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Browning earned BA degrees in Studio Art and English from Meredith College in 2000 and her MFA in painting and printmaking from the University of NC at Greensboro in 2002. She has received grants and residency fellowships from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, United Arts Council, Vermont Studio Center, and Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Select exhibitions include the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA, CUE Foundation, New York, NY, Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and an upcoming curatorial project in spring 2020 for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC.

Browning’s work was featured in the 2009 and 2015 Southern Edition of New American Paintings, and has been reviewed by Burnaway, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She is represented by if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC,  Whitespace, Atlanta, GA, Hodges Taylor, Charlotte, NC and IdeelArt, London, UK.

Education

2002 MFA Painting and Printmaking University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2000 BA Studio Art, BA- English Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Solo or  two-person exhibitions

2019
Recalibrate, Upfront Gallery, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2018
Revisionist Geometry, Allenton Gallery-Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
2016
Walls and Windows, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Building Blocks, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
2014
New Geometric Constructs, Artspace, Raleigh, GA
Surfaces + Sturctures, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2013
Macro, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
Ashlynn Browning: New Paintings, Twin Kittens Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012
New Angles, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2011
Personal Geometries, UNC-Greensboro, Elliott Center Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Striking Balance, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Geometry Personified, Gallery 80808/Vistas Studios, Columbia, SC
2010
Meet Ashlynn Browning, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
Hexagons, Grids & Webs, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC
2009
building/burning/growing- part II, Siskate Gallery, Charlotte NC
2008
building/burning/growing, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2007
Bridging the Inner Landscape, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2006
Mixed Media, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
New Mixed Media Works, Rotunda Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2005
New Drawings, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Drawing on the Moment, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2004
Marked Time, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2003
Blind Lines, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC

Group Exhibitions

2019
Small and Smaller,Site:BrooklynGallery, Brooklyn, NY
Annual Juried Exhibition,Durham Art Guild,Durham,NC
Varied State: Diverse Work from 6 North Carolina Artists, Whitespace, Atlanta, GA(Curator)
2018
The December Show, Whitespace, Atlanta, GA
Small Works,if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
NCArtists Juried Exhibition,Progress EnergyPerforming Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
2017
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
NC Artists Juried Exhibition,Progress EnergyPerforming Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
2016
Fresh, juried exhibition,Artspace, Raleigh, NC
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Angular Existence,if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
Uniquely Human, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2014
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Foundations, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Across the Board, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
Pair, Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2013
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Independents, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2012
Geometry, Carrboro Town Hall, Carrboro, NC
Contemporary Carolina Abstraction, Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
2011
Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Faction, ArtStreet Gallery, University of Dayton, OH
Collective Consciousness, Artspace, Galway, Ireland
Carolina’s Got Art, (traveling exhibition), Arts & Heritage Center, N. Augusta, SC
Carolina’s Got Art, (traveling exhibition), Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
New Works: Annual Juried Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2010
Carolina’s Got Art, Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Unwrap Your Mind, THAT Gallery, Hong Kong
Color Fields, Forms & Fractures, if ART Gallery, Columbia SC
Geometric Constructs, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
NC Artists Juried Exhibition, Progress Energy Performing Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
2009
Works on Paper, Gallery Pantone 278, Charlotte, NC
Carolina’s Got Art, Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition in Print Vol. 82, Southern edition
Landscape, Hallway Projects, San Francisco, CA
NC Artists Juried Exhibition, Performing Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
Tangible Gestures, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
The Kindness of Strangers, The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Letters, Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, UK
2007
New Works: Annual Juried Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2006
Discovering Contemporary Art in the Carolinas, Fayetteville Museum of Art, NC
Drawing x 3 Artists, Vignettes, Raleigh, NC
Everything Falls Apart, Nested, Carrboro, NC
Introductions ‘06, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
New and Hot, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
New Works: Annual Juried Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2005
New Members Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2004
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Abstraction, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
The Triangle’s Best Art-Part II, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Surface Matters, Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC
2003
Mid-Winter Paper, three-person exhibition, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Three Emerging Artists, Duke University Law School, Durham, NC
2002
The Altered Landscape, Orange County Historical Museum, Hillsborough, NC
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Coterie Treize, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC
New Works, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2000
N.C. Women Artists: 20th Century Trends, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Meredith College Faculty Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

