Curriculum Vitae edited version
Shirley Brown
Box 306 Souris, Manitoba, R0K 2C0
E-mail: [email protected]
Education:
1987 - 2003 Workshops, retreats and/or classes with artists including Graham Asmundson; Jan Brancewicz; Douglas Brolund; Sheila Butler; George Buytendorp; Martha Cole; Aganetha Dyck; George Glenn; Steve Higgins; Susan Mills; Di Thorneycroft; Diane Whitehouse;
1986 One year mentorship with Diana Thorneycroft, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art Advisory Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Birds: The Apocalypse, Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
2014 Ossuary, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon Manitoba
2008 Vestiges, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Touring
2007 Vestiges, Swift Current Art Gallery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Touring
2007 Vestiges, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Touring
2005 Vestiges, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba (catalogue)
2005 Vestiges, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (catalogue)
2001 The Ancient Ones, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, Saskatchewan.,
2000 The Ancient Ones, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, (brochure)
1995 False Fronts, W.K.P. Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, Ontario., (brochure)
1994 Queen Elizabeth I, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario.
1994 Power Paintings, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.,
1993 Recent Work, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba.,
1990 Studio Series, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba., (brochure)
1990 Tornado, Medicine Hat Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
1990 Gas Station Theatre, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1990 Tornados, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba., Brandon, Manitoba. (brochure)
1989 Tornado, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2017 Essences of Natural Inspirations, Buhler Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (brochure with essay)
2013 Trifecta, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK.
2012 With Alec in Mind, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB., J. J. Kegan McFadden, curator
2011 Diana World Tour Toronto, Lomography Gallery Store Toronto , http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2011/09/02/the-diana-world-tour-lands-in-toronto-part-6
2009 Tasmania 1:100,000, Mapping The Island, Tasamia, Australia, March 14 - April 18, P.
Carey-Wells & D. Perndt, curators, Touring, website: www.mappingtheisland.com.au
2007 Prairie Jaunt/Alley Jaunt, Southwest Manitoba, Toronto , Ontario (brochure)
2006 - 2010 In Your Dreams, Canada, Germany & Australia, Touring
website: www.inyourdreams.helensanderson.com.au
2005 SITE Ten Years, SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002 The Library Project, curator/organizer/participant, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK.
2002 Perspectives, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia., May 23 - June 30
2001 The Library Project, curator/organizer/participant, touring, rural Manitoba and Gallery
1.1.1., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
1999 Coterie Takes Winnipeg, SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba., Coterie of Malcontents, Installation
1999 The Winter of Our Malcontent, Kennedy Block, Brandon, MB., Coterie of Malcontents, (catalogue)
1999 Renegade Library, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba (catalogue)
1998 Women Beyond Borders, Duffern Mall, Toronto, Ontario., , International, Invitational
1998 Painting up a Storm, A Space, Toronto, Ontario., Installation, Ingrid Mayrhofer, Curator
1997 Unfamiliar Ground, Hartney, Manitoba.,Coterie of Malcontents, Site-Specific Installation, (brochure)
1996 Me, Me, Me & Me, St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sigrid Dahle, Curator (catalogue)
1995 Initial Exhibition, Brandon, Manitoba, Coterie of Malcontents, Installation
1995 Fractured Spaces, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (brochure)
1993 The First Decade, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Donna Jones, Curator
1993-1995 Common Ground, M.A.C.A.C.. , Touring, S. Jackson, Curator (brochure)
1992 Edge Manitoba, Plug-In Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Shirley Madill, Leesa Steifler, Curators (catalogue)
1991 Mentoring, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta., , Invitational (catalogue)
