Mark Anthony Brown Jr.

Mark Anthony Brown Jr. (b. 1991) is a journeyman. He currently lives and works between Cincinnati, Durham, Atlanta, and now, Ithaca. His practice is research-driven and interdisciplinary; rooted in a photographic sensibility, it spans sculpture, drawing, and printmaking and explores interests in vernacular aesthetic practices and sensibilities, critical engagements with the vernacular landscape, and the manifestation of Afrikan cultural retentions in the diaspora.

Brown has received a Bachelor of Science in Technology from Bowling Green State University and a Master of Fine Art in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a fellow in museum practice at the Ackland Art Museum. His work has been exhibited at various institutions, including the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brown has received various fellowships and awards, including an Emerging Lens Fellowship from ArtWORKS Projects in Chicago, a Nexus Fund grant from Atlanta Contemporary, and residencies at Shandaken: Storm King and Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture.

In conjunction with his art practice, Brown is also an archivist and an educator, currently serving as an Instructor at Cornell University as a Strauch Early Career Fellow in Art.