MIA
BROWN-
SEGUIN
Ecofacts from the
Landing Ground
Collection
In The Studio
About the Artist
Contact
Mia Brown-Seguin is a hand papermaker and sculptor whose work investigates fate held within a vessel. Working with traditional methods of craft, she creates handmade paper vessels and abstracted forms. Her practice considers non-human forms, environmental systems, and cyclical objects as symbols tangential to life trajectories.
Curriculum Vitae
Residencies
2026 The Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
2026 Contemporary Craft Long-Term National Residency, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2024 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence, Woodstock, NY
2023 Montemero Art Residency, Pulpi, Spain
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2025 Ecofacts from the Landing Ground Collection, Bedford Gallery, Farmville, VA
2024 HOMEWRECKER!!!, with Alexa Kanarowski, Show Pony Studio, Ithaca, NY
2023 Orb Weaver, Olive Tjaden Gallery & Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2023 Dirt Purchase, with Oliver Stern, Hartsel, CO
Selected Group Exhibitions and Installations
2026 Seattle Art Fair, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh is Craft, Seattle, WA
2026 In the Light of Your Shadow, Tomayko Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
2026 Art that Matters to the Planet: Beyond Beauty, Roger Tory Peterson Institure, Jamestown, NY
2026 A Book is a Conversation with a Stranger in the Future, Bibliowicz Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2025 Byrdcliffe Reflections, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
2025 Working Artist, The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
2024 ULISES: ASSEMBLY, SMFA at Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston, MA
2024 DIRECTIONS TO ABYSS, John Hartell Family Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2024 In Small Things Forgotten, Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
2023 THEN X NOW, Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2023 Cradle to Cocoon , Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2023 BAD BAD GOOD BAD GOOD GOOD BAD GOOD, Olive Tjaden Hall, Ithaca, NY
2023 County Fair, Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, NY
2023 PERIPHERY, Sacred Root Kava Bar, Ithaca, NY
2022 Pulp Fiction, Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2022 Figure in the Landscape, Sargent House Museum, Gloucester, MA
2022 Embodied Place, Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
2022 Uncommon Prints X Common Matrices, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Life as Clouds, String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
2022 Bound Books Unbound, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Curatorial Work
2024 Dewey Decimal System Exhibition, John Hartel Family Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2024 THRIVANCE Exhibition, Herbert F Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY
2024 AMMO (Art Majors and Minors Organization) Exhibitions and Publications
Artist Talks and Conference Presentations
2025 “Breaking the Mold! Topics in Sculptural Handmade Paper” Connections in Practice Conference, NAHP, Minneapolis, MN
2025 Artist in Residence Lunchtime Chat at the Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2025 Longwood University Visiting Artist Series 2025-2026, Farmville, VA
2024 Woodstock Byrdcliffe AiR Artist Talk Series, Woodstock, NY
2024 Penland School of Craft Studio Assistant Artist Talks, Baskerville, NC
Permanent Collections
Morgan Conservatory Archive, Cleveland, OH
University of Iowa’s Special Collections, The Peter and Donna Thomas Fine Press Collection, Iowa City, IA
Publications
Milkweed and Oysters Volume I Issue I
Timeless Textiles: Traditional Craft Meets Contemporary Art, Peters Valley School of Craft, “Mediums Revealed” Exhibition in Print Series
Eclipsed Ecologies, SAGE Magazine, Yale School of the Environment
Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
2026 Marie Zimmermann Legacy Scholarship, Peters Valley School of Craft, Sandyston, NJ
2025 Spring Exhibition Best in Show, Tomayko Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 Visual Art Award, SAGE Magazine, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
2024 New Altitudes North American Hand Papermakers Conference Scholarship and Travel Stipend
2024 Fellowship at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2024 Studio Assistantship at Penland School of Craft, Baskerville, NC
2024 Faculty Medal of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2024 Nell Meldahl Work-Study Scholarship for the Paper & Book Intensive at Ox-Bow
2024 Creative Research Grant of $500
2023 Cornell Council for the Arts Individual Grant of $1,000
2023 The Edith Stone and Walter King Memorial Prize
2022 Well’s College Book Arts Summer Institute Full Scholarship
2022 David R. Bean Prize in Fine Arts
Teaching Experience and Facilitated Workshops
2026 Papermaking for Cyanotype Printing at The Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
2026 Introduction to Papermaking and Bookbinding at Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2026 Community Day at Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2026 Pulp to Pages at Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2026 Is a Sandwich a Book or is a Book a Sandwich? at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2026 Escaping the Mould at The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2025 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Youth Mentor, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 ArtReach at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2025 Handmade Paper Workshop at the Buffalo Institute of Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY
2024 Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp Woodshop Counselor, New Milford, CT
2024 Handmade Paper Workshop at the Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
2024 Book Binding Public Studio at the Herbert F Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY
2024 Book Binding Wellness Workshop at the Herbert F Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY
2023 Handmade Paper for National Archeology Day Herbert F Johnson Museum Family Day, Ithaca, NY
2022 Handmade Paper with Roberto Mannino, Temple University, Rome
Professional Development and Attended Workshops
2026 Organic Casting Workshop with Maria Camera-Smith at Peter's Valley School of Craft
2025 Matter and Memory: Sculpture and Accumulation with Madelaine Kobe at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
2025 What a Relief! Glass Casting with Sarabeth Post Eskuche at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
2024 The Art of Metal with Zakriya Rabani at Anderson Ranch
2024 Cast Paper Sculpture with Lee Emma Running at Penland School of Craft
2024 Landscapes of Handmade Paper with Jillian Sico at the Paper and Book Intensive (PBI) held at OxBow
2024 Endbands! With Anna Embree at the Paper and Book Intensive (PBI) held at OxBow
2024 Ground Up:Using Natural Pigments & “Found Color” in Pulp Painting with Hannah O’Hare Bennett at PBI held at OxBow
2022 Western Papermaking with Tom Balbo at Well’s College Book Arts Summer Institute
Education
2025 Longwood University Working Artist Program, Farmville, VA
2024 Cornell University Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, Ithaca, NY
2022 Cornell in Rome, Rome, Italy
2019 MassArt Summer Intensive, Boston, MA