Jo Braun, PhD

Born: Mitchell, SD, 1971

Summary

 

National Science Foundation laureate, earned PhD by age 30, established corporate career, experienced disillusionment, then relinquished day job in 2005 to build art career from scratch

 

Selected Awards and Public Space Commissions

 

2009  Tacoma Public Utilities, Tacoma, WA, Juried public art commission

2009  First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA, Architectural and fine art commission

 

2009  University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Juried fine art purchase award

 

2009  Islandwood Outdoor Education Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, Architectural commission

 

2008  Department of Public Works, Wenatchee, WA, Juried public art commission

 

2008  Tualatin Public Library, Tualatin, OR, Juried public art commission

 

2008  Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station, King County, WA, Public art commission

 

2007  Tacoma Public Utilities, Tacoma, WA, Juried purchase award

 

Selected Exhibitions


2010  69 Insecurities, Mithūn Art Space, Seattle, WA, Juried solo exhibition opening 4 November

2009  Cutting Edges: Contemporary Mosaic Art, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR, Juried international group exhibition, Best in Show

2009  RE Store Recycled Art Show, Blowing Sands Gallery, Seattle, WA, Juried group exhibition

2009  Sum of All Parts II, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, Juried international group exhibition

2008  From Hard Garbage, Johnston Architects, Seattle, WA, Juried solo exhibition

2008  RE Store Recycled Art and Fashion Show, New York Fashion Academy, Seattle, WA, Juried group exhibition

2008  Mosaic Arts International, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL, Juried international group exhibition

2007  Sum of All Parts: Contemporary Mosaic Art in North America, Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR, Juried international group exhibition, Juror/Curator

2007  An Ancient Language, A Modern Translation, Granville Center for the Arts, Garland, TX, Juried group exhibition

2007  Mosaic Arts International, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ, Juried international group exhibition

2006  Broken Light, Leaking Glass, Colorgraphics, Seattle, WA, Joint exhibition curated by Robin Atlas

2006  Lynnwood Library Gallery, Lynnwood, WA, Juried joint exhibition

2006  Auburn City Hall Gallery, Auburn, WA, Juried joint exhibition

 

2006  Burien City Hall Gallery, Burien, WA, Juried solo exhibition

 

2005  Eastside Association of Fine Arts Annual, Bellevue, WA, Juried group exhibition

 

2005  Out of the Blue, Lynnwood Library Gallery, Lynnwood, WA, Juried group exhibition

 

2005  Mosaic Aspirations, Ellipse Arts Center, Alexandria, VA, Juried group exhibition

 

Publications

 

Feb 2010  Mosaic Art Now,The State of the Art: Fine Art Mosaic, by S. King, pgs 10-13 

 

Nov 2009  The Art of Mosaic 2009, “Mosaics Today,” by O. Avni, PhD, pgs 3-11

 

Apr 2008  Metropolitan Home, “Sustainable in Seattle,” by F. Albert and J. Granen, pgs 112-121

 

Jan 2008  Mosaic Art Now, B. Buckingham, ed., pg 47


Oct 7, 2007  The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, "Sexy Green," By R. Teagarden, pgs 1-7


Aug 4, 2007  The Seattle Times DIGS, “Piecing It Together,” by N. Tsong and B. Udesen, pgs 8-9

Oct 7, 2007  The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, “Sexy Green,” by R. Teagarden a

Selected Employment

 

June 2005 – present:  Studio Ravenna LLC, Seattle, WA, Founding Member, Lead Artist

 

August 2006 – present:  Bedrock Industries, Seattle, WA, Mosaic and Mixed Media Art Instructor

 

September 2001 – June 2005:  Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA, Research Project Manager

 

February 1998 – December 2001:  Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

 

August 1993 – January 1998:  Departments of Anthropology and Rhetoric, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Graduate Instructor

 

September 1991 – June 1993:  Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Ethnographic Archive and Collections Registrar

 

Selected Education

 

2009  Flameworking I, Nat Franco, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

 

2008  Pre-Cast Concrete Mosaic Construction and Installation, Deb Aldo, Pomfret, CT

 

2007  A Master Class in the Indirect Technique, Gary Drostle, London, UK

 

2006  The Spontaneous Mosaic, Ilana Shafir, Ashkelon, Israel

 

2005  Color, Tone, and Intensity in Fine Art Mosaic, Emma Biggs, London, UK

 

2005  Master Class in Fine Art Mosaic, Lucio Orsoni and Giovanni Cucco, Venice, Italy


2001  Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, PhD,
National Science Foundation laureate

1993 Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, BA,  summa cum laude