ABOUT

Arden Bendler Browning is a Philadelphia-based artist who creates large paintings, small works on paper, virtual reality (VR) environments, and public art. Her work explores movement, questions the desire for travel, the effect of digital imagery on perception and memory, and finding wonder and escape through immersive spaces. Her work hovers between landscape and abstraction.

Bendler Browning’s works are included in several public collections including the West Collection, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Microsoft Art Collection, Dream Hotel Nashville, Toyota, and numerous private and corporate collections. Her work is represented by Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, Galleri Urbane in Dallas, and Tinney Contemporary in Nashville. Press includes The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, New American Paintings, Bmore Art, The Studio Visit, Nashville Scene, I Like Your Work podcast, D Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Drawing Magazine, and more. Selected group exhibitions include American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Penn State University, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Michener Art Museum, Swarthmore College, University of the Arts, West Chester University, Delaware Contemporary, and more. Public works include "Nonstop" (2017), a commissioned Percent for Art project for the City of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia International Airport, and "Elastic Geography" (2021), a Mural Arts Philadelphia project. She recently completed artist residencies at Interlude Artist Residency in Livingston, NY and at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland, Canada.

Bendler Browning holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University (1997), a Master of Studio Art from Sydney College of the Arts (2000), and an MFA from Tyler School of Art (2003).