SHARON BRONZAN

EDUCATION
1972 M.S. Art Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1965-66 Graduate Studies, Painting and Drawing, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1965 B.S. Painting and Drawing, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Lost in Reality, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2021 Searching for the Narrative, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 True Myth, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Breathing Lessons, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 Pop-Up Show, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Luck, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 The Presence of Absence, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Link, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Painted Stories, Marghitta Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Lost and Found, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR
1987 North View Gallery, Portland, OR
1985 Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR
1986 Columbia Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
1985 Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Gatherings Project, Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2020 Gatherings Project, Patricia Rover Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Summer Group Show: Artists Under Quarantine, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Visual Magic: An Oregon Invitational, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2019 Blackfish is 40, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 Summer Group Show, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Visual Magic, NW Regional Educational Service District and the George D. Green Art Institute, Hillsboro, OR
2016 Visual Magic, Northwest Academy and the George D. Green Art Institute, Portland, OR
2015 Winter Group Show, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 New Work by Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Becoming Blackfish, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Two of a Kind, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR, Curated by Leo Michelson
2008 Art for the Bridge Auction, The Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX
2007 The Paficist Potential, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Self-Portrait Invitational, Alexander Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
2005 First Person, A Juried Exhibition of Self-Portraits, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 The Clown Show, A Juried Exhibition, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Gender Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2002 Kows for Kids, A Benefit for Trillium Family Services and New Avenues for Youth,
Portland, OR
2002 Sexuality and Gender, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2001 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Beauty and the Beast, Maryhill Museum, Maryhill, WA
1999 Small Works Show, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Figurative Paintings and Sculpture, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 Artist/Teacher/Administrator: A Spectrum of Creativity, Lewis and Clark college, Portland, OR
1996 Miniature Show, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Galerie Brati Catku, Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Okresni Museum, Jacin, Czech Republic
1995 Mentor Show, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
1995 Blackfish at Fifteen, Hult Center, Eugene, OR
1992 Blame it on Ken Show, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1990 Working Wood, Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 University of Oregon Art Alumni Show, Juried, Eugene, OR
1989 Blackfish Anti-Apartheid Show Alumni Invitational, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 Oregon Art Annual, Juried, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
1987 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
1987 Images They Make By Themselves, , Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2017 Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Center for Health and Healing 2, Portland, OR
2006 Oregon Health Sciences University, Women’s Center, Portland, OR
2004 City of Portland Portable Works Collection, Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), Portland, OR
2002 The White House Ornament Collection, Washington, D.C.
2002 City of Portland Visual Chronicles, Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), Portland, OR
2000 Kaiser Permanente Mother Joseph Plaza, Portland, OR
1994 Portland Community College, Performing Arts Center, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR
1992 Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR
1990 Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, Portland, OR
1965 University of Oregon, Department of Art and Architecture, Eugene, OR

MEDIA
2006 Oregon Art Beat, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, OR – Spring and Summer

SELECTED PUBLISHED ILLUSTRATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2022 Book cover illustration, The 5150 Poems, written by Sandra McPherson, published by Nine Mile Art Corp., LaFayette, NY
2021 “Subject and Object, A Photographic Look t the Visual Arts Book 3,” by Aaron Johanson, Portland, OR 2021
2020 The Artist Series 5: Visual Artists, Oregon Arts Watch, K.B. Dixon photographer, October 2020
2020 Art Alumna Talks, Magical Realism, Chaos, and the Allure of the Desert, University of Oregon, College of Design, Oregon Quarterly, Spring 2020
2020 Ann Japing, Magic Lessons: The Mythological Worlds of Sharon Bronzan, California Desert Art, January 2020
2020 Wanda Fudge, Guest Artist Sharon Bronzan, Wanda Fudge and friends, January 2020
2002-2020 Cover illustration, Windfall – A Journal of Poetry of Place, Spring and Fall, 2002-2020
2019 “A History of Portland Women Artists,” Oregon Arts Watch, Bob Hicks, July 2019
2019  Hartz, Jill and Danielle M. Knapp, eds., “Visual Magic: An Oregon Invitational,” Eugene, OR, Jordon Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon exhibition catalog, pp. 25, 75, cover
2019 Feature illustration, “Cause and Effect,” Oregon Quarterly, Spring 2019, p. 13
2019 Panel Discussion: Katherine Ace’s painting, “Nine Portraits,” Froelick Gallery, June 2019
2017  Sharon Bronzan painter, Art Chat Northwest, Cynthia Mosser, August 2017
2016 “Sharon Bronzan,” Jennifer Rabin, Visual Arts, Willamette Week, vol 42/33, p. 52
2014 “Color Therapy,” Donna Pizze, Paint It, Country Collectibles #81, pp. 112-17 (illustration)
2014, “Keeping Abstract Sculpture Concrete,” Drew Dakessian, Southwest Connection, p. 9
2011 Cover illustration, Out of the Woods: Meadow and Roadside Songs, Nita Countryman, Finishing Line Press, July 2011
2011 “Pull up a chair,” Bridgit A. Otto, Homes and Gardens of the Northwest, The Oregonian, March 31, 2011, p. 3
2011 “Personal Touch,” Bridget A. Otto, Homes and Gardens of the Northwest,
The Oregonian, Volume 0811, Issue 3, pp.8-10
2011 Art on the Hill – Works from the OHSU Collection, The Marquam Hill Art Committee, published by Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
2004 “Oregon Artist: Sharon Bronzan at Marghitta Feldman Gallery,” Artweek, July/August 2004, vol. 35, issue 6
2003 “Landscapes, Sculpture at Margo Jacobsen,” The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR) March 16, 2003
2001 George Johanson – Equivalents, Portraits of Eighty Oregon Artists, published by the Portland Art Museum, p.103
1997-1999 Illustrator, Quality Classics, Seattle, WA
1986-1996 Illustrator, Fabric Art, Portland, OR
1995 Cover illustration, The Downtowner Portland, OR
1992 Poster illustration, Art Beat, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
1990 Illustration, Mississippi Mud, Portland, OR
1989 Cover illustration, Clinton Street Quarterly, Portland, OR
1989 Illustrations, Northwest Magazine, The Oregonian, Portland, OR
1987 Book cover illustration, Phoenix Rising, written by William Siverly, published by Opus 2 Publications
1986 Record album cover illustration and design, Nervous in Suburbia, Crazy 8’s, Portland, OR
1984 Book cover illustration, Pheasant Flower, written by Sandra McPherson, published by Owl Creek Press, Missoula, Montana

HONORS
1999 Award of Accommodation presented by Portland Community College Board of Directors, Portland, OR
1996 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1996 Portland Community College Foundation/US Bank Faculty Excellence Award, Portland, OR
1985 Second Place Award, Oregon Art Annual, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
1970-72 Hatti Strong Foundation Grant, Washington, D.C.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2003 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Instructor, Painting the Narrative
1973-1999 Full-time Painting and Drawing Instructor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
1993-1997 Art Department Chair, Division of Visual and Performing Arts, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
1991 Instructor, Creative Arts Community, Menucha, OR