CELIA BROWN

1954 Born in Cambridge, England; grew up in London
1972 “A” levels in Zoology, Chemistry, Mathematics
1972-73 Voluntary work with homeless people in London
1973-76 Undergraduate, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University
1976 BA Honours in “Human Sciences”, First Class
1976-80 Postgraduate, London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE)
1982 PhD in Sociology on Single Homeless People in London
1980-85 Student of Painting and Drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts – Städelschule – Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Johann Georg Geyger’s Class.
1985 Award of Meisterschülerin (Master’s) status

Lives and works in Freiburg, Germany and Hastings, England

2016 Obtained German citizenship as well as British

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

1990 Volksbank Dreieich, anlässlich der Kunsttage Dreieich
1991 “Ariadne und Zephyr”, Wassermann Galerie, Munich
1993 „Beyond the Labyrinth”, Wassermann Galerie, Cologne
1994 “Fortunate Encounters”, Galerie Beatrice Wassermann, Munich
1994 Edwin-Scharff-Haus, Neu-Ulm
1998 “Draco`s Daughter”, Galerie im Forum Alte Werft, Papenburg
1999 “Handmaidens of Venus”, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
2000 “Fortuna”, Kunstverein Schallstadt
2000 “WahrnehmungsWelt”, Galerie im Tor, Emmendingen
2003 “Jack im Gärtchen”, mit Annette Merkenthaler, Galerie im Tor, Emmendingen
2004 “Leda und Zephir”, Galerie G, Dr. Gudrun Selz, Freiburg
2007 “Alice im Spiegelland”, Kulturwerk im Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg
2009 “Morpheus und Orpheus”, Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart
2009 “Persephone in Wunderland“, Galerie im Tor, Emmendingen
2009 “Drawing and Deviation”, Galerie G, Dr. Gudrun Selz, Freiburg
2010 “Fortuna and das Fliessen der Zeit”, Städtisches Lapidarium, Stuttgart
2013 “Gegen-Setzung 1”, mit Marco Schuler, Merdinger Kunstforum, Merdingen
2014 “Talking Flowers”, Galerie Art+Concept
2015 “Alice in her Palace”, Galerie Art+Concept, Soest
2015 “Alice in Ink”– Zeichnungen, Galerie G, Freiburg
2018 “she sells seashells“ – drawing and digital silkscreen, Galerie G, Freiburg
2019 “Wunderwelten“, mit Susanne Smajić, Gut Altenkamp, Papenburg-Aschendorf
2020 “Wunderland“, Galerie Z, Stuttgart
2022 “Die Welt im Schnitt or The World is my Oyster”, Galerie G, Freiburg

Projects and Sculptures in the Public Space

1986 “Hermes”, Building Site Installation, German Post Museum, Frankfurt am Main
1990 “Wolkenspringer”, (Cloud Hopper) Spherical balloon attached to the Trade Fair Hall 1 opposite the Trade Fair Tower (Messe-Turm), Art Frankfurt
1992 “Atlas on Cloud 9”, Presentation to the architects by HOCHTIEF at the “100 Metre Celebration”, Skyscraper Westendstrasse 1, Frankfurt am Main
2002 “Jack in the Pulpit”, Sculpture Trail, Emmendingen
2005 “Jacob’s Ladder” tiered bench in Park der Zeiten, Schramberg
2009 “Home Sweet Car”, Car Park Environment, Schramberg
2022 “Persephone am Tuniberg”, Projection above the canal, artforum3, Freiburg

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

1990 “Zur Kunst in Frankfurt 90”, Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main
1991 “Europa: Geschichte und Mythen”, with Christian Lapie, Union International Club, FFM
2003 “aus dem Bleistiftgebiet I”, Sammlung Rosskopf, Freiburg
2008 Festival of Arts and Science, Jerwood Room Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
2008 “Alice and the Wolf” video, “Seit eh und jetzt”, Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg, Ulmer Museum, Ulm
2008 Regionale 9, Kunstverein, Freiburg
2010 Regionale 11, Kunstverein, Freiburg
2013 DASSOLLKUNTSEIN 11, Kunstverein Freiburg, bei Galerie G, Freiburg
2015 “Alice aux Petits Ménages”, l’espace Saint-Sauveur, Issy-les-Moulineaux
2020 “Corona Studios” Artline Kunstmagazin, 5 May
2021 “30 x 30” Graphics Exhibition, 30 year jubillee Merdinger Kunstforum, Merdingen
2021 Christmas Exhibition, Kulturliste, Freiburg
2022 “Wonderlands, Twin City Project Guildford-Freiburg, Weingut Dilger, Freiburg
2022 “Kaleidoscope 2”, Avellino, Italy

Lectures und Performance

1999 “Visual Images after the Millennium”, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
2000 “On Snakes and Skyscrapers”, Kunstverein Schallstadt
2004 “The Mitochondrion’s Dream”, Kunstverein Freiburg with Prof. Joanna Poulton, (genetics, Oxford)
2005 “Who is Alice?” E-Werk Freiburg with Kim Schimpfle und Ulrike Hülsey ( A Catwalk Performance)
2005 “Alice in Brainland”, E-Werk Freiburg, Kunst im Kopf Symposium, lecture performance with Dr. Sigrid Schmitz about brain imaging. Video and dance on a brainland carpet with dance improvisation
2007 “Alice in Spiegelland”, (Science meets Arts meets Science) 550 Jubilee University of Freiburg (received an award in the Year of the Humanities “ABC der Menschheit“) Prof. Sigrid Schmitz, Prof. Britta Schinzel, Dr. Marion Mangelsdorf, Prof. Joanna Poulton, Prof. Todd Huffman, Konstanze Kurz, choreographer Emma-Louise Jordan, composer George Chambers, students
2008 “Inspired by Alice”, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford with composer George Chambers
2008 “Mitochondrial Dynamics”, with Professor Joanna Poulton, genetics, and George Chambers, LMH Oxford
2008 “The World in the Looking Glass”, with Dr Todd Huffman, physics, and George Chambers, LMH Oxford
2011 Soiree zu „Alice“, Theater im Marienbad, Freiburg with the theatre ensemble
2013 “Higgs and Alice in a Chess-piece”, with Dr Todd Huffman & George Chambers, LMH, Oxfordshire Science Festival
2014 “Time Traveller in Wonderland”, Lewis Carroll Society, London
2015 “Curiouser and curiouser”, Leipzig Book Fair; Kunstverein Freiburg, with Luzia Braun
2015 “The influence of antiquity on Alice’s Adventures”, Homerton,Cambridge (Alice Symposium)
2017 “Alice Unbound: Lewis Carroll projected global trends onto his malleable heroine” British Association of Victorian Studies (BAVS) Annual Conference, “Victorians Unbound” Lincoln, England
2018 “Alice and Mignon”, Annassalong, Freiburg.
2022 “Dee and Carroll’s Smoking Mirrors” screened at “Wonderlands”, Twin City Project Guildford-Freiburg, Freiburg
2022 “Persephone am Tuniberg”, Jour Fixe, Museum für neue Kunst, Freiburg

Solo catalogues

1999 Draco’ Daughter, exhibition catalogue, Papenburg, Germany
2010 Celia Brown. Das Fliessen der Zeit, installation catalogue, Schramberg  (Melvin GmbH) and Stuttgart (Kulturamt), Germany

Numerous group catalogue entries and German newspaper articles

Represented by Galerie G, Freiburg http://galerie-g-freiburg.de/artists.php?id=33

2019 Wonderland·Wunderland. Freiburg: Modo Verlag

Other activities

Translations from German to English: art catalogues, applications for funding etc.

Artist-led school projects (PUT ME IN THE PICTURE 2012) (IN MY ROOM 2013) Freiburg

Publications

2012 Alice im Spiegelland. Wo sich Kunst und Wissenschaft treffen. Eds. Celia Brown & Marion Mangelsdorf. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag
http://www.transcript-verlag.de/ts2082/ts2082.php

2015 Alice hinter den Mythen. Der Sinn in Carrolls Nonsens. Celia Brown. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag
http://www.fink.de/katalog/titel/978-3-7705-5858-2.html

2015 “Alice’s Journey Across the Globe into Mysterious Realms“ Celia Brown, in: Libri & Liberi Journal of Research on Children’s Literature and Culture Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 269-290, Zagreb.

forthcoming
2022 “‘Jabberwocky’ in German” in: Completely Jabberwocky, eds. Anna Kerchy, Björn Sundmark, Kit Kelen. Evertype Publishing, Dundee, Scotland
2023 “The influence of Francis Bacon and John Dee on Carroll’s Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” in: Through the Looking-Glass Companion, eds. Franziska Kohlt, Justine Houyaux

FILMOGRAPHY

2004 “Der Traum der Mitochondrien”, Kunstverein Freiburg
2005 “Alice in Brainland”, E-Werk Freiburg with Prof. Sigrid Schmitz
2007 “Alice im Spiegel”, with Prof. S. Schmitz, Prof. B. Schinzel (FR) K. Kurz (CCC -Berlin), 36 minutes
2007 “Alice and the Wolf”, with Dr. M. Mangelsdorf (FR), 10 minutes
2008 “Der Traum der Mitochondrien” with Prof. J. Poulton, Uni. Oxford, 40 minutes
2011 “Alice im Marienbad”, with the troupe, 17 minutes
2013 “Antimatter Alice in a Chesspiecepiece”, with Prof. T. Huffman, Uni. Oxford, 13 minutes
2021 “Gaias Glückspilze”, 17 minutes
2021 “Dee and Carroll’s Smoking Mirrors”, 17 minutes
2022 “Persephone am Tuniberg”, 15 minutes