Artist Statement. I paint transitions in nature, breathing room for both eyes and mind to rest. My work focuses on subtle shifts in time, the spaces in-between: the last drops of rain as the storm passes over; the dawn dew on the web; the egg shell after the bird has flown. I hope my paintings invoke memories of such tiny, miraculous details – the light, the scents, the sounds that encapsulate those singular, quiet moments. 

Curriculum Vitae

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Sustaining the Buzz: The Pollinators Series, Zagö Gallery, Solana Beach CA
2015 Featured Artist, The Christopher Hill Gallery, Merryvale Winery, St. Helena CA
2014 Eggs & Feathers, San Diego Art Department, San Diego CA
2012 Contemplations, The Rose Gallery, San Diego CA
2011 Quiet Mind, Tranquil Heart, Via Fine Art, San Diego CA
2010 Person, Place, or Thing, Seacrest Village Gallery, Encinitas CA

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2023 Contemporary Art: Folklore, Fakelore, & Personal Myths, Bonita Museum, Bonita CA
Artist Alliance Biennial, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA
2022 Artist Alliance Biennial, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA
2021 NOW, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA (catalog)
2019 2D Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA
Growing Wild: Artist Alliance, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA
2017 2D Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA
2015 Fifteen Minutes of Fame, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA
2012 Juried Exhibitions, Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Radiant: Artist Alliance, SIP Art Space, San Marcos, CA
Night, Juniper Rag, (virtual exhibition)
2023 Shortlisted - Art Prize 2023, Women United, Brno, Czechia
2023 Annual Online Juried Show, American Women Artists’,
Chesterfield, MO
Synchronicity, SIP Art Space, San Marcos CA
Art & Ecology, O’Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley CA
2022 Turning Tides, BFree Gallery, La Jolla CA
2021 Sowing Seeds, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego CA
2020 NOW, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA (catalog)
Bird, Nest, Nature, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek CA
20/20: Twenty Women of Vision, Fresh Paint Gallery, La Jolla CA (catalog)
2019 Flora, A.Space Gallery, Menlo Park CA
One + One, Little Bench Art Center, La Jolla CA
2018 Seventeen on Being 17, William D. Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad CA
Music for Your Eyes, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana CA
2017, 2015, 2013, 2011
Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad CA
2015 Under The Same Sky, Noel-Baza Fine Art, (SD History Center), San Diego CA
2014 Art San Diego Expo, Via Fine Art, San Diego CA
California Open Exhibition, TAG Gallery, (Bergamot Station) Santa Monica CA
2013 Viewing the Landscape, Noel-Baza Fine Art, San Diego CA
La Jolla Athenaeum Annual Members’ Choice Award, Athenaeum, La Jolla CA
The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Arts Library & Art House Co-op, Nationwide
2012 Shouts+Whispers, India Street Gallery, San Diego CA
2011 Contemporary Realism, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA
Passion6, India Street Gallery, San Diego CA
2010-2015
Memories in the Making, Alzheimer’s Association, Del Mar CA
2010 Temptation6, India Street Gallery, San Diego CA

AWARDS
2024 Runner-up, Teravarna 8th Flower Art Competition  (Video)
Honorable Mention, Teravarna 6th Water Art Competition
Honorable Mention, Teravarna 10th Portrait Art Competition
2013 Member’s Choice Award, Annual Juried Show, Athenaeum, La Jolla CA

ARTIST RESIDENCY
2015 San Diego History Center, Balboa Park 

CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
City of Coronado, John D. Spreckels Center, Coronado CA
Friedman Rubin Trial Lawyers, Seattle WA
Private Portfolio, Inc., La Jolla CA
Rancho Valencia Resort and Spa, Fairbanks Ranch CA
Rosemont Cottage Vacation Rentals, La Jolla CA
San Diego Alzheimer’s Foundation, San Diego CA
Whitman College, Walla Walla WA
Private collections throughout the Europe, Mexico, and the United States

Biography

Bronle Crosby is a painter of natural world realism. Her artistic goal is to invoke calm and contemplation via serene paintings of close-up corners of the big picture of life, in rich subtle colors and painterly detail. Her portraits capture the personality and essence of her subject with the same level of sensitivity and craft as all her works, regardless of subject matter.

Crosby’s work is included in public collections, including The City of Coronado, Whitman College, and Rancho Valencia Resort. Her paintings are also held in private collections worldwide. In addition to the artist’s solo and gallery shows, Crosby’s work has been included in several museum exhibitions throughout California.

AFFILIATIONS
American Women Artists (AWA)
ArtReach San Diego Board Member
Whitman College
Founding member, TWA a mastermind group
Founding member, Art6west a mastermind group

PRESS
The Curator’s Pick, Women United Art Magazine, Issue VII, Spring 2024 (purchase)
Life & Work with Bronle Crosby, SDVoyager, 2024
Good Day Sunshine (photograph), Night and Day, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2023
Meet Bronle Crosby, VoyageLA, 2019
Meet Bronle Crosby, SDVoyager, 2018
Voices: Speaking of Art, Village News, 2018
The Visual Voices of North Park, San Diego Uptown News, 2014

PUBLICATIONS
Contemporary Art: Folklore, Fakelore & Personal Myths by Bonita Museum
For a Moment by Bronle Crosby
Ray Street Artists by The San Diego Art Department
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit for Good Luck on the First of Each Month by Bronle Crosby

EDUCATION
Whitman College, Bachelor of Arts 
Studied with Ken and Stephanie Goldman, Reed Cardwell, and Olya Losina