M.F.A. Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1999
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
B.F.A., Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, Valedictorian, Dean's Honor List
1996
Pratt Institute, Honor List, Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2010
mythologies and mash-ups, SALTWORKS, Atlanta, GAMOCA Cleveland, OH
2008
Goff + Rosenthal Berlin, Germany (November)
Solo Exhibition, VOLTA4: Voltany, Basel, Switzerland
2007
the epidemic of excess, the detriment of denial, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Blending Lines, G Fine Art, Washington, DC
iona rozeal brown, University of Arizona, Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2004
a3 the rev olution: televised, terrorized, sexualized, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
iona rozeal brown, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
iona rozeal brown, G Fine Art, Washington, DC
Bling BlAsian Bling, (two person exhibition with Stella Lai), The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Matrix 152, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2003-4
a3…black on both sides, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2002
a3…black on both sides 2, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA
a3…black on both sides 2, Caren Golden Fine Arts
2000
homecoming, Pavilion of Fine Arts, Takoma Park, MD.
1999
many faces, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1995
iona 101, Gallery Upstairs, Takoma Park, MD
soul tapping, St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Washington, DC.
Group Exhibitions / screenings / publications
2010
Akron Art Museum, OH
2009
New Acquisitions, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
2007
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Von Lintel Gallery, November 29, 2007 – January 20, 2008, New York, NY
Haus der Kulturen der Welt New York States of Mind, August 24, 2007 – November 11, 2007, New York, NY
Japan, INC., Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Iona Rozeal Brown and Zoe Charlton Lecture at the Hirshhorn Museum February 2, 2007
2006
Paper Trail: African American Works on Paper, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
When the East is in the House: iona rozeal brown and Stella Lai, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Compliciit, curated by Johanna Drucker, Andrea Douglas and Jill Hartz, University of Virginia Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA
Three Decades of Contemporary Art from San Francisco Art Institute, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute
Stereotypes: Confronting Cliches, curated by June Lambia, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2005
Linkages and Themes in the African Diaspora, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2004
Notorious Impropriety, curated with Franklin Sirmans, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
New Visions: Emerging trends in African American Art, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
2003
Pop Rocks, curated by Daria Brit, shapiro & caren golden, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
Black Belt, (Curated by Christine Kim) Studio Museum of Harlem, NY
Online, curated by Charlie Finch and Robert Storr, Feigen Gallery, NY
International Paper, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Americas Remix, curated by Franklin Sermans, Comune de Milano, Milan, Italy
2002
Champion, curated by Sheldon LaPierre, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
FFWD Contemporary Art Fair, Hotel Nash, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Miami Beach, FL.
1999
Frenzy: Artist's Initiated Auction and Art Sale to Benefit the Luggage Store Gallery/509 Cultural Center, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Future Shock: New Langton Arts' Live and Silent Auction, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Skowhegan Film Festival, Skowhegan, ME
Radical Performance Fest, Somart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Zyzzyva in Black and White, curated by Naomie Kramer and Howard Junker, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Zyzzyva, the journal of west coast writers and artists, Black and White Series, curated by Naomie Kramer and Howard Junker
1998
Ultra Down, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Afro Solo, Z Space Studio, San Francisco, CA
Portraiture, The Abstract Zone, Emeryville, CA
Busted, Crucible Cell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Grants / Awards
2009
Joyce Foundation Award Recipient
2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
2004
Matrix Artist, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
2003
United States/Japan Creative Artists Program
2002
Blair Dickinson Award, Yale University
2001
Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Yale University
1999
Camile Hanks Cosby Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1998-9
Honor Student Painting Studio, San Francisco Art Institute
Supplemental Art Materials Award, San Francisco Art Institute
1997-9
Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute
Student Grant, San Francisco Art Institute
1996-7
Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Presidential Grant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1995-4
Women's Community Art Award, Montgomery County Community College, Takoma Park, MD
Selected Collections
Norton Family Collection
New Museum
Milwaukee Art Museum
Wadsworth Atheneum
Yale University
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Altoids Curiously Strong Art Collection
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
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2008
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2007
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2004
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2003
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2002
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