EDUCATION
Post Bac, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna, CA
M.F.A., University of Houston, Houston, TX
B.A, Magna Cum Laude, Queens College, City Univ. of New York
Summer Art Program, Sarah Lawrence College, Lacoste, France
High School of Art & Design, NYC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 THROUGH THE EMPYREAN Paintings by Ada Pullini Brown, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
1994 THE STORY OF EVE Paintings by Ada P Brown, Harper Center Art Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
1986 ADA PULLINI BROWN, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC
1982 PAINTINGS OF ADA PULLINI, Focal Point Gallery, NYC
TWO-THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2003 STILL LIFE DREAMS: ADA P BROWN, JILL DOUGLAS, HEE-OUK KIM, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 OIL + WAX, PAINTINGS BY ADA P BROWN & JILL DOUGLAS, Larchmont Village Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
OPEN STUDIO EXHIBITIONS
1993 - Present BREWERY ART WALK (semi-annual), The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA (https://breweryartwalk.com/portfolio/ada-pullini-brown)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 CLOUD 9, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA, Curator David Lee.
5x5 INVITATIONAL, The Westmont-Ridley Tree Museum, Santa Barbara, CA.
2023 OB/SB, The Little Gallery of San Bernardino, CA.
THE PAINTED DOT, The New I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
EXPOSITION D’ART MINIATURE: DUEX, private invitational exhibition, Kate Carvellas. Pasadena, CA
BREWERY LINK EXHIBIT, LA Artcore - Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2022 OB WEST, Roswell Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LET ME TALK, Brand Library and Art Center Gallery, Glendale, CA. Co-curators Ada Pullini Brown & Jill Sykes (https://www.brandlibrary.art/post/let-me-talk)
2021 OB at RAM - AN EPIC TAKEOVER, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA. Curator Todd Wingate.
49th ANNUAL NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION, Brand Library and Art Center Gallery, Glendale, CA
2020 OB5: SPACE, Roswell Gallery, director Jonna Lee, Los Angeles, CA
WOMEN BY WOMEN, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA. Curator Sharon Allicotti.
2019 BORN TO BE WILD, Middle Ridge Gallery, Idyllwild, CA
UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA, Self Help Graphics and Art, Los Angeles, CA
LITTLE OB’S, Studio C Gallery and Bunny Gunner, Claremont, CA
2018 IT’S ABOUT TIME, Riverside City College Quad Gallery. Curator, Leslie Brown.
MOTHER — PORTRAITS IN PETRI DISHES, Kim Ables Collective Installation, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2017 OB3, Progress Gallery, Pomona CA
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
2016 HOLIDAY SHOW, FM Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
OB2: STILL KICKING, Chaffey Community Museum, Ontario, CA
PAINTING PROVENCE, Brentwood Art Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
FOREIGN TRAVELS, FOUR PAINTERS, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, LA, CA
MY OWN PRIVATE MOON, FM Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 OB1, Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PORTRAIT SHOW, Coagula Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 THE RED DOT II, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
ONEIRA: I DREAM THE SELF, Studio C Gallery, Santa Fe Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA
BOTART INTERNATIONAL BARREL ART EXHIBITION, West Edge Design Fair, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA
2013 RED DOT TOUR, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
ART WORKS 4 HEALING, A Window Between Worlds, Beverly Hills, CA
PORTRAITS OF THE FALLEN MEMORIAL, USC Hillel Center Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Curator Sherry Moore.
ART FOR CLAIR, 7th Annual Auction, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2012 BRAND 41, Brand Library 41st Annual Work on Paper Exhibition, Burbank, CA, Juror, Bonese Collins Turner.