1990 - 1992 Storm Warnings, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan., Touring (brochure)
1990 - 1992 Come From Away, V.A.S.E., , Touring, D. Jones, Curator (catalogue)
1989 Rural/Urban Landscape, Main/Access, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Sigrid Dahle, Al Rushton, Curators (brochure)
Selected Awards:
2012 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
2010 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
2007 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2007 Major Arts Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2005 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2004 Major Arts Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2003 Programming Assistance, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents/Rural Mentoring Group, Group
2002 Community Connections, Manitoba Arts Council, Rural Mentoring Group, Group
2002 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
2002 Programing Assistance, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
2000 Bridges Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1998 Art Ventures, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
1998 Major Visual Arts Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1998 Short Term Project grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1997 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
1996 Art Ventures, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
1995 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
1994 Access Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
1993 Banff Centre for the Arts Residency Scholarship
1992 Visual Arts “B”, Manitoba Arts Council
1992 Canada Council “B” Grant
1991 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
1991 Canada Council Travel Grant
1990 Short Term Project Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1989 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
Residencies/Lectures/Teaching/Mentor:
2009-2010 Mentor, Manitoba Arts Network/Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Rural and Remote Mentoring
Project, Ashern and Neepawa, Manitoba
2007 Slide Presentations in schools, Munich, Germany
2005 Artist-in-Residence, Winnipeg Art Gallery studio program, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004 - 2005 Mentor, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002-2003 Mentor and Originator, with B. Flemington & F. Jelly, of Rural Mentoring Group which mentored nine emerging rural Manitoba artists
2002, 2003, 2008 Instructor, Arts West Art Retreat, Clear Lake, Manitoba
2002 Artist-in Residence, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2002 Keynote Speaker, facilitator, mentor, B.C. Festival of the Arts, Surrey, British Columbia
2000 - 2001 Originator, curator, organizer of & participant in “The Library Project”, touring group
1999 - 2000 Mentor, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
1998 Slide Presentation, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.
1997 Instructor, 5 day Art Retreat, Estevan. Saskatchewan
1995 Instructor, 5 day course, Canador College, North Bay, Ontario
1995 Slide Lecture, W. K. P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
1994 Speaker, panelist, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, Ontario
1994 Instructor, Art Gallery of Southwestern MB., Brandon, Manitoba
1993 Keynote speaker, facilitator, “Images & Objects” Conference, Trail, British Columbia
1993 Slide Presentation, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1993 Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, 10 week residency, participant
1993 Slide Presentation, Banff Centre for the Arts residency, Banff, Alberta
1993 Slide Presentation, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Related Experience:
1999 Images used for Contemporary Verse 2, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999 View of A Space exhibit Flood of the Century Installation used in OAAG Ontario Association of Art Galleries calendar
1996 - 2001 Member of SITE gallery, 55 Arthur St., Winnipeg, Manitoba
1994 A founding member of “Coterie of Malcontents”, a group working for the artist-run concept in the southwest area of Manitoba
1993 Queen Elizabeth I paintings used in World Tea Party video
1990 Drive-in paintings used in a New-Music presentation at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Jury/Panel Member:
2010 Panel Member, Manitoba Arts Council, Community Connections
2009 Jury Mamber, Manitoba Arts Council, “A”, “B”, “C” Awards
2009 Jury Member, Arts West Traveling Exhibition, Neepawa, Manitoba
2008 Jury Member, Parkland Juried Art Show, Dauphin, Manitoba
