Brown Arts Institute

Past Exhibition Archive

A catalog of recent exhibtions.

April 16–June 15, 2026 & May 8, 2026
EXHIBITION | SYMPOSIUM
As a critical engagement with contemporary Black queer visual art, Exposure examines the dynamic interplay between figuration and abstraction, highlighting the formal indeterminacy that shapes photography, film, sculpture, and new media.
April 23–May 27, 2026
EXHIBITION
A collection of works made from the American Elm cut down on Brown’s Main Green in 2024
August 19–December 14, 2025
EXHIBITION
The sun has its own drum presents work of four Northeast-based artists who explore the proliferation of Indigenous worldviews and values through sound.
October 27–December 12, 2025
EXHIBITION
A solo exhibition by Eiden Spilker '24 made with wood from a historic Elm that once lived on the Main Green.
April 24–May16, 2025
STUDENT WORKSHOP | EXHIBITION
A mural that reflects on memory and loss, co-created by students in a public workshop and facilitated by Elysee Barakett ʼ25.
April 23–June 13, 2025
EXHIBITION
Mounted in conjunction with Leslie Bostrom’s retirement from the Department of Visual Art at Brown University, the exhibition Wild Stories commemorates the artist’s thirty-six-year tenure.
November 1–16, 2024
EXHIBITION | MULTIMEDIA
A student exhibition featuring a 60-foot vertical silk cyanotype, along with smaller cyanotypes, community event photos, and a video on the 1960s Lunar Orbiter Missions.