Krystle Brown
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
2010 2 Week travel course in China (Beijing, Xi’an, Luoyang, Shanghai) with 2D Department,
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Better Gardens, (Forthcoming) Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2022 Calling Home: Family Archives, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2021 15,000 Days, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
Selected Group Exhibitions (2018 - Present):
2023
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
Disrupting the Daily Routine, Commerce Place, Malden MA
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)
Memorabilia, Adelson Gallery, Boston MA
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
Just Shed: Part I, Mission Hill Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, 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):
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
Exhibitions Curated (2017 - Present):
2018
The Webster Court Project, Co-curated with Sam Belisle, Cal Rice, and Sofia Plater, Newton MA
2017
Curator, Inhale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston MA
Curator, Exhale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston MA
Curator, Defundthisshow, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston MA
Presentations, Panels, and Workshops Lead:
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.
Collaborations and Performances:
2020 Performance Artist, Homebound (by Shannon VanGyzen), Real Art Ways, Hartford CT
Bibliography:
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/
2018 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.