About
PETEY BROWN earned a BFA in painting at Boston University in 1976. She has had solo exhibitions in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Provincetown, MA; and Roanoke, VA. Petey has been included in numerous group exhibitions over the years, at the National Academy of Design, NY; Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Fitchburg Art Museum, MA; Zurcher Gallery, NY; and many others. Her work is included in the collections of the Library of Congress and De Cordova Museum. Commissions include works for the Marriot Hotel in Tampa, FL , Conrad Hotel in Uruguay, and others. Petey’s work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Art New England, Newton Times, and Delicious Line. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and works in Soho, NY and Garrattsville, NY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
- Bowery Gallery, Invitational, New York, NY
2014
- AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
- SUNY, Morrisville, New York
1989
- Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987
- David Brown Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1986
- Patricia Heesy Gallery, New York, NY
- David Brown Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1985
- Patricia Heesy Gallery, New York, NY
1984
- Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA
1983
- Helen Shlein Gallery, Boston, MA
1981
- Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITION
2023
- Alexander/Heath Contemporary, Roanoke, VA, Arthur Levine and Petey Brown
THREE PERSON EXHIBITION
2023
- The Art Garage, Cooperstown, NY, Passages
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Tyger Tyger Gallery, Asheville, NC, I will tell you mine
- Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY, 100 Women of Spirit
- Equity Gallery, New York, NY, Green
2023
- Birdhouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Dear March Come In, Alexander Rutsch Brock, curator
- Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY, Eleven Women of Spirit
2022
- Birdhouse Gallery, Hancock, NY, Flowers That Bloom Forever
- Equity Gallery, New York, NY, Among Friends
2021
- Jason McCoy Gallery, Drawing Challenge/Artsy, virtual
- Yellow Chair Salon/Truro Center for the Arts, virtual
- SFA Projects, New York, NY, Home Sweet Home
- Equity Gallery, New York, NY, Members Invitational
2020
- Flatfile Gallery, virtual
2019
- VanDeb Editions, Long Island City, NY, National Women’s History Month Invitational
- The Painting Center, New York, NY, Anniversary Show Invitational
- Prince Street Gallery, Lori Bookstein, Juror
- Site:Brookyn, Works on Paper
- The Art Garage, Cooperstown, NY, Blue
- Among Friends Invitational, New York, NY
- David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
2018
- Among Friends, Invitational, Brooklyn, NY
- Le Art Garage, Splash, Cooperstown, NY
- Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Sharilyn Neidhardt, curator
- DSC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Yellow Chair Spectacular
- Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY, Betty Cuningham, curator
- Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Karen Wilkin, curator
- Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Greatest Show on Earth
2017
- Gallery North, Setauket, NY, Portraits and Figures
- Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, Big Small Show
- David&Schweitzer, New York, NY, Selections from the Flatfile
- Mishkin Gallery, New York, NY, Small Works Show, Richard Timperio, curator
- Westbeth, New York, NY, On the Shoulders of Giants, Thaddeus Raddell, curator
- 2016 First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Juried Show, Lori Bookstein, curator
- Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY, Art From The Boros 1V
- Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, Juried Show, Graham Nickson, curator
- Baruch College, New York, NY, Juried Show, Richard Timperio, curator
2014
- Boston University, Boston, MA, Alumnae Show
2008
- Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2006
- National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Invitational
2003
- I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
2001
- A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996
- Gallery 148, New York, NY
1992
- Artists Space, New York, NY
- Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
1990
- OIA Gallery, New York, NY
1989
- City University, New York, NY
- Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery 99, Miami, FL
1988
Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987
- Patricia Heesy Gallery, New York, NY
- Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986
- Patricia Heesy Gallery, New York, NY
- Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
- Edison Community College, Fort Meyers, FL
- Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1985
- Patricia Heesy Gallery, New York, NY
1984
- John Christian Gallery, New York, NY
- Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, MA
- Provincetown Group Gallery Invitational, Provincetown, MA
- Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1983
- Boston Visual Artists Union, Boston, MA
- deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
- West End Gallery, Provincetown, MA
- Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA
1982
- Helen Shlien Gallery, Boston, MA
1981
- Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
- Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1979
- Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1978
- Keene State College, Keene, NH
- Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
1977
- Salem State College, Salem, NH
COMMISSIONS
- Marriot Hotel, Tampa, FL
- Embassy Suites Hotel, Parsippany, NJ
- Phyllis Miriam Residence, NY, NY
- Loews Hotel, Santa Monica, CA
- Four Walls Eight Windows Publishing Company, New York, NY
- The Floridian Hotel, Vero Beach, FL
- Conrad Hotel, Uruguay
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- Coca-Cola USA, Atlanta, GA
- DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
- Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA
- Robinson’s Department Stores, Los Angeles, CA
- Checkers Hotel, Santa Monica, CA
- Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL
- Westin Hotel, Kauai, HA
- Four Seasons Resort Club, Carlsbad, CA
REVIEWS
- Delicious Line, June 2017, Ashley Norwood Cooper
- New York Times, April 19, 1985, Grace Glueck
- Boston Globe, December 13 , 1984, Christine Temin
- Boston Globe, “Critic’s Tip”, December 6, 1984, Robert Taylor
- Art New England, March, 1983, Eugene Narrett
- Boston Globe, “Critic’s Tip”, June 1983, Christine Temin
- Art New England, May 1981, Katherine Nahum
- Newton Times, January 1977, Katherine Nahum
EDUCATION
- Wheaton College, Norton, MA
- Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts, BFA 1976