EDUCATION

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, CA&D, Richmond, VA 1987-1990

Corcoran School of the Arts, Photography, Washington, DC, 1984

Fresh Air Fund, Training in adolescent behavior and psychology, Fishkill, NY, 1995 and 1996

Society for the Arts in Healthcare, Plenary Sessions, Chicago, IL, Nashville ,TN 2006 and 2007

Fresh Air Fund, Adolescent Behavior and Psychology Workshops, Fishkill, NY, 1995 and 1996

Art 180, Adolescent Behavior and Psychology Workshops, Richmond, VA, 2003, 2004, 2005

Smithsonian Institute, Young Associates Workshops, Washington , DC, 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional Studio Artist 1992 -Present

Instructor of Therapeutic Art

Anna Julia Cooper School, Richmond, VA - 2018-2019

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA - 2017

Art 180, Richmond VA - 2003, 2004 & 2005

Browne Studio, Browne Artistic LLC  Richmond, VA - 2013 - Present

•Martin Agency

•VCU Graduate Black Student Association

•Richmond Brain Tumor Support Group

•Second Chance At Renewing Self, Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence Aftercare Services

VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA - 2005-2010

•Pediatric Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Eldercare, In Patient Psychology

•Living Well Support group for Children and Parents of Children with Cancer

•Richmond Brain Tumor Support Group and Infectious Disease Support Group

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

January 19 - May 19 2019 - THE ART OF FREEDOM

Black History Museum of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

December 14 2018 - January 5 2019 - GATHER

Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

November 30 2018 - January 31 2019 - CELEBRATE RICHMOND

The Gallery at Main Street Station, Richmond, Virginia. Catalogue

August 3 - 28 2018 - ART180 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION AND AUCTION

Atlas Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

March 16 - May 4 2018 - SMITH CENTER FOR THE HEALING ARTS: ALCHEMICAL VESSELS

Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC

Curated by Natalie Archer

March 7 - 12 2018 - CARIBBEAN FINE ART FAIR

Grande Salle Gallery, Bridgetown, Barbados. Catalogue

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS continued

December 28 2017- Jan 20 2018-GLOW • GLIMMER SPARKLE • SHINE 

Group Exhibition

Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

September 28 - Oct 1 2017- CURRENT ART FAIR

Main Street Station, Richmond, Virginia

September 24 2015 POWER PROTEST & RESISTANCE: THE ART OF REVOLUTION

Curated by Oshun Layne and Danny Simmons

Rush Gallery, New York, New York

October 2012-REFLECTIONS OF MONK, INSPIRED IMAGES OF MUSIC AND MOODS

Curated by Ed Sherman

Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, NY

December 2011-BOMBAY SAPPHIRE EXHIBITION, ART BASEL MIAMI

The Scope, Miami, FL. Curated by Andre Guichard. Catalogue

February 2011 - S. ROSS BROWNE: Solo Exhibition

Petersburg Area Art league. PAAL Gallery, Petersburg, VA

November 2010 - CATALYST: 35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts

American University Museum Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

Curated by J. W. Mahoney. Catalogue

October 2009 - FIGURES AND ABSTRACTIONS

Hampton University, Armstrong/Slater Gallery, Hampton, VA

Curated by S. Ross Browne and Dr. Jacqueline Bontemps

September 2007 - MAGNA CARTA: By Our Heirs Forever

Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

Curated by Brenda LaBier. Catalogue

SELECTED PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA

City of Newport News Virginia

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Pam and Bill Royall Collection, Richmond, VA

Peggy Cooper Cafritz Collection, Washington DC

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Black History Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

The National Parks Service, “400th Commemoration of First African Landing in Virginia 1619”, 2018 

Untold RVA, “Gabriel”, 2018

City of Newport News Virginia, “CNI Mural”, 2018

Pulp Literature Press, Cover for “Pulp Literature”, 2017 

SELECTED COMMISSIONS continued

McDonald's Corporation of Northern California, BHM Notables, 2017 

VCU Health System, “Landscape, Homage to Richard Mayhew” 2016

St. Martin's Press, Cover for “City of Dark Creatures”, 2014

St. Martin's Press, Cover for “Daughter of Gods and Shadows”, 2013

City of Richmond, “African Burial Ground Painting”, “Slave Trail Identity”, Richmond, VA, 2003

Black History Museum & Cultural Center of VA, “Bojangles Installation”, Richmond, VA, 1993

SELECTED AWARDS

Gottlieb Foundation Grant 2019

Virginia Commission for the Arts Grant  2018

Marshall Ridley - Choice Neighborhood Initiative Grant 2018

Cultureworks Art Grant 2017

Winner, National Finalist, Rush Philanthropic/Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, 2011

Finalist, 3rd Ward NY, “Art Takes New York” 2008

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Richmond Free Press “Artist wants money from city for damaged works, studio” By Jeremy Lazarus, March 15, 2019. Cover.

The National Parks Service, Artist Statement, “400th Commemoration of First African Landing at Point Comfort Virginia 1619”, publication. Page 2. December 2018.

The Nation, The Newspaper of Barbados, Saturday Sun Section, “Artists Put It On Show”, March 10, 2018

Richmond Magazine, “Juxtaposed  Perception S. Ross Browne’s art reshapes historical narratives and challenges its viewers” By Samantha Willis. July 6, 2017.

The Phoenix, “Mandalas and Microcosms at the Black Cultural Center” By Katherine Ham. February 23, 2017.

Swarthmore College, The Daily Gazette“ Students Paint in Therapeutic Abstract Art Class for Black History Month” By Abhinav Tiku. February 27, 2017.

Richmond Free Press “Stories to inspire a better community being told.” By Leah Hobbs. July 15, 2016.

Style Weekly Magazine, “Richmond Painter S. Ross Browne Imparts Regality to His Black Subjects” Page 22. By Karen Newton. March 22, 2016.

The Baltimore Sun, “Artsmash”. By Tim Smith, November 19, 2015.

Style Baltimore Magazine “Visible Man” Get Out: Main Event, By Betsy Boyd Page 29, November 4, 2015.

BmoreArt.com The Black Gaze: Where Cliff Huxtable and Cookie Lyon Can Coexist

Arts and Culture, Visual Art, Feature Story, October 29, 2015.

OkayAfrica.com, Black American Artists Reexamine Their Relationship With Africa -August 17, 2015.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY continued

Grid Magazine, “Jackson Ward’s Wand-Wielding Artist and Storyteller”, Pages 9&10, By Maat Free. November/December 2014.

Huffington Post.com, On the "A" w/Souleo: Groundbreaking Choreopoem for colored girls...Turns 40.

Richmond Times-Dispatch, “S. Ross Browne Shares Creative Secrets”, Page B10, September 14, 2014.

MSNBC The Grio.com, 40 amazing black artists to watch in 2014, article by Souleo, January 2014.

Jeremy Lazarus, Featured article, “VMFA acquires “Huntress” from Richmond artist”, Richmond Free Press,  2013

J. W. Mahoney, CATALYST: 35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts, American University Museum Katzen Arts Center, Washington Post, 2010.