BRANDON LOMAX
b.1976 Saratoga, CA

EDUCATION

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

2001    BA, Anthropology, University of Hawaii

RESIDENCIES

2021    California Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA

2019    American Museum of Ceramic Arts, Pomona, CA

2017    Cuevas Tilleard, Lamu, Kenya

AWARDS / GRANTS

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

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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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

2014    Gravitational Autonomy, Insight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2013    Expansion, Bahia Gallery, Baja California Sur, Mexico

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023    speak (sculptural sound installation) for Eco Rising, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

2022    (is)land, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland
Objective Reality, Spring Break Art Show, Gentle Giant Projects, New York, NY
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 with 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), 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 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011    Family ritual, Neonchocolate Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Ethereal summer, Escape Gallery, Bordeaux, FR

COMMISSIONS

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

2018    Edition of 250 limited edition prints, The Hotel Nia, Menlo Park, CA

2017    Breath Installation, Pause Studio, Los Angeles, CA

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”

The 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” 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)