2008 Jury Member, Arts West Traveling Exhibition, Souris, Manitoba
2006 Jury Member, Manitoba Arts Council, Organizations and Project Grants
2005 - 2009 Panel Member, Manitoba Arts Council Advisory Panel
2003 Jury member, Northern Juried Art Show, Flin Flon, Manitoba
2003 Jury member, Arts West Traveling Exhibition, Carberry Manitoba
2002 Jury member, Northern Juried Art Show, Thompson, Manitoba
2002 Panel member, CBC Artspots, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2001 Jury Member, Northern Juried Art Show, Churchill Manitoba
1998 Jury member, Manitoba Arts Council, “A” Grant
1995 Jury, Manitoba Arts Council, “Access” Grant
1993 Manitoba Arts Council Advisory Panel member
1991 Jury member, Manitoba Arts Council, “B” Grant
1991 Exhibition jury member, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Boards:
2006-2007 Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000-2003 Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1994-1996 Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993-1996 Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
1988-1991 Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba
Selected Bibliography:
2017 Visual Presentations II, A 10th Anniversary Publication of the Buhler Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Patricia Bovey, FRSA, Leona Herzog
2006 Paul Gessell, “The Queens were creeping them out’, December 28, The Ottawa Citizen
2006 CBC Artspots, Website: www.cbc.ca/artspots
2005 Amy Karlinsky, “Shirley Brown”, Volume 24, Number 4, Issue # 96, BorderCrossings
2005 Joanne Villeneuve, “A bird’s eye view”, August 24, Brandon Sun
2005 Newsletter # 74, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba Articles
2005 Newsletter # 73, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Articles
2005 Jonathan Ball, “Birds of a feather?”, July 28,. Uptown Magazine
2005 Jen Skerritt, “FAKING IT FOR REAL”, November, 4, Winnipeg Free Press
2005 Lorne Roberts, “Invented artifacts, real relics rub elbows”, July 14, Winnipeg Free Press
2005 “Shirley Brown Vestiges”, Exhibition Publication Winnipeg Art Gallery
2004 Joanne F. Villeneuve, “Sharing her art”, July 4, Brandon This Week
2003 “mawa: culture of community”, MAWA publication, Vera Lemecha, editor
2002 “Inversions”, MAWA publication
2001 Cheryl Miki, “Voice of Red River”, March, CKUW 95.9 FM, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000 Diane Nelson, May 24, “Dead birds worthy of reverence” Brandon Sun
2000 On! Staff, May, “Artist’s inspiration found behind the stove” On! Brandon
1999 Scott Barham, Autumn, “Artistic smorg has tasty bits” Winnipeg Free Press
1998 Diane Nelson, July 4, “Dem bird bones” Brandon Sun
1998 Rob Shaw, “Me, Me, Me & Me”, Feb., Swerve
1997 Garth Buchholz, Dec. 27, “Smile or Duck” Winnipeg Free Press
1997 Robert Enright, “24 Hours-Heartland”, Oct., CBC TV Winnipeg
1997 July 14, “Unique Art Experience near Hartney” Souris Plaindealer
1997 Garth Buchholz, Feb. 22, “Exhibition truly a Site to behold”, Winnipeg Free Press
1997 Garth Buchholz, Jan. 11, “Queen Elizabeth I dots the prairie”(review) Winnipeg Free Press
1997 “Me, Me, Me & Me” Exhibition Publication, Susan Chafe, Designer
1995 “On The Road Again”, December CBC TV
1995 Alison Gillmor, Feb. 18, “Work nourished by places, times” (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1995 October 11, “Local artist puts Deloraine On The Road Again”, Deloraine Times & Star
1995 Diane Nelson, Sept. 15, Artists go their own way with exhibit”, Brandon Sun
1995 Sept. 20, “Local Artists Exhibit” Deloraine Times & Star
1994 Marg Langton, June 4, Burlington, Ontario,. ”Powerful paintbrush allows artist to act up”, The Spectator
1993 Alison Gillmor, Dec. 31, “Arts events that gave hope to ’93” Winnipeg Free Press
1993 Sigrid Dahle, Summer, “The Power and the Sorry” (review) BorderCrossings
1993 “New Histories - The Studio Series”, Winnipeg Art Gallery
1993 Alison Gillmor, Sept. 11, “Time flies for influential gallery” (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1993 Bev Pike, Fall, “The Fine Art of Mentoring” Herizons
1993 Alison Gillmor, April 17, “Two high-spirited shows share contagious delight”(review), Winnipeg Free Press
1993 Terry Webber, April 10, “Queen Elizabeth I reigns on the walls”, Winnipeg Free Press
1993 April 6, Winnipeg, MB. (interview) CKY-TV
1993 Alison Gillmor, Jan. 16, “First Night art sets upbeat tone” (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Diane Nelson, Summer, “Prairie Women on Art” Community Arts, The Magazine
