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Philadelphia based artist Arden Bendler Browning creates large paintings, small works on paper, virtual reality (VR) environments, and public art. Her work explores movement, the desire for travel, the effect of digital imagery on perception and memory, and finding wonder and escape through immersive spaces.  Her work hovers between landscape and abstraction. 

Bendler Browning’s works have been exhibited and collected internationally.  Her works are included in several public collections such as the West Collection, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Microsoft art collection, Dream Hotel Nashville, Frost Tower Collection, Toyota, amongst others. Her work is represented by Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, Galleri Urbane in Dallas, and Tinney Contemporary in Nashville.  Press includes The Washington Post, New American Paintings, Artist and Place podcast, ArtSpiel, The Studio Visit, BMore Art, Nashville Scene, I Like Your Work podcast,  the artblog, Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal-Constutition, and Drawing Magazine, among others. Museum exhibitions include the American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Weatherspoon Art Museum, James A. Michener Museum, and Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts.   Public works include "Nonstop" (2017), a commissioned Percent for Art project for the City of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia International Airport, and "Elastic Geography" (2021), a Mural Arts Philadelphia project.  In 2022, Arden completed artist residencies at Interlude Artist Residency in Livingston, NY, and the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland, Canada.

Bendler Browning holds a BFA in Art with honors from Carnegie Mellon University (1997), a Master of Studio Art with high distinctions from Sydney College of the Arts (2000), and an MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art (2003)

b. 1975, lives and works in Philadelphia, PA

studio: 1400 N American St., #207, Philadelphia PA 19122 | 215.696.7708 | arden@ardenbendlerbrowning.com

ardenbendlerbrowning.com

EDUCATION:

MFA in Painting, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA, 2003

Graduate Seminar in Art Theory/Art Criticism, Temple University Rome, Italy, 2003

MSA in Painting, with High Distinctions, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia, 2000

BFA in Art, with college and university honors, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997

Study Abroad at Temple University, Rome, Italy, 1996

SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2023, Off Screen, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX

2022, Wayfinding, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia

2022, Passages, with Janos Korodi, MiniMAC, Philadelphia

2021, Escape Routes, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville

2019, Sight-reading, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas

2019, Places to Be, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2018, All at Once, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas

2018, All at Once, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2017, Relativity, Knauer Gallery, West Chester University, curated by Kate Stewart

2017, Nonstop, Permanent Public Art Commission for City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal E, selected as a Percent for Art Project

2017, Carved Time, Painting Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA, curated by Charles Browning and Marcellino Stuhmer

2012-2013, Clickpath, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2012, Upheaval, Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal E, Philadelphia, PA.

2011,Fall SOLOS, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.

2011, Splinters, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.

2010, Wind Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.

2009, Pattern Language, AHN|VHS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2009, Solo Series 2009, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA.

2008, Urban Reef, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.

2004, Instability, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 "Construction Time Again", curated by Clifford Eberly, Hicks Art Center at Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

2023 "Something Big, Something Small", Bridgette Mayer gallery, Philadelphia

2023 "In the Middle with You", curated by Shannon Rae Fincke, The Middle Room Gallery, Los Angeles

2023 "Space-States and Other Realms", accompanying Philadelic conference hosted by University of Pennsylvania Psychdedelic Collaborative, Addams Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, curated by Jackie Tileston and Rain Gideon.

2023 "Doppelganger", virtual and 3D printed objects, Pink Noise Projects, Philadelphia, curated by Tyler Kline and programmed by Museum of Virtual Arts of Princeton University

2023 "SUBMERGED" A Changing Global Climate", Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, curated by Thom Duffy, Philadelphia

2021-2022, Fields and Formations, The American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, and The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, curated by Kristen Hileman, with catalog

2022, Animated Architecture, video screening including video capture of "Escape Routes", Tyler School of Art, curated by Sean Stoops

2021-2022, A Fluid and Emphatic Now, The Bobby Collection, Nashville, curated by Joshua Edward Bennett

2021, The Gift Edit(ion), Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX

2021, Ripe, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX

2021, Karmic Joy, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020 "Summer Collective", Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX

2019 "Things to Come", Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2019 "it's the new everything", Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

2019 Art on Paper 2019, Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro

2018  Aqua Art Miami, with Bridgette Mayer Gallery

2018 Holiday Group exhibition, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2018  Bread and Butter, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX

2016-2017, The Death of Impressionism? Disruption and Innovation in Art, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown PA, curated by Kirsten M. Jensen, Ph.D., Gerry & Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator; Louise Feder, Assistant Curator; and Kelsey Halliday Johnson, Curatorial Fellow in Photography & New Media

2016, Philadelphia Painters, Marlin and Regina Miller Gallery, Kutztown University, curated by Mark Mahosky, Professor of Art

2015, Summer Show, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2014, Art Silicon Valley, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, San Mateo, CA

2014, Benefit Exhibition for Ballet X, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2014, Young & Fun: Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013, Benefit Exhibition for Ballet X, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013, Dallas Art Fair, Bridgette Mayer Gallery Booth, Dallas, TX

2013, Art Miami 2013, Bridgette Mayer Gallery Booth, Miami, FL

2012, Art Miami 2012, Bridgette Mayer Gallery Booth, Miami, FL.

