Artist CV
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Resilience, The Collective Makers x Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
RCA2024, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Tate Modern Lates: Sonic Disruption, Tate Modern, London, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
CAP Festival: CAP Cinema, Genesis Cinema, London, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
CAP Radio x Montez Press, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Desire? Desire!, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2023
CAPbaret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
RCA BLK Sankofa, Royal College of Art, London, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint,
Recent Activity, Birmingham, UK
Reframe: The Residency Exhibition, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Inspired Festival, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
People Making (BA Art and Design Degree Show), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Black British History is British History Unveiling, Centre of the Earth, Birmingham, UK
Research in Practice: L6 BAAD & BAFA (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
2022
Research Wall 1.0 (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Introducing L5 & L6 BAAD, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Algo|Afro-Futures, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
The Same Track (Micro Film Festival), Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, UK
Location3, Artefact Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Duplicate Publishing Fair, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Channelling WIP (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Channelling Early WIP (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Xover@Lane1 Dry Run, Xover@Lane1, Birmingham, UK
The Naval Spirit, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
2021
The Pandemic, 2021 ImaginAsia Exhibition, Online
The Naval Spirit (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Into The, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Unmuted, L4 BAAD & BAFA, Online
2020
Music Knows No Bounds, BCU Foundation Showcase, Online
2019
Let’s Talk About Race (Black History Month Visual Arts Competition), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
UCL Slade Summer School Bursary, UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2018
UCL Slade Summer School Bursary, UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Exemplary Student Product Design Exhibition, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
Resilience, The Collective Makers x Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
RCA2024, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Tate Modern Lates: Sonic Disruption, Tate Modern, London, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
CAP Festival: CAP Cinema, Genesis Cinema, London, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
CAP Radio x Montez Press, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Desire? Desire!, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2023
CAPbaret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
RCA BLK Sankofa, Royal College of Art, London, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint,
Recent Activity, Birmingham, UK
Reframe: The Residency Exhibition, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Inspired Festival, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
People Making (BA Art and Design Degree Show), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Black British History is British History Unveiling, Centre of the Earth, Birmingham, UK
Research in Practice: L6 BAAD & BAFA (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
2022
Research Wall 1.0 (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Introducing L5 & L6 BAAD, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Algo|Afro-Futures, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
The Same Track (Micro Film Festival), Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, UK
Location3, Artefact Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Duplicate Publishing Fair, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Channelling WIP (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Channelling Early WIP (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Xover@Lane1 Dry Run, Xover@Lane1, Birmingham, UK
The Naval Spirit, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
2021
The Pandemic, 2021 ImaginAsia Exhibition, Online
The Naval Spirit (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Into The, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Unmuted, L4 BAAD & BAFA, Online
2020
Music Knows No Bounds, BCU Foundation Showcase, Online
2019
Let’s Talk About Race (Black History Month Visual Arts Competition), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
UCL Slade Summer School Bursary, UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2018
UCL Slade Summer School Bursary, UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Exemplary Student Product Design Exhibition, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
Curatorial Projects
2024
RCA2024, MA Contemporary Art Practice, London, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
2023
Reframe: The Residency, Southbank Centre, London, UK
250th Anniversary Exhibition, Assay Office, Birmingham, UK
2022
Location3, Artefact Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Channelling WIP (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
RCA2024, MA Contemporary Art Practice, London, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
2023
Reframe: The Residency, Southbank Centre, London, UK
250th Anniversary Exhibition, Assay Office, Birmingham, UK
2022
Location3, Artefact Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Channelling WIP (Nightschool), Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK
Projects
2024
Petrichor, Royal College of Art, Lisson Gallery, Smoking Dogs, London, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint - Chapter 2, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Pursuits of Freedom, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
Between Dimensions, Royal College of Art, Online
Ezekiel and the Dancing Dragon, Royal College of Art, London, UK
John Blanke and the Magic Trumpet, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2023
Lucius’s Tribute, Royal College of Art, London, UK
An Eternal Present, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Reframe: The Residency, Southbank Centre, London, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
Black British History is British History, Legacy West Midlands, Birmingham, UK
Displacements: An Afro-Atlantic Ghost Story, Birmingham, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, UK
Research Wall 2.0, Birmingham School of Art, UK
2022
An Afro-Atlantic Ghost Story, Winterbourne House and Gardens, Birmingham, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, The Haint, As Written By Himself, in London, in 1815, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
Vanishing: Freedom, Erasure, and Trascendence in Black Magical Realist Art, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Online
Why You Should Apply, As An Art Student, For The Undergraduate of the Year Awards, Black Heritage Undergraduate of the Year Awards, London, UK
Channelling, Artefact, Birmingham, UK
The Naval Spirit, Birmingham School of Art, UK
2021