1993 Terry Webber, Jan. 12, Mentors help emerging artists” Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Alison Gillmor, July 11, “Fringe Manitoba an.... fringe”, (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Diane Nelson, June 30, “Female Flatlanders”, “Artist incorporates....... humor in work”, Brandon Sun
1992 Bud Robertson, April 26, “Stars in Training” Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Ben Kroeker, April 15, “Artist Shirley Brown collects... . awards”, Deloraine Times & Star
1991 Amy Karlinsky, Spring, “Shirley Brown” (review) “C” Magazine
1990 Randal McIlroy, Dec. 29, “Brown stirs tempest like a wild tornado”, (review), Winnipeg Free Press
1990 Randal McIlroy, Nov. 10, (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1990 October 17, “’Tornado Lady’ exhibits at the W.A.G.” Deloraine Times and Star
1990 Heather Reimer, Sept.,Winnipeg, Manitoba.(interview) CBC Radio, CBW
1990 Tom Lovatt, Spring, “Painting Out of the Blue”, (review) BorderCrossings
1990 Susan Price, March,, Redcliff, Alberta. (interview) CHAT TV
1990 Sheri Murphy-Wright, March 24, “Tornadoes should tell us about our own lives”, Medicine Hat News
1990 Randy Turner, Jan. 25, “Natural disasters ignite artist”, Winnipeg Free Press
1990 Bonne Robson, January 21, “Artist wrestles with control”, Brandon Today
1989 Ron Froherk, Summer, “Town ‘n Country” (review) BorderCrossings
1989 Randal McIlroy, Dec. 9, “Tornado series provides thrilling, ominous vision” (review), Winnipeg Free Press
Collections:
Canada Council Art Bank
Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank
Government of Manitoba
The Manitoba Cooperator, Winnipeg, MB.
Private Collections
Box 306 Souris, Manitoba, R0K 2C0
E-mail: [email protected]
Education:
1987 - 2003 Workshops, retreats and/or classes with artists including Graham Asmundson; Jan Brancewicz; Douglas Brolund; Sheila Butler; George Buytendorp; Martha Cole; Aganetha Dyck; George Glenn; Steve Higgins; Susan Mills; Di Thorneycroft; Diane Whitehouse;
1986 One year mentorship with Diana Thorneycroft, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art Advisory Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Birds: The Apocalypse, Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
2014 Ossuary, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon Manitoba
2008 Vestiges, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Touring
2007 Vestiges, Swift Current Art Gallery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Touring
2007 Vestiges, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Touring
2005 Vestiges, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba (catalogue)
2005 Vestiges, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (catalogue)
2001 The Ancient Ones, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, Saskatchewan.,
2000 The Ancient Ones, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, (brochure)
1995 False Fronts, W.K.P. Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, Ontario., (brochure)
1994 Queen Elizabeth I, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario.
1994 Power Paintings, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.,
1993 Recent Work, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba.,
1990 Studio Series, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba., (brochure)
1990 Tornado, Medicine Hat Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
1990 Gas Station Theatre, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1990 Tornados, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba., Brandon, Manitoba. (brochure)
1989 Tornado, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2017 Essences of Natural Inspirations, Buhler Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (brochure with essay)
2013 Trifecta, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK.
2012 With Alec in Mind, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB., J. J. Kegan McFadden, curator
2011 Diana World Tour Toronto, Lomography Gallery Store Toronto , http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2011/09/02/the-diana-world-tour-lands-in-toronto-part-6
2009 Tasmania 1:100,000, Mapping The Island, Tasamia, Australia, March 14 - April 18, P.
Carey-Wells & D. Perndt, curators, Touring, website: www.mappingtheisland.com.au
2007 Prairie Jaunt/Alley Jaunt, Southwest Manitoba, Toronto , Ontario (brochure)
2006 - 2010 In Your Dreams, Canada, Germany & Australia, Touring
website: www.inyourdreams.helensanderson.com.au
2005 SITE Ten Years, SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002 The Library Project, curator/organizer/participant, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK.
