Education:
2018 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
2012 BFA with Academic Honors, Painting and Art History, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions:
2027 Find the Lot in Your Life, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
2023 Better Home Than Gardens, Kingston Gallery, Boston
2022 Calling Home: Family Archives, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2021 15,000 Days, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions (2018 - Present):
2025
The Creative Neighbors with Punto Urban Art Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Home, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA.
Sincerely [Your Name Here], Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Dell M. Hamilton, Artist)
2025 Allegany National Photography Competition and Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD (Juried by Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography)
2024
nice;02, Midwest Nice Art, JFAC Gallery, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD. (Juried by Epiphany Knedler and Tim Rickett, Midwest Nice Art founders)
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Ben Sloat, Clark University MFA Director)
Out of the Margins, The Gallery at Greenly Center, Commonwealth University – Bloomsburg Campus, Bloomsburg, PA (Juried by Will Wheeler, Alfred University)
The Alchemy of Art and Play, The Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2023
Home, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA.
Blue, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Abigail Ryan, Owner, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston and Los Angeles)
Harvard Staff Art Show, Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2022
Massart’s 6th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition: (Re)Connect, Francis Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. (Juried by Shana Dumont Gar, Anabel Vázquez Rodriguez, and Liz Woodward)
A Long Line, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA. (Juried by Erika B. Hess)
New England Collective XII, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA. (Juried by Leah Triplett Harrington, Curator at Now + There)
Emerging Photographers to Watch, Artsy.net
28th Annual Members Online Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. (Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography)
2021
Blue, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, (Juried by Dr. Jessica May, Managing Director of Art and Exhibitions with The Trustees, and Artistic Director of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum)
Objectivity, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Josephine Halvorson, artist and Professor of Art and the Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting at Boston University)
Of An Era, Trolley Barn Gallery, The Art Effect, Poughkeepsie, NY (Juried by Jova Lynne, Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit)
BLAA Presents: A Screening of Queer Time-Based Media, Boston LGBTQIA+ Artist Alliance, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA
Pandemic Projections: Visions for a New Normal, Wavelength Art, Gardenship, Kearny NJ National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Alice Gray Stites, Museum Director and Chief Curator, 21c Museums)
2020
Form 2020, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo, South Korea
Wide Open: National Juried Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY (Juried by Paulina Pobocha, MoMA) (Won Second Place Juror Award)
Broken Beauty, University Place Gallery, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Cathleen Daley, Director of Room 83 Spring)
Show Us What You’re Making: Juried Exhibition in Social Distance, New American Paintings
Experimental Edge Film and Art Festival, Tallahassee, FL
Out of Place, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA (Juried by Jameson Johnson, Editor-in-Chief, Boston Art Review)
2019
Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Show, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
2019 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Chanel Thervil, Visual Artist)
2019 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Steve Locke, Artist and Educator, and Camilo Alvarez, Owner, Director, and Preparator at Samsøñ)
CASPfest, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX (Juried by Christina Rees, Editor-in-Chief of Glasstire)
2019 Allegany National Photography Competition and Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD (Juried by Dan Leers, Curator of Photography, Carnegie Museum of Art)
47th Annual International Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX (Juried by Joe Harjo and Mauricio Saenz)
2018
Reimagining Home, Spaceus Annex, Cambridge, MA
Fay Chandler Emerging Artists Show, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA (Juried by Paul Ha, Director at List Visual Arts Center)
Place (Holder), Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Greer Muldowney, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Photography, Boston University)
The Cult of Cape Ann, iArtColony, Rockport MA
Webster Court Project, 20 Webster Court, Newton, MA
Boston Young Contemporaries, Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA (Juried by Sean Downey, Associate Professor of Art, Maharishi International University)
T(here): MFA Thesis Show, Koppelman Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
MFA Late Nite Performance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Screening, Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Sanctuary, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Juried by Maria Molteni, Visual Artist)
CAA Video Screening, College Art Association Conference, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Awards, Grants, and Residencies (2016 - Present):
2025
Raíces | Roots Mural Exhibition, Punto Urban Art Museum, Salem, MA
The Creative Neighbor Program, Punto Urban Art Museum, Salem, MA
Salem Public Art Mini Grant, Salem, Massachusetts
2024
Mass Creative Organizing and Advocacy Fellowship 2024-2025
First Place Prize, National Prize Show 2024, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge.
