CURRENT EXHIBITION

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KIRILL DORON & JOY BROWN
JUNE 18th - AUGUST 7th, 2011

EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS BY KIRILL DORON AND SCULPTURE BY JOY BROWN OPENS JUNE 18th AT THE MORRISON GALLERY

An exhibit of new still life paintings by Russian-born Kirill Doron and sculpture from the studio of Joy Brown will be held June 18th through August 7th at The Morrison Gallery in the Old Barn section of Kent. An opening reception will be held Saturday, June 18th from 5-7 pm.

Kirill Doron earned his degree at the Moscow Art Institute and was a Professor of Art at the Art Institute of Moscow. He immigrated to the US in the early 1980s and began his painting career, becoming known as a landscape artist before concentrating on still life painting. Mr. Doron has won numerous awards, including many Gold Medals from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum in Hartford, the Pastel Society of America, the Knickerbockers Artists Society in New York City, the Paint and Clay Club, Silvermine and Ridgefield Guild of Artists in Connecticut. His paintings are widely collected and have been reviewed in the New York Times. He has exhibited in prestigious shows nationally at galleries including the National Arts Club, the Phillipe Staib and Lever Galleries in New York City, and galleries throughout Connecticut and New York State.

Kent resident Joy Brown has exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Hospitals and schools in the U.S. and Japan have commissioned her three-dimensional wall installations. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Art News, House and Garden, and Ceramics Monthly. She is the co-founder of Still Mountain Center, a nonprofit arts organization that fosters East-West artistic exchange. In 2003, Joy received the Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen Memorial Outstanding Women of Connecticut Award.

The Morrison Gallery is a 7,000 square foot space in the historic Old Barn section of Kent and is home to an on-going schedule of exhibitions by prominent local and national artists.

For more information call the gallery at: 860.927.4501

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