Education
M.F.A. 2014 Painting Academy of Art University
B.F.A. 2010 Studio Art University of Saskatchewan
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2021 Arts Abroad Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Grand Prize, Elements of Nature, Siy Gallery
2021 Honorable Mention, Crocker Kingsley Award, Blue Line Arts
2018 Clark Hulings Fund Entrepreneur Fellowship
2017 Regional Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
2017 Grand Prize, Fall Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center
2017 Clark Hulings Fund Fellowship
2016 Regional Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
2015 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2015 Grand Prize, Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery (Federation of Canadian Artists)
2015 Nora Faria Memorial Award, Central California Artists Showcase, Mistlin Gallery
2014 Grand Prize, In Your Dreams, Carnegie Arts Center
2014 First Place, MFA Abstract Painting, Spring Show, Academy of Art University
2010 Nominated for Bank of Montreal National Art Competition
Museum Exhibitions
2021 Light, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2019 Content Matters, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2018 Memory and Perception, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2018 55th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2014 Expand: 18th Annual New Generations Student Showcase, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2010 Fresh Prints, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Versions of Truth, Siy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Outskirts of Somewhere, Void Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2014 Memory Landmarks, The Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 It’s All a Blur, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2008 Kristen Brown, Elements Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Being Human, San Francisco Women’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Autumn’s Palette, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2023 Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Relish Bay Area Reunion, CGS Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Refuses of the Bay, Metal Haus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Small Works, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Pyramid Scheme, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Crocker Kingsley, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2022 Small Works, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2022 Art of Healing, Siy Gallery, San Bruno, CA
2022 50/50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2022 Human Form and Figure, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA
2021 Drama: Story-Telling in Art, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2021 Extinction, Gallerium, Toronto, ON
2021 Small Works, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2021 Elements of Nature, Siy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 About Face, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2021 Summer Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, San Diego, CA
2021 Left Coast, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2021 Crocker Kingsley, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2021 Family Matters, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2020 The Perception Project: Shifting Perspectives on Trauma, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Celebration of Art, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
2020 California Centered, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
2020 GALEX 54, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2019 50/50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2019 Bay Area Prints, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Survey 2019, City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Small Works, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2018 6 x 6, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2018 50/50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2018 10x10x10, Borderline Art Collective, San Francisco, CA
2018 Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2018 SNAP!, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Luminous, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 BLUETS: to fall under a spell, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 Fall Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2017 RELISH: Magazine Release and Exhibition, American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco, CA
2017 Scratching the Surface, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Magical Realism, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2017 Annual Juried Art Show, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2017 West Coast Bienial, Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA
2016 Small Works, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, SK
2016 Here, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2016 Not Alone, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Small Works, Void Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2016 Tiny 16, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Hayward Arts Council Invitational, John O'Lague Galleria, Hayward, CA
2016 Art Now Art Fair, Saskatoon, SK
2016 National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2016 Our Town, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2016 Arts in Harmony, Blaine City Hall, Blaine, MN
2016 Arts in Harmony, Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River, MN
2015 Small Works, Void Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2015 Here, Part I, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2015 Gems III, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2015 Annual International Representational Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 Central California Artists Showcase, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
2015 Central California Artists Showcase, Mistlin Gallery, Modesto, CA
2014 The Founders Show, Arte Verissima Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 In your Dreams, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA (accompanying Joan Miró: Fantastic Universe)
2014 Collect!, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2014 13th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2014 19th Annual Faculty + Alumni Fine Art Auction Exhibition, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2014 STOP THE CLOUD, I WANT TO GET OFF, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Spring Show Award Winners, Atelier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2014 Quiet, Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Small Art, Paolo Mejia Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Tiny 13, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Annual Members Show and Art Walk, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2010 Persistent Histories: Recent Acquisitions of Student Art, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2010 Senior Sculpture Group Show, AKA Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2010 Silence, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2009 El Señior, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Bibliography
”Great Auk,” becoming—Feral: A Book of Beasts, Objet-a Creative Studios, Glasgow, UK, 2021
”Kristen Brown,” WomenCinemakers, January 2019
Sofia Perez, Interview, Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists, 2017
Featured Artist, Art Maze Mag, Late Summer Issue 4, 2017
Featured Artists, RELISH Magazine, VOL. I, San Francisco, CA, 2017
"Void Gallery," go! Saskatoon, Shaw TV, Saskatoon, SK, June 10, 2016
"Painting in the Life of Kristen Brown," Art Avenue Magazine, 2016
"Studio Visit: Kristen Brown," Fresh Paint Magazine online (now Create Magazine), 2015
Featured Artist, Fresh Paint Magazine (now Create Magazine), vol. VI, 2015
Alison Pierce, "de Young Museum's Showcase Features AAU Work," Academy of Art University Newspaper, 2014
Elizabeth Ryan, "Vintage Photo Project: Kristen Brown," American Craft Council, 2014
Alison Cooley, “Memories explored at the Snelgrove,” The Sheaf, 2010
Collections
Gordon Snelgrove, Saskatoon, SK
University of Saskatchewan Printmaking Department Collection, Saskatoon, SK