A MID-WINTER’S DREAM: Paintings from France, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
52nd HILLCREST FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS, Hillcrest Congregational Church, CA
CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS, 5th Annual Exhibition, Church of the Brethren, Laverne, CA
FACULTY SHOW, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
2011 NEL VOSTRO SPAZIO/IN YOUR SPACE, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator, Dawn Arrowsmith
5x5 INVITATIONAL, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN, Million Dollar Listing/Bravo TV, Malibu, CA
MUJER: ART= GENESIS+POWER, The Latin American Museum of Art’s Collection of Prints from Self-Help Graphics, Consulate General of Mexico, Los Angeles, CA
MEMORIES, POSTCARDS, AND QUIET SPACES, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2010 THE DRAWING GROUP II, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A PRAYER FOR JUAREZ, Casa 0101 Space, Los Angeles, CA
TRADE SHOW, T.C. Ziraat Bankasi. A.S, Ankara, Turkey
2009 SELF PORTRAITS IN THE AGE OF MY-FACE-SPACE-BOOK, i-5 Gallery, Los Angeles. Curators Mat Gleason & Marla Koosed
THE DRAWING GROUP I, Roark, Los Angeles, CA
NEL VOSTRO SPAZIO/IN YOUR SPACE, Giacomo Projects, Venice, Italy
2008 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
PAINTINGS FROM THE LAKE, Brentwood Art Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 A MID-SUMMER’S DREAM of UMBRIA, Scoula di San Antonio. Assisi, Italy
HAUSGUESTS, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
WOMEN IN THE ARTS: REFLECTIONS, Division 9 Gallery, Riverside, CA. Curator Beatriz Mejia Kumbein
2006 BREWERY GROUP EXHIBIT, i-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LA DIOSA, Avenue 50 Studio. Los Angeles, CA Curator Vibianna Chamberlan
2005 FALL PREVIEW, i-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
INSIDE JOB, Rio Hondo College Gallery, Whittier, CA
20/20 VISIONS, i-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 CURATOR’S CHOICE, SCWCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curator, Suvan Greer
SPRING PREVIEW, i-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 OPEN HAUS, Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2001 CORAZONES de AZTLAN, Gallery Orta Vez, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
2000 MADE IN FRANCE, Galerie de Tanneries, Nérac, France
PRINTMAKING IN LA, Gallery at 777, Los Angeles, CA
PRINTS FROM SELF-HELP GRAPHICS, Sony Pictures, Culver City, CA
1999 and PRIOR
SMALL WORKS, i-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
BEYOND BOARDERS: The Art & Artists of Self-Help Graphics, Venice Art Walk, Pitka Studio, Venice, CA
VOICES/VOCES, Concourse Gallery, John Wayne Airport, Costa Mesa, CA
QUE VIDA! The Harris Art Gallery, The University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF SELF-HELP GRAPHICS, LA County Museum of Art, Sales & Rental Gallery, LA, CA
TRADITIONS ABANDONED/ TRADITIONS RETAINED: AN ARTISTIC DIALOGUE, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
LAS TUNAS, SERIGRAPHS AND WOOD BLOCK PRINTS, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
DOWNTOWN LIVES ’96, Downtown Arts Development Association, Los Angeles, CA
LOS TALLERES DE MONOTIPIA, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte y Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico
PRINTS FROM LA, Galeria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Texas
ALEM DA AGUA, Museo de Arte Extremeño e Iberoamericano, Badajoz, Spain
CONNECTIONS, Gallery Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA. Curator, Betty Ann Brown
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! Palette des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA
NEW PRINTS FROM LOS ANGELES, Academia Municipal de Arte, Juarez, Mexico
PULSE of L.A., El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LA ISLA DEL COPYRIGHT, Institute Francais de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
DADA DOWNTOWN ART TOUR, Los Angeles, CA
ART BY THE YARD, Palette des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LA RAZA, Centro Cultural De La Raza, Tijuana, Mexico
BOATS, BOOKS, BONES, BREAD. Palette des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA
THE ARTIST & THEIR PRINTS, Galeria Otra Vez, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
TAKING ROOT IN WATER, California State University Los Angeles, CA
PORTRAIT OF PAIN, Unity Center at the William Reagh LA Photography Center, Los Angeles, CA
DADA, Downtown Lives ‘94. Los Angeles, CA
LUCHANDO CON LA VITA/ Dia De Los Muertos, Galeria Otra Vez, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
CELEBRATING ART, El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
AMERICAN PAINTERS IN ITALY, Gallerie de Le Loggia, Assisi, Italy
WOMEN’S ART, WOMEN’S LIVES, WOMEN’S ISSUES, Tweed Gallery, NYC
ARTISTS INVITE ARTISTS ANNUAL, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
THE FOOD SHOW, Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC
THE FIGURE REVISITED, Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
WORDS AND IMAGES, Donnell Library Center, NYC
MAIL ART THEN & NOW, Franklin Furnace, NYC
THE NEW ENGLAND ART EXHIBITION, Millhouse-Bundy Fine Arts Center, Waitsfield, VT
PUBLIC ART & VIRTURAL EXHIBITIONS*
2021 TELEPHONE, INTERNATIONAL ARTS GAME,* coordinator Nathan Langston. (https://phonebook.gallery/artists/ada-pullini-brown)
CALL & RESPONSE,* Round #10, Shoebox Projects, Kristina Shoemaker, organizer. With artist Lyla Paakkanen
2020 ART FOR YOUR LIFE, * Virtual Exhibition. Reproduction “VOTE.” Baha Danesh, curator
CALL & RESPONSE, Round #8, Shoebox Projects, Kristina Shoemaker, organizer. With artist Joy Ray*