2002 Perspectives, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia., May 23 - June 30
2001 The Library Project, curator/organizer/participant, touring, rural Manitoba and Gallery
1.1.1., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
1999 Coterie Takes Winnipeg, SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba., Coterie of Malcontents, Installation
1999 The Winter of Our Malcontent, Kennedy Block, Brandon, MB., Coterie of Malcontents, (catalogue)
1999 Renegade Library, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba (catalogue)
1998 Women Beyond Borders, Duffern Mall, Toronto, Ontario., , International, Invitational
1998 Painting up a Storm, A Space, Toronto, Ontario., Installation, Ingrid Mayrhofer, Curator
1997 Unfamiliar Ground, Hartney, Manitoba.,Coterie of Malcontents, Site-Specific Installation, (brochure)
1996 Me, Me, Me & Me, St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sigrid Dahle, Curator (catalogue)
1995 Initial Exhibition, Brandon, Manitoba, Coterie of Malcontents, Installation
1995 Fractured Spaces, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (brochure)
1993 The First Decade, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Donna Jones, Curator
1993-1995 Common Ground, M.A.C.A.C.. , Touring, S. Jackson, Curator (brochure)
1992 Edge Manitoba, Plug-In Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Shirley Madill, Leesa Steifler, Curators (catalogue)
1991 Mentoring, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta., , Invitational (catalogue)
1990 - 1992 Storm Warnings, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan., Touring (brochure)
1990 - 1992 Come From Away, V.A.S.E., , Touring, D. Jones, Curator (catalogue)
1989 Rural/Urban Landscape, Main/Access, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Sigrid Dahle, Al Rushton, Curators (brochure)
Selected Awards:
2012 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
2010 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
2007 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2007 Major Arts Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2005 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2004 Major Arts Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2003 Programming Assistance, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents/Rural Mentoring Group, Group
2002 Community Connections, Manitoba Arts Council, Rural Mentoring Group, Group
2002 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
2002 Programing Assistance, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
2000 Bridges Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1998 Art Ventures, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
1998 Major Visual Arts Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1998 Short Term Project grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1997 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
1996 Art Ventures, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
1995 Visual Arts “A”, Manitoba Arts Council
1994 Access Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Coterie of Malcontents, Group
1993 Banff Centre for the Arts Residency Scholarship
1992 Visual Arts “B”, Manitoba Arts Council
1992 Canada Council “B” Grant
1991 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
1991 Canada Council Travel Grant
1990 Short Term Project Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1989 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
Residencies/Lectures/Teaching/Mentor:
2009-2010 Mentor, Manitoba Arts Network/Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Rural and Remote Mentoring
Project, Ashern and Neepawa, Manitoba
2007 Slide Presentations in schools, Munich, Germany
2005 Artist-in-Residence, Winnipeg Art Gallery studio program, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004 - 2005 Mentor, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002-2003 Mentor and Originator, with B. Flemington & F. Jelly, of Rural Mentoring Group which mentored nine emerging rural Manitoba artists
2002, 2003, 2008 Instructor, Arts West Art Retreat, Clear Lake, Manitoba
2002 Artist-in Residence, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2002 Keynote Speaker, facilitator, mentor, B.C. Festival of the Arts, Surrey, British Columbia
2000 - 2001 Originator, curator, organizer of & participant in “The Library Project”, touring group