Awards

2010
Carolina’s Got Art juried exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC, first prize
2009
New American Paintings publication, selected artist
Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship
2007
Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship
2005
United Arts Council, Regional Artist Project Grant
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Grant
2002
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant

Reviews and Press

Tuscano, Shelly, “Art and Life with Ashlynn Browning,” voyageATL.com, May 29,2018.
Zelevansky, Nora. “Best New Hotels in the U.S. South,” cnn.com, April 23, 2018.
Dholokia, Aditi, “Two Fine Exhibits at Raleigh’s Block Gallery are Also Case Studies in How Deeply
Environment Changes the Experience of Viewing Art,” Indy, July 14, 2017.
Vitiello, Chris, “Abstract art entwines with reality in a group show at Meredith College,” Indy Weekly,March, 4, 2015.
Dumont Garr, Shana, “Studio Visit: Ashlynn Browning in Raleigh NC,” Burnaway, August 20, 2015.
Zevitas, Steven, ed.New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition in Print, Vol. 118, JurorDominicMolon. June 2015.
Jenkins, Mark, “In the Galleries,”Washington Post, August 14, 2014.
Jacobson, Louis, “Genius or Gobbledygook?,” Washington City Paper, May13, 2014.
Berlangero, Tom, “Forms of Abstraction: Eric Mack and Ashlynn Browning at Whitespace,”Burnaway, March 21, 2014.
Feaster, Felicia, “In Atlanta, 2 Artists Tackling Ideas of Imagined, Created Space,”Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 20, 2014.
Rooney, E. Ashley.  100 Southern Artists. Schiffer Books, 2012.
Helpren, Max, “Art News,” Raleigh Downtowner, Vol. 6, Issue 6, June 2010.
Jarvis, Craig, “Painter Says New Work Surprises Her,” News and Observer, April 11, 2010.
St. Lewis, Louis, “Spring Brings Hope,” Metro Magazine, April issue, 2010.
Zevitas, Steven, ed. New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition in Print, Vol. 82, Curator
Ron Platt. Open Studios Press, Boston MA, June 2009.
White, Amy, “Flotsam Boats and Painterly Jetsam,” Independent Weekly, Sept. 24, 2008.
St. Lewis, Louis. “Browning at Flanders,” Metro Magazine, Sept. issue, 2008.
Stoddard, Leah. “Tangible Gestures,” catalogue essay, November, 2007.
White, Amy. “Ashlynn Browning and John Maggio Interpret the Natural World,” Independent
Weekly, August 22, 2007.
Natale, Michele. “Critic’s Picks for Best Art,” News and Observer, August 3, 2007.
Sung, Ellen. “Gadfly Champions N.C. Art History,” News and Observer, Jan. 28, 2007.
St. Lewis, Louis. “Area Artists Create Italian Themes for Second Mannequin Ball”
Metro Magazine, Dec. issue, 2006.
Natale, Michele. “New, Hot and Talented,” Independent Weekly, June 28, 2006.
Sung, Ellen. “On View,” News and Observer, June 23, 2006.
Natale, Michele. “Lucky Number Seven,” Independent Weekly, June 21, 2006.
Greenberg, Blue. “Ten Best Shows Triangle 2005,” Herald-Sun, Dec. 29, 2005.
Greenberg, Blue. “Drawing on the Moment,” Herald-Sun, April 24, 2005.
St. Lewis, Louis. “Hot Month for Art,” Metro Magazine, April issue, 2005.
Natale, Michelle. “Critic’s Picks,” News and Observer, Jan. 7, 2005.
Lucas, Scott. “Surface Matters,” Creative Loafing, Aug.18, 2004.
Amenoff, Gregory. “Joan Mitchell Foundation 2002-03 MFA Grant Recipients Exhibition,”
catalogue essay, June, 2004.
Lassiter, Joie. “Surface Matters,” catalogue essay, February, 2004.