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Jo Braun, PhD
1609 NE 75th Street
Seattle, WA 98115 USA
jo@jo-braun.com
206.524.6442
Summary
Born 1971, Mitchell, SD
Earned Anthropology PhD by age 30, then left corporate day job four years later to build art career informed by anthropological insights
Public Space Commissions
2010 Crescent Harbor Community Center, Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, WA, Fine art commission
2010 Epiphany School Library, Seattle, WA, Fine art commission
2009 Tacoma Public Utilities, City of Tacoma, WA, Juried public art commission
2009 First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA, Architectural and fine art commission
2009 Islandwood Outdoor Education Center, Bainbridge, Island, WA, Architectural commission
2008 Tualatin Public Library, Tualatin, OR, Juried public art commission
2008 Department of Public Works, City of Wenatchee, WA, Juried public art commission
2008 Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station, King County, WA, Public art commission
Public Collections
2009 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Juried purchase award
2007 City of Tacoma, WA, Juried purchase award
Selected Awards
2010 4 Culture of King County, WA, Individual Artist Grant
2009 Cutting Edges: Contemporary Mosaic Art, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR, Juried international group exhibition, Best in Show
Selected Solo and Joint Exhibitions
2010 69 Insecurities: A Miseducation in Contemporary Fine Art Mosaic, Mithun Art Space, Seattle, WA, Juried solo exhibition
2008 From Hard Garbage, Johnston Architects, Seattle, WA, Juried solo exhibition
2006 Broken Light / Leaking Glass, Colorgraphics, Seattle, WA, Invitational joint exhibition with Roseanne Olson, curated by Robin Atlas
2006 Auburn City Hall Gallery, Auburn, WA, Juried joint exhibition with Naomi Strom-Avila
2006 Burien City Hall Gallery, Burien, WA, Juried solo exhibition
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 RE Store Recycled Art Show, Blowing Sands Gallery, Seattle, WA, Juried group exhibition (also 2005, 2008, 2009)
2009 Cutting Edges: Contemporary Mosaic Art, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR, Juried international group exhibition, Best in Show
2009 Sum of All Parts II, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, Juried international group exhibition
2008 Mosaic Arts International, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL, Juried international group exhibition (also 2005, 2007)
2007 An Ancient Language, A Modern Translation, Granville Center for the Arts, Garland, TX, Juried group exhibition
Publications and Lectures
May 2010 Department of Art and Art History, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, Guest lecture
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 7-9
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 20
Oct 2007 The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, "Sexy Green," by R. Teagarden and B. Benschneider, pgs 1-7
Aug 2007 The Seattle Times DIGS, "Piecing It Together," by N. Tsong and B. Udesen, pgs 8-9
Selected Employment
2006-2009 Bedrock Industries, Seattle, WA; Instructor, Fine Art Mosaic
2001-2005 Starbucks Coffee Company, Marketing Research Department, Seattle, WA; left after departmental layoff to transform post-doctoral hobby into art career
Education
2001 University of Iowa, Department of Anthropology, Iowa City, IA, PhD, National Science Foundation Laureate
1993 University of Minnesota, Department of Anthropology, Minneapolis, MN, BA, Summa cum laude
References available upon request.
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