1999 - 2000 Mentor, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
1998 Slide Presentation, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.
1997 Instructor, 5 day Art Retreat, Estevan. Saskatchewan
1995 Instructor, 5 day course, Canador College, North Bay, Ontario
1995 Slide Lecture, W. K. P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
1994 Speaker, panelist, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, Ontario
1994 Instructor, Art Gallery of Southwestern MB., Brandon, Manitoba
1993 Keynote speaker, facilitator, “Images & Objects” Conference, Trail, British Columbia
1993 Slide Presentation, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1993 Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, 10 week residency, participant
1993 Slide Presentation, Banff Centre for the Arts residency, Banff, Alberta
1993 Slide Presentation, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Related Experience:
1999 Images used for Contemporary Verse 2, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999 View of A Space exhibit Flood of the Century Installation used in OAAG Ontario Association of Art Galleries calendar
1996 - 2001 Member of SITE gallery, 55 Arthur St., Winnipeg, Manitoba
1994 A founding member of “Coterie of Malcontents”, a group working for the artist-run concept in the southwest area of Manitoba
1993 Queen Elizabeth I paintings used in World Tea Party video
1990 Drive-in paintings used in a New-Music presentation at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Jury/Panel Member:
2010 Panel Member, Manitoba Arts Council, Community Connections
2009 Jury Mamber, Manitoba Arts Council, “A”, “B”, “C” Awards
2009 Jury Member, Arts West Traveling Exhibition, Neepawa, Manitoba
2008 Jury Member, Parkland Juried Art Show, Dauphin, Manitoba
2008 Jury Member, Arts West Traveling Exhibition, Souris, Manitoba
2006 Jury Member, Manitoba Arts Council, Organizations and Project Grants
2005 - 2009 Panel Member, Manitoba Arts Council Advisory Panel
2003 Jury member, Northern Juried Art Show, Flin Flon, Manitoba
2003 Jury member, Arts West Traveling Exhibition, Carberry Manitoba
2002 Jury member, Northern Juried Art Show, Thompson, Manitoba
2002 Panel member, CBC Artspots, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2001 Jury Member, Northern Juried Art Show, Churchill Manitoba
1998 Jury member, Manitoba Arts Council, “A” Grant
1995 Jury, Manitoba Arts Council, “Access” Grant
1993 Manitoba Arts Council Advisory Panel member
1991 Jury member, Manitoba Arts Council, “B” Grant
1991 Exhibition jury member, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Boards:
2006-2007 Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000-2003 Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1994-1996 Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993-1996 Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
1988-1991 Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba
Selected Bibliography:
2017 Visual Presentations II, A 10th Anniversary Publication of the Buhler Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Patricia Bovey, FRSA, Leona Herzog
2006 Paul Gessell, “The Queens were creeping them out’, December 28, The Ottawa Citizen
2006 CBC Artspots, Website: www.cbc.ca/artspots
2005 Amy Karlinsky, “Shirley Brown”, Volume 24, Number 4, Issue # 96, BorderCrossings
2005 Joanne Villeneuve, “A bird’s eye view”, August 24, Brandon Sun
2005 Newsletter # 74, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba Articles
2005 Newsletter # 73, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Articles
2005 Jonathan Ball, “Birds of a feather?”, July 28,. Uptown Magazine
2005 Jen Skerritt, “FAKING IT FOR REAL”, November, 4, Winnipeg Free Press
2005 Lorne Roberts, “Invented artifacts, real relics rub elbows”, July 14, Winnipeg Free Press
2005 “Shirley Brown Vestiges”, Exhibition Publication Winnipeg Art Gallery
2004 Joanne F. Villeneuve, “Sharing her art”, July 4, Brandon This Week
