Bio + CV
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BIO
Leah Thomason Bromberg spends most of her time making oil paintings, brewing beer, and dreaming about saving her family from myriad apocalypses. Bromberg received her MFA from California College of the Arts (San Francisco, California) and her BFA from Cornell University (Ithaca, New York). She grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She is Tábąąhá clan, born for the Thomasons. Currently she lives and works in London.
Her work has appeared in Kentishtowner, North London’s daily cultural guide and monthly newsprint magazine, twice in New American Paintings in the Pacific Coast issues (#115 & #127), as well as in Association (Vol. 5 and Vol. 8), a publication of Cornell University’s students, alumni/ae, and faculty. Bromberg has also contributed for The Coastal Post to create a dialogue with other artists through studio visits.
She was in residence at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada in 2014 for an Indigenous thematic residency titled “In Kind” Negotiations. In the spring of 2014, she was the recipient of California College of the Arts' Barclay Simpson Award and its accompanying exhibition. She has exhibited at the artsdepot (London) and across the United States.
CV
EDUCATION
MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
BFA, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Destabilized Flags / Caution, pop-up exhibition, Baller FC, London
2019
Lost is Found, pop-up exhibition, The Cock Tavern, Somers Town, London
Open 2019, artsdepot, Finchley, London
2018
MATERSBIER, solo exhibition, Stables in Exile, Neasden, London
Open 2018, artsdepot, Finchley, London
In The Spirit, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, Washington
2017
TAKEOVER, Alter Space, San Francisco, California
Open 2017, artsdepot, London
2016
In The Spirit, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Third Annual Juried Art Show, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, California
2015
Going Home, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
In The Spirit, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Botanica, The Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
2014
Hero Twins, MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Expulsion, Asterisk Gallery, San Francisco, California
Brew, Post Office Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Ithaca with Monique Crine and Jillian Piccirilli, Pirate: Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado
2013
For The Love Of Country, Driftwood Salon, San Francisco, California
2011
50-50 Show III, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Nest, Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2017
Open Prize (Barnet), 2nd place, artsdepot Open 2017
2014
“In Kind” Negotiations, Indigenous Residency at the Banff Centre, Alberta
Barclay Simpson Award, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
2006
Grand Champion, Akwe:kon Frybread Contest, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
SELECTED PUBLICATION & PRESS
2020
”Social Distancing | Remote Visits with Contributors,” The Coastal Post, April 15.
2018
“Leah Rose Thomason Bromberg, oil painter, 32,” Kentishtowner, Local Talent Summer Exhibition, 13 July 2018.
2017
TAKEOVER, San Francisco zine of art work and writing by female and genderqueer artists and writers.
2016
New American Paintings 127, December / January 2017.
Association, Volume 8, Architecture, Art, & Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2015
New American Paintings 115, December / Jan 2015.
2014
“Award Winning Student Work,” Glance, California College of the Arts.
“Cornell alumnae filled Pirate’s walls for Ithaca,” by Michael Paglia, WESTWORD, February 13.
2013
Association, Volume 5, Architecture, Art, & Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015-6
Painting / Drawing Instructor, Pre-College, California College of the Arts, Oakland
2014-5
Painting Instructor, Young Artist Studio Program, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
SELECTED WRITING
2017
“Looking for a brighter day,” The Coastal Post, July 13.
2016
“Non compos mentis,” The Coastal Post, December 14.
2015
“Dreams of Aggressive Vitality,” The Coastal Post, November 30.
“Somewhere between Mulder and Scully,” The Coastal Post, June 23.
“Explorer is a funny word for colonial imperialist,” The Coastal Post, January 20.