EDUCATION
Post-Baccalaureate, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, 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
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Through the Empyrean, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
1994 The Story of Eve, Harper Center Art Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, So. Carolina
1990 New Work - Ada Pullini Brown, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Recent Paintings & Work on Paper Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Shadow Figures, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Ada Pullini Brown — New Work, Focal Point Gallery, New York, NY
OPEN STUDIO SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1993-Present Brewery Artwalk (semi-annual), Los Angeles, CA
2014 Red Dot Tour II, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Red Dot Tour, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
TWO /THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Luminous Depths: Ada Brown and Jonna Lee, Roswell.Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Foreign Travels, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Still Life Dreams, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Oil + Wax, Ada P Brown and Jill Douglas, Larchmont Village, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Boats, Books, Bones, Bread, Palette des Artists Gallery, Pasadena, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum, Prints and Drawings Collection, Los Angeles, CA
AltaMed, Los Angeles, CA
The Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Self Help Graphics and Art, Los Angeles, CA
Visual Arts and Crafts Academy, Germiston, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Latino Museum of History and Culture, Los Angeles, CA
UC Santa Barbara, Archives of Self-Help Graphics, Santa Barbara, CA
Don Buchwald and Associates, New York, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Heads II, Art Division at the Laguna Beach Gallery. Laguna Beach, CA. Curators: Luis Serrano and Dan McCleary.
TRYST, Kipaipai, Torrance Museum, Torrance, CA. Curator Andi Campognone
Reflection/Resilience, The Los Angeles Makery Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Arroyo Arts Collective.
Jurors, Susan Savory and Lisa Tomczeszyn
A Women’s Place: Visual Voices, The Ebell of Los Angeles. Jurors: Andi Campognone, Jennifer Li, and Lilly Dawson
Edge of Now, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: Shana Nys Dambrot and Sunook Park
2024 Made In The Usa: Let Freedom Ring, The Artist’s Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Edward Goldman
The Theory of the Green Painting, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curators: Theodore Svenningsen and Alaia Parhizi
Heads, Art Division Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curators: Luis Serrano and Dan McCleary.
Cloud 9, Coastline Art Gallery, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA, Curator: David Lee
2023 Brewery Link Exhibit, LA Artcore - Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Let Me Talk, Brand Library and Art Center Gallery, Glendale, CA. Co-curators Ada Pullini Brown and Jill Sykes
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, Juror: Marvella Muro
2020 Women By Women, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Sharon Allicotti.
2019 Utopia/Dystopia, Self Help Graphics And Art, Los Angeles, CA
2018 It’s About Time, Riverside City College Quad Gallery, Riverside, CA, Curator: Leslie Brown
Mother - Portraits In Petri Dishes, Kim Abeles Collective Installation, Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Still Kicking, Chaffey Community Museum, Ontario, CA
My Own Private Moon, FM Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Karrie Ross
2015 Portrait Show, Coagula Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Mat Gleason.
Oneira: I Dream The Self, Studio C Gallery, Santa Fe Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA
2014 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.
2012 41st Annual Work On Paper Exhibition, Brand Library, Burbank, CA, Juror: Bonese Collins Turner.
2011 Nel Vostro Spazio/In Your Space, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Dawn Arrowsmith
5x5 Invitational, The Westmont-Ridley Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 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
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. Curator: Ted Meyer.
2009 Self Portraits In The Age Of My-Face-Space-Book, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curators: Mat Gleason And Marla Koosed
Nel Vostro Spazio/In Your Space, Giacomo Projects, Venice, Italy, Curator: Dawn Arrowsmith
2007 A Mid-Summer’s Dream of Umbria, Scoula Di San Antonio, Assisi, Italy
Women In The Arts: Reflections, Division 9 Gallery, Riverside, CA, Curator: Beatriz Mejia Kumbein
2006 and PRIOR Curator’s Choice, SCWCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Suvan Greer
Open Haus, Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Beyond Borders: The Art and 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 Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales And Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, 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, 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, Curator: Freddie Guzman
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
The Artists and Their Prints, Galeria Otra Vez, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Taking Root In Water, California State University Los Angeles, 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
Artists Invite Artists Annual, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
The Food Show, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York
The Figure Revisited, Gallery At Hastings-On-Hudson, Hastings-On-Hudson, New York
Words And Images, Donnell Library Center, New York, New York
Mail Art Then And Now, Franklin Furnace, New York, New York
The New England Art Exhibition, Millhouse-Bundy Fine Arts Center, Waitsfield, VT
PUBLIC ART & VIRTUAL* EXHIBITIONS
2025 Telephone, International Arts Game* Coordinator Nathan Langston
2021 Telephone, International Arts Game* Coordinator Nathan Langston
Call And Response,* Round #10, Shoebox Projects With Artist Lyla Paakkanen; Kristine Schomaker, Organizer
2020 Art For Your Life,* Virtual Exhibition. Reproduction “Vote.” Baha Danesh, Curator
Call And Response,* Round #8, Shoebox Projects, With Artist Joy Ray; Kristine Schomaker, Organizer
2019 Dystopia/Utopia Card Project, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Miyo Stevens-Gandara
2016 Now Be Here #1, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, August 28, 2016. Photo, LA Artists By Isabel Avila And Carrie Yury,
Courtesy Kim Schoenstadt, and Hauser Wirth
2013 Portraits of The Fallen Memorial, Curator Sherry Moore; “Blue C. Rowe,” Oil on Panel
2001 A Community of Angels, Public Art Project. “Postcard From La,” Sponsored By Commonwealth Partners LLC.
Piece held In private collection In Pasadena, CA.
1997 Book Project - “Box Of Mirrors,” Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA.
1996 Print – “Mother Of Sorrow” Ateiler #27, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA,
1995 Print - “Fruit Of Discord” Ateiler #26, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA,
INTERVIEWS AND PRESENTATIONS
2023 Ada Brown Talks With SCWCA (Southern California Women’s Caucus For Art, Nov. 16
Bounce: Interview of Ada Pullini Brown With Susan Petrella For Cloud 9, Coastline Art Gallery
Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
2022 Artist Talk With Ada Pullini Brown, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, April 2022
Interview With Robert Miller
Creative Exchange, Panelist, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA.
Sponsored By The Center For Business And Management Of The Arts, Claremont Graduate University
Let Me Talk, Brand Library and Art Center Gallery, Glendale, CA, Curator Guided Gallery Tour And Talk
2010 About Drawing, Panelist, Adamson-Duvannes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS
2024 Kipaipai Artist Fellow, San Luis Obispo, CA
1989-93 Summer Artist Residences, Art Workshops International, Assisi, Italy
1991 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT