EDUCATION
2019 MFA, Painting and Drawing, Secondary Emphasis: Printmaking, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2018 MA, Painting and Drawing, Secondary Emphasis: Sculpture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2011 BFA, Painting and Drawing, Tyler School of Art: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2009-10 Tyler School of Art: Temple University Rome (study abroad), Rome, Italy
SOLO, TWO PERSON, AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Safe House, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
2022 Bend Before You Break, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Alice C. Cole Grant Exhibition, Wellesley College Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA
2021 And Still…, 707 Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Glorious, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Iowa City, IA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Echoes from the Rust, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2023 Mortal Coil, Fine Art Gallery at Landmark College, Putney, VT
2023 Everything Once Arranged Has Become Scattered, Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2022 Future Visions, Women of Visions, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Full Spectrum, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Healing Through the Preservation of Our Histories and Our Selves, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2020 WomenXWomen, Ronald K. de Long Gallery at Penn State University Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA
2017 Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2016 I Found God in Myself: The 40 Anniversary of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Women's Her-Story Month, Colored Girls Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Giving Voice, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA
2012 Woman's Work, Joose Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Annual Juried Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2010 Temple Rome Student Show, Temple Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy
2009 Temple Rome Student Show, Temple Rome Gallery, Rome Italy
2009 Temple Rome, Circolo degli Artisti Culture Center, Rome, Italy
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
2023-24 Public Art Artist-in-Residence, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2023 Artist-In-Residence, bell hooks Center, Berea, KY
2022 Craft Archive Fellowship Award, Center for Craft, Ashville, NC
2022 Schooner Scholarship, Schooner Foundation and Furniture Society, Seattle, WA
2021 Creative Development Award, Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Artist-In-Residence, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant, Pittsburgh Foundation and Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Stoney Lamar Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2021 Crafting the Future Fellowship, Crafting the Future/Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2020 Alice C. Cole ’42 Merit Grant in Studio Art, Wellesley Art Department, Wellesley, MA
2019 Student Leadership Award, Center for Diversity and Enrichment, University of Iowa, IA
2019 Fulbright Research Grant Alternate
2018 Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2018 African American Studies Award in Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2018 Mildred Pelzer Fellowship Award, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2017 Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts Award, American Austrian Foundation, Vienna, Austria
2011 Chairman’s Best of Show, Juried Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
2009 Gilman Scholarship, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS (Articles/Book contributions)
Brown, NE. “NE Brown.” Shifting Times: African American Artists 2020 – 2021, edited by Berrisford Boothe and Klare Scarborough, 76 -77. Petrucci Family Foundation of African American Art (self-published), 2022.
Brown, NE and Greenlee, Dr. E Gale. “Kentucky’s Black Craft Trail and the Unequal Path from Berea College to Lincoln Institute.” Hyperallergic, June 15, 2023. https://hyperallergic.com/827663/kentuckys-black-craft-trail-and-the-unequal-path-from-berea-college-to-lincoln-institute/
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Reviews/Articles/Catalogues/Interviews)
Lotenschtein, Madison. “In a dialogue with art, UI graduate student gives her perspective on woodworking.” Daily Iowan, May 8, 2019. https://dailyiowan.com/2019/05/08/in-a-dialogue-with-art-ui-graduate-student-gives-her-perspective-on-woodworking/#
COLLECTIONS
Colored Girls Museum Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Lewis Tanner Moore Collection, Bucks County, PA
Petrucci Family Foundation Collection, Ashbury, NJ