Above are snapshot photos of The Sunless Sea by Colin Brown. The Sunless Sea is the current exhibit at the Fischbach Gallery (March 5 –28, 2009). Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge.
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| 1965 | Ithaca, N.Y. | |
| EDUCATION | ||
| 1987-1989 | New York University, M.A. Program in Painting, Venice, Italy | |
| 1987 | State University of New York at Purchase, BFA | |
| 1986 | Caumsett Summer Landscape Painting Program City University of New York | |
| 1983 | High School of Music and Art, New York City | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS | ||
| 1991 | Best in Show, Micro Works Helio Gallery, New York | |
| 1990 | Honorable Mention, Small Works Show, NYU Washington Square East Gallery, NYC | |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2009 | The Sunless Sea, Fischbach Gallery, New York | |
| 2006 | Blackboards, Fischbach Gallery, New York | |
| 2004 | Blackboards, Fischbach Gallery, New York | |
| 1999 | R.C. Fine Art, Maplewood, New Jersey | |
| 1997 | Binions Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| 1996 | Binions Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| 1995 | 252 Mott Street, New York | |
| 1994 | Bruce Lewin Gallery, New York | |
| 1993 | 252 Mott Street, New York | |
| 1989 | NYU Washington Square East Gallery, New York | |
| SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITION: | ||
| 2007 | I♥NY, ADAA The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York | |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2004-2005 | NYC, DFN Gallery, NY | |
| 2004 | Gone Fisching: Paintings of Summer, Fischbach Gallery, NY | |
| Tribeca – Franklin Fest Artists Open Studio Walk, NYC | ||
| 2003 | Tribeca – Franklin Fest Artists Open Studio Walk, NYC | |
| 2001 | Tribeca – Franklin Fest Artists Open Studio Walk, NYC | |
| 1999 | Tribeca – Franklin Fest Artists Open Studio Walk, NYC | |
| 1998 | R.C. Fine Art, Maplewood, N.J. | |
| 1993 | Jon Tanner Gallery, Westwood, N.J. | |
| 1991 | Helio Gallery, New York | |
| 1990 | NYU Washington Square East Gallery, NYC | |
| 1989 | Bartholet Gallery, NYC | |
| 1987 – 88 | Instituto Universitario di Architetura a Venezia, Venice, Italy | |
| 1987 | SUNY Purchase, N.Y. | |
| 1986 | Queens College Group Exhibition, Caumsett, L.I. | |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
| Articles: | ||
| Stoodley, Sheila Gibson, “Fischbach Gallery: Representing artists who show Manhattan in its darker moments.” June, 2007, pp. 322-323. | ||
| CITY magazine, Spring 2007, Volume 17, No.2, cover illus., P.127 | ||
| Panero, James, “The New York fairs”, The New Criterion, April 2007 pp. 68 – 70. | ||
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| Selected Private Collections | ||
| Mr & Mrs. Peter Ackhurst, London, England | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Tom Barrow, Dallas, Texas | ||
| Ms. Elizabeth Bartholet. New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. John Bendick, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bishop, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. James Brademas, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Greg Burde | ||
| Mr. David L. Caplan | ||
| Dr. & Mrs. Donald Corey, Pennsylvania | ||
| Ms. Ursula Day, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Blair Efron, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Craig Effron, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ertel | ||
| Dr. & Mrs. Fred J. Epstein, New York | ||
| Mrs. Laura Kemper Fields, Kansas City, MO | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Paul Francis, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Frank Freedman, New York | ||
| Mr. Stephen C. Freidheim, New York | ||
| Karen Finerman, New York | ||
| Mr. G.S. Beckwith Gilbert, Connecticut | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Bryce Gaugin, New York | ||
| Ms. Shelly Goodman, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Sean Grace, New York | ||
| Mr. Jason Green | ||
| Dr. Joanne Griffin, New York | ||
| Mr. Robert L. Harteveldt, Greenwich, CT | ||
| Craig Kaplan & Anne Helen Hess, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Brian Kwait, Greenwich, CT | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Steve Lefler, New York | ||
| Mr. Thierry C. Lacoste, France | ||
| Mr. Peter May, New York | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Miller, Massachusetts | ||
| Dr. Satish Modi, New Jersey | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Edward Muir, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Gary Negrycz, New Jersey | ||
| Mr. Jean-Yves Noblet, New York | ||
| Mr. Robert Peckar, New York | ||
| Karen Pfefferle, Massachusetts | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Purcell, New York | ||
| Mary Ryan, New York | ||
| Mr. Fabio Resegue, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. James Saft, London, England | ||
| Selected Private Collections Continued | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Mark Satlof, New York | ||
| Dr. & Mrs. Howard Schapiro, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schiff, New York | ||
| Ms. Amy Rose Silverman, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Robert FX Silverman, New York | ||
| Dr. & Mrs. Mark Silver, New York | ||
| Ms. Lee Solomon, New York | ||
| Mr. Scott Lawrence Swid, New York | ||
| Mr. Arbie Thalacker, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Tom Tuttle, New York | ||
| Mr. Karen E. Wagner, New York | ||
| Mr. Michael Walker, New York | ||
| Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Wasserstein, New York | ||
MARCH 5 –28, 2009
V, 2009, acrylic on plexiglass, 16-3/4 x 19 x 3-1/4”
The Fischbach Gallery is pleased to present The Sunless Sea, a series of Blackboards of New York City at night. The Sunless Sea is Colin Brown’s third art exhibition at Fischbach Gallery. The exhibition opens March 5 and is on view through March 28, 2009.
In childhood Brown observed the New York City skyline from his parent’s 23rd floor apartment. Finding New York City at night a mesmerizing image, he photographed from atop the Empire State Building and the Met Life Building as well as taking helicopter flights over Manhattan. . Combining the information from his photographs with his skills as an artist Brown created Blackboards.
Brown first prepares a white undersurface on a panel, to which he then applies a pitch-black layer. This black layer is often nickel, carbon or charcoal. Working in a precisionist manner using a jeweler’s tool, Brown skillfully removes small amounts of black revealing just the right amount of white to create the illusion of light emanating from city windows, street lamps, and automobile headlights. Brown’s incredibly detailed Blackboards at first appear to be night photographs, but upon closer inspection one discovers the amazing hand of the artist.
Colin Brown’s romantic and beautiful images of New York capture the magic and vitality of the City. He brings the viewer his profound and contemplative sense of solitude of the city he calls home.
A 40 page illustrated catalog created by the artist accompanies The Sunless Sea.
Colin Brown was born in Ithaca, N.Y. in 1965. He received his M.A. from NYU’s program in Painting in Venice, Italy. He has also attended the State University of New York at Purchase where he received his B.F.A. He and his wife Cara currently live with their two children, Gwyn and Luke, in New York City.
