ferrari, NYC
Stuart and Brenda Blatt, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cuomo, NYC
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aaron, Brentwood, CA
Visual Arts & Crafts Academy, Gemiston, South Africa
Nancy Jones, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Wessel Hendrik, South Africa
Lee Isenberg, Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Margolies, Los Angeles, CA
H. Baron and L. Uberti, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Chapgier, Brentwood, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Micheal Stevens, Studio City, CA
Mrs. Maxine Landurm, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Buttwinick, Pac. Palisades, CA
D. et J. Barthélémy, Nérac, France
Ms. Ruth Askey, Los Angeles, CA
Andrea Cohen and Nathan Walpow, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Yolanda Gonzalez & Mr. Rubin Rodriguez
Ms. Meg Hicckman, Pasadena, CA
Ms. Allison Morgan, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Paula Noah, Pacific Palisades, CA
Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA


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