2019 DYSTOPIA/UTOPIA CARD PROJECT, curator Miyo Stevens- Gardena, Self-Help Graphic, LA, CA.
2013 PORTRAITS OF THE FALLEN MEMORIAL, curator Sherry Moore. “Blue C. Rowe,” oil on panel.
2016 NOW BE HERE #1, LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles, August 28, 2016. Photo by Isabel Avila and CarrieYury, Courtesy Kim Schoenstadt and Hauser & Wirth
2001 A COMMUNITY OF ANGELS, Public art project. “Postcard from LA,” sponsored by CommonWealth Partners LLC.
1997 ATEILER XXVII, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, A Book Project - “Box of Mirrors”
1996 ATEILER XXVIII, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. Print, “Mother of Sorrow”
1995 ATEILER XXVI, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, Print, “Fruit of Discord”
PANELS-SYMPOSIA-LECTURES
2022 CREATIVE EXCHANGE 2022, panelist, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA. Sponsored by the Center for Business & Management of the Arts, Claremont Graduate University
LET ME TALK, Brand Library and Art Center Gallery, Glendale, CA. Curators guided gallery tour and talk. (https://www.brandlibrary.art/let-me-talk)
2010 ABOUT DRAWING, Panelist, Adamson-Duvannes Gallery, 2010, Los Angeles, CA
2012 52nd HILLCREST FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS, Juror, La Habra Heights, CA
RESIDENCIES
1989-93 ART WORKSHOPS INTERNATIONAL, Summer Artist Residences, Assisi, Italy
1991 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson, VT
AWARDS & HONORS
2017 W.H.O. Award, California Community College Association, Rio Hondo College Faculty Association, CA.
2012-13 SABBATICAL, full year sabbatical award, Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees, Whittier, CA
2007-10 RHC TRAVEL GRANTS, Rio Hondo College, awarded to attend CAA and FATE Art Conferences
1982 54th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, First Prize, Painting, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA.
1975-78 TEACHING FELLOWSHIP, University of Houston, Houston TX.
PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Don Buchwald & Associates, NYC
Los Angeles County Museum, Prints & Drawings Collection, Los Angeles, CA
The Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin, TX
Visual Arts & Crafts Academy, Germiston, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Latino Museum of History & Culture, Los Angeles, CA
UC Santa Barbara, Archives of Self-Help Graphics, Santa Barbara, CA
Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, CA
TEACHING
2005-20 Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA. TenuredProfessor of Drawing & Painting.
1995-16 ArTravel, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA. Travel Abroad Program Director & Instructor
1994-04 Brentwood Art Center, School of Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA. Painting & Drawing Instructor
1995-01 Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA. Art Appreciation & Art History. Adjunct Instructor
1995-98 Self-Help Graphics, Painting Instructor - “Painting in the Barrio” and Life Drawing Coordinator, LA, CA
1989-93 Art Workshops International, Painting Instructor and Artist- in -Residence, Assisi, Italy
1988-89 Mercy College, Art History Instructor, Dobbs Ferry, NY
1975-79 University of Houston, Teaching Fellow, Painting and Drawing, Houston, TX
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
1990-93 Thea Westrich Art Advisory Services
1990-93 Vincente Wolf Associates Interior Design
1988-90 The Journal of Art, Barbara Rose, Publisher
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2011-15 Board Member, Rio Hondo Faculty Association
2010-13 Board Member, Parliamentarian, Academic Senate Rio Hondo College
1999-06 Treasurer, The Brewery Art Walk Association, Los Angeles, CA
1998-04 President, SCWCA, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Los Angeles, CA
1995-97 Board Member/Treasurer, DADA, Downtown Arts Development Association, Los Angeles, CA
1991-93 Treasurer WAC, (Women’s Action Coalition), NYC