BIO

Teresa Booth Brown is a contemporary American artist and educator whose five-decade practice investigates the intersection of geometric abstraction, architectural structure, and material studies. Her formal artistic journey began in 1979 at the Museum Art School in Portland, Oregon, followed by studies at Reed College and a Bachelor of Arts from Bennington College, where she began her interest in progressive education and the philosophy of creative autonomy. 

Her prolific career is anchored by 20 solo exhibitions, over 40 group shows, and 13 highly competitive national and international artist residencies. Her work has been shaped by global fellowships at prestigious institutions such as the American Academy in Rome, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Ucross Foundation, La Napoule Art Foundation in France, CAMPO in Uruguay, and Gullkistan in Iceland, expanding her practice into bodies of work with global resonance.

Parallel to her studio practice, Brown has established a distinguished career in arts education and community leadership, serving in key roles including interim Director of Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Director of Education and Community Programs at the Aspen Art Museum. Her commitment to studio practice and public arts advocacy has earned her major honors, including the Marion International Fellowship (2019), the Art Base Achievement in the Arts Award (2022), and the Inaugural City of Aspen Cultural Vibrancy Fellowship Grant (2023). Today, her work is held in numerous private and public collections, and she is currently focused on curating her fifteen-year monumental body of work, the Mind over Matter Project, for public presentation, alongside authoring four forthcoming books on art pedagogy, collage technique, and creative practice.