Though the camera is the primary catalyst for my work, I strive to produce images that go beyond merely capturing a split-second in time, and attempt to create work that is deeper, deliberate, and more emotive. I do not want to be confined by allowing the camera to have the final say on an image, but rather, desire to use everything that I know about photography and art as a color in the palette of the final piece of work.
Awards
Winner, 7th Annual Photography Exhibition, The Morpho Gallery, Chicago 2012
"Best in Show, Photography" - Go Figure - The Art of the Human Form, The Mercato, 2010
Exhibiting Artist - ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI, 2010
Second Place - MMAG Annual Photography Exhibition, 2010
Honorable Mention - "On the Wall" Juried Exhbition (Artcenter Traverse City), 2009
Third Place - "Of The Earth" Juried Exhibition (Artcenter Traverse City), 2009
Honorable Mention - "Members Show" (Artcenter Traverse City), 2008
Award for Outstanding Achievement - "MMAG Fall Show, 2007"
Honorable Mention - Sensible Art Exhibition / Festival of the Senses, 2007
Honorable Mention - Artworks Alliance May Show, 2007
Exhibiting Galleries
Gallery Fifty, Traverse City, MI
InsideOut Gallery, Traverse City, MI
Asher Gallery, Traverse City, MI
FireFly Lounge, Traverse City, MI
Blue Heron Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI
The Art of Framing & Gallery, Traverse City, MI
Exhibition History
February 2018 - The Dirty Show, Detroit, MI
October 2017 - The Damned Exhibition, Detroit, MI
February 2016 - "Dirty Show" - Detroit, MI
May 19-22, 2016 "ARTUndressed" - Miami, FL
May 4-June 30, 2016 - Gaylord Council for the Arts Juried Photography Exhibit
May 2014 - Abandoned Detroit - Solo Exhibition - Brewery Terra Firma, Traverse City, MI
June 21st, 22nd - Traverse City Wine and Art Festival
February 8th - March 2nd - Dirty Show #14 - Detroit, MI
November 2nd - November 30 - Juried Photography Show Winner's Exhibit - Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL.
October 2nd - 31st - "Really Big Art Exhibition", Traverse City Art & Design Studio, Traverse City, MI
June 30th - "Traverse City Wine and Art Festival" - Traverse City, MI
May 4th - May 12th, 2012 - The Good Work Collective, Traverse City, MI
May 4th - The Traverse City Art & Design Studio, Traverse City, MI
April 13 - May 3rd - "Morpho Gallery 7th Annual International Juried Art Exhibition", (Winner), Chicago, IL
February 10th - February 18th - "Dirty Show - International Erotic Art Exhibition", Detroit, MI
August 22nd - September 25, 2011 - "The Art of the Nude - Fine Art Photography by Geoffrey Vail Brown" - Solo Exhibition, Artcenter Traverse City
January 1st - August 1st, 2011 - "Asylum Hybrids",Gallery Fifty, Traverse City, MI
Feburary 11th - February 19th, 2011 - "Dirty Show - International Erotic Art Exhibition", Detroit, MI
November 1st - December 31st, 2010 - "Go Figure - The Art of the Human Form", Best in Show, Photography, The Mercato, Traverse City, MI
December 19th & 20th, 2010 - Artcenter Traverse City Winter Fine Art Show
September 22nd, 2010 - October 10th, 2010 - ArtPrize Grand Rapids
August 21st, 2010 - Traverse City Wine and Art Festival Invitiational
August 1st, 2010 - Traverse City Film Festival Invitational
April 4th, 2010 - April 30th 2010 - MMAG Juried Photography Exhibition (second place) - Absolute Gallery, Lansing, MI
February 14th, 2010 - April, 2010 - Erotic Art Show - InsideOut Gallery, Traverse City, MI
September 4th, 2009 - October 24th, 2009 - MMAG Fall Juried Exhibition - Lansing Art Gallery
July 3rd, 2009 - July 31st, 2009 - "On The Wall" Juried Exhibition (Honorable Mention) - Artcenter Traverse City
June 5th, 2009 - June 25, 2009 - "Of The Earth" Juried Exhibition (Third Place) - Artcenter Traverse City
February 14th, 2009 - March, 2009 - Erotic Art Show - InsideOut Gallery, Traverse City, MI
February 6th, 2009 - February 28th, 2009 - New Beginnings Juried Exhibition - Artcenter Traverse City
January 7th, 2009 - February 2009 - Beauty in Ruin - solo exhibition (continued) - InsideOut Gallery, Traverse City, MI
December 5, 2008 - January 7, 2009 - Beauty in Ruin - solo exhibit & book release - InsideOut Gallery, Traverse City, MI
December 18, 2008 - January 17, 2009 - Vintage 50 Exhibition - , Galerie Medici, Traverse City, MI
November 2008, Michelle7 - Beauty in Ruin - Exhibit and Review
May 12th, 2008 - Michelle7 Exhibit - Old Trunk
May 14th, 2008 - June 1, 2008 - Barnes & Noble, East Lansing, MI
April 14th, 2008 - Michelle7 Exhibit - Chrome Chains
March 30, 2008 - June 5, 2008 - Book of Ruins - Solo Exhibit - Holiday Inn West Bay, Traverse City, MI
February 16, 2008 - March 16, 2008 - Erotic Art Show - InsideOut Gallery, Traverse City, MI
February 1, 2008 - February 28, 2008 - Juried Member's Exhibition - Artcenter Traverse City (Honorable Mention)
February 2008 - Incubus' Choice (Featured Photographer / Interview)
January 2008 - Nuexpo (Featured Photographer)
December 29, 2007 - February 26, 2008 - Selected works 2006-2008 - Solo Exhibit - North Peak, Traverse City, MI
November 15 - December 7 2007 - Starving Artist's Show - Hall Gallery, Traverse City, MI.
October 17 - October 27, 2007 - Bioneers Art Show, InsideOut Gallery, Traverse City, MI
October 1 - October 28, 2007 - MMAG Fall Show - Banyan Gallery - Lansing, MI (Award for Outstanding Achievement)
September 17, 2007 - Michelle7 Featured Photographer (Asylum Nudes)
September 14 - October 20, 2007 - Sensible Art Exhibition / Festival of the Senses - Traverse City Art Center (Honorable Mention)
August 2007 - Art Nudes (Asylum Nudes)
May 4, 2007 - May 28, 2007 - AWA May Show - The Mercato - (Honorable Mention)
March 2007 - Fresh Nudes (Featured Photographer / Marble Block)
March 2007 - Art Nudes (Featured Photographer / Marble Block)
March 2007 - Urban Mainstream Magazine (Feature Photographer)
January 26, 2007 - February 16, 2007 - Benzie Drop-in Center
May 1993 - Lansing Art Gallery Student Show
Spring 1993 - Detroit Institute of Arts (Film / Video)