2012, Summer Pop Up Gallery, Bridgette Mayer Gallery at Michael Ryan Architects, Loveladies, NJ

2012, Shifting Speeds, curated by Andrea Packard, The Painting Center, New York, NY.

2012, Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Temple Gallery, curated by Rob Blackson, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA.

2011, Karmic Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2011, Collage Perspectives, curated by Andrea Packard, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

2011, Urbanism: Reimagining the Lived Environment, curated by Julien Robson, Fisher-Brooks Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,Philadelphia, PA.

2011, CONSTRUCT, curated by Amie Potsic, CFEVA Fellows, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA.

2011, Victory for Tyler: Works on Paper, juror: Robert Storr, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA.

2011, Introductions: 2011, CFEVA 2011 CDP Fellows, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA.

2011, Inliquid at Sundance, Sundance Channel, New York, NY.

2011, Paint Snob 2011, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.

2010, Seepages, curated by Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

2010, On the Rise, curated by Jenny Laden, The Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA.

2010, Paint Snob 2010, Gallery 500X, Dallas, TX.

2009, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2009, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.

2009, Group Show Benefit, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2009, Rack and File: Selected Works from the Flat File, AHN|VHS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2009, Crossing Lines, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.

2009, 23rd International Juried Exhibition, juror: Adelina Vlas, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ.

2008, Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA, juror:

William Pym,

2008, Paint Snob Invitational, McLennan Community College CSC Gallery, Waco, TX.

2008, Sneak Peek,The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.

2008, Selections from the 6th Bureau, Tyler Alumni Exhibition, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

2006, One Planet, One Experiment, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2006, Works on Paper: 2006, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA.

2004, Junto, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2004, Philadelphia Selections:5, Paley/Levy Galleries, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA.

2004, Summer Dialogue, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Elizabeth Park.

2003, MFA Biennial: The Future is Now, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

PUBLIC ART

2023, "Pathways", exterior mural at The Laurel at Rittenhouse (20x22 feet), a Mural Arts Philadelphia project, Philadelphia

2021, Elastic Geography, exterior mural at Yards Brewery, a Mural Arts Philadelphia project, Philadelphia

2017, Nonstop, Permanent Public Art Commission for City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal E, selected as a Percent for Art Project

RESIDENCIES

2022 Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada

2022 Interlude Artist Residency, Livingston, NY

2004 Soaring Garden, Ora Lerman Trust, Laceyville, PA

AWARDS & HONORS

2020 Interlude Artist Parent residency finalist

2019, semi-finalist, Creative Captial artist grant

2016 Purchase, Pennsylvania Convention Center

2014 Finalist, Percent for Art commission competition, Philadelphia, PA

2011 Short-list, West Prize, West Collection, Oaks, PA.

2011, Fellow, CFEVA Career Development Program, 2011-2012, Philadelphia, PA.

2011, Finalist, SOLOS, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA.

2010, Finalist, Fleisher Challenge Exhibition Series.

2010, Inclusion in Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY.

2010, Inclusion in Pierogi Gallery Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY.

2009, Honorable Mention, 23rdInternational Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ.

2004, Visiting Artist, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.

2004, Resident Artist, Ora Lerman Trust, Laceyville, PA.

2002, University Fellowship, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

1997, University Honors; College of Fine Arts Honors, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

1997, Samuel Rosenberg Award, Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023, Rowe, Kristina, "Warm up to these 8 must-see art exhibitions in Dallas-Fort Worth this June", Dallas Culture Map, June 9. (with leading image)

2022, Fallon, Roberta, "Arden Bendler Browning conquers virtual reality", Artblog, October 19

2022, Yaniv, Etty, "Arden Bendler Browning at Bridgette Mayer Gallery", Art Spiel, October 7

2022, Hartley, Katie, "Sitting in Uncertainty: Review of Fields and Formations at the Katzen Art Center", BMore Art, May 18 (with image)

2022, Jenkins, Mark, "Women take the Spotlight in a pair of art shows at the A.U. Museum," The Washington Post, March 2 (with image)

2021, Isaacs, Susan, "Powerful show of art by women and non-binary artists working int he region today, at the Delaware Contemporary", the artblog, December 15

