Joe Brown - Cartoons and Pastels

Shows/Awards

 

• 2011 – Present Freelance Cartoonist

• 2013 – Present Cartoonist, Represented by Cartoonstock, London, England

• 2014 (June) West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of art, group show – juried event

• 2014 (June) Solo show, “Pastels and Pastors”, Leep Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

• 2013 (Oct) “Copley to Kentridge”, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, permanent collection show

• 2011 (June) West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, group show – juried event

• 2010 (Dec) Charity show, Joe Brown and Ed Heck, Family & Children’s Services “A source of Hope” –  Gallery 344, Kalamazoo, Michigan

• 2010 (Oct) Group show, Park Club, Kalamazoo, Michigan – juried event “grand Prize”

• 2010 (July) Solo show “Sunday Sail” Shared Arts Gallery, South Haven, MI

• 2010 (July) Solo show, L’Oreal cosmetics , Cleveland, OH

• 2010 (June) Group show, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

• 2010 (May) Solo show, Beck Center for the arts, Lakewood, OH

• 2010 (May) Solo show, Cravings Café, Rocky River, Ohio

• 2010 (Apr) Group show, West Michigan Cancer Center, Kalamazoo, MI

• 2009 (Nov) Group show, “Painted Sanctuary” benefit SWMLC – Plein Air paintings

• 2009 (Oct) solo show “Windswept” – Shared Arts Gallery, South Haven  Michigan

• 2009 (Oct) Group show, Park Club, Kalamazoo Michigan – Juried event “Honorable mention”

• 2009 (Aug) Group Event ‘Wau-Ke-Na Artwalk” Plein air event, Glenn Michigan

• 2009 (Aug) Group show “Dog Days of summer”, South Haven Art Center, South Haven, MI

• 2009 (July) Group show/Gallery opening – Shared Art Gallery, South Haven Michigan

• 2009 (May) Group show, “Raining Cats and Dogs” – Gallery 344, Kalamazoo Michigan

• 2009 (April) Guest lecturer at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art ‘Artreach” program

• 2009 (Mar) West Michigan area show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, group show – juried event, Juror Larry Fink – Awarded the Pfizer Purchase Prize

• 2009 (Feb) Solo show - Gerry High Gallery, Cathedral City California

• 2009 Garrison Keillor book cover, Life Among the Lutherans

• 2008 (Oct) Park Club, Kalamazoo Michigan – Juried event Second Prize

• 2008 (Oct) Solo Show “Dogs”, Keystone Bank, Arthop, Kalamazoo Michigan

• 2008 (September) Solo Show “Ozone Alert” -  Gallery 344, Kalamazoo Michigan

• 2008 (Aug) Group Event ‘Wau-Ke-Na Artwalk” Plein air event, Glenn Michigan

• 2008 (June) Solo Show “Ozone Alert” -  Wiessman Gallery, Chicago Illinois

• 2008 (May) Charity Event - Mason Street Warehouse Saugatuck, Michigan

• 2008 (April) Charity event, “Children of the World” - Wiessman Gallery, Chicago Illinois

• 2008 (January) West Coast Art and Frame Show – Las Vegas Nevada

• 2007 (Sept) Solo show “A Whimsical Journey” – Gallery 344, Kalamazoo, Michigan

• 2007 (August) Solo show “White Wine and Whimsy” – Cycling Salamander Gallery, Charlevoix, Michigan

• 2007 (May) Solo show “Defying Gravity” – Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago Illinois

• 2007 (May) Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra “High Notes of Downtown Living” tour of homes

• 2007 (March) West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, group show – juried event

• 2007 (March) Solo show “Going to the Dogs” Kalamazoo Humane Society Benefit – Gallery 344, Kalamazoo Michigan

• 2007 (Feb) Group show, “The Art Event at Lipscomb” – Nashville Tennessee

• 2007 (Jan) West Coast Art and Frame Show – Las Vegas Nevada

• 2006-2007 Group show – True North Cultural Arts Center, Avon Lake Ohio

• 2006 (Dec) Two man show – Gallery 344, Kalamazoo Michigan

• 2006 (Nov) Group show - The Perfect Pear gallery, Chicago Illinois

• 2006 Décor Expo – Atlanta Georgia

• 2006 Group show – Gallery 344, Kalamazoo Michigan

• 2006 (May) Solo show “Run Away With Us” - Gallery 344, Kalamazoo Michigan   ~sold out show~

• 2005 (May) Group show “Art from the Heart” benefit show VNA/Hospice - Kalamazoo, Michigan

• 1999-2001 Contracted with Future Features Syndicate for cartoon panel “Left Field”

• 1997 Illustrated book The Abedon Guide to Funding Ministry, Vol 3

• 1997 Illustrated book Fundraising Basics

• 1996 Illustrated book Greening the Grassroots

• 1996 Illustrated book The Abedon guide to Funding Ministry, Vol 2

• 1996 Contributed to cartoon anthology Accent on Humor 3

• 1993-2003 Freelance Cartoonist

• 1992 Runner-up USA Today National Cartooning Contest