S. Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown Studios, LLC
Albuquerque, NM
andrew at andrewbrownstudios dot com
www dot andrewbrownstudios dot com


    EDUCATION
  • B.F.A., Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, 1998

    PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
  • International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB)
  • New Mexico Glass Alliance
  • Paperweight Collectors Association, Inc. (PCA)

    SHOWS
  • 2003 - 2009 Bead & Button Show, Milwaukee, WI
  • 2002 - 2010 Best Bead Show, Marlboro, MA, Honolulu, HI, Tucson, AZ
  • 2006, 2009 Interweave Bead Fest, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2003 - 2008 International Society of Glass Beadmakers Bead Show (Regional Show)
  • 2002 - 2003 Houston Bead Society
  • 2002 Rocky Mountain Bead Society

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • 2009 - Salem Community College, International Flameworking Pre-Conference, Workshop on Electroforming, Salem, NJ
  • 1999 - Present: Coldworking Techniques, Flameworked Beadmaking, Use of Borosilicate Color, Implosions, Opal Encasement, Electroforming. Workshops on the road include those conducted at FlameTree Glass, Inc., Roswell, GA; Brea Bead Works, Brea, CA; Mid-Atlantic Society of Glass Beadmakers, Lorton Arts Center, MD and Oakland, CA; Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, Privately coordinated workshops.

    INVITATIONAL SHOWS
  • 2009 - The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, IL
  • 2009 - Marble and Paperweight Show, Kobe Japan
  • 2008, 2009 - Marble and Paperweight Show you-yuusya Show Japan
  • 2008 - “It’s All About Beads III,” Pismo Fine Art Glass, Denver, CO
  • 2006 - Good Things, Small Packages: An Intimate Look at Small Glass, Public - Glass, San Francisco, CA.

    GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
  • Arts Afire Glass Gallery, Alexandria, VA
  • Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
  • Brea Bead Works, Brea, CA
  • Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum, Kobe, Japan
  • Mostly Glass Gallery, Englewood, NJ
  • Museum of American Glass, The National Marble Museum, Weston, WV
  • National Bead Museum, Washington, DC
  • Seattle Glassblowing Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • WheatonArts Cultural Center, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
  • you-yuusya Gallery, Aichi, Japan
  • Andrew Brown Studios (private gallery), Albuquerque, NM

    PUBLICATIONS

    Magazines:

    Bead & Button Magazine
  • August 2009, Issue #92. "Artist Profile. Mentors & Muses - By experimenting with glass-bead making, Andrew Brown expands the field of glass art." By Marie Lee. pp 62-65
  • December 2008, Issue #88, (Collector's Edition). “Artist Spotlight" p 170
  • February 2008, Issue #83. "Making some noise" By Ann Dee Allen. pp 68-71
  • October 2003, Issue #57. "New every time. The unique vision of glass artists Bryan Kitson and Andrew Brown". By Alice Korach. pp 98-101

    The Flow Magazine
  • Volume 4, Issue 1. "Glasscraft Emerging Artist Award - Andrew Brown". p 31
  • Volume 3, Issue 2. "Andrew Brown and Troy Bennett - Collaborationism. An inside look at the creation and execution of a collaborative experience". By Krista Hanny. pp 44-48

    Glass Art - The Magazine for Stained and Decorative Glass
  • March/April 2003. "The Flame-Off Zone". By Lauri Copeland. pp 64-68

    The Glass Bead - A Quarterly Publication of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers
  • Summer 2008, Volume XV, Issue 3. "Looking Through the Window". by Jim Kervin. pp 6-9
  • Fall 2007, Volume XV, Issue 4. "An Interview with Andrew Brown. Letting the Work Speak". By Milon Townsend. Cover art and pp 6-9

    Savannah College of Art and Design Works Magazine
  • Fall 2006, “Playing with Fire: Glass Art Leads to Career Success for SCAD Alumni Andrew Brown and Bryan Kitson”.

    The Stringing Magazine
  • Summer 2007. "Under the Sea..." pp 12-13

    Book:

  • Public Glass/L.H Selman Ltd. - "Good Things | Small Packages." 2006.

    Advertising Campaigns:

  • 2003-2005, Glass Alchemy, Ltd - Magazines, Flyers and On-line Advertisements
  • 2003, Soft Flex Company - Magazine Advertisement