Semi-Finalist, Fight for Freedom- Call for Public Art, Concord, MA
2023
Juror’s Choice, Home, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA. (Juried by Sarah Morrison, artist)
Small Works Project, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2022
Public Art Accelerator, Now + There, Boston, MA.
Urbano Project, Calling Home, Community Art Project, Boston, MA
2021
Boston Opportunity Grant
2020
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Wide Open: National Juried Art Show Best of Show- Silver Key (Juried by Paulina Pobocha, MoMA)
2019
77 Art Residency, Rutland, VT
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2018
Lazuli Residency, Corinth, VT
Katherine Romero Graduating Student Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Finalist for Photographer’s Forum 38th Annual College and High School Photography Contest
2017 Montague Travel Grant for Northern Ireland, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
2016 President’s Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Presentations, Panels, and Workshops Lead:
2025 The Creative Neighbors with Punto Urban Art Museum, Morse Auditorium, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2024
Psychogeography for Kids and Reading Time, BPS Mather Elementary, May and June 2022
Artist talk with Ponnapa Prakkamakul and Jasper Sanchez, Kingston Gallery, November 17th 2021
Panel Discussion, Merrin Moral Voices, Tufts University Hillel [via Zoom] April 15th.
Presentation, “Kingston Conversations”, with Rebecca Schnopp of Cambridge Art Association, Kingston Gallery [via Zoom], March 10th.
2019
Presentation, “Emerging Artist Talk”, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, July 18th.
Workshop, “The Object and the Narrative in Recovery”, 77 Art, Rutland, VT, June 26th. Presentation, “Session 1 Artists”, 77 Art, Rutland, VT, June 14th.
Presentation, “Resident Artist Talks”, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, February 8th.
Bibliography:
2025
BROWN, KRYSTLE. “MASSCreative.” MASSCreative, 26 Feb. 2025, www.mass-creative.org/ learn-1/fellow-krystle-brown.
2023
Fiks, Clauida“WHAT IS HOME?: KRYSTLE BROWN EXPLORES DISPLACEMENT at KINGSTON GALLERY.” Artscope Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023, artscopemagazine.com/2023/08/ what-is-home-krystle-brown-explores-displacement-at-kingston-gallery/.
“Fields Corner Bench Art Will Feature Objects That Remind Residents of Home | Dorchester Reporter.” Www.dotnews.com, www.dotnews.com/2023/fields-corner-bench-art-will-feature-objects-remind-residents-home.
2022
Interview, ZUMIX Radio/ 94.9 FM, Boston, MA, June, 14 2022.
Farrar, Molly “New Installations in Egleston Square Address Housing Insecurity, Engage Public.” Digboston.com, 9 June 2022, digboston.com/new-installations-in-egleston-square-address-housing-insecurity-engage-public/
2021
Marston-Reid, Linda. “Poughkeepsie Exhibit Explores Nostalgia, Generational Identity.” Poughkeepsie Journal, www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/entertainment/arts/2021/11/30/ exhibit-poughkeepsies-trolley-barn-explores-nostalgia-identity/8719861002/
Costello, Jess, “Finding (and questioning) Objectivity” The Boston Hassle, Nov. 2021, https://bostonhassle.com/finding-and-questioning-objectivity/
Symonds, Frankie, “Fungible Tokens of Appreciation.” The Boston Hassle, Aug. 2021, bostonhassle.com/fungibletokensorappreciation
Amore, B. “15,000 Days.” Art in New England, Mar. 2021, www.artnewengland.com/15000-days/.
2020
Picci, Barbara, et al. “The Webster Court Project In Newton, MA.” Street Art United States, 27 Mar. 2020, streetartunitedstates.com/the-webster-court-project-in-newton-ma/?
2019
Amore, B. (2019). The Webster Court Project - Sculpture. [online] Sculpture Magazine. Available at: https://sculpturemagazine.art/the-webster-court-project/
2018
Kiers, O. (2018). the cult of cape ann: iartcolony explores a New England phenomenon. [online] ArtNewEngland. Available at: http://artnewengland.com/blogs/the-cult-of-cape-ann-iartcolony-explores-a-new-england-phenomenon/
McQuaid, C. (2018). When student work is well worth studying - The Boston Globe. [online] BostonGlobe.com. Available at: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/07/04/when-student-work-well-worth-studying/KeOpQSSf2548cUd2reIa1I/story.html.