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BRANDON LOMAX

EDUCATION

2022   MA, Art + Ecology, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland

2001    BA, Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, O’ahu, HI

 

RESIDENCIES

2021    California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA

2019 American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA

2017    Cuevas Tilleard, Lamu, Kenya

COMMISSIONS

2023 speak, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, CA

2018    water study 11 (edition of 250 prints), The Hotel Nia, Menlo Park, CA                            

2017    breath, Pause Studio, Los Angeles, CA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021    (Re)place, California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA

2014     Gravitational Autonomy, InsightLA, Los Angeles, CA

2013     Expansion, Bahia Gallery, Baja California Sur, Mexico

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Eco Rising, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

2022    Objective Reality, Spring Break Art Show, Gentle Giant Projects, New York, NY

(is)land, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland

Symbiosis (Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody), Berkshire Botanic Garden, Stockbridge, MA

Perfect Illusion, Spring Break Art Show, Gentle Giant Projects, Los Angeles, CA

On Jupiter: Selections from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke College, Salem, VA

2020    Clayfornia, California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA                                          

Environment, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA                                                                

Gather (1) (Installation), LA Art Show, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2019    Archaeillogical  IIV (3-person installation), Z-Ranch, Marfa, TX                                           

Conscious Shift, Kipton Art Advisory, Los Angeles, CA                                                

Population (8), Seattle Art Fair, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Seattle, WA                                                  

Population (6), Art Aspen, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Aspen, CO                                                         

Population (4), Market Art + Design, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY                                    

Population (2), LA Art Show, Sergott Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2018    Portal 1, Context/ArtMiami, Sergott Contemporary, Miami, FL                                                                   

The Street and the Shop, Tin Flats, Los Angeles, CA

2016    Pleased to Meet Me, Torquato project space, Los Angeles, CA                                   

  Phase One, Del Boca Vista project space, Los Angeles, CA

2015    Panthalassa X COP, Providence Gallery, Guéthary, France

2014    Holy Water (2 person show), Brakeman Brewery, Los Angeles, CA

2011    Family ritual, Neonchocolate Gallery, Berlin, Germany                                                

Ethereal summer, Escape Gallery, Bordeaux, FR

AWARDS

2023    Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund II: Agents for Change Grant, Dublin, Ireland

2021    Michael Greene Merit Scholarship, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Co. Clare, Ireland

TEACHING

2022   Guest Lecturer, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland

2021    Community Outreach Sculpture Workshops, California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Bunker Art Space, West Palm Beach, FL

California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA

Berkshire Botanic Garden, Stockbridge, MA

 

PRESS

2024   Darcy, S. “Arts project makes time travel possible in Miltown” The Clare Champion (Ireland)

2021   Forgione, M. “Four desert trails (and odd attractions) to explore right now” Los Angeles Times
2021   Dambrot, S. “Meet Sculptor Brandon Lomax” LA Weekly

2020   Cronkite, K. “Episode 42” Thinking of Art Podcast
2020   Staff Report “California Botanic Garden’s ‘Clayfornia’ exhibit features ceramic sculptures amid native plants” Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

2018   Abrams, S. “Art and Life with Brandon Lomax” VoyageLA

2018   Hilfiger, A. “A Conversation with Brandon Lomax” Sit-In Podcast

2012   Tomita, T. “Life According to Brandon Lomax” Blue Magazine (Japan)

2012   Criegnou, D. “Brandon Lomax en Couleur” Dreams Magazine (France)