Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. Explained

Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. (born 1993)[1] is a queer black American artist and photographer. In 2019 they received an Emerging Visual Arts Grant by The Rema Hort Mann Foundation.[2]

Early life and education

In 2017, Brown graduated with a BFA from New York University[3] at the Tisch School of Arts. They also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2017.

Work

Brown's work is inspired by Deana Lawson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Lorna Simpson. Their work started with a focus on self portraiture to examine the complexities of gender and identity. Brown's work speaks to the black queer body by using the intimacy of portraiture as a means to question preconceived notions of maleness and blackness.[4]

Brown has been commissioned by media outlets and fashion designers, including New York Magazine,[5] Gayletter Magazine,[5] The New Yorker,[6] [7] Vice,[8] Teen Vogue, Dazed, W Magazine,[9] [10] and Telfar Clemens.[11] Their work has been featured by W Magazine,[12] [13] Vice, and The Fader.

In 2017, Brown co-curated the seventh annual "Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair" with Devin N. Morris, titled Rock Paper Scissors and a Three-Armed Shovel.[14]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael. Valinsky. 2021-10-20. photographer elliott jerome brown, jr. delves deeply into black lives. 10 November 2016. I-D.
  2. Web site: Greenberger. Alex. 2019-09-30. Eight New York Artists Win $10,000 Grants Through Closely Watched Rema Hort Mann Foundation Program. 2020-06-27. ARTnews.com. en-US.
  3. Web site: Elliott Brown Jr . Carrie Mae Weems . 2017-08-07. Photos From Two Artists Who Approach Portraits in Very Different Ways. 2020-06-27. Vice. en.
  4. Web site: 25 Captivating Photographers Whose Work You Need In Your Life. 2020-06-27. The FADER. en.
  5. Web site: Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.'s Photos Explore The Tension Between The Public And Private Self. 2020-06-27. The Fader. en.
  6. Pollack-Pelzner. Daniel. Quiara Alegría Hudes Rewrites the American Landscape. 2020-06-27. The New Yorker. 5 April 2018 . en-us.
  7. Als. Hilton. Acting Out in "People, Places, & Things". 2020-06-27. The New Yorker. 6 November 2017 . en-us.
  8. Web site: Lawrence Burney . Elliott Jerome Brown Jr . 2017-09-28. The Stitched Up, Lo-Fi Torment of Deem Spencer. 2020-06-27. Vice. en.
  9. Web site: 18 Photographers Share Portraits of Their Dads, Just the Way They Are. 2020-06-27. W Magazine Women's Fashion & Celebrity News. en-US.
  10. Web site: Ato Blankson-Wood Unpacks the "Power and Pain" of "Slave Play". 2020-06-27. W Magazine Women's Fashion & Celebrity News. en-US.
  11. Web site: Telfar Fall 2020 Menswear Fashion Show. 2020-06-27. Vogue. 9 January 2020 . en.
  12. What "Pride" Really Means, As Illustrated by 35 Queer Photographers. 2020-06-27. W Magazine . en-US.
  13. 15 Photographers Capture Summer 2018 in Just One Image. 2020-06-27. W Magazine . en-US.
  14. Web site: VICE - These Aren't Your Crusty Grandpa's Zines. 2020-06-27. www.vice.com. en.
  15. Web site: 2017-06-30. Art that Evokes the Uncanny Body. 2020-06-27. Hyperallergic. en-US.
  16. Web site: 2018-05-18. Art exhibitions to leave the house for this weekend. 2020-06-27. en.
  17. Web site: 2018-06-04. Editors' Picks: 16 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week. 2020-06-27. artnet News. en-US.
  18. Web site: 2019-07-08. 9 Art Events in New York: Carmen Herrera, Sahra Motalebi, 'Painters of the East End,' and More for the Week of July 8, 2019. 2020-06-27. ARTnews.com. en-US.
  19. Web site: 2019-10-29. 17 must-see art exhibitions in the UK this winter. 2020-06-27. The Independent. en.
  20. News: Dunne. Aidan. The week's best exhibitions: From Glass Biennale to Tai Shani. 2020-06-27. The Irish Times. en.
  21. Web site: 2020-06-11. Wet Paint: LA Gallery's Artists Flee Over Dealer's Racist Comments, Marfa Waffles on Reopening, & More Art-World Gossip. 2020-06-27. artnet News. en-US.
  22. Web site: 2020-06-11. A Show of Portraits by Queer Artists of Color Aims to Simultaneously Celebrate Individuality and Shared Identity—See It Here. 2020-06-27. artnet News. en-US.
  23. Web site: 2020-06-15. This Exhibition Celebrates the Work of Queer Photographers of Colour. 2020-06-27. AnOther. en.
  24. Web site: 2020-06-12. This online show celebrates and sells prints by queer artists of colour. 2020-06-27. Dazed. en.

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