RESUME

Virginia Broersma

www.virginiabroersma.com
vbroersma@gmail.com

Born San Diego, CA, 1982 
Lives and works in Long Beach and Los Angeles, CA

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
2015    Keep Me In the Dark, 350 Studio; Long Beach, 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 

2024    Water and Flower, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023    Open Call: Apophenia, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
            Seth Siegelaub: Textile Art Theory, Fondazione Antionio Ratti, Como, Italy
            Swelter, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
            Una Casa Privada, Hollywood, CA

2022   The Street and The Shop, Chuck Arnoldi Studio, Venice CA
            It’s My House!, CURA Art x The Auction Collective (Virtual)
            Impact: LA for Choice, W.R.R.A.P. Benefit Auction, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA

2021   Out of Office, Collar Works, Troy, NY

2019   Long Beach Professional Artist Fellows Exhibition, Long Beach Public Library, Main Branch; Long Beach, CA
           These Creatures, The Wignall Museum; Rancho Cucamonga, CA
           Circle of Truth, Museum of Art and History; Lancaster, CA 
           Every Woman Biennial; Los Angeles, CA
           Dream Wavers, Loyola Marymount University along with STNDRD; Los Angeles, CA 
           CACtTUS Patch, Other Places Art Fair, with CACtTUS Long Beach; San Pedro, CA

2018   Political Birthdays, Dream Farm Commons; Oakland, CA
           The Circle of Truth, The New Museum; Los Gatos, CA 
           The Art Of The Self, Golden West College Art Gallery; Huntington Beach, CA
           An Art Den, Odd Ark LA with the Barker Hanger; Los Angeles, CA

2017   Echo Location, Eastside International; Los Angeles, CA

2016   Homing Pigeon: Edition 5, Forum Kortteli; Turku, Finland
           UFOLOGY, Outpost Projects; Yucca Valley, CA
           Werewolf, Charlie James Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
           LAnCV3, Coachella Valley Art Center; Indio, CA

2015   Sexy X-mas, The Lodge; Los Angeles, CA
           Mortal Parts: Figures In the Abstract, Green Art Gallery at Biola University; La Mirada, CA
           Hysterical Friction: Works on Paper from JAUS LA, TSA NY; New York, NY
           Young & Restless, Display; Anaheim, CA
           After Eden, Muzeumm; Los Angeles, CA
           From the Barricades, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
           California Dreaming, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA (Catalog)
           Homing Pigeon: Edition 4, Gallery Antenna; Kyoto, Japan

2014   California Dreaming, (traveling exhibition), Palazzo della Provincia de Frosinone, Frosinone, Italy and Oceanside  Museum of Art; Oceanside, CA 
           Dragnet, Manhattan Beach Art Center; Manhattan Beach, CA
           Million Year Picnic, as part of the Yokohama Triennial, Gallery Fu; Yokohama, Japan 
           The Great Wrong Place (as part of Exchange Rates Expo), Norte Maar; New York, NY (Catalog)
           Thanks for the Mammaries, For Your Art; Los Angeles, CA
           21: The Beginning of an Era, Prohibition Gallery, Culver City, CA
           The Status of Portraiture, Autonomie; Los Angeles, CA

2013    ele:mental, 5790projects; Los Angeles, CA
            Marooned, JAUS; Los Angeles, CA

2012    The Contemporary Figure: Past Presence, Museum of Art and History; Lancaster, CA

COLLABORATIVE AND 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, Teaching artist and muralist for community public art project. Project engaged students and volunteers in the design and execution of a large scale mural, 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
            Day and Night, Collaboration with Jorge Mujica, Long Beach, CA, exhibited in multiple exhibitions across Los Angeles including the Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA, and at the Tijuana Zine Fest, Tijauna, Mexico

2017    A Painter and a Performance Artist Walk Into a Bar, Collaboration and exhibition 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 

GRANTS / RESIDENCIES

AW Artist Residency, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2024
Sustainable Economies Legal Services Fund for The Artist’s Contract, 2023
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant, 2022
Mozaik Future Art Award, 2021
Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
Percent for Art Grant, Arts Council of Long Beach; Long Beach, CA, 2019
Emerging Curators Award, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions); Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Finalist, Money For Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, 2016
Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Arts, 2016
Artist Grant, California Institute of Contemporary Arts; Hollywood, CA, 2014
Artist Grant, Community Arts Assistance Program; City of Chicago, IL, 2011
Artist Grant, Community Arts Assistance Program; City of Chicago, IL, 2010
Artist Grant, Puffin Foundation, 2010
Purchase Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2004
Community Service Award, Service Opportunities for Students, 2001
Inter-hall Council Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2001
Savannah College of Art and Design Scholarship Award, 2000

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

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
Susannah Magers, “Still Pending: Thought and Action as Feminist Aesthetics”, A Piece of Dust in the Great Sea of Matter, September 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
Mario Vasquez, "Ecstasy of Mary Shelley", Super Mario's Art, February 6, 2017
Claire de Dobay Rifelj, "The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley at LACE", review in CARLA, January 26, 2017
Ezrha Jean Black, "The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley", review in Artillery Magazine, January 12, 2017
Elenore Welles, "The Ecstasy of Mary Shelley", preview in 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”, Artillery Magazine, May/June 2016
Beatrice Chassepot, “Emerging Selection: LA artist, Virginia Broersma", be-Art Magazine, May 15, 2015 
"Made With Color Presents: Virginia Broersma Explores Attraction and Repulsion in Paint," Beautiful/Decay  , March 11, 2014
Mike Reynolds, “Virginia Broersma,” Art Dinners, Jan 13, 2014 
“ele:mental Artist Focus: Virginia Broersma,”  5790projects.com  , August 21, 2013
Image Feature, Perceptions, Magazine of the Arts, 2010 issue, p. 103
“Virginia Broersma,” Leaf Garden, Issue #6, November 23, 2009 (eBook), p.20, 21
David Leigh, “Inception at SCA Contemporary Art,”Alibi.com, Gallery Review, V.17 No. 29, July 17-23, 2008
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
“How do I know who you are?” Catalog essay for Mortal Parts: Figures in the Abstract, Biola University, October 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”, Transforms exhibition catalog, Green Art Gallery, Biola University, September 2014
Interview for VIDEOTAG exhibition catalog, Thinhstudio, September 2014
“Busting It Out,” The Huffington Post, July 17, 2014 7:00pm
“An Entry/Exit Blur,” The Huffington Post, April 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
"Palette of the Illicit: A Studio Visit with Martin Durazo", The Huffington Post, October 7, 2013 9:57am

EDUCATION

2004 BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design; Savannah, GA