Resumé / CV
Education
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Instructors included Richard Bunkall, Ray Turner, and David Limrite
1992, 1993, 1995
University of California at Davis
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Instructors included David Hollowell, Wayne Thiebaud, and Robert Arneson
1991
Internship
Industrial Light and Magic, San Rafael, California
Intern in Creature Shop
Feb-May 1990
Selected Exhibits
2024
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– American Games
Solo Show
2023
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– Five and Under
Group Show
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– The Great Outdoors
Group Show
John Natsoulas Center for the Arts
– Unreal: Art of Painting in the 21st Century
Group Show
2022
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Two Person Show with Perin Mahler
2021
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
– Lucid 2021
Group Show
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– Grand Opening in Soho
Group Show
2020
Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
– Mondo Tondo
Group Show
Paintguide
– Saga International Exhibit, Hong Kong, China
Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
– Five and Under
Group Show
2018
Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
– Solo Exhibition
(essay by Peter Frank)
Arcadia Contemporary, Culver City, CA
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
– Small Words
Group Show
Arcadia Contemporary, Culver City, CA
– Five And Under
Group Show
Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
– Pink Show (curated by William Wray and Hofberg/Iglesias)
Group Show
Arcadia Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Booth Gallery, New York, NY
– Paintguide (curated by Henri Kaau)
Group Show
2016
Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA
– #Instalarity (curated by F. Scott Hess)
Group Show
Arcadia Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
– Beinart Collective Exhibition
Group Show
Arcadia Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
– Made in California
Group Show
2015
Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
-Slow Hand
Group Show
2014
Bridgewater State University, MA
– Twist & Shout, The Paintings of John Brosio (catalog)
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
– Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2013
Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
– I’ll Love You ‘Til End Of The World
Group Show
Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
– Small Works
Group Show (catalog)
2012
Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
– Sur-Realism
Group Show
Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Group Show
Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
– Wild at Heart
Group Show
2011
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
– Everything but the Kitschen Sync
Group Show
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
– Laguna College of Art and Design
Group Show
2010
Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA
– Faculty Work
Group Show
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Two Person Show
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
– Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA
– Faculty Work Group Show
2008
National Academy of Sciences Museum, Washington D.C.
– Solo Exhibition
Koplin Del Rio, Culver City, CA
Group Show
Judson Studios, Los Angeles, CA
– A View From Here: A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Landscapes
Group Show
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Two Person Show
Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
– 15th Annual Realism Invitational
Group Show
2006
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Two Person Show
Whitewalls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Show
Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show
2005
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Solo Exhibition
2004
Bedlam Art, Los Feliz, CA
Group Show
Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA
– Faculty Work Group Show
2003
Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Two Person Show
2002
Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY -New Year/ New Talent
Group Show
Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Group Show
2001
Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
– Autumn International Invitational
Group Show
1999
Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
– Twister Visions
Group Show
Simon-Schade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
– Visual Underground
Group Show
1998
Random Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition
1996
Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
– Changing Horizons: The Contemporary Landscape
Group Show
1994
Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Group Show
Teaching
Idyllwild School of Music and Art
Instructor: Adult Oil Painting, Summer Program 2015, 2016, 2018
Chair: Youth Painting and Drawing, Summer Program 2012 – 2019
Laguna College of Art and Design
Mentor: MFA program / 2007 – present
Undergraduate Instructor: Landscape, Group Figure Composition, Figure Drawing 3, Painting 2 and 3 / 2008 – present
Bibliography
Simultaneous Experiences
American Art Collector
February 2024
pp. 70-73 (illus.)
Artist Appreciation (John Brosio)
Where Creativity Works (online)
July 30, 2023
Ryan McCarron (article)
(illus.)
Quand les grandes villes font secession
Le Monde diplomatique
March 2020
pp. 1, 16-17 (illus.)
Benoit Breville
John Brosio
New American Paintings
Issue 133
January 2018
pp. 11, 34 – 37 (illus.)
