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BIOGRAPHY:
Lives in Long Beach, CA
Studio located in Los Angeles, CA
BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design; Savannah, GA, 2004
Born in San Diego, CA, 1982
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES:
AW Artist Residency, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2024 (forthcoming)
Sustainable Economies Legal Services Fund for The Artist’s Contract, 2023
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant, 2022
Mozaik Future Art Award, 2021
Center for Cultural Innovation Quick Grant, 2020
County of Los Angeles Commendation from Janice Hahn, County Supervisor, 2019
City of Los Angeles Certificate of Recognition, 2019
Long Beach Percent For Art Fellowship, 2019
Emerging Curators Award, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), 2016
Peripheral Vision Arts Publication Fellowship, 2016
Money For Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Finalist, 2016
California Institute of Contemporary Arts Artist Grant, 2014
Community Arts Assistance Program Artist Grant, City of Chicago, IL, 2011
Community Arts Assistance Program Artist Grant, City of Chicago, IL, 2010
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, 2010
Savannah College of Art and Design Purchase Award, 2004
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Figurative Encounters, Arts Council for Long Beach, Precision Dynamics International; Long Beach, CA (Two-person exhibition with Anna Erneholm)
2017 A Painter and a Performance Artist Walk Into a Bar, Grab Bag Studio, Long Beach, CA
2016 Trophies, The Lodge; Los Angeles, CA
2014 Dithyrambic, Autonomie; Los Angeles, CA (Catalogue)
2010 I live in a duplex, Fermilab Gallery; Batavia, IL
2010 About Face, Eyeporium Gallery; Chicago, IL (Two-person exhibition with Alan Brunettin)
2008 Cristina Navarette and Virginia Broersma, Patrick Moore Gallery; San Diego, CA (Two-person exhibition)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Open Call: Apophenia, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Seth Siegelaub: Textile Art Theory, Fondazione Antionio Ratti, Como, Italy
2023 Swelter, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Una Casa Privada, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Impact: LA for Choice 2022 W.R.R.A.P. Benefit Auction, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Out of Office, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2021 Support Structure, Jacob’s West, Other Places art fair, San Pedro, CA
2021 Circle of Truth, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2019 Long Beach Fellows Exhibition, Long Beach Public Library, Billie Jean King Branch; Long Beach, CA
2019 These Creatures, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art; Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2019 Circle of Truth, Museum of Art and History; Lancaster, CA
2019 Dream Wavers, Laband Gallery at Loyola Marymount University along with STNDRD; Los Angeles, CA
2019 CACtTUS Patch, Other Places Art Fair (with CACtTUS); San Pedro, CA
2018 Political Birthdays, Dream Farm Commons; Oakland, CA
2018 Circle of Truth, New Museum; Los Gatos, CA
2018 The Art of the Self, Golden West College Art Gallery; Huntington Beach, CA
2017 Echo Location, Eastside International; Los Angeles, CA
2017 A Bright and Guilty Place, as part of Maiden LA; Los Angeles, CA
2016 Homing Pigeon: Edition 5, Forum Kortteli; Turku, Finland
2016 UFOLOGY, Outpost Projects; Joshua Tree, CA
2016 Werewolf, Charlie James Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
2016 LAnCV3, Coachella Valley Art Center; Indio, CA
2015 Sexy X-mas, The Lodge; Los Angeles, CA
2015 Mortal Parts: Figures in the Abstract, Green Art Gallery at Biola University; La Mirada, CA (Catalogue)
2015 Hysterical Friction: Works on Paper from JAUS LA, Tiger Strikes Asteroid; New York, NY
2015 From The Barricades, Kreuzberg Pavillon; Berlin, Germany
2015 California Dreaming, Riverside Art Museum; Riverside, CA (Catalogue)
2015 Homing Pigeon: Edition 4, Gallery Antenna; Kyoto, Japan
2014 California Dreaming, Palazzo della Provincia de Frosinone; Frosinone, Italy and Oceanside Museum of Art; Oceanside, CA (Traveling exhibition, Catalogue)
2014 Dragnet, Manhattan Beach Art Center; Manhattan Beach, CA
2014 Draftpunk 2: Carbon Footprint, as part of the Yokohama Triennial, Mid Tokyo Gallery; Tokyo, Japan
2014 Million Year Picnic, as part of the Yokohama Triennial, Gallery Fu; Yokohama, Japan
2014 The Great Wrong Place (as part of Exchange Rates Expo), Norte Maar; New York, NY (Catalogue)
2014 LACMA's Inglewood Art + Film Lab, Inglewood Public Library; Inglewood, CA
2014 Thanks For The Mammaries, ForYourArt; Los Angeles, CA
2014 The Status of Portraiture, Autonomie; Los Angeles, CA
