EDUCATION
2015
BFA, PAINTING AND DRAWING
SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2022
RED DOT ART SPREE, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
BODIES OF WORK - Something Cool Studios, Austin, TX
RE/FLEX IV - Artus Co, Austin, TX
PEOPLES GALLERY EXHIBITION - Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
TEXAS NATIONAL - Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
CAL INTERNATIONAL - Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX
2021
RE/FLEX III - Contracommon, Bee Cave, TX
CC x WILLOW SHOWCASE - 1914 Willow, Austin, TX
CC x BOLM - Bolm Studios, Austin, TX
HOWDY STRANGER - Icosa, Austin, TX
ART HOP XIV - Georgetown Arts Center, Georgetown, TX
SOMETHING LIKE YESTERDAY - Contracommon, Bee Cave, TX
CAL NATIONAL 2021 - Conroe Art League, Conroe TX
36th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION - Meadows Gallery, UT Tyler, TX
2020
PLAYGROUND - Saint Maison Online Gallery/Virtual
AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR - Contracommon, Bee Cave/virtual
CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE: REDEFINING THE FIGURE - Visionary Arts Collective, virtual
A BRIEF INTERRUPTION - Contracommon, Bee Cave, TX
CCAN NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION - Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
NO CONTACT - ContraCommon, Bee Cave, TX
RE/FLEX I - ContraCommon, Bee Cave, TX
TEXAS AND NEIGHBORS EXHIBIT AND COMPETITION - Irving Arts Center/Virtual, Irving TX
2019
ARTUS CO. POP UP SHOW - Artus Co. at the Arboretum, Austin, TX
ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW - Art and Frame Gallery, Newtown, CT
PUMP PROJECT ALUMNI SHOW - Mosaic Sound Collective, Austin, TX
EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR - Austin, TX
DUE EAST - Canopy Studios, Austin, TX
ALMOST REAL THINGS ISSUE 14, VIVID - Austin, TX
2018
EAST Austin Studio Tour - Pump Project, Austin, TX
Due EAST - Big Medium, Austin, TX
2017
HE/ART - Cherry Cola Dog, Austin, TX
SOLIDARITY - Shirley's Temple, Austin, TX
2015
SOLO SHOW – ARIA BROWNELL – Municipal Center, Newtown, CT
SOLO SHOW – ARIA BROWNELL – Oxford Cultural Arts Center, Oxford, CT
2015 SCAN JURIED ART EXHIBITION – Cyrenius H. Booth Library, Newtown, CT
SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION – Visual Arts Building, Purchase, NY
MAMA – Gallery 1019A, Visual Arts Building, Purchase, NY
FIRST THOUGHT LAST THOUGHT – Visual Arts Building, Purchase, NY
2014
HALFWAY THERE – Visual Arts Building, Purchase, NY
2028- Gallery 1989, Larchmont, NY
RAPALOOZA- Red Room, Purchase, NY
BARBEQUE- Visual Arts Building. Purchase, NY
WELCOME HOME- Art Forum. Purchase, NY
LET THEM EAT CAKE- *featured artist, Cyrenius H. Booth Library, Newtown, CT
KALEIDOSCOPE- Artists in Residence, Newtown, CT
PUBLICATIONS
2022
NEW VISIONARY MAGAZINE: Issue 2, Visionary Art Collective, Curated by Victoria J. Fry
2021
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS: Issue 156, Curated by Lauren R. O'Connell (48-51)
AWARDS
2022
FOURTH PLACE, CAL National Competition
2021
GRANT RECIPIENT, Jerry Goldstein Foundation
2020
JUROR'S AWARD, CCAN National Juried Competition
THIRD PLACE - OIL, Texas and Neighbors Exhibit and Competition
PRESS
2021
"Meet Aria Brownell: Figurative Oil Painter", Shoutout HTX, February
2020
“Top 10 Artists to Watch”, Almost Real Things, October
2019
“A Painter’s Guide to East Austin Studio Tour 2019”, The Austin Chronicle, November
“Featured Artists”, Almost Real Things issue 14 Vivid, May
2018
“East Austin Studio Tour 2018: Recapping Weekend 1”, Austin Chronicle November
“EAST: Pump Project at Almost Real Things”, Glasstire, November
2015
“Works by Aria Brownell at Municipal Center”, Newtown Bee, August
2014
“A Feast For the Eyes; Opening Reception Saturday”, Newtown Bee, June