Born in Detroit, Michigan
Lives and Works in Brooklyn, New York
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
FISHS EDDY GALLERY, New York
"Plein Air En Site" Five artists
2015
RENATE ALBERTSEN-MARTON GALLERY, Brooklyn, New York
Two-Person Exhibit (with Ben Cowan)
2015
THE TILE PROJECT: DESTINATION THE WORLD (catalog)
Public art installation in 22 international locations organized by TransCultural Exchange
2004
Partial list of sites include:
- Mercer Playground, New York City
- Chapel of Art, Wales
- Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Fine Arts Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- City Council of Chinchón, Spain
- Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
- Pantanegra, Mexico City
- Cultural Centre Verkatehdas, Hameenlinna, Finland
- Pataka Museum, Porirua City, New Zealand
- Centre for Visual Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
DRESDNER BANK AG, Jülich, Germany
1998
TRIBECA 148 GALLERY, New York City
"File Pix", curated by Eddie Peel for Art Initiatives, a Four-Person Exhibit
1994
PACIFIC BASIN SCHOOL OF TEXTILE ARTS, Berkeley, California
"Two-Person Show of Works on Paper"
1981
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
HOB'ART GALLERY, Hoboken, NJ
"Women Live", curated by Meredeth Turshen and Miriam Untoria
2017
SPRING STREET GALLERY, New Shoreham, RI
2017
TAHAWUS CENTER, Au Sable Forks, NY
2016
STEINHARDT CONSERVATORY GALLERY, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
"Visions of Nature", Faculty and student exhibit
2006-2015
CYNTHIA BROAN GALLERY, New York City
“Artist Tax Forms”, book format curated by Elise Engler
2006
KENTLER INTERNATIONAL DRAWING SPACE, Brooklyn, NY
“Small Works On Paper”
2002
THE BOND MARKET ASSOCIATION, New York City (catalog)
“From the Painted to the Painterly”, curated by Younghee Choi Martin and Barbara Sussman
2000
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York City
Creative Center Faculty Exhibit
1999
CASINO GALLERY, Point O'Woods, Fire Island, New York
"Fire Island Art Show"
2000, 1998, 1996
SMITHTOWN TOWNSHIP ARTS COUNCIL, St. James, NY
"Hair: The Long and Short of It"
1994
BROOKE ALEXANDER GALLERY, New York City
Organization of Independent Artists Benefit
1993
THE GALLERY, THREE ZERO, New York City
“People II"
1993
LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM, New York
“Art Walk" of Lower East Side Artists' Studios
1992 & 1993
TRIBECA ORGANIZATION OF INDEPENDENT ARTISTS, New York
"OIA Salon `91"
1991
WARD-NASSE GALLERY, New York
"City Views"
1991
CORK GALLERY, LINCOLN CENTER, New York
"The Figure Now", curated by Sue Collier and Beth Sutherland
1990
SALENA GALLERY, Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University
“The Figure Now”, curated by Sue Collier and Beth Sutherland
1990
MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE, New York (catalog)
"Realist Painting", curated by Sylvia Sleigh
1982
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“A Mending Fence: Pieces of Art for World Peace”, by Aileen Torres, The Villager, December 29, 2004; volume 74, number 34
“Erste Deutsche Ausstellung der in New York Lebenden Künstlerin Enid Braun in Jülich: Bilder erzählen vel über USA,” Jülich Wochenster, October 30, 1998
“Leben in New York verarbeitet: ‘American Exhibition,’” Jülicher Zeitung, October 30, 1998
"Point O'Woods Hosts Popular Island-Wide Show," by Andy Smith, Fire Island News, August 29, 1996, volume 40, number 15.
"Realist Paintings: People and Things in Women's Lives," by Sylvia Sleigh, Women's Art Journal, Spring/Summer, 1982; volume 7, number 1.
"Subjects and Objects," by Kathleen Rowley, Artweek, February 7, 1981; volume 12, number 5.
"Theater: Promise Deserves a Voice," by Ruis Woetendyke. The Villager, April 14, 1988; volume 58 number 11.
"What a Life," by Richard Hornby, The New York Press, April 13, 1988, volume 1, number 1.
COLLECTIONS
The Bond Market Association Permanent Collection, 40 Broad Street, New York, New York, 10004
The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Various private collections
GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS
Brooklyn Navy Yard Visiting Artist
2012-13
Vermont Studio Center, P.O. Box 613, Johnson, VT 05656
Dorothy Buley Pastel Artist Residency, Full Fellowship Award
2004
Puffin Foundation, Ltd., 20 E. Oakene Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666-4111
Project Grant
2003
RELATED BACKGROUND
BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Public Perspectives Exhibit
“Gowanus Transformations”, curated by Christine MacKellar and Margaret Maugenest 65 Photographs profiling 11 current manufacturing/artisan businesses in the Gowanus area “Gowanus Transformations”, curated by Christine MacKellar and Margaret Maugenest65 Photographs profiling 11 current manufacturing/artisan businesses in the Gowanus area
2008
NEW YORK CITY COORDINATING ARTIST, (with Kim Gledhill)
The Tile Project, a one-year NYC Parks Department Public Art Installation
2004
CHAIR, ARTS COMMITTEE, Manhattan Community Board#2
Advocated for support for the arts within the Board area through creation of a directory and various public forums; reviewed public art permits to various City agencies. Advocated for support for the arts within the Board area through creation of a directoryand various public forums; reviewed public art permits to various City agencies
1998-2000
SET DESIGNER AND PAINTER, New York City
Caravan Theater Company production of "Half Life" by Peter B. Hodges, an Equity showcase performed at the Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center Caravan Theater Company production of "Half Life" by Peter B. Hodges, an Equity showcase performed at the Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center
1988
TEACHING BACKGROUND
ORGANIZED AND TAUGHT PLEIN AIR WORKSHOPS:
*Week-long Block Island, RI pastel intensives
2017 and 2018
*TAHAWUS CENTER, Au Sable Forks, NY, Adirondacks Landscape Intensive
2016
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, Brooklyn, NY
*Teach adult art pastel classes
*Teach adult drawing classes in black and white media
2006 to Present
BATTERY PARK CITY PARKS CONSERVANCY, New York City
*Taught adult art classes including figure and landscape drawing
*Taught “Public Art Explorations”, collaborative instruction with modern art historian Dorothea Basile
1999 to 2014
WESTSIDE YMCA, New York City
*Taught adult drawing class
2008 to 2010
CREATIVE CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER, New York City
*Taught figure drawing workshops
1998 to 2004
92ND STREET "Y," New York City
*Taught oil painting at all levels
*Taught drawing at all levels: Life drawing; intermediate/advanced all media drawing
1990 to 1998
THE COOPER UNION, New York City
*Taught figure drawing classes in their Public Programs
1992 to 1994
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE. Visiting Artist.
*Instructed undergraduate Beginning/Further Painting class
1989
EDUCATION
MFA PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, New York. Painting Major
1984
BFA SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, Painting Major
1976
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan
Honors Program. Creative Writing and Humanities