LaKela Brown

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LaKela Brown (born 1982) is a Brooklyn-based artist working in sculpture and plaster relief. [1] Her work is strongly influenced by hip-hop culture and African American aesthetics.

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Education

Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BFA in 2005 from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. [1]

Solo exhibitions

Brown's first solo exhibitions took place in 2007 at Moka Gallery, Chicago, and the Alumni/Faculty Hall of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. She has since exhibited her work at Jackie Klempay, Brooklyn, and Cave Gallery, Detroit, and her work was featured throughout Rockefeller Center during summer 2019. [2] [3] In 2018 she had her first international exhibition, Untitled at Lars Friedrich Gallery, Berlin, as well as Material Relief at Reyes | Finn, Detroit. [4] She was exhibited in Surface Possessions at 56 Henry in summer 2019. [5]

Group exhibitions

Brown has exhibited at ICA San Francisco in the group show Resting Our Eyes , as well as the Hessel Museum of Art in Gorgeous, Thrilling, Spectacle . Brown has also participated in Not For Sale at NXTHVN in New Haven , Get That Old Thing Back at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum, and L.A.'s Frieze art fair in 2023.

Residencies

Brown was a faculty artist in residence at Ox-Bow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan in 2018. She has also been in residence at Mano y Mente in Tulsa Rosa, New Mexico, and the Art on the Move program in the Detroit area.[ citation needed ]

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References

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  2. "LAKELA BROWN AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER". Art Production Fund. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. Behringer, David (2019-08-20). "Finding the Art of LaKela Brown at Rockefeller Center". Design Milk. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  4. "Reyes Finn | LaKela Brown: Material Relief". reyesfinn.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. Smith, Roberta; Cotter, Holland; Farago, Jason; Schwendener, Martha; Steinhauer, Jillian; Heinrich, Will (2019-04-25). "Over 40 Art Shows to See Right Now". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-07-08.