Sally Brown
Feminist Tribute

Sally Jane Brown is an artist, curator and writer currently based in Morgantown. Her artwork uses drawing, painting, and performance to explore womanhood, motherhood, and the body. She has exhibited her work in the US and in the UK, has won two awards for illustration, and participated in artist residences in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Buenos Aires. She holds a Bachelor of Arts-Studio Art, a Master of Public Administration and Master of Arts- Art History and Feminist Theory, and currently serves as Exhibits Coordinator for West Virginia University Libraries. In her own words, “I create body prints alternatively with feminist intent, as director, artist, and model, dedicated to women artists before and around me, in abstract, expressive forms reminiscent of inkblot tests. Using my body, my work initiates conversations on gender and body image, as well as my role as mother. I recognize similar cries from other women artists and that my frustrations and celebrations are not unique. Along with body prints, I have developed several series of tributes to feminist artists scripting their ideas, titles or text and depicting their style through form and color, in painting, collage drawing, and now, printmaking. My works, I hope, are intimate, personable, playful and connect to the viewer as just another (sensual) person, doing inner work, but not alone.”

Sally came to ´ace to develop her pieces in our workshop, reconnecting with the medium of printmaking. Once in Buenos Aires, and after her first couple of museum visits, she decided to make a new series of prints in honor of local artists Martina Minujin and Liliana Maresca. She started out by researching their work, careers and styles, she then reviewed her own work, self portraits, and materials available, and drafted some ideas for this print series. Once in the workshop, her larger figurative element was integrated with linocuts to produce a series of prints with text inspired by Maresca.