Regan Rosburg is an artist and naturalist. Recently, her work has been an investigation into society's collective grief, melancholia, and mania which Rosburg believes manifests as consumption and distraction. 

She has conducted biology-based research trips to the Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Thailand, The Pacific Northwest Coast, and the Smokey Mountains of Northeast Tennessee.  

Rosburg works in a variety of materials. Her resin work contains precious artifacts: plant and animal relics, bones,insects,lace and painted imagery. These objects are suspended in incredibly laborious, three dimensional resin "paintings." The use of resin poignantly addresses her continued concern over plastic pollution in the environment, while presenting the beauty of plant and animal species. Due to the labor intensive and complicated process involved in making the resin works, she produces a small body of work over the course of a couple years.

Recently she has expanded into making mylar installations, as well as recycled plastic and virgin resin sculptures.

Rosburg is represented by William Havu Gallery in Denver, CO. 

Please listen to her most recent podcast (below) explaining Axis Mundi, her artistic philosophy, and her massive installation, Omega (for the 2017 Biennial).

- Current CV-

REGAN ROSBURG

www.reganrosburg.com 720.309.9431 reganrosburg@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

Lesley University College of Art and Design, MFA, 2016

University of Colorado at Boulder, BFA, 2000

PROFESSIONAL

2018 – present.  Adjunct Professor, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO

2016 – present.  Adjunct Professor, Metro State University, Denver CO

2016    Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO

LECTURES AND TALKS

2018      Podcast Interview. “Breaching Grief, Melancholia and Mania with Biophilia.

           ”Let’s Talk About the Weather Podcast. Episode #24. EcoArts Foundation

            (San Diego, CA). 

2018      Speaker/Presenter of Chris Jordan’s Film Albatross. “LHS Speaker Series.” 

            Alamo Draft House. Littleton, CO.

2017      Speaker. “Art, Science & Climate Change: A Conversation.” Thinkers Lodge

            Conference.Pugwash High School, Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

2017      Speaker. “A Difficult Hope: Climate and the Human Project.” Kings Theater,

            Annapolis Royale, Nova Scotia. 

2017      Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer. “Biology and Art” School of Visual Art: Bio Art

            Lab. New York City, NY.

2016     Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer – Metro State University, Denver, CO

2016     Visiting Artist Lecture Series – Converge Art Center, Denver, CO

2016     Resident Studio Artist Lecture Series – Temple Arts Building, Denver, CO

2016     Artist Lecture, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA

2016     Resident Critic, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017     Olympic Auditorium Complex. Omega(Axis Mundi) Biennial of the Americas,

           Denver, CO

2016     Haven Gallery. Vanitas (Truth Lies in Reverence). rt Miami Basel. Miami, FL

2013     David B. Smith Gallery, Maelstrom. Denver, CO

2011     David B. Smith Gallery, The Understory. Denver, CO

2009     Art & Soul Gallery, Curio. Boulder, CO

2009     Smokebrush Galley, Break Away. Colorado Springs, CO

2008     Art & Soul Gallery, Small World. Boulder, CO

2007     Art & Soul Gallery, Selective Memory. Boulder, CO

2007     Gingerbread Square Gallery, Patterns in Nature. Key West, FL

2006     Art & Soul Gallery, The Edge of the Field. Boulder, CO

SELECTED GROUP EHIBITIONS

2017      Platte Forum Gallery. Axis Mundi.Biennial of the Americas. Denver, CO

2017      William Havu Gallery. Fabricating Nature.Denver, CO

2017      Platte Forum Gallery & Black Cube Nomadic Museum. Resident Exhibition.

            Denver, CO

2016      Lesley University. MFA Thesis Exhibition. Cambridge, MA

2015      Haven Gallery. Inaugural Group Show. Northport, NY

2013      Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Beyond Eden. Los Angeles, CA

2012      David B. Smith Gallery. Group Exhibition Part II. Denver, CO 

2011      Thinkspace Gallery. Born Free. Culver City, CA

2011      Museum of Contemporary Art – Satellite Location. Objectophilia.Biennial of the

            Americas. (Curator: Lauri Lynxxe Murphy). Denver, CO.

