Ken Brown has been making images for over thirty years, coming from a background intermixed with photojournalism and fine art photography. Images in these pages will contain both traditional and alternative techniques. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Arizona State University.

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

    2000

          Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Phoenix, AZ
          Gala
          Benefit for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

    1999

          Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Phoenix, AZ
          Masterpiece Dinner and Art Auction
          Benefit for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

    1995

          BOOKSTAR Mesa, AZ
          A Personal View of American Deconstruction
          Featured artist of the month exhibition at bookstore.


    1993

          SUICIDE PLEDGE Tempe, AZ
          Identity Show
          Mail art show with national entries.


    1991

          NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, A.S.U. Tempe, AZ
          Student Portfolio Exchange, spring 1991, (Northlight Upstairs)
          Work exchanged between 20 students, part of the gallery's Permanent Collection.

    1991

          NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, A.S.U. Tempe, AZ.
          BA/BFA Candidates in Photography Exhibition

    1990

          HARRY WOOD ART GALLERY, A.S.U. Tempe, AZ.
          17th Annual W.I.N. Exhibition.
          Presented by Woman Image Now.

    1990

          NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, A.S.U. Tempe, AZ.
          Juried Student Exhibition
          Juried by Photography Faculty

    1990

          NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, A.S.U. Tempe, AZ.
          Northlight Upstairs
          Juried by students of the gallery's photo exhibition class.

    1989

          11 EAST ASHLAND Phoenix, AZ.
          Students of Fine Art Photography, A.S.U. at Ashland
          Presented by A.S.U. Photo Club.


    EXPERIENCE


    1997 - 2000

          PHOTOS ON CD Phoenix, AZ.
          System Technician
          Scanning slides, negatives and transparencies onto Kodak Photo CDs.

    1993 - 1994

          FITNESS PLUS MAGAZINE Scottsdale, AZ.
          Freelance Photographer
          Photographing assignments for fitness and sports magazine.

    1991 - 1992

          PHOENIX COLOR SYSTEMS INC Phoenix, AZ.
          Custom Printer
          Color R, Color C, and B/W printing.

    1989 - 1991

          ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Tempe, AZ.
          Darkroom Lab Aide for School of Art
          Checked out darkroom equipment to students, mixed chemicals, and general care of darkrooms.

          Photographer for University Media Systems, Photo services
          B/W printing, copywork, slide duplication, and customer service.

    1980 - 1982

          MESA TRIBUNE Mesa, AZ
          Photo Intern and Stringer Photographer
          Worked with staff and received assignments photographing: Features, spot news, and sports


    EDUCATION

          ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Tempe, AZ
          Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, 1991

          MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Mesa, AZ
          Associate in Arts, Photojournalism, 1983



    SKILLS

            Expirence in:

            • Digital SLR,
            • small, medium, and large format cameras
            • conventional and alternative photographic processes
            • gallery exhibition and photo archives
            • photojournalism
            • photo finishing and production
            • Kodak's Photo CD Imaging Workstation (PIW) 4220
            • Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.3, Macromedia Studio 8,
            • Windows XP- 7, Macintosh OS X,
              Unix (Sun OS 5.5), Red Hat Linux 5.2 ,and Ms-Office 2007
            • Upgrading and repairing PCs, CompTIA A+ Certified