EDUCATION
2005-07
Portland State University
Masters of Education M.Ed
2000-2004
Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), Kansas City, MO
Major: Sculpture BFA
1998
Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), Kansas City, MO
(Drawing)
1999
School Of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, NY
(Photography)
2000
Warren Easton High School, New Orleans, LA
High School Diploma
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)
High School Diploma
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2010-2011
Project assistance grant Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program Arts Council of New Orleans
2009 - Current
Artist and Residence, Byron J Stewart & Associates New Orleans, LA
2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation and the Arts Council of New Orleans “Art in Public Places” Commission in correlation with Prospect One International Biennial in New Orleans.
Louisiana Art Works Studio Residency Award 2008-2009 New Orleans, LA
2006-2007
Columbia County Citizens For Human Dignity Award for Painting series “Before and After” a New Orleans exodus
Artist and Residence, Sculpture department Pacific Northwest College of Art
2006
Summer Artist Residency Position, painting Pacific Northwest College of Art
Teach for Diversity Scholarship Portland State University
TEACHING AND LECTURES
Current
Delgado Community College Drawing and Sculpture
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) Sculpture New Orleans, LA
2009
KIPP McDonogh 15 Elementary School for the Creative Arts New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) Sculpture New Orleans, LA
Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Kuumba Institute Ages 8-14
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)
Country Day Creative Arts (Electro-Sonic Painting courses)
2007-2008
Delgado Community College (lecture)
New Orleans, LA
Contemporary Arts Center (lecture and demonstration) New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) Sculpture
Dillard University Division of Education and Psychological Studies (Lecture /teaching) Project SEEC Ages 6-14
Archbishop Shaw High School Visual Arts Department Chair
Contemporary Arts Center (lecture) New Orleans, LA
2007
Rigler Elementary School (SUN program Portland Impact) Environmental Art Teacher K-12
The George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art
2006-2007
Pacific Northwest College of Art (Sculpture Residency and teaching)
Pacific Northwest College of Art Teaching Assistant to Frank Irby Course (3D design)
Evergreen State University (lecture)
2006
Portland State University (PSU)
David Douglas High School Courses Metals and General Art (Portland State University GTEP Student Teaching) Portland, OR
2004-2005
Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), Kansas City, MO- Teaching Assistant (TA) Metal Casting, Clay and welding.
Xavier Prep High School (lecture)
Kansas City Art Institute (lecture)
University of Missouri, Kansas City (lecture)
SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2010
PAINT Performance Art Integrating New Technologies Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, LA
2009
“Electro-Sonic: A Sound Painting Exhibit” Isaac Delgado Gallery New Orleans, LA
2008
“Visual Voices” New Media exhibit
Borders bookstore
Metairie, LA
2006
“American Endangered Species” a step for homeland recovery
Portland State University
Portland, OR
“Galvanic Skin Response for Social Response”
Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery in Portland, OR
2006
“Electro-sonic painting Electro-sonic making”
Sound Performance painting Exhibition
The loft gallery, Missoula, MT
2005
“In Light of GU” Leedy -Voulkos Art Center Kansas City, MO
“Okyenma Deste” Sound installation The vault gallery
Kansas City, MO
2003
“Waiting”, six life-size metal lathe pieces exhibited at the opening of Beth Alison’s Art Gallery in Kansas City, MO during Fridays in the Crossroads gallery openings in the Kansas City art district.
“Guardians of the Temple I & II” - two life-sized figures of wood, clay and steel.
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, MO
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2010
TUNNEL Description: TUNNEL is interactive sonic passageway. Artists: Marcus Brown, Nathan Weidenhaft and Zac Manuel. P.A.I.N.T. Performance Art Integrating New Technologies Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, LA
2009
Walk
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
Walk is an Electro-Sonic Painting floor that produces sound and prints as viewers walk on the surface using custom state of the art technology designed by Marcus Brown and Nathan Weidenhaft.
Commissioned by the CAC New Orleans.
Electro-Sonic Painting: A Performance and Exhibition
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
BLACK&WHITEWORKS
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts New York, New York
2009
Resident Exhibition
Louisiana ArtWorks New Orleans, LA
NR10
Group exhibition
New Orleans Center for Create Arts
2007
Star Dust Plus group Exhibition with Bob Tannen
New Orleans, LA
“American Endangered Species” musical performance
Eric Bigger and Marcus Brown
2006
Coin-op Gallery “Galvanic Skin Response Machine”
The lab
Los Angles, CA
2006
Coin-op Gallery 7 muses art center “tools for sound track 1” film
Fullerton, Ca
2005
Dr.Brownsounds
Instrumental performance with Eric Gold.
Portland, OR
“Mardi Gras in October” Bill Summers and Chuck Barber.
Instrumental performance
Crystal Ball Room Theater Portland, OR
“Msaw” Instrumental performance
Billy Reeds (art performance)
Portland, OR
“Got my Wishbones on” Instrumental performance
Billy Reeds Portland, OR
2003-2004
Kansas City Art Institute B.F.A. Exhibition,
“The Sanobia” - 80- year-old piano insides, mounted in steel frame with speakers and microphones; played like a dulcimer.
