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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 Collections
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
City of Tualatin, OR
City of Wenatchee, WA
City of Tacoma, WA
King County, WA
Public Space Commissions
2010 Crescent Harbor Community Center, Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, WA
2010 Epiphany School, Seattle, WA
2009 Tacoma Public Utilities, City of Tacoma, WA
2009 First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
2009 Islandwood Outdoor Education Center, Bainbridge, Island, WA
2008 Tualatin Public Library, Tualatin, OR
2008 Department of Public Works, City of Wenatchee, WA
2008 Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station, King County, WA
Awards
2011 Mosaic Art Now, Exhibition in Print, Best in Show
2010 4 Culture of King County, WA, Individual Artist Grant
2010 Contemporary Mosaic Art, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC, Juried international group exhibition curated by Jean Ann Dabb, Best in Show
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
2011 En avant la mosaïque, Villa Bagatelle Museum, Quebec City, Canada, Invitational joint exhibition with Sophie Drouin and Lynne Chinn, 7 September – 18 December
2010 69 Insecurities: A Miseducation in Contemporary Fine Art Mosaic, Mithun Threshold Gallery, 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
2011 O(Ax) = dO(Am): Impossible Equation, City of Ravenna Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (The MAR), Ravenna, Italy, Invitational international group exhibition, opening 4 November 2011
2011 Works from the World, San Domenico Urban Center Gallery, Ravenna, Italy, Juried international group exhibition, through 20 November 2011
2010 Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA, Juried group exhibition
2010 RE Store Recycled Art Show, Blowing Sands Gallery, Seattle, WA, Juried group exhibition (also 2005, 2008, 2009)
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
Nov 2011 Department of Art and Art History, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, Guest lecturer (also May 2010)
Feb 2011 Mosaic Art Now, Exhibition in Print, Mosaic Rocks Press
Feb 2011 Still Listening to the Rocks with Sophie Drouin and Bill Buckingham, Shenandoah Art Press
Feb 2011 Society of American Mosaic Artists Annual Converence, Austin, TX, Guest Panelist
Feb 2010 Mosaic Art Now, "The State of the Art: Fine Art Mosaic," by S. King, pgs 10-13, Mosaic Rocks Press
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, Mosaic Rocks Press
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
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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