2003 “mawa: culture of community”, MAWA publication, Vera Lemecha, editor
2002 “Inversions”, MAWA publication
2001 Cheryl Miki, “Voice of Red River”, March, CKUW 95.9 FM, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000 Diane Nelson, May 24, “Dead birds worthy of reverence” Brandon Sun
2000 On! Staff, May, “Artist’s inspiration found behind the stove” On! Brandon
1999 Scott Barham, Autumn, “Artistic smorg has tasty bits” Winnipeg Free Press
1998 Diane Nelson, July 4, “Dem bird bones” Brandon Sun
1998 Rob Shaw, “Me, Me, Me & Me”, Feb., Swerve
1997 Garth Buchholz, Dec. 27, “Smile or Duck” Winnipeg Free Press
1997 Robert Enright, “24 Hours-Heartland”, Oct., CBC TV Winnipeg
1997 July 14, “Unique Art Experience near Hartney” Souris Plaindealer
1997 Garth Buchholz, Feb. 22, “Exhibition truly a Site to behold”, Winnipeg Free Press
1997 Garth Buchholz, Jan. 11, “Queen Elizabeth I dots the prairie”(review) Winnipeg Free Press
1997 “Me, Me, Me & Me” Exhibition Publication, Susan Chafe, Designer
1995 “On The Road Again”, December CBC TV
1995 Alison Gillmor, Feb. 18, “Work nourished by places, times” (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1995 October 11, “Local artist puts Deloraine On The Road Again”, Deloraine Times & Star
1995 Diane Nelson, Sept. 15, Artists go their own way with exhibit”, Brandon Sun
1995 Sept. 20, “Local Artists Exhibit” Deloraine Times & Star
1994 Marg Langton, June 4, Burlington, Ontario,. ”Powerful paintbrush allows artist to act up”, The Spectator
1993 Alison Gillmor, Dec. 31, “Arts events that gave hope to ’93” Winnipeg Free Press
1993 Sigrid Dahle, Summer, “The Power and the Sorry” (review) BorderCrossings
1993 “New Histories - The Studio Series”, Winnipeg Art Gallery
1993 Alison Gillmor, Sept. 11, “Time flies for influential gallery” (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1993 Bev Pike, Fall, “The Fine Art of Mentoring” Herizons
1993 Alison Gillmor, April 17, “Two high-spirited shows share contagious delight”(review), Winnipeg Free Press
1993 Terry Webber, April 10, “Queen Elizabeth I reigns on the walls”, Winnipeg Free Press
1993 April 6, Winnipeg, MB. (interview) CKY-TV
1993 Alison Gillmor, Jan. 16, “First Night art sets upbeat tone” (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Diane Nelson, Summer, “Prairie Women on Art” Community Arts, The Magazine
1993 Terry Webber, Jan. 12, Mentors help emerging artists” Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Alison Gillmor, July 11, “Fringe Manitoba an.... fringe”, (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Diane Nelson, June 30, “Female Flatlanders”, “Artist incorporates....... humor in work”, Brandon Sun
1992 Bud Robertson, April 26, “Stars in Training” Winnipeg Free Press
1992 Ben Kroeker, April 15, “Artist Shirley Brown collects... . awards”, Deloraine Times & Star
1991 Amy Karlinsky, Spring, “Shirley Brown” (review) “C” Magazine
1990 Randal McIlroy, Dec. 29, “Brown stirs tempest like a wild tornado”, (review), Winnipeg Free Press
1990 Randal McIlroy, Nov. 10, (review) Winnipeg Free Press
1990 October 17, “’Tornado Lady’ exhibits at the W.A.G.” Deloraine Times and Star
1990 Heather Reimer, Sept.,Winnipeg, Manitoba.(interview) CBC Radio, CBW
1990 Tom Lovatt, Spring, “Painting Out of the Blue”, (review) BorderCrossings
1990 Susan Price, March,, Redcliff, Alberta. (interview) CHAT TV
1990 Sheri Murphy-Wright, March 24, “Tornadoes should tell us about our own lives”, Medicine Hat News
1990 Randy Turner, Jan. 25, “Natural disasters ignite artist”, Winnipeg Free Press
1990 Bonne Robson, January 21, “Artist wrestles with control”, Brandon Today
1989 Ron Froherk, Summer, “Town ‘n Country” (review) BorderCrossings
1989 Randal McIlroy, Dec. 9, “Tornado series provides thrilling, ominous vision” (review), Winnipeg Free Press
Collections:
Canada Council Art Bank
Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank
Government of Manitoba
The Manitoba Cooperator, Winnipeg, MB.
Private Collections