1950 Born in Greely, Colorado
1972 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Colorado State University
1972 Skowhegan School of Painting and Drawing
1980 Master of Fine Arts, Brooklyn College, City College of New York
1988-2009 Professor, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford
2009 Died in Hartford, Connecticut
Selected Exhibitions
2018 “Portraits Exhibit” Washington Art Assoc. & Gallery, Washington, CT
2016 “Still Life” Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2012 "Stephen Brown: Legacy" The Hartford Art School. Hartford, CT
2009 "The 184th Annual: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art"
The National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2009 "A Figural Presence"
Alva de Mars Megan Chapel Art Center, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
2009 "Faculty Exhibition"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
2008-2009 "As Others See Us: Contemporary Portrait"
Brattleboro Museum of Contemporary Art, VT
2008 "Here's The Thing: The Single Object Still Life"
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
"Faculty Exhibition"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
2007-2008 "About Face: Portraiture Now"
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2007 "Faculty Exhibition"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
"The 182nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art"
The National Academy of Design, New York, NY
"New England Now"
Paper/New England Gallery, Hartford, CT
2006 "Faculty Exhibition"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
2005 "Faculty Exhibition"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
2004 "Faculty Exhibition"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
"Stephen Brown: Recent Work"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
"Stephen Brown: Recent Work"
Forum Gallery, Loa Angeles, CA
2003 "178th Annual Exhibition"
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
"Faculty Exhibition"
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
"Contemporary Works on Paper"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2002 "All Outdoors: Landscapes in Oil"
100 Pearl St. Gallery, Hartford, CT
2001 "176th Annual Exhibition"
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
"Identities: Contemporary Portraiture"
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
2000 "Recent Work"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1999 "New Realism for a New Millennium"
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
"Contemporary Still Life"
The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
1998 "It's Still Life"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "The Boston International Fine Art Show"
At the Castle, Boston, MA
"US Artists at the 33rd Street Armory"
Philadelphia, PA
"Still Life Painting Today"
Jerald Melberg Gallery Inc., Charolotte, NC
"New Faces"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
"Eleven Faces: A Portrait Show"
The Painting Center, New York, NY
1996 "New Acquisitions"
Albany Museum, Albany, GA
"Exactitude"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1995 "47th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition"
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"Pencil to Paper"
One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
"New Looks"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
"Invitational"
Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1994-1995 "Intimate Views"
Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
1994 "Newly Elected Members and Award Recipients Exhibition"
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"46th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition"
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"The 169th, 167th, 165th, 163rd Annual Exhibition"
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1993-1994 "Stephen Brown: Portraits: Lands and Friends"
New Britian Museum of American Art, New Britian, CT
1992 "Stephen Brown: One Person Exhibition"
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Awards, Grants, Honors
2007 Full Professorship Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
2001 The Gladys Emerson Cook Prize National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1999 Elected Academician National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1994 Academy Award for Painting American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Benjamin Altman Award (for a landscape done by an American Citizen)
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1991, 1993 Coffin Grant (competitive grant awarded to University of Hartford faculty)
University of Hartford, CT
1992 One Person Exhibition Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
1979 Yaddo Fellow Saratoga Springs, NY
Resident Milay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
1978 Charles B. Shaw Painting Scholarship
MFA Graduate Program, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, NY
Collections
Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, NY
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
New Britain Museum of American At, New Britain, CT
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
D’Amour Museum of Art, Springfield, MA
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT
The Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA