Email: vanessa n brown (at) gmail.com
Solo + Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
Rustic Pain, with Mike Bourscheid, gr_und, Berlin, Germany
2023
>>>000 / Gravity, curated by Daniela del Fabbro, Pomhouse. From The Hand That Topples The Tower, with Mike Bourscheid, Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Luxembourg
Twilight Flowers, curated by Roxanne Arsenault, Patel Brown Montréal, Canada
2022
NADA Miami, with Darby Millbrath, presented by Pangée, Miami, USA
That Other Hunger, curated by Zoë Chan + Shaun Dacey, Richmond Art Gallery, Canada
2021
SLUMBER, Patel Brown, Toronto, Canada
2019
The Armory Show, with Micheal Stamm, presented by Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, New York, USA
2018
Veils of a Bog, with Michelle Helene Mackenzie, curated by Pablo de Ocampo, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
Pages from Late Night Trip to the Jewellers, curated by Jenna Faye Powell, Arsenal, Toronto, Canada
The Witching Hour, curated by Shauna Thompson, The Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada
2017
The Far Off Blue Places, with Anjuli Rathod, curated by Julie Côté & Joani Tremblay, Projet Pangée, Montreal, Canada
2016
The Hand of Camille, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, Canada
2016
Plane, pot, pattern, repose, with Sheryda Warrener, curated by Lucien Durey, Haunt, Vancouver, Canada
2015
Walking and falling, with Colleen Heslin, Erin Stump Projects. Toronto, Canada
Visitors, Gallery 295 Lightbox, curated by Patryk Stasieczek & Michael Love, Vancouver, Canada
Shadow Cast, curated by Erik Hood, Hardscrabble Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2014
Outside a Marble Palace, with Deirdre McAdams, curated by Daniel Jeffries, Field Contemporary, Vancouver, Canada
2013
Yeasayer, with Mark Cunningham, curated by Steff Ling, TAG, Vancouver, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Break It To Me Gently, curated by Jen Simaitis, Patel Brown, Toronto, Canada
Foire d’art contemporain Plural, with Patel Brown, Montréal, Canada
PASSE-PARTOUT, Luxembourg Institute for Artistic Research, curated by Casey Detrow + Vince Tillotson, New York, USA
2022
Art Toronto, presented by Patel Brown, Toronto, Canada
Indentités Poreuses, Patel Brown, Montréal, Canada
Papier, presented by Patel Brown, Montreal, Canada
chthonic soil, organized by Jenine Marsh, The Banff Centre for the Arts, project space, Banff, Canada
Die letzte Tüte, curated by Alex Müller + Christl Mudrak, NochMall, Berlin, Germany
Mystic Toolkit, curated by Anaïs Castro, Artpace San Antonio, Texas, USA
2021
Art Toronto, presented by Patel Brown, Toronto, Canada
2020
Where do we go from here?, curated by Zoë Chan, Diana Freundl, Mandy Ginson, Tarah Hogue, Siobhan McCracken, Stephanie Rebick, Associate Curator, and Nya Lewis., Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Art Toronto, with Patel Brown, Toronto, Canada + Online
Cahier D’images, curated by Reza Kianpour, Fellner Louvigny, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Adapt and Pivot, Patel Brown, Toronto, Canada
Fair Adaptation, Papier Foire d’art, presented by Patel Brown, Montreal/Toronto, Canada
The Pandemic is a Portal, curated by Karina Irvine, Christopher Lacroix and cheyanne turions, SFU Galleries, online
In My Time Of Quarantine, organized by Simon Hauck, online
2019
Art Toronto, presented by Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Toronto, Canada
Somebody, curated by Liza Eurich, MKG127, Toronto, Canada
Cherry Pickers, curated by Vincent Crapon & Stilbé Schroeder, Podium, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2018
Wild Inside, curated by Pamela Meredith, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Art Toronto, presented by Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Toronto, Canada
NUT II, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
Different In My Mind, curated by Mia Nielsen, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Material Art Fair, curated by Julie Côté, presented by Projet Pangee, Mexico City, Mexico
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heidi Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter, curated by Kimberly Philips, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2017
Art Toronto, presented by Wil Aballe Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
88 Artists from 88 Years: An ECU Retrospective, curated by Jonathon Middleton, Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, Canada
Dream Islands, curated by Jesse Birch & Emma Metcalfe Hurst, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, Canada
water astonishing and difficult altogether makes a meadow and a stroke, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, Canada
Material Art Fair, presented by Wil Aballe Art Projects, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
The Best Example is All Together, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, Canada
