About
Image by Daniel Perales, 2021
Bornin 1981, St. Ann, Jamaica. Alicia Brown is a contemporary realist oil painter.She receivedher BFA in Painting, and a diploma in Art Education from Edna Manley College ofthe Visual Performing Arts and an MFA in Painting from the New York Academy ofArt in 2014. She has been a recipient of the Dawn Scott Memorial award from theJamaica Biennial 2017, two Elizabeth Foundation Grants 2019 and 2021, the JoanBrady Foundation Grant 2013 and LCU Foundation Grants 2012 and 2014. Alicia hasattended residencies at the Leipzig International Art Program in Germany andthe Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ residency in Massachusetts. Exhibitions haveincluded the 2017 Jamaica Biennial, Prizm Art Fair Miami, Jamaica Spiritual2017 London, Painting the Figure Now 2019 Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art.She has had a solo show at Studio 174 in Kingston, Jamaica 2016 and ViragoGallery, Seattle Washington 2019. Her work has been featured in BeautifulBizarre magazine, American Art Collector, Painting the Figure Now 2019magazine, SHOUT MIAMI magazine, ARTIT voice of Artists Magazine, CaribbeanQuarterly Journal and other publications. Her work is in notable collectionssuch as the Bennet Collection of Women Realists and other private collections.
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