2009      David B. Smith Gallery. Group Exhibition Part I. Denver, CO

2009      Botanical Gardens. Extinction.(Jurors: Simon Zalkind, Ivar Zeile) Denver, CO

2009      Irvine Contemporary Gallery. Manifest Hope: DC.Washington DC

HONORS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2019      Arctic Circle Residency Program (Summer 2019). Svalbard, Norway 

2018      Cayo Artist Residency Program (Pilot Program, Co-Leader). Eleuthera Island,

            Bahamas

2017      Biology Research Residency: Joe DiGiorges Microscopy. Exuma Islands, Bahamas

2016      Biology Research Residency: Microscopy. Abaco, Bahamas

2014      Ayatana Researchers Artist Residency. Biophilia, Ottawa, Canada

2014      Lesley University College of Art and Design. Merit Scholarship. Cambridge, MA

2009      Juror’s Choice Award. Extinction: Artist’s Respond. Jurors: Simon Zalkind, Ivar

            Zeile.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2017    Rinaldi, Ray Mark. Quick Take: Axis Mundi sprawls across Curtis Park. One Good

          Eye. 4 October, 2017. Web

2017    Rinaldi, Ray Mark. Hemispheric views on display in Denver galleries thanks to

          Biennial (Axis Mundi).     Denver Post. 29 September, 2017. Web

2017    Froyd, Susan. Axis Mundi Tackles Psychology and the Environmental Apocalypse. 

          Westword Magazine. 17 September, 2017. Web. 

2017    Froyd, Susan. Colorado Creatives 3.0 - Regan Rosburg. Westword Magazine. 22

          June, 2017. Web. 

2017    Rinaldi, Ray Mark. At DU, a Climate Change Exhibit That’s Thoughtful, Shocking

          & Sometimes Almost Humorous.  Denver Post. 17 September, 2017. Web and print.

2017    Jones, Cory. Three Works of Art that Explore How Artists See Climate Change.

          Colorado Public Radio News. 31 March, 2017. Web. 

2017    Heming, Christine. The Need to Feel.Shambala Times, Nova Scotia. 15 March,

          2017. Web

2017    Rogers, Stephanie. Plucking the Stinger, Saturnalia Books, Cover Artist.

2015    Jamail, Dahr. Mourning the Changes That Surround Us: Readers Speak Out.             

          Truthout.org. Web.

2015    Mei-en, Lo Kwa. Yearling, Alice James Books,Cover Artist.                

2013    Cervi, Giovanni. Dios De Los Muertos. Woodenleg Press. Contributing artist.  

2013    Paglia, Michael. Critic’s Picks: Denver, Art Ltd. Magazine, June/July Issue.                

2009    Fairey, Shepard and Jennifer Gross, Art for Obama: Designing Manifest Hope

          and the Campaign for Change. Contributing Artist.                                                                 

2009    The Creative Epiphany. Contr. Author: “War Paint.”  Ed. JoAnn Brown-Scott.

          Print. Original 

          true story. 

CURATORIAL

2017    Platte Forum Artist Gallery. Axis Mundi: Artists on Eco-Psychology. Multi-venue

          exhibition, twenty-one artists, screening of Albatross, and artist talks (Denver,

          CO and Pugwash, Nova Scotia at the Thinker’s Lodge Conference). Sole curator.    

          Denver, CO. 

2017    Re-Creative Gallery. Group Exhibition 2018. Juror. Denver, CO.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

2017     IGI Global: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change. Vol 4,

           Ar. 4. The Relentless Memorial: Environmental Melancholia and Collective Social

           Mania. Web and print.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

           Hilton Hotel, Boulder, CO

           Le Meridian Hotel, Denver, CO

           The Birmingham Hotel, Birmingham, MI