Instalment #17, The Museum of Longing and Failure, project by Andrew Taggart & Chloe Lewis, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Art Toronto, curated by Corrie Jackson, presented by RBC, Toronto, Canada
Out of Sight, King Street Station, Seattle, WA, USA
2015
Feature Art Fair, presented by, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
Quoting the Quotidian, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, Canada
The Oasis, Field Contemporary, Vancouver, Canada
The Geometry of Knowing IV, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2014
Art Toronto, presented by Wil Aballe Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
Moon Room, curated by Kristen Weckworth, Narwhal, Toronto, Canada
Localisms, curated by Alexander Tedlie-Stursberg & Brennan Kelly, East Van Studios, Vancouver, Canada
2012
In Media Res, VIVO, Vancouver
Art Souterrain, Nuit Blanche, Montreal, Canada
2011
48 Hours Choreography, curated by Jaime Schwarz, The Center for Endless Progress, Berlin, Germany
Public Art
2023
Companion, public artwork commissioned by Amacon, Burnaby, Canada
2022
These Hands, public artwork commissioned by PC Urban, Vancouver, Canada
2021
Charms, public artwork commissioned by Imani, Vancouver, Canada
Commissions
2023
City of Women, curated by Ashley Mulvihill at Ninth Editions, commissioned by RioCan,
The Well, Toronto, Canada
Interlocutor, curated by Rui Matteus Amaral, commissioned by Women’s Unified Healthcare, Toronto, Canada
Special Projects
2021
Fugitive Pond, curated by Sarah Simpson, Herschel Flagship Store
SLUMBER edition, printed by Alicia Nauta
2020
Cahier D’images, publication project, Kianpour & Partners, Luxembourg
City of Vancouver in Dramamine 19, sound collage organized by Graeme Berglund, Soundcloud
2018
Ashtray Earrings, collaboration with Wasted Effort
2015-18
When the sun looks like an eye half open, YVR Vancouver International Airport
2013
Heavy Metal Flowers, mural project, curated by Colleen Heslin, The Crying Room, Vancouver, Canada
Awards + Residencies
2023
Bridderhaus, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Sointula Art Shed, Malcolm Island, Canada
2022
Material Transformations, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
2021
51Cth, Roskilde, Denmark
Annandale Artist Residency, Prince Edward Island (postponed due to Covid)
2020
BAIR, The Banff Centre for the Arts (cancelled due to Covid)
2017
The Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver Emerging Artist Prize, finalist
2014
The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Stoney Nakoda Territory, Banff, Canada
2013
John C. Kerr Chancellor´s Award in Visual Arts
BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition Nominee
2011
Friends of Sculpture Award
Jack Harman Memorial Scholarship
2010
Caroline Victoria Coldicutt Art Scholarship
2009
Emily Carr Achievement Scholarship
Education
Emily Carr University, CST, Vancouver, Canada: BFA 2013
Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany: Exchange / Erasmus Program 2011
Publications, Press and Reviews
2024
Rustic Pain by Vanessa Brown + Mike Bourscheid at gr_und, YYYYMMDD Contemporary, January
RADAR: Rustic Pain - Vanessa Brown + Mike Bourscheid at grund, PASSE-AVANT. January
Rustic Pain: Vanessa Brown + Mike Bourscheid at gr_und, Daily Lazy. January
2023
Fall Artists Spotlight, Elle Magazine Canada, Fall Issue
Artbox: E Portrait vum Museker Jérôme Klein, d'Ausstellung vum Mike Bourscheid & Vanessa Brown an d'Irem Sosay. RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg. June 25, 2023
The Hand That Topples The Tower, Saliva Live, online
Mois Européen de la Photographie (EMPOLUX) catalogue, Spring 2023
Mike Bourscheid + Vanessa Brown: The Hand That Topples The Tower at CNA Centre national de l’audiovisuel, VTph magazine
The Hand That Topples The Tower: Mike Bourscheid + Vanessa Brown, Photography Now
2022
Vanessa Brown: Artist meditates on voids both real and imaginary, by Yani Kong, Galleries West
That Other Hunger: Artist explores potential of holes in upcoming exhibition, by Vikki Hui, Richmond News
Fall Arts Preview, Visual Arts: 5 must-Catch Events, by Stewart Derdeyn, The Vancouver Sun
That Other Hunger: Artist’s upcoming exhibition explores holes, by Hannah Scott, The Richmond Sentinal
Studio Visit with Vanessa Brown, by Nadia Egan, Berlin Art Link
Mapping Time: Mystic Toolkit at Artpace San Antonio, by Collette Copeland, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art
Die Hüllen fallen lassen, by Sebastian Restorff, Der Tagesspiegel
Top Five: Mystic Toolkit, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art
2021
SLUMBER at Patel Brown, by Olivia Mariko Hsuen-Ferris, ARTORONTO.CA
2020
I fully pledge for the pleasure of the domestic: In response to Vanessa Brown and Anna Torma, by Areum Kim, Permanent Collection
Vanessa Brown, Cahier D’images, Kianpour & Partners, Librairie Fellner Louvigny, Luxembourg
2019
Ashtray Earrings, by Annika von Taube, Strong Buy, Monopol, September Issue
