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Sara Slee Brown
3104 Maplewood Lane
Iowa City, IA 52245
319-321-5545
www.sarasleebrown.com
sarasleebrown@gmail.com
Exhibitions
Group
2024 GALEX 57 National Competition & Exhibition, The Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
2023 Teeny, Tiny, BOLD, Rountree Gallery,Platteville, wI
Small Works Exhibit, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
October Group Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Heartland Arts Club - RepreSENSATIONAL 2023, Kirkwood, MO
Arts North International 28, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
Small Works, Indiana University, Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN
Iowa State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
REPRESENSATIONAL 2023, Heartland Art Club, The Galleries at Heartland Art Club, Kirkwood, MO
2022 Arts North International 27, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
Small Works, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Small Matters 2022, Colorado Mesa University, 437CO Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
2022 Small Works Exhibit, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL 2022
Art North International 27, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2021 Small Works, Juried All-Media Exhibition, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
8th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Small Works Exhibit, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
Biennale 2021, National Juried Exhibition, Art League of Hilton Head, Hilton Head, SC
“HOME” National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“conVERGEnce”, Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin MOCA Museum of
Contemporary Art, Novato, California 94949
Beautiful Possibilities, Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, WI
Galex 55 National Juried Exhibition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA™ | Vol. 1, March 23, 2020 – December 31, 2023, Dab Art,
Los Angeles, CA
The Healing Power of Art, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
2020 Art in the Age of Covid, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Annual Winter Juried Show, realArt Gallery, Agoura, CA
Small Works: Juried All-Media Exhibition, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
US: What Divides us and what unites us? Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Citizens Coping, Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City, MI
Small Works 2020, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Wish You Were Here: the Pandemic Postcard Project, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomons, Maryland
Politically Charged, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibiiton, MIxed Media, State Fair, Des Moines, IA
Solo
2019 Works Inspired by the Five 2019 Season Plays, Commonweal Theater, Lanesboro, MN
New Works, Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, Fairfield, IA
2018 Featured Artist, Summer, Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, Boulder, CO
2017 Midcoast Fine Arts Gallery, Bucktown Center for the Arts, Davenport, IA, October-November
2015 Quad City Arts @ The Quad City International Airport Gallery, Moline, IL
Iowa State University Memorial Union Gallery, Ames, IA
Gifts of Art - Taubman Gallery, University of Michigan Hospitals & Clinics, Ann Arbor, MI
Awards/Honors
2023 David Cornell Award for Composition , Heartland Art Club, RepreSENSATIONAL,
Kirkwood, MO
Honorable Mention, Multi Media, Hopkins Art Center, Hopkins, MN
2022 Plymouth Arts Council Award of Excellence, Arts North International 27,
Hopkins Art Center, Hopkins, MN
2021 Selected Artwork Contributor, Annals of Iowa, Special 175th Anniversary Edition Honorable Mention, Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Mixed Media, Des Moines, IA
Kavanagh Award: Healing Power of Art, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
2020 First Place Mixed Media, Art in the Age of Covid, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council,
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
First Prize, Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Mixed Media, Des Moines, IA
2018 First Prize, Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Mixed Media, Des Moines, IA2017
Second Place, What’s Your GPS?, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, MO
Honorable Mention, Quincey Biennial, Quincy, IL
Second Place, Small Works Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2011 Purchase Prize, Iowa City Public Library Purchase Prize Award, Iowa City, IA 2009
Art Festivals
2019 The Other Art Fair Presented by Saatchi Art , Chicago, IL
2017 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Holiday Fair, Madison, WI
Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL
Historic Shaw Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
St. Charles Fine Art Show, St. Charles, IL
Webster Arts Fair, Webster Groves, MO
2016 University of Iowa Fine Arts Council Holiday Thieves’ Market, Iowa City, IA
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Holiday Fair, Madison, WI
2009 University of Iowa Fine Arts Council Holiday Thieves’ Market, Iowa City, IA
2008 University of Iowa Fine Arts Council Holiday Thieves’ Market, Iowa City, IA
1985 12th Annual Crown Center Art Festival, Arts Fest, Kansas City, MOA
Celebration of the Arts at Brucemore, Cedar Rapids/Marion Arts Council, Cedar Rapids, IA
Personal Appearances & Media
2019 Methods Presentation, Iowa City Senior Center, Iowa City, IA
2018 Methods Demonstration, Iowa Artisan’s Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Featured Artist, Artsy Shark On-line Art Site, Spring, 2018
2017 Cover Art, CRUX: A Quarterly Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion, Regents College, Vancouver, BC
2013 Winter 2013 Issue Portfolio “Discoveries” Featured, Still Point Arts Quarterly
Employment
Graphic Designer - Retired, Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, IA 1985 – 2007
Collections
Private
Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Jennifer Fisher, Runnels, IA
Meredith Lucio, North Bergen, NJ
Steve & Judy Kaye, Wayland, MA
Patrick Muller, Iowa City, IA
Todd Pettys, Iowa City, IA
Sally Scott, Iowa City, IA
Mark & Betsy Roup, Crestwood, KY
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jabar Al-Sabah, Kuwait
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Dillon, Iowa City, IA
Dr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Spragg, Iowa City, IA
Dr. & Mrs. Rod Zeitler, Iowa City, IA
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Nowak, Carmel, IN
Business
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Hills Bank, North Liberty, Iowa
Mercy Hospital Hospice, Iowa City, IA
Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, IA
Galleries
Iowa Artisan’s Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Lanesboro Art Center, Lanesboro, MN
Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA