Born in 1966 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Brown also played guitar in the seminal hardcore punk band Gorilla Biscuits. He died in 2019 at age fifty-two following an aneurysm.
Education :
1991 : BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
Solo show :
2015 : Triple V Gallery, Paris, France
2014 : “Alex Brown: Selected Drawings 2011-2014″ Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, USA
2012 : “Common Scents” Feature Inc., New York, USA
2011 : “Free. Dumb.” Twig Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2010 : “Nobody Knows This is Somewhere”, Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva, Swiss
2009 : “Fodderland” Feature Inc., New York, USA
2008 : Gallery Minmin, Tokyo, Japan
2007 : “New Work,” Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2005 : Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva, Swiss
2004 : Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
2004 : “Actual Sighs” Feature Inc., New York, USA
2003 : Feature Inc., New York, USA
2002 : “Singles,” Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2001 : Feature Inc., New York, USA
2000 : M du B, F, H, & g, Montreal, Canada
2000 : The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
1999 : Feature Inc., New York, USA
1998 : Feature Inc., New York, USA
Awards, Grants and Residencies :
2000 : Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, USA