The Art of Simultaneity, by Lee Henderson, Border Crossings Magazine, Issue 150
Vanessa Brown + Michelle Helene Mackenzie, by Michael Turner, Canadian Art, Winter Issue
2018
Vanessa Brown at The Esker Foundation, by Maeve Hanna, Sculpture Magazine
Speculative Methodologies: Veils of a Bog at The Western Front, by Gillian Haigh, Peripheral Review
Of Earrings, Tears, and Jewellers: The Sculptures of Vanessa Brown, by Anna Kovler, Arsenal Contemporary Blog
Wild Inside, review by Nathan Flint, artoronto.ca
Artspeak Radio Digest, interview with Erik Hood, Vancouver Co-op Radio
Veils of a Bog at The Western Front, review by Steffanie Ling, Akimbo
Vanessa Brown: Late Night Trip to the Jeweller's, review by Lindsay Sorell, Akimbo
The Greatest Stories Ever Told, review by Christine Wong, Local Drop Mag
E-flux Announcements: The Esker Foundation Summer Exhibitions
Must-Sees This Week: May 24th -30th 2018, Canadian Art
Overly Dedicated, Episode 4: Vanessa Brown, podcast hosted by Claire Scherzinger
NUT II, edited by Liza Lacroix + Alli Melanson, published by Anteism
2017
Some Spontaneous Particulars, published by Access Gallery
Must-Sees This Week: Dec 7th -13th 2017, Canadian Art
Anjuli Rathod + Vanessa Brown at the Projet Pangée, Art Viewer
Anjuli Rathod + Vanessa Brown at the Projet Pangée, by Tammer El-Sheikh, Akimbo
Anjuli Rathod + Vanessa Brown at the Projet Pangée in Montreal, Wall Street International
Must-Sees This Week: Oct 5th - 11th, 2017, Canadian Art
The Far Off Blue Places, by Xan Shian, featured in Create Magazine
This Woman’s Work, by Ginger Carlson, Canadian Art, Fall Issue
6 Highlights from Canadian Art's Upcoming Auction, Jessica Bradley, Canadian Art
WAAP takes a line from Gertrude Stein, Whitehot Magazine, August Issue
2016
Must-Sees This Week: Dec 8th - 14th, 2016, Canadian Art
Artist Interview Series: Vanessa Brown, The Volumes Project
The Acorn Artist Series
A Collection of Influence, RBC
Speaking Volumes with your Hands, by Sunshine Frere, V.I.A.
Must-Sees This Week: Oct 20th-26th, 2016, Canadian Art
Poetry Is Dead: Intersections, Poetry is Dead Magazine Society
RELIEF, Emma Metcalfe Hurst and Scott Kemp, Publication Studios
2015
The Oasis at Field Contemporary, by Steffanie Ling, Akimbo
Must Sees This Week: July 16-22 2015, Canadian Art
Art This Week: Mini Golf Reimagined, by Nancy Lanthier, The Vancouver Sun
Shadow Cast, Issue Magazine, Vol 4, No. 1
Moon Room: Mysteries, Elucidated, by Alison Cooley, Canadian Art
2014
Lunar Magic, by Laura Horne-Gaul, Tussle Magazine
Vanessa Brown: Sculptures and Artifacts, HWY Magazine No.1
The Opening - Vanessa Brown & Deirdre McAdams at FIELD Contemporary. Interview by Alex Quicho, V.I.A.
Art This Week: Outside a Marble Palace, by Nancy Lanthier, The Vancouver Sun
2011
We Give A Shit Because We Care. p.27. Unit/Pitt and Publication Studio Vancouver
Collections
Google
Ministère de la Culture du Luxembourg
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Scotia Bank
Vancouver Art Gallery
Private Collections
Artist Talks
2022
Richmond Art Gallery, Canada
2021
51Cth with Lotte Løvholm + Julia Bondesson, Denmark
UBC Okanagan
Emily Carr University
2019
Artists on Artists series, Vancouver Art Gallery
The Twilight Hour, Emily Carr University
Artists for Kids
2018
Emily Carr University
The Esker Foundation
2017
Access Gallery, facilitated by Kimberly Philips
Panelist, Emily Carr University
2016
Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
Langara College of Fine Arts
2015
Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
Guest Artist, Crit Collective, Emily Carr University
2014
Field Satellite, with Kuh Del Rosario, Scott Lewis and Avalon Mott, Vancouver
Field Contemporary with Deirdre McAdams and Avalon Mott, Vancouver
Statement
Vanessa Brown works in sculpture, video and installation. Her work explores various ideas around craft, constructs of gender and labour, ideas of escape, gestures of comfort, and liminal spaces such as holes and dreams.
Bio
Vanessa Brown has exhibited in Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, the USA and Mexico, with solo and two-person exhibitions at the Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Diddeleng, Luxembourg; The Esker Foundation, Calgary; The Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond; Patel Brown, Toronto; Pangée, Montréal; The Western Front, Vancouver; The Armory Show, New York; and group exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; the Luxembourgish Institute for Artistic Research, New York; and Artpace, San Antonio.
Her work has been featured in Elle Magazine, Monopol, RTL Artbox, Berlin Art Link, Border Crossings, Sculpture Magazine, Der Tagesspielgel, Canadian Art, and Wall Street International.
She has completed three public art projects in Canada on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, səlilwətaɬ, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm land also known as the City of Vancouver and City of Burnaby.