Melissa Brown

Painter

Birth Year 1974

Birthplace United States

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About

Artist known for her paintings and her public artwork. Her work takes influence from playing cards and other paper ephemera, such as money and lottery tickets. Her work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Art Forum, Art in America, Hyper Allergic, Art News, the Art Newspaper and Time Out New York. Her work is included in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Before Fame

During the 2009 Nuit Blanche, she hosted How To Win The Lottery in Toronto. The performance's goal was to win the lottery with thousands of other people by playing identical sets of numbers. She studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, and painting at Yale University.

Trivia

She was awarded the Joan Mitchell grant for painting in 2012. She also created animations and analog stop-motion. She trained as a printmaker and worked with woodcuts. She has also worked as an associate professor in studio art.

Family Life

She was born in Morristown, New Jersey.

Associated With

She is a fan of artist Joan Brown.