John Brosio
| John Brosio | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) South Pasadena, California |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | University of California, Davis BFA - (1991) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | johnbrosio |
John Brosio (born 1967) is a traditional painter from South Pasadena, California. His work focuses on the idea of dynamic transitions, with imagery of disaster, suburbia, and absurdity.[1][2]
Early Life
John Brosio was born in 1967 in South Pasadena, Southern California, and grew up Catholic.[3][4] He interned at the Lucasfilm Industrial Light & Magic company's Creature Shop in San Rafael from February to May of 1990, and while he originally wanted to work on the Star Wars films, he found it very different to make your own dream than it is to help create someone else's.[5] Brosio studied at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena under his instructors Richard Bunkall, Ray Turner, and David Limrite in 1992, 1993, and 1995.[6] He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of California, Davis in 1991, and studied under Wayne Thiebaud, David Hollowell, and Robert Arneson. [3][4][6] His original aspirations were of a life working in film and movie special effects, and this cinematic lean appears in his art.[4] He also once had aspirations of becoming a herpetologist, which influences some of the reptilian imagery of his work.[2]
Career
Art
John Brosio's work has focused on change and suburbia, and intertwines these ideas with humor.[3] He utilizes depictions of monsters in his work.[7][2] Originally known for his representation of tornadoes in his work, he traveled to Texas for three seasons of storm chasing.[4] Brosio's creation process is done through gathering sketches, studies, and models. He utilizes oil paints in his works,[3] and still uses a palette from his time being taught by Wayne Thiebaud.[2] Brosio describes his work as being 'representational', and his work plays into Surrealism. His work has also been described as "anxious realism", full of dread, and distinctly American.[8] Brosio uses bristle filbert brushes extensively on canvas, and also board. He uses Winsor & Newton paints, as well as paints from Old Holland. He coats his paintings with Galkyd Lite (from Gamblin) mixed with a cold wax medium often, or a Gamvar varnish.[9]
Teaching
Brosio has been an instructor of the summer Adult Oil Painting program at Idyllwild Arts Academy (previously known as Idyllwild School of Music and Art) through 2015, 2016, and 2018,[10] and a chair for the summer Youth Painting and Drawing program from 2012 to 2019.[6] He has been a mentor for the MFA program at Laguna College of Art and Design since 2007, as well as the undergraduate instructor for Landscape, Group Figure Composition, Figure Drawing 3, Painting 2 and 3 since 2008.[6][11]
Gallery showings and features
Brosio's work has been shown across the United States, as well as abroad in Hong Kong and Australia. His most notable exhibitions include his solo shows at the National Academy of Sciences Museum in Washington, D.C. in 2008, Random Gallery in LA in 1998, Arcadia Gallery in New York in 2003, Sue Greenwood Fine Art in 2005, and Arcadia Contemporary in Pasadena in 2018.[9][3][4]
His artwork has also been featured in books, newspapers (Huffpost, The Washington Post, The Courier-Journal, etc), magazines, and on album covers, such as the cover of the Mammoth WVH album, Mammoth WVH (album), and the meaning of the subject of the painting generated discussion over Twitter.[12] His work is primarily as a fine artist rather than an illustrator.[13]
Reviews and Interviews
Reviews of Brosio's work look into his focus on the human desire to ignore what we can't control, particularly when the ignored has the potential to become disastrous such as in his art with tornado imagery.[14] An essay by Peter Frank also discusses how his art serve as clear renditions of anxiety with realism rooted in American culture and imagery.[8] In an interview with the Huffpost, Brosio discussed his series of paintings where he would paint people alongside 'larger-than-life subjects', such as tornadoes, bombers, and dinosaurs on display at the museums. He also spoke about how his humor influences his art, and allows him to talk about the humor in the pointlessness of situations and the disconnect between people and the greater systems at play.[15] Contrast is something that comes up in other interviews, such as when Brosio discusses the imagined and real world.[2] The sense of pointlessness ties into his idea of the numbness found in a time where things happen quickly, on a grand scale, and with little free time.[3] Brosio's focus on transition and variety has been discussed in interviews where he was asked about his twilight lighting of dawn or dusk in his work.[1] In other interviews, Brosio has talked about power rooted in people in his work, and their personal responsibility for disasters such as economic cycles and nuclear warfare.[16] There is a strong sense of relationships to others in his work, through greater systems such as the government, and more personal relationships such as in parent-child and romantic relationships in his series titled Fatherless Brides.[17]
Inspirations
Brosio was taught by artists Wayne Thiebaud, David Hollowell, and Robert Arneson at the University of California, Davis. He was taught under the guidance of artists Richard Bunkall, Ray Turner, and David Limrite as well at the ArtCenter College of Design.[9][4][6] Other artists that influenced his work include his first college art professor Wally Hedrick, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Giorgio de Chirico, Morandi, Edward Hopper, and Elmer Bischoff.[13] Cinema that influenced his work includes Star Wars, Godzilla, The Wizard of Oz, Errol Flynn films, and Gary Cooper films.[2] He has an appreciation for the Ray Harryhausen films as well.[7] Steven Stucky, Krzysztof Penderecki, György Ligeti, and John Coltrane are all composers who interest and inspire Brosio.[1] He is also a fan of writer Ray Bradbury.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beinart, Corinne. "Interview with John Brosio". beinart.org. Beinart Gallery.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "JOHN BROSIO, A CINEMATIC PAINTER". skarno.it. SKARNO.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Selene, Deanna. "The Uber-Representational Paintings of John Brosio". combustus.com. Combustus.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "JOHN BROSIO". arcadiacontemporary.com. Arcadia Contemporary.
- ↑ Wood, Antrese. "The Creative Process and the Artist's Responsibility, with John Brosio". savvypainter.com. Savvy Painter.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Brosio, John. "RESUMÉ / CV". johnbrosio.com.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Brosio, John. "BIO". johnbrosio.com. John Brosio.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Frank, Peter. "JOHN BROSIO: AN ANXIOUS REALISM". johnbrosio.com. John Brosio.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Sanders, Jessica Lee. "Artist Interview :: John Brosio". www.pastimesinc.com. Pastimes for a Lifetime, Inc.
- ↑ Brosio, John. "Oil Painting" (PDF). idyllwildarts.org. Idyllwild Arts Academy.
- ↑ "John Brosio". www.lcad.edu. Laguna College of Art and Design.
- ↑ DiVita, Joe (May 26, 2021). "WVH Has Best Responses to Questions About Huge Crab on Solo Album". Loudwire. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lien, Henry. "Artist Showcase: John Brosio". www.lightspeedmagazine.com. Lightspeed.
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