A native of New Orleans, Marcus Brown is a sculptor, painter, inventor, musician, and educator. Brown holds a M.Ed. from Portland State University and BFA from Kansas City Institute of Art (KCAI) in Missouri. His work is expansive and includes national and international exhibits and performances in New York City, Berlin, Germany, and Krakow, Poland, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, McKenna Art Gallery, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Brown has exhibited with artists such as Andy Warhol, Chris Burden, Hannah Wilke, and others around the world.

 

Brown is currently combining a new form of creative storytelling using Augmented Reality (AR) sculptures with interactive multimedia elements. One of his latest projects, in addition to the interactive experience he has created for our Ghosts and Spirits Tour is called Passage. This is a geotagged musically interactive augmented reality (AR) sculpture installation series based on slave ships and enslaved peoples.