2013 ele:mental, 5790projects; Los Angeles, CA
2013 Marooned, JAUS; Los Angeles, CA
2012 The Contemporary Figure: Past Presence, The Museum of Art and History; Lancaster, CA
COLLABORATIVE & PUBLIC ART PROJECTS:
2020 The FARE Contract, Collaboration with Susan Schwartz to draft artist-centric sales agreement as a community advocacy project
2019 Ojo de la Sirena, community mural completed with students and volunteers, San Pedro Waterfront Arts District; San Pedro, CA
2018 Afterlight, Collaboration with Natalie Mik for Barrio Baroque, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA); Long Beach, CA
2018 Day and Night, Collaboration with Jorge Mujica, Long Beach, CA, exhibited in multiple exhibitions including: the Billie Jean King Branch, Long Beach Public Library (Long Beach, CA), the Tijuana Zine Fest (Tijuana, Mexico), the Other Places Art Fair (San Pedro, CA), The Other Art Fair (Santa Monica, CA), and the Centro Cultural De La Raza (San Diego, CA)
2017 A Painter and A Performance Artist Walk Into a Bar, Collaborative project and community dinner with Natalie Mik, Grab Bag Studio; Long Beach, CA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2017 The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley, as part of the second annual Emerging Curators Program at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE); Los Angeles, CA
2015 After Eden, MuzeuMM; Los Angeles, CA
LECTURES / PANELS / WORKSHOPS:
Lecturer, “The Artist’s Contract: A Brief History and User’s Guide”, CSU Long Beach, October 4 & 16, 2023
Artist Talk, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, March 11, 2022
Panelist, “Legal Legacy: The Artist’s Contract”, ArtCenter College of Design, November 18, 2021
Lecturer, “The FARE Contract: A Brief History and User’s Guide”, Georgia State University, March 12, 2021
Lecturer, “The FARE Contract: A Tool for Artists’ Rights”, Center for Cultural Innovation, February 16, 2021
Lecturer, “The Artist’s Contract: Drafting New Terms for 2021”, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, November 16, 2020
Moderator and Organizer, “OPaf Talks: Nurture”, Other Places art fair, October 28, 2020
Moderator and Organizer, “OPaf Talks: Occupy Space”, Other Places art fair, October 14, 2020
“The Artist’s Contract: Drafting New Terms for 2021”, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, September 30, 2020
“The Artist’s Contract: Drafting New Terms for 2021”, The Artist’s Office, August 24, 2020
Moderator and Organizer, “Possible Futures: Plural Practices in Contemporary Visual Art”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, July 22 & 29, 2020
Artist Talk, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College; Rancho Cucamonga, CA, September 19, 2019
Teaching Artist, “Adventures in Public Art” class and community mural project, San Pedro, CA, Summer 2019
Moderator, “Chatting with Gatekeepers”, The Artist’s Office Studio Conversation Series, March 18, 2019
Visiting Artist, Long Beach City College; Long Beach, CA, March 8, 2018
Panelist, "Curators: Emerging Into What?", Presented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) and Art Ltd., February 4, 2017
Visiting Artist, Senior Seminar Class, Biola University; La Mirada, CA, September 24, 2015
Artist Talk, "The Status of Portraiture," Foundation for Art Resources, AUTONOMIE; Los Angeles, CA, February 8, 2014
Artist Talk, UCLA Extension; Los Angeles, CA, November 2, 2013
Artist Lecture, Fermilab Gallery; Batavia, IL, March 10, 2010
Panelist, “Post-Academe: Students and Faculty Discuss Practicing Art after the Degree,” Chicago Artists Coalition; Chicago, IL, October 15, 2008
Workshop, “Alternative Monotypes”, Canyon Crest Academy, Conservatory Program; San Diego, CA, October - November 2007
VOLUNTEER WORK:
Current Contemporary Art League, Los Angeles, CA
Current The Artist’s Contract
2005 SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2004 San Diego Film Festival, San Diego, CA
2003 Savannah Film Festival, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2000-03 Service Opportunities for Students, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Emily Burnes, “Interview with Virginia Broersma of The Artist’s Contract”, Maake Magazine, Issue 16, February 2024
C.J.Kent, “FARE Contract”, Artist’s Magazine, May/June 2022
Image Feature, “Exhibition in Five Landscapes”, MOZAIK E-Zine, September 2021
Re-imagining Democracy, Exhibition Catalogue, MOZAIK Philanthropy, July 2021
Genie Davis, “The FARE Contract”, Art and Cake, April 18, 2021
“Project Spotlight: The FARE Contract, Interview with Virginia Broersma and Susan Schwartz”, Rhizomatic Arts, May 31, 2021
Jacqueline Bell Johnson, “‘These Creatures’ at the Wignall Museum”, Art and Cake, November 11, 2019
