Betty A Brown, PhD

Betty Ann Brown is an art historian, critic, and curator. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Art in 1978, joined the CSUN faculty in 1986 and was honored with Professor Emeritus status in 2015. Brown has curated retrospective exhibitions for Hans Burkhardt, Roland Reiss, Linda Vallejo, June Wayne, and John White, as well as numerous themed exhibitions, including Time, Space & Matter: Five Installations Exploring Natural Phenomena (Lita Albuquerque, Suvan Geer, George Geyer, Mineko Grimmer...See more

Betty Ann Brown is an art historian, critic, and curator. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Art in 1978, joined the CSUN faculty in 1986 and was honored with Professor Emeritus status in 2015. Brown has curated retrospective exhibitions for Hans Burkhardt, Roland Reiss, Linda Vallejo, June Wayne, and John White, as well as numerous themed exhibitions, including Time, Space & Matter: Five Installations Exploring Natural Phenomena (Lita Albuquerque, Suvan Geer, George Geyer, Mineko Grimmer, Tom McMillan, and Christine Nguyen) and Fantastic Feminist Figuration (Jodi Bonassi, Bibi Davidson, Enzia Farrell, Laura Larson, Dierdre Sullivan-Beeman, Tslil Tsemet, and Lauren YS.) Her exhibition of the work of Betye, Alison and Lezley Saar opened at MOAH in February 2018. Brown has written critical reviews Art Ltd., Arts, Artillery, Artscene, Artweek, and The Los Angeles Times, among others, and published several books, including Exposures, Women & Their Art; Expanding Circles: Women, Art & Community; Gradiva's Mirror: Reflections on Women, Surrealism & Art History; Hero, Madman, Criminal, Victim: The Artist in Film & Fiction; and Afternoons with June: Stories of June Wayne's Art & Life. Brown was featured in four History Channel programs and produced a number of discussions about art history for eHow online. She organizes "Contemporary Art Conversations," in an ongoing series of panel discussions between critics and artists that convenes in various Southern California venues. See less