LaKela Brown

Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BFA in 2005 from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. == Solo exhibitions ==

Brown's first solo exhibitions took place in 2007 at Moka Gallery, Chicago, and the Alumni/Faculty Hall of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. She has since exhibited her work at Jackie Klempay, Brooklyn, and Cave Gallery, Detroit, and her work was featured throughout Rockefeller Center during summer 2019. In 2018 she had her first international exhibition, Untitled at Lars Friedrich Gallery, Berlin, as well as Material Relief at Reyes | Finn, Detroit. She was exhibited in Surface Possessions at 56 Henry in summer 2019. == Group exhibitions ==

Brown has exhibited at ICA San Francisco in the group show Resting Our Eyesas well as the Hessel Museum of Art in Gorgeous, Thrilling, Spectacle [https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/711-gorgeous-thrilling-spectacle. Brown has also participated in Not For Saleat NXTHVN in New Haven, Get That Old Thing Back [https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/get-that-old-thing-back-2023 at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum, and L.A.'s Frieze art fair in 2023. == Residencies ==

Brown was a faculty artist in residence at Ox-Bow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan in 2018. She has also been in residence at Mano y Mente in Tulsa Rosa, New Mexico, and the Art on the Move program in the Detroit area. ==References==