Exhibition Catalogue for “These Creatures”, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, November 2019
Susannah Magers, “Still Pending: Thought and Action as Feminist Aesthetics”, A Piece of Dust in the Great Sea of Matter, September 2019
Asia Morris, “Arts Council ramps up support for the arts with annual grantees announcement”, Long Beach Post, August 30, 2019
”Meet Virginia Broersma of The Artist’s Office”, Voyage LA, May 15, 2019
Genie Davis, “Dream Wavers at Laband Art Gallery”, Art and Cake, April 25, 2019
Asia Morris, "Barrio Baroque to Celebrate Women Through Music, Film, Art and More at MOLAA", Long Beach Post, May 4, 2018
Image feature, Vision-Problems, text book by Christopher Willey, 2017
Amy Kaeser, "A Painter and a Performance Artist walk into a bar...", Art and Cake, June 10, 2017
Asia Morris, "Upcoming Exhibition Explores Commonalities Between Performance Art and Painting", Long Beach Post, May 22, 2017
"The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley", Wall Street International, February 13, 2017
Genie Davis, "LACE: Nonprofit Art in the Heart of Hollywood", Only in Hollywood, February 7, 2017
Mario Vasquez, "Ecstasy of Mary Shelley", Super Mario's Art, February 6, 2017
Genie Davis, "The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley: Provocative art at LACE", Art and Cake, February 2, 2017
Claire de Dobay Rifelj, "The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley at LACE", CARLA, January 26, 2017
Ezrha Jean Black, "The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley", Artillery Magazine, January 12, 2017
Elenore Welles, "The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley", ArtScene and Visual Art Source, January 2017
Grace Linden, "Beach Bodies: The Dysmorphic Abstractions of Virginia Broersma," Peripheral Vision, Issue No. 1, 2016
Peter Frank, "Virginia Broersma at The Lodge", review in Artillery Magazine, May/June 2016
Mortal Parts: Figures in the Abstract, Exhibition Catalogue, Biola University, 2015
Anise Stevens, "Art in LA: Recommendations for July 2015", Life in LA, July 2015
Beatrice Chassepot, "Emerging Selection: LA artist, Virginia Broersma", be-Art Magazine, May 15, 2015
"Virginia Broersma - Long Beach, California", 365 Artists 365 Days, October 19, 2014
Dithyrambic, Exhibition Catalogue, Autonomie Projects, 2014
California Dreaming, Exhibition Catalogue, October 2014
The Great Wrong Place, Exhibition Catalogue, 2014
"Made With Color Presents: Virginia Broersma Explores Attraction and Repulsion in Paint," Beautiful/Decay, March 11, 2014
Mike Reynolds, "Virginia Broersma," Art Dinners, January 13, 2014
“ele:mental Artist Focus: Virginia Broersma,” 5790projects.com, August 21, 2013
“The Contemporary Figure: Past Presence,” Artweek LA, Vol. 91, September 3, 2012
Paul Klein, "Groups on Exhibit," Art Letter, July 26, 2011
Image Feature, Perceptions, Magazine of the Arts, 2010 issue, p. 103
“Virginia Broersma,” Leaf Garden, Issue #6, November 23, 2009 (eBook), p.20, 21
Hannah Pittard, “This Time It’s ‘Personal’,” Campus Chronicle, March 2004
PUBLICATIONS:
“Ritual Alchemy: On Rabyn Blake’s ‘Mudpool’”, Hamam, Issue 5, Winter 2022
“Collaborating with the Art World”, Long Beach Post, February 10, 2020 4:13pm
“We are each other’s Human Resources”, Long Beach Post, January 6, 2020 2:30pm
“Money Doesn’t Grow on Palm Trees”, Long Beach Post, December 2, 2019 6:01am
“Making Space for Other Places”, Long Beach Post, November 6, 2019 6:52am
“Home Grown Galleries”, Long Beach Post, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
”Accepting Rejection”, Long Beach Post, September 3, 2019 4:00pm
”Knocking at Opportunity”, Long Beach Post, August 5, 2019
"How do I know who you are?" Catalogue essay for Mortal Parts: Figures In the Abstract, Biola University, September 2015
"The Perfect Moment," The Huffington Post, December 14, 2015 11:30am
"A Roving Locus," The Huffington Post, December 16, 2014 3:36pm
"Painting Chops," The Huffington Post, October 28, 2014 5:26pm
"Reclaimed/Reconfigured: The Work of Tina Linville; Essay for Transform exhibition catalogue, Biola University, September 2014
Interview with Thinh Nguyen for VIDEOTAG exhibition catalogue, September 2014
"Busting It Out," The Huffington Post, July 17, 2014 7:00pm
"An Entry/Exit Blur," The Huffington Post, May 7, 2014 5:54pm
"Meet Virginia," Creativity Matters: Arts Council for Long Beach, March 14, 2014
"Back and Forth: A Studio Visit with Tom LaDuke," The Huffington Post, February 26, 2014 12:57pm
“Twisted Myths: A Studio Visit with Laura Krifka,” The Huffington Post, December 4, 2013 9:08pm
“Dangerous Games: A Studio Visit with Molly Jo Shea,” The Huffington Post, October 23, 2013 5:18pm
“Palette of the Illicit: A Studio Visit with Martin Durazo,” The Huffington Post, October 7, 2013 9:57 am