(juried by Rita Gonzalez)
The Creative Process and the Artist’s Responsibility, with John Brosio
Savvy Painter (online)
December 19, 2016
Antrese Wood (Interview)
(illus.)
Interview: John Brosio
Beinart Gallery (online)
September 24, 2016
Corinne Beinart (Interview)
(illus.)
The Uber-Representational Paintings of John Brosio
Combustus (online)
December 13, 2014
Deanna Piowaty (Interview)
(illus.)
Ohio Interviews: Painter John Brosio
Ohio Edit (online)
November 5, 2014
Amy Fusselman (Interview)
(illus.)
Encounter the Counterintuitive: John Brosio
CHURN magazine
Volume 2, Number 1, pp. 72 – 82
Article
(illus.)
Dinosaurs Against the Recession, Paintings by John Brosio
VICE magazine
January 2014
Laura Spini (Interview)
(illus.)
John Brosio: Tradition and Telescopes
Artists on Art (online)
Issue No. 6 (Spring 2013)
Article
(illus.)
John Brosio: Tornadoes and Twisters
The Huffington Post (online)
December 16, 2012
John Seed (Interview)
(illus.)
John Brosio Interviewed by Steve Parker
Triggerfish Critical Review (online)
Issue No. 10 (November 2012)
(illus.)
John Brosio – Down the Rabbit Hole and Back
Poets and Artists Magazine
Issue No. 33 (March 2012)
pp. 63 – 69 (illus.)
10 Memorable Paintings from 2011
The Huffington Post (online)
December 19, 2011
(illus.)
11 Paintings, 10 Studio Shots and a Plein Air Paradise
The Huffington Post (online)
January 17, 2011
(illus.)
John Brosio
Bluecanvas Magazine
Issue No. 6 (October 2010)
pp. 16 – 25 (illus.)
(cover illus.)
John Brosio
ArtScene
November 2009
Nancy Turner (Review)
(cover illus.)
The Complete Vader
Ryder Windham and Peter Vilmur
Del Rey books, 2009
pp.158 – 159 (illus.)
Top Stops
Washington Post Express
January 2, 2009
(illus.)
Tornadoes in Art
Weatherwise Magazine
January/February 2009
pp. 44 – 45 (illus.)
Getting Real
Journal Santa Fe
November 14, 2008
Kim Russo (Review)
(illus.)
In ‘Tornadoes’ the Calm Tempers the Storm
Washington Post
November 7, 2008
Jessica Dawson (Review)
(illus.)
Spin City
Riviera
April 2008
p. 74 (illus.)
Disturbing the Peace
American Art Collector
April 2008
pp. 208 – 211 (illus.)
Tornado!
American Art Collector
October 2006
pp. 174 – 177 (illus.)
John Brosio
New American Paintings
December 2004
pp. 22 – 25 (illus.)
John Brosio and Rick Monzon
Flavorpill (online)
February 2004
Shana Nys Dambrot (Review)
John Brosio
ArtScene
December 2003
Daniella Walsh (Review)
Very Picasso!
OC Weekly
November 14 – 20, 2003
Rebecca Schoenkopf (Review)
A Terrible Beauty:
John Brosio – Feature Article
Southwest Art
January 2003
pp. 66 – 70 (illus.)
The Mysteries Within
Laguna News-Post
July 25, 2002
Lydia Ringwald (Review)
Juxtapoz Gallery
Juxtapoz Magazine
July/ Aug. 2002
pp. 38 – 39 (illus.)
Cyclones, Tornadoes, and Rain, Oh My!
Courier-Journal (Kentucky)
June 6, 1999
Diane Heilenman
(illus.)
Twister Visions at Louisville Visual Art Association
Louisville Eccentric Observer
July 7, 1999
Bruce Nixon (Review)
(illus.)
Energy, Emotion Fill Art Inspired by Tornadoes
Courier-Journal (Kentucky)
July 11, 1999
Diane Heilenman (Review)
(illus.)