Born1959 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Education 1977 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Exhibitions
2009 " New Portraits", Astor Row Unlimited, New York 2006 “Free Transposition, A Contemporary International Art Show”, VERN,
Hamburg, Germany, curated by Elizabeth Ernst
2003 “Germaine Brooks & Vickie Arndt”, JG Contemporary, New York City
2000 “Germaine Brooks & Lori Taschler”, Jay Grimm Gallery, New York City
1998 “Paintings”, Lemon Sky: a project space, Los Angeles, CA. (Solo), catalogue essay by Tobey Crockett and text by James Sheppard
1997 “Germaine Brooks”, Tricia Collins Grand Salon, New York City. (Solo), catalogue essay by Steve Mumford
“Girls, Girls, Girls”, Tricia Collins Grand Salon, New York City
1995 “Germaine Brooks”, Tricia Collins Grand Salon, New York City. (Solo) catalogue essay by Vic Muniz
“Germaine Brooks”, Valerie’s Gallery, NY
“A Vital Matrix”, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Jane Hart, (catalogue)
“Bubbling Crude”, Life Café, New York City, curated by DD Chapin
“Americana”, Tricia Collins Grand Salon, New York City
1994 “Ticket=Art”, Organization of Independent Artists Benefit, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York City
1993 “Art Expo”, Unique Focus, New York City
“The Return of the Cadavre Exquis”, The Drawing Center, New York City
“Brooks, Lund, Sobel, Steding”, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York City
“Outsider Art Fair”, Puck Building, New York City
1992 “Miauhaus”, Threadwaxing Space, New York City
“Art Around The Park”, Tompkins Square Park, New York City, curated by DD Chapin
“Registrart”, Dietl International Services, New York City
1991 “Group Show”, Jimenez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1990 “Group Show”, Jimenez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1989 “The Re-Invention of Painting”, Rostovski Gallery, New York City
1988 “Miami-New York”, TOBE International, New York City
1987 “Eccentric Expressions”, Coup de Grace Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
“Art Aid For The Homeless”, Coup de Grace Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
“10th Annual U. S. Print and Drawing Exhibition”, Greenville Museum of Art, North Carolina Print and Drawing Society, Greenville, NC (traveling exhibition)
1986 “Group Show”, Kamikaze Club, New York City
1985 “Ten Sites\Two Views”, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL (Collaboration with Jane Hart) Meet the Composer Series, curated by Mary Luft,
“Group Show”, RRRT WHRRX Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
“The Home Show”, Mary Street Studio, Miami, FL
1984 “Cheap Art”, Farmer’s Market, Coconut Grove, FL (performance collaboration with John Lamka),
“Get Fresh”, Moosart Gallery, Miami, FL
“Artifacts”, founding member of the Artifacts artist’s group, Miami, FL
Bibliography “Germaine Brooks, Goings On About Town: Galleries-Uptown”, The New Yorker, December 15, 2003, (review p. 24)
Nancy D. Holt, “Workspaces: Alfred P. West Jr, SEI Investments”, Wall Street Journal, ( ill. )
Mundy, Michael, “Village People”, W Magazine, March 1998, (color ill. p. 308)
“Oh Sweet Youth!”, Zing Magazine, Winter 1988, Vol. 2, a curatorial project by Jane Hart, (ill. p. 140-141)
Kino, Carol, “Girls, Girls, Girls”, Time Out/New York, July 31-August 7, 1997 (ill. p. 41)
Anatole Kantor, “Poetical Sketches 1982-1995”, Miauhaus Publications, Paris, 1995 (color ill.)
Morgan, Robert C., “After The Deluge, Essays On Art In The Nineties”, Red Bass Publications #16, (ill. p. 25)
Morgan, Robert C., “After The Deluge”, ARTS Magazine, 1992 (ill. p. 50)
Ottmann, Klaus, “The Re-Invention of Painting”, ARTS Magazine, January 1989, (color ill. p. 50)
Ottmann, Klaus, “Germaine Brooks”, Flash Art International, Feb-March 1988, (review p. 125-126)
Rojas, Joseph, “Pop Icons and Powerful Colors”, The Hoboken Reporter, June 18, 1987
Cosford, Bill, “Is It Art?”, The Miami Herald, April 21, 1985
Moon, Tom, “New Music Contrasts”, The Miami Herald, March 16, 1985
Johnson, Janis, “What’s Hot?”, The Miami Herald, October 21, 1984
Eldridge, John, “Lounging Around”, The Miami News, September 20, 1984
Harper, Paula, “Exhibition Of Young Artists Capture Spontaneity”, The Miami
News, August 24, 1984
Martin, Martha, “Elan”, The Miami Herald, August 1, 1984
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