Black, Fiction, Magic, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Online
The Black Archive of 19th Century Academia, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Online
Blur, ImaginAsia, Online
2020
Social Model, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
Two Canaan’s - Chapter 2, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2019
Two Canaan’s, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2018
BRIDGE, Imagineer Productions, Bay Productions, Cardiff, UK
Petrichor, Royal College of Art, Lisson Gallery, Smoking Dogs, London, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint - Chapter 2, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Pursuits of Freedom, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
Reframe: The Director’s Cut, Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
Between Dimensions, Royal College of Art, Online
Ezekiel and the Dancing Dragon, Royal College of Art, London, UK
John Blanke and the Magic Trumpet, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2023
Lucius’s Tribute, Royal College of Art, London, UK
An Eternal Present, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Reframe: The Residency, Southbank Centre, London, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
Black British History is British History, Legacy West Midlands, Birmingham, UK
Displacements: An Afro-Atlantic Ghost Story, Birmingham, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, UK
Research Wall 2.0, Birmingham School of Art, UK
2022
An Afro-Atlantic Ghost Story, Winterbourne House and Gardens, Birmingham, UK
The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, The Haint, As Written By Himself, in London, in 1815, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
Vanishing: Freedom, Erasure, and Trascendence in Black Magical Realist Art, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Online
Why You Should Apply, As An Art Student, For The Undergraduate of the Year Awards, Black Heritage Undergraduate of the Year Awards, London, UK
Channelling, Artefact, Birmingham, UK
The Naval Spirit, Birmingham School of Art, UK
2021
Black, Fiction, Magic, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Online
The Black Archive of 19th Century Academia, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Online
Blur, ImaginAsia, Online
2020
Social Model, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
Two Canaan’s - Chapter 2, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2019
Two Canaan’s, Birmingham Institute of the Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2018
BRIDGE, Imagineer Productions, Bay Productions, Cardiff, UK
Education
2023 - 2024 Royal College of Art, MA Contemporary Art Practice, London, UK
2019 - 2023 Birmingham City University, BA Art and Design with a Foundation Year, Birmingham UK
2012 - 2019 Cardiff High School, Cardiff, UK
2005 - 2012 Coed Glas Primary School, Cardiff, UK
2019 - 2023 Birmingham City University, BA Art and Design with a Foundation Year, Birmingham UK
2012 - 2019 Cardiff High School, Cardiff, UK
2005 - 2012 Coed Glas Primary School, Cardiff, UK
Commissions
2024
Sir John Akomfrah Fellowship Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Resilience, The Collective Makers x Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, Aviva Studios - funded by the Southbank Centre, Apple, STEAMhouse, Midlands Arts Centre, Factory International, and Arts Council England. Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, STEAMhouse - funded by the Southbank Centre, Apple, STEAMhouse, Midlands Arts Centre, Factory International, and Arts Council England. STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
2023
Reframe: The Residency, Southbank Centre - funded by the Southbank Centre, Apple, STEAMhouse UK, Midlands Arts Centre, Factory International, and Arts Council England. STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
Designing the trophies for the AICPA & CIMA Engage UK & Ireland Finance Awards 2023, resulting in Brown being awarded the Designer of the Year Award at the awards ceremony.
Emerging Artist Mentorship with Luke Perry, by Legacy West Midlands, to design a Black Heritage public sculpture in Birmingham, UK
2022
Black History Month Drawing Workshop, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Street Art Workshop, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Festival, Birmingham, UK
Algo|Afro-Futures, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
Jamaica 60th Anniversary of Independence Public Sculpture, Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Youth Activator, Black Heritage Walks Network, Birmingham, UK
Sir John Akomfrah Fellowship Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Resilience, The Collective Makers x Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, Aviva Studios - funded by the Southbank Centre, Apple, STEAMhouse, Midlands Arts Centre, Factory International, and Arts Council England. Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
Reframe: The Directors’ Cut, STEAMhouse - funded by the Southbank Centre, Apple, STEAMhouse, Midlands Arts Centre, Factory International, and Arts Council England. STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
2023
Reframe: The Residency, Southbank Centre - funded by the Southbank Centre, Apple, STEAMhouse UK, Midlands Arts Centre, Factory International, and Arts Council England. STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK
Designing the trophies for the AICPA & CIMA Engage UK & Ireland Finance Awards 2023, resulting in Brown being awarded the Designer of the Year Award at the awards ceremony.
Emerging Artist Mentorship with Luke Perry, by Legacy West Midlands, to design a Black Heritage public sculpture in Birmingham, UK
2022
Black History Month Drawing Workshop, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Street Art Workshop, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Festival, Birmingham, UK
Algo|Afro-Futures, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
Jamaica 60th Anniversary of Independence Public Sculpture, Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Youth Activator, Black Heritage Walks Network, Birmingham, UK
Talk/Panel
2024
Resilience, The Collective Makers x Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
Working as a Black Artist and Student Representative in Britain, Birmingham Institute of Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2023
Representative and spokesperson for the Birmingham cohort, at the private launch of the Reframe: The Residency Exhibition, Southbank Centre, London, UK
RCA MA Contemporary Art Practice Open Day Student Representative Presentation, London, UK
Periodic Review, Birmingham Institute of Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2022
On the Judging Panel for the 2022 Wheatley Fellowship, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
Resilience, The Collective Makers x Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
Working as a Black Artist and Student Representative in Britain, Birmingham Institute of Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2023
Representative and spokesperson for the Birmingham cohort, at the private launch of the Reframe: The Residency Exhibition, Southbank Centre, London, UK
RCA MA Contemporary Art Practice Open Day Student Representative Presentation, London, UK
Periodic Review, Birmingham Institute of Creative Arts, Birmingham, UK
2022
On the Judging Panel for the 2022 Wheatley Fellowship, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK