Brainstormers is an art collective that formed in 2005. Through public performance,exhibition, publication, the internet, and video, Brainstormers has investigated topics ranging from power structures in the art world to gender inequity in contemporary museum and gallery exhibitions. Current active members are Maria Dumlao, Elaine Kaufmann, and Danielle Mysliwiec. Graduates of the Hunter College MFA Studio Art Program, all three artists maintain individual studio practices and actively exhibit work locally, nationally, and internationally. PDF Version ________________________________________________________________
Exhibitions & Performances
2011 Real Time, Rutgers University, Mary H. Dana Women Artist Series, New Brunswick, NJ 2010 Greater Than Last Time?, Activist web piece 2009 Then & Now, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, New York, NY. Curated by Chris Hanway. (Catalog published) 2008 Get Mad, (a collaboration with the Guerrilla Girls), Bronx Museum of Art. This performance was held in conjunction with "Making It Together: Women's Collaborative Art and Community." Curated by Carey Lovelace. (Also performed in Chelsea, New York, NY) 2007 Air Kissing: Contemporary Art About the Art World, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Sasha Archibald. (Also traveled to Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA in 2008) Scene & Herd, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, May 5, 2007 2006 RedHead, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, (group exhibition)
How Good Are You? Brainstormers' performance at the Armory Show, New York, NY 2005 Point, Brainstormers' performance at the opening of "Greater New York" at P.S.1, New York, NY
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Publications
"Brainstormers and Gender Inequity in the Art World." Women's Studies Quarterly, Fall/Winter (2007): 144-149 Brainstormers Report: Gallery Guide, Volume 1, March 2006. 8 pages (self-published) Brainstormers Report: Scene & Herd, Volume 2, May 2007. 12 pages (self-published) "The Cutting Edge and the Corporate Agenda," Women and Environments. Fall/Winter 2006 Sound of Art, LP, published by Art Fag City, 2010 (compilation) ________________________________________________________________
Awards
2007 Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
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Bibliography
Aronowitz, Nona, Bernstein, Emma Bee, Girl Drive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism, Seal Press, 2009 Birnir, Adda, "Feminism Blurs Line Between Art, Politics," Yale Daily News, April 17, 2007 Carter, Rob, "Brainstorming the Armory", The Pit, March 13, 2006 Davis, Ben, "White Walls, Glass Ceiling," Artnet, March 12, 2007 Fallon, Roberta, and Rosof, Libby, "Greater Than What?" Artblog, March 15, 2005 Fry, Warren, "The Brainstormers," The Brooklyn Rail, Nov. 2008 Haegle, Katie, "Female Gazing: A Day With The Young Women's Caucus For Art," Bitch Magazine, June 2011 Hoban, Phoebe, "The Feminist Evolution," ARTnews, Dec. 2009 Ilel, Nell, "Young Artists and Their Admirers Flock to LIC for PS1's Latest," Queens Chronicle, March 17, 2005 McDonough, Yona Zeldis, "On Being Brainstormers," NYFA Current, Aug. 2009 Robinson, Walter, "Artists Protest Greater New York," Artnet.com, March 14, 2005 Schor, Mira, "Anonymity as a Political Tactic: Art Blogs, Feminism, Writing, and Politics," A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics and Daily Life, Duke University Press, 2009 Schor, Mira, "The Feminist Tea Party," The Huffington Post, Feb. 11, 2011 Strickland, Carol, "The Women of Pop," The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 17, 2010 Zimmer, Amy, "A Place at the Table," Metro NY, March 23, 2007 Zimmer, Amy, "Protesters: P.S.1 Show Biased Against Women" Cover Story, Metro NY, March 14, 2005 ________________________________________________________________
Panels and Lectures
Ask Me, I Will Tell, Panel hosted by the Feminist Tea Party, College Art Association Conference, Feb. 10, 2011, New York, NY The New Feminisms: Promoting Diversity, Outreach & Inclusion, The Women's Media Center, New York, NY, 2007 Forgetting the F Word, a panel discussion of Feminism in the contemporary art world. Panelists included Maura Reilly, curator of the Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Paddy Johnson, author of ArtFagCity.com, 2006
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