Susan Brown
*SUSAN BROWN
Born 1957 – New York
Susan has attended Pure Vision Arts since it opened in 2002. She was born in 1957 on Long Island and currently lives in Sayville
with her Mother.
She works part time at The Estee Lauder Factory. She began
drawing at 5 years old before she had developed language.
Her Mother drew and her Aunt was a sculptor and they both encouraged Susan’s creative efforts. Her first drawings were of spirals, women, and cars. She began her grid-like drawings in the 1980’s around the same period that she began working at Friendly’s restaurant as a dishwasher. Susan began painting on cardboard at this time because it was readily available at work. Her art reflects an eclectic interest in portraiture, architecture, transportation, and landscapes. She particularly enjoys making artwork about subways and the Long Island Railroad.
Most of her work is based on her actual prodigious memories and life experiences. Her pieces are included in numerous private and corporate collections.
Her work was featured on a CBS Sunday Morning Show segment on Outsider Art, and in publications such as Envision Folk Art Magazine and Out of Art.
Selected Exhibition History
2007- City Folk, Group Exhibition, Pure Vision Arts, NYC; Colorful World, Galerie Herenplaats, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC; Urban Visionaries. Group Exhibition. Pure Vision Arts. NYC; Take Another Look Outside. Van Der Plas Gallery NYC;15th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, NYC.
2006- Bestiary. Group Exhibition. Van Der Plas Gallery. NYC; Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea. Group Exhibition. NYC; The 14th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, NYC.
2005 - Pure Visionaries/Artists on the Spectrum, Cooper Union, Great Hall Gallery. NYC; Art/View, City Museum of Washington D.C.; Museum of American Folk Art, Spring Benefit and Art Auction, NYC; Pure Visions in the City, Pure Vision Arts, NYC; 13th Annual Outsider Art Fair NYC; Art, Autism, Aspergers – Ricco Maresca Gallery. NYC.
2004 - Women’s Work is Never Done- Lower East Side Girls Club Gallery. NYC; Art View – The Carnegie Institute. Washington DC.; The 12th Annual Outsider Art Fair. Puck Building NYC.
2003 – Pure Vision Arts Gallery, NYC; The Affordable Art Fair, NYC; The 11th Annual Outsider Art Fair, NYC; Art View- The Carnegie Institute, Washington DC.; Credit Suisse First Boston, Pure Vision Arts Exhibition, NYC.
2002 - “Nurturing the New” at NURTUREart NYC
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