Ronda Brown
e. info@rondabrown.net

Bio:

Ronda Brown is an accomplished interdisciplinary artist, educator, and cultural steward based in Los Angeles. Her dynamic practice spans ceramics, painting, and digital media, and is deeply rooted in her identity as an original “Black Indian” of the Americas—descended from Indigenous peoples whose traditions have endured despite centuries of erasure. For over 25 years, Ronda has honored her ancestral lineage through sacred dance, fire keeping, and earth-based ceremonial practices that inform both her life and her art.

With a career spanning more than three decades, Ronda has built a legacy that bridges spiritual practice, fine art, and transformative education. A master ceramicist, she led the celebrated Visual Arts Program at Crenshaw High School for over 10 years, mentoring generations of young artists. Now retired from formal education, she continues to enrich the art world with powerful works that center healing, memory, and the sacredness of land and lineage.

Ronda began her education at the historic Hampton University and earned both her BFA and MFA from the City University of New York. She is a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Jablonsky Award, the Mary T. Poppers Award for 3D work, and the Connor Award in both undergraduate and graduate study.

CV

2012-2023                                                                                                                                                     Lead Teacher, Visual and Performance Magnet, Crenshaw High School-Los Angeles, California

2024-Current Co-Director & Consultant, Artist Residency Program
Still-Life Studios – Santa Monica / Downtown Los Angeles

Art Exhibitions

12/6-8 2024- ART BASEL 2024, Afro Spiritual Energetics), Art Deco Museum, Miami . FL

2/2024-4/2024 Take a Minute, Dominque Gallery/Sovern Gallery, Los Angeles CA

1/2022-3/2022 Water, Earth & Fire, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

4/2021 Solo Exhibition, The Resurrection of the Divine Feminine , The Lions Gallery, Los Angeles CA

7/2019 Some Blakkity Black Stuff, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles

12/2018 One Peace Art Festival, Installation Artist, One Peace Art Festival, Pride4PH & Mama Earth, Los Angeles CA

8/2017 – 11/2017 Ink & Clay 43, National Competition Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona

5/20/2017 Khalari Hopscotch featuring: 'Bow 2 the Altar', Underground Museum, Los Angeles CA

9/2016 – 2/2017
Taking Place: Selections from the Permanent Collection, California African American Museum, Los Angeles CA

9/2016-12/2016                                                                                                                                               Social Justice: It Happens to One it Happens to All, Saint Mary's College Museum of Art,  Morango CA

2/2016-4/2016
From the Womb, Terrestrial to Celestial, Raw Space Gallery, New York, NY

9/2015 - 6/2016
Hard Edge, California African American Museum, Los Angeles Ca
 9/2015 - 1/2016
Art Basel 2015 KROMA, Featured Artist, Miami, FL
2015
Colored Girls, Antonomie Projects, Los Angeles
One Peace, 3 Annual Group Show, William Grant Still Art Center, Los Angeles
2014
A Legue Supreme, 34th Anual Black Doll Exhibition (Commissioned: Digital Collage & Altar Installation), William Grant Still Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
Once Peace, 4 Mama Earth Group Show, JNA Gallery- Bergamot Station
2013
Survive Art Basel, Miami Capstone Show, Installation Artist, Miami , FL
Once Peace, 4 Mama Earth Group Show, JNA Gallery- Bergamot Station
2012
Time Travelers, Suite 11 Pop Art Show, Lemert Park Art Walk
2002
Annual Artists’ Exhibit, Star Eco Station, Culver City, California
2001
No Preservatives, The Lightbringer Art Gallery, Pasadena, California, 2001
2000
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Compton Goethals Gallery, New York, New York, 2000
Emerging Artist, Time Square Gallery, New York, New York
1999
Tri-State Area Universities Graduate Show, 2000ACBAW Center for the Arts, New York, NYC
1998
Graduate Show, Ceramic Show, Compton Goethals Gallery, New York, New York
Dedication and opening exhibition, Rafael Cohen Library, New York, NY, Featured Artist
1996
Urban Griots, Mannafest, London Arts Board, Oval Theater, London, England, , 1996
 

Awards
Best Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition –-2000
Handy Simmons Scholarship - 1998, 1999, 2000
Mary T. Potter Award - 1997, 1998, 1999
Connor Awards -1994, 1996
Jabonsky Award for Three Dimensional Work -1994

Education

2000, MFA, Ceramics, City University of New York – New York, New York
1997, BFA, Ceramics, City University of New York – New York, New York

Collections

California African American Museum Permanent Collection  (2 Pieces)

Special Projects
Urban League -- Youth Council of Central Los Angeles
Artistic Director, 2002
Art Horizons, Englewood, New Jersey
Artist in Residence/Workshop Facilitator, 1998-2000