Ria Brodell

Katherina Hetzeldorfer c. 1477 Germany

Gouache on paper, 11 x 7 inches, 2012 (In the collection of the Davis Museum at Wellesley College)

Clara aka "Big Ben" c. 1926 United States

Gouache on paper, 11 x 7 inches, 2014 (In the collection of the Davis Museum at Wellesley College)

Okuhara Seiko & Watanabe Seiran 1837-1913 and 1855-1918 Japan

Gouache on paper, 11 x 7 inches, 2013 (In the collection of the Davis Museum at Wellesley College)

Olga Nikolaevna Tsuberbiller 1885-1975 Russia

Gouache on paper, 11 x 7 inches, 2014 (In the collection of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum)

Gregoria Piedra aka "la Macho" c. 1796 New Spain (Mexico)

Gouache on paper, 11 x 7 inches, 2018 (Private collection)

Captain Wright c. 1834 England

Gouache on paper, 11 x 7 inches, 2016 (In the collection of the Davis Museum at Wellesley College)

Carl Lapp, c. 1694 (Swedish Sápmi)

Gouache on paper, 2012

Biawacheeitche or Woman Chief, c.1800-1854 (Apsáalooke Nation)

Gouache, 2011

Biography

Ria Brodell is a non-binary, trans artist, educator and author based in Boston. Their work addresses issues of gender identity, sexuality, religion and contemporary culture. Brodell attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.

Brodell has had solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, is a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, a recipient of an Artadia Award, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship and an SMFA Traveling Fellowship. Their work has appeared in The Guardian, ARTNews, The Boston Globe, The CUT and New American Paintings, among other publications. Brodell’s book, Butch Heroes, was released in 2018 via MIT Press.