2021 Steele, Kelli, "Arts Playlist: Fields and Formations at the Delaware Contemporary", radio interview with curator Kristen Hileman, Delaware Public Media, November 5

2021, Nolan, Joe, "Crawl Space", featured write up on solo exhbition "Escape Routes", at Tinney Contemporary, August 5

2020, Amino, Elisa Wouk, "A View from the Easel During Times of Quarantine", Hyperallergic, May 1

2019, Gimpel, Natalie, D Magazine, "Five Dallas Shows You Must See This December", December 2

2018, Sitkin, Rachel, The Studio Visit, “Arden Bendler Browning”, feature, November 11

2018, Camplin, Todd, Modern Dallas blog, “Bread and Butter, curated by Adrian Zuniga”, August 20

2018, Patron Magazine (image)

2018, Camplin, Todd, ModernDallas blog, “It’s a New Year of Art in Dallas!”, February 13

2016, Shrift, Gwen, Bucks County Courier-Times, “Michener Museum looks at how New Hope School impressed later artists”, December 11.

2014 Findlay, Lauren, The artblog, “Young and Fun: Abstraction at Bridgette Mayer Gallery”, (with image of “Interim”), July 14.

2014, Newhall, Edith. “Summer Fun”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27.

2013, New American Paintings blog, “Must see Painting Shows: January 2013”, January 9.

2013, Arthurs, Maegan, The artblog, “Chaos and harmony in Arden Bendler Browning’s cityscapes at Bridgette Mayer Gallery”, January 3.

2012, Prichard Manko, Marni, Philadelphia Style, “map quest”, December.

2012, Rabarison, Karolle, The Morning News, “Street Skew”, December 3.

2012, Newhall, Edith, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Bendler Browning’s Kaleidoscopic Images”, December 23.

2011, Proctor, Kenneth, “Arden Bendler Browning: Exuberant Chaos,”Drawing; volume 9, issue 34. © Interweave Press, LLC.

2011, Newhall, Edith.“Painterly Collage”, (with image of “Lag”), The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 26.

2011, Newhall, Edith.“‘Karmic Abstraction’ brings a tint of turquoise to renovated Bridgette Mayer Gallery,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20.

2011, Grennan, Kira.“Five Artists Collage”, Inliquid Art + Design Blog, November 16.

2011, Campello, Lenny.“AAC Fall Solos 2011”, Old Town Crier and American Contemporary Art Magazine, November 11.

2011, Dube, Ilene. Central Jersey. “Urbanism: Reimagining the Lived Environment at PAFA.” Central Jersey, www.centraljersey.com, August 17.

2011, Murphy, Mary. The artblog. “Intimacy and Dynamism in PAFA's Urbanism.” the artblog, www.artblog.org, August 10.

2011, Wasserman, Burt. “Urbanism.” Icon, August.

2011, Sozanski, Edward. “Urbanism Focuses on Renewal and Decay in Cities.” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 31.

2011, Fabbri, Anne R. “The City We Inhabit (but never saw).” Broad Street Review, July 9.

2011, Rochester, Katherine. “July First Friday Picks.” ,Philadelphia Weekly, June 29.

2011, Donohoe, Victoria. “Emerging Visual Artists Exhibit at the Icebox.” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24.

2011, Donohoe, Victoria. “Artful images of abandonment.”, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25.

2011 Carey, Ryan. “Now See This: CFEVA presents their 2011 fellows.”Philadelphia City Paper, February 3.

2010, Rosof, Libby. The artblog. “Last Chance: Fleisher Challenge.” the artblog, www.artblog.org, November 20.

2010, Minutella, Erica. The artblog. “Wind Challenge curator conversation with Sue Spaid at Fleisher Art Memorial.” The artblog, www.artblog.org, November 16.

2010, Sigrist, Peter. Polis.“Featured Artist: Arden Bendler Browning.” Polis, www.thepolisblog.org, September 4.

2010, Fox, Catherine. “Caroline Lathan-Stiefel and crew make "Seepages" worth a view, at Whitespace.” ArtsCriticsATL, www.ArtsCriticsATL.com, July 10.

2010, Fox, Catherine. Access Atlanta. “Context shapes message of pieces in Whitespace show.” Access Atlanta, www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-events/context-shapes-message-of-567067.html, July 8. Sirlin, Deanna. “Artists exchange ideas, techniques in ‘Seepages’. Creative Loafing Atlanta, July 2.

2010, Salisbury, Stephan. “Debut of new gallery - and emphasis on arts and culture - at City Hall.” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17.

2010, Fallon, Roberta. “Art Time, Summer in the City: Art Gallery in City Hall.” Philadelphia Weekly, June 15.

