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KYLE BROWN JR
www.kylebrownjr.com
Born 1970
Decatur, GA
EDUCATION
1997 M.S., Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1993 B.S., Business, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AWARDS
2025 Outstanding Achievement, Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park, IL
Juror’s Award, Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA
Best of Show, Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL
First Place for Mixed Media, Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
2024 Award of Distinction, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
COMMISSIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023 Commissioned by the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau to create the official art for the Lowcountry Oyster Festival, Charleston, SC
2018 Created art, design, and branding for 250 product packages as Founder of Oliver Pluff & Company, Charleston, SC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Artfields Southeastern Art Competition and Festival, Lake City, SC
2024 ‘Beauty Can Save the World’, Grand Bohemian Lodge Gallery, Greenville, SC
‘Surprised by Joy’ – Grand Bohemian Lodge Art Gallery, Greenville, SC
ART FAIRS
2025 Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park, IL
Woodland Art Fair, Lexington, KY
Wickford Art Festival, North Kingstown, RI
Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA
Wells Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Tephra ICA Arts Festival, Reston, VA
Arlington Festival of the Arts, Arlington, VA
Beaux Arts Festival of Art, Coral Gables, FL
Las Olas Art Fair, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2024 West Palm Beach Art Festival, West Palm Beach, FL
Great Gulfcoast Art Festival, Pensacola, FL
MOCA Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia Beach, VA
Bridgehampton Art Affair, Bridgehampton, NY
Shadyside - The Art Festival on Walnut Street, Pittsburgh, PA
Wickford Art Festival, North Kingstown, RI
Frederick Festival of the Arts, Frederick, MD
Asheville Festival of the Arts, Asheville, NC
Arlington Festival of the Arts, Arlington, VA
Artfest by the Sea, Juno Beach, FL
Artigras, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Beaux Arts Festival of Art, Coral Gables, FL
2023 Boca Raton Fine Art Show, Boca Raton, FL
Alexandria Old Town Art Festival, Alexandria, VA
Kings Drive Art Walk, Charlotte, NC
St. Armands Fine Art Festival, Sarasota, FL
Sandy Springs Artsapalooza, Atlanta, GA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Studio Artist at Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
PRESS
2024 Ashley Ortega, "Meet Kyle Brown Jr" in Canvas Rebel (April 2024), https://canvasrebel.com/meet-kyle-brown-jr/
2023 Kristine Hartvigsen, "Stargazing in Warzones" in Columbia Living Magazine (July 2023), https://columbialivingmag.com/art-seen
COLLECTIONS
Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Charleston, SC
Additional private collections