2003- 2004
Piece from “Waiting” (see first solo show below) on exhibit during 30th Anniversary celebration of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. Show consisted of artwork from selected alumni.
2002-2003
“Project Lyra” - 32’ steel harp installed on KCAI campus.
Coordinated Jabberwocky Exhibit in KCAI student gallery; this was the first collaborative exhibit organized by all disciplines.
2001-2002
Exhibition and performance featuring ancient wooden instruments at the Kansas City Convention Center.
2000
Exhibited work in art expo at First Annual African-American Leadership Conference at Loyola University in New Orleans.
2003-2004
Kansas City Art Institute B.F.A. Exhibition, “The Sanobia” - 80- year-old piano insides, mounted in steel frame with speakers and microphones; played like a dulcimer.
2003- 2004
Piece from “Waiting” (see first solo show below) on exhibit during 30th Anniversary celebration of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. Show consisted of artwork from selected alumni.
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2011
“Maison”
Louisiana Children’s Museum New Orleans, La
2010
“The New Leaf” Columbia Residential New Orleans, LA
2009
Walk
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
Walk is an Electro-Sonic Painting floor that produces sound and prints as viewers walk on the surface using custom state of the art technology designed by Marcus Brown and Nathan Weidenhaft.
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS continued…
2009
Tulane Neurosurgery project New Orleans, LA
2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation and the Arts Council of New Orleans “Art in Public Places” Commission in correlation with Prospect One International Biennial in New Orleans.
Louisiana Art Works Studio Residency Award 2008-2009 New Orleans, LA
2007
Mural for PJ’s Coffee and Tea Co. New Orleans, LA
Painting for Tulane Hospital
New Orleans, LA
2004-2003
Set design for Project SEEC 2003
Painting piece for homeowner
New Orleans, La
Album cover design for Music Group Signal Path
International distributed
Mural for New York Pizza House
Kansas City, MO
2004
Mural
Westport Kansas City, MO
Bookmark print/design for
Christian community church Kansas City
“Kinara”
City Park
New Orleans, LA
Steel Nail Cross- 8’x 5’ x 7’
Assembly of God Church,
Kansas City, MO
2004
“The One”
Painting (Weidenhaft)
New Orleans, LA
“Truths here”
Mural for homeowner (Ingold Residence)
River Ridge Harahan, LA
Painting series commissioned by CEO /Vice president of
Essence Magazine
New York, NY (1999)
18”x 24” oil on canvas
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS continued…
2004
Paintings for homeowner New Orleans, La 3’x4’ oil on canvas
1996-1997 Mural
National Art & Hobby
New Orleans, LA
“Why this” Mardi Gras street Painting project
New Orleans, La (street commissions)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2006-2007
Co-Curator
Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery
Portland, OR
2002 Co-Curator Destination gallery
2003-2005 Director and Curator The vault gallery, Kansas City, MO
The Vault Gallery is a non-profit sculpture installation space created by Jim Leedy, Marcus Brown and Megan Rose in 2003. Located in the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, MO
Space Sponsored by Jim Leedy, Marcus Brown and The Leedy ovules-Art Center
2004 “Coping” Megan The Vault gallery
"Industrial Archeology"
Louis Rose and Chris Scarp The Vault Gallery
“Existence Hoffman” The Vault Gallery
“Sculptural Fashion” The Vault gallery
CURRENT PROJECTS
2011 P.A.I.N.T.
P.A.I.N.T is a musical visual art band based on the performance of a newly developed innovative technique called “Electro-Sonic Painting.” Electro-Sonic Painting is the process of simultaneously intertwining painting/mark making and electronic sound in a single process that culminates into the creation of a piece of artwork.
ELECTRO-SONIC PAINTING
Like Jazz, Electro-Sonic Painting is a mix of two creative principles: musical improvisation and artistic innovation. Electro-Sonic Painting combines musical improvisation and visual art. In other words, it is like painting with a microphone or creating musical notes with a canvas or brush. Electro-Sonic Painting uses custom canvases and brushes that produce sound electronically. P.A.I.N.T with its Electro-Sonic Painting process will further expand the arts by pioneering the revolutionary approach of transforming traditional art tools in musical instruments and playing them in a live performance. Developed by artist/educator Marcus Brown in 2005, during his hiatus in Portland, Oregon following Hurricane Katrina. Brown’s premise is that sound has always been present in the process of painting. His goal was to make the audible part of the process loud enough to be heard by the painter and an audience.
2010-2011 Book “Electro-Sonic Painting” by Marcus Brown
Tulane's Art in Medicine program
Advisory board member
Ogden Museum
Kohlmeyer Circle Board member
Description:
Open to young members of The Ogden Museum of Southern Art at any category, the Kohlmeyer Circle is named in honor of New Orleans artist and collector Ida Kohlmeyer (1912-1997). Her many works in the Museum's collection demonstrate her zestful celebration of life and art.
Inspired by her spirit, the young art and culture enthusiasts of the Kohlmeyer Circle creatively support the mission of The Ogden Museum by actively fostering events and programs, encouraging volunteerism and cultivating membership. The Kohlmeyer Circle is administered by a board of volunteer members.