2009 Baer, Shaun. “It’s Christmahanakwanzakah Time, People: Year in Review.” Funnel Pages, December 21.

2009, Rosof, Libby. The artblog. “First Friday Layer Cake.” the artblog, www.artblog.org, October 8.

2009, Rupp, Jaqueline. ”Spring Solo Series @ Abington Art Center.” Uwishunu, March 13.

2009, Holden, Joanne. “Abington Scores with Four Dynamic ‘Solos.”Times Chronicle, March 11.

2008 Donohoe, Victoria. “Meyer at Main Line.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 14.

2006 Hill, Lori. “Paper Champion.”The City Paper, April 13-19.

2006, Rosof, Libby. The artblog. “Anti-Matter and Fresh Air at Arcadia.” the artblog, www.artblog.com, April 5.

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2004, Fallon, Roberta. “Editor’s Pick: ‘Junto.’”Philadelphia Weekly, December 22.

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MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS:

2023, "Elastic Geography.Ext", interactive work and "Elastic Geography" sketches featured on limited release Yards Brewery "Made in Phila" labels

2022, imagery feature alongside Joao Melo's "The Trek", in Catamaran Literary Reader, Spring issue

2022, Arden Bendler Browning : Artist, solo catalog, published by I Like Your Work podcast

2021, panel discussion with aritst from "Fields and Formations", Delaware Contemporary

2021, I Like Your Work podcast interview with Erika Hess, "Making Space in Painting, Virtual Reality, and in a City"

2021, Fields and Formations catalog, with essays by Kristen Hileman and Jennie Hirsh

2018 "Arden Bendler Browning: Road trip drawings and phone photos", self published with Bridgette Mayer Gallery, 100 page full color book

2013 New American Paintings #104, juror: Nina Gara Bozicnik

2012 Drawing, “Exhuberant Chaos”, by Ken Procter, Summer issue.

2011 Karmic Abstraction, catalogue, with essay by John Yau.

2011 International Painting Annual #1, Manifest Gallery, Cincinatti, OH.

2009 Drawing, "Effective Use of Color", by Ken Procter, Summer Issue.

2009 International Drawing Annual #4, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Gallery, Cincinatti, OH.

2009 New American Paintings #81, juror: George Kinghorn, Director, University of Maine Museum of Art.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES:

2023, guest reviewer, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Art and Technology painting class taught by Ziui Chen Vance

2023, studio visit, Philadelphia Museum of Art Curator's Circle program with contemporary curators Katie Lee and Erica Battle

2023, visiting artist, artist talk and student studio visits, University of the Arts Painting program

2023, panel talk, "Something Big, Something Small", moderated by Bridgette Mayer, at PAFA Rhoden Auditorium

2023, panelist, Pennsylvania Women's Forum, formidable women in the arts in Philadelphia, moderated by Jane Golden and Bridgette Mayer

2023, studio visit for West Chester University senior painting with professor Kris Benedict

2022, gallery talk and experiential activity for Quadrat Academy students and Philly Agile Learning Center students

2022, mentor, crit group crew program and individual studio critiques, Artist/Mother podcast community

2021, studio visit for Tyler School of Art senior art career workshop class

2021, artist talk, Artist/Mother network

2021, mentor, crit group crew program and individual studio critiques, Artist/Mother podcast community

2020, artist parent interview with Hilary Doyle, Little Studio assistants

2020, blog feature, "A Parent Story : Arden Bendler Browning", Quadrat Academy, Philadelphia

2020, panelist, virtual panel talk on artist mother who homeschool, Artist/Mother podcast

2020 virtual artist talk/studio visit, Bridgette Mayer Gallery

2020, studio visit for Tyler School of Art MFA Painting

2019, visiting artist, lecture and VR workshop, Spalding University, Louisville, KY

2019, studio visit for Young Collectors of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

2017, visiting critic, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2017, studio visits for Maryland Institute College of Art Professional Practice courses

2017, studio visits for Tyler School of Art Advanced Painting classes

2017, artist talk, West Chester University (open to public)

2017, Panelist, Percent for Art public art competition, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy

2012, artist lecture, University of the Arts M.F.A. Program, Philadelphia, PA

2012, visiting artist and artist mentor, University of the Arts M.F.A. Program, Philadelphia, PA

2012, "Looking in Philadelphia", panel discussion with Mary Seton Corboy, Amy Hillier, and Kenneth Finkel, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

2011 “Collage Perspectives”, panel discussion with Chie Fueki, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Ken Kewley, Elizabeth O’Reilly, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

2011, Art Salad, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2011, "The Role of Place in Contemporary Art", Panel Discussion with Roberta Fallon, Libby Rosof, Mark Harris, Greg Cook, and Ben Petersen, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA