Unreal City
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Opening Reception September 12th, 2026 4pm-6pm Show runs from - September 12th, 2026 - October 24th, 2026 |
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(These seven pieces represent a portion of the entire exhibit.)
Biography
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Diane Bronstein grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in a city filled with heavy industry. The steel mills’ large
chimneys belched fire and smoke around the clock and were a vital reminder of the economic powerhouse the city had become. Unfortunately, the nearby population were ultimately being exposed to numerous harsh chemicals in our air, water and land. There were many days of her childhood where the air smelled of sulfur and the sky was a blank white. Bronstein graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a design degree, then moved to Boston to get some fresh air. There, she worked as a graphic designer in advertising, publishing and marketing. Through a program in Museum Studies at Harvard University, she interned, and began working full-time at the Museum of Science in Boston creating exhibit graphics. She continues to freelance in the museum industry for institutions around the country. Bronstein curated two multi-artist traveling shows; in 2013 and 2021. Her first curated show revolved around society’s view of lingerie and featured the work of eleven women artists. This show traveled to five venues, culminating in New York City. The 2021 curated show traveled to four venues including Chicago and Dayton, Forty-two artists, writers and designers contributed one piece each around the theme of “containing” a personal fear. Since 2016, she has been embroidering collaged vintage photos. Her goal is to envision our possible climatically changed future through familiar nostalgia. Her work has been shown in multiple national juried shows around the country. Since 2024, Bronstein had solo shows at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Tointon Gallery in Colorado, Pittsburg State University in Kansas, The University of South Carolina, East Central College in Missouri, The Studios at Key West in Florida and Batesville Area Arts Center in Arkansas. After Gallery Blue Door, her upcoming 2027 shows include Park Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina, The Umbrella Arts Center in Concord, Massachusetts and Upper Arlington Gallery in Arlington, Ohio. She continues to show pieces in juried shows. She and her husband live in North Carolina with two constantly fighting cats. |
Statement
We are witnesses to dramatic climate change. Yet, some insist that it’s not happening. My work uses original and found vintage black and white photos collaged and embroidered with massive vines, dimensional trees, crumbling rocks, stormy skies, floods and fire. My vision is to create familiar, but hostile, future environments that reflect ever increasing catastrophes. In my smaller pieces, vintage snapshots are embroidered with colorful natural elements that obscure or reveal the photo’s subjects. People pose in these photos, unaware of the creeping vegetation or water swirling around their feet. Much like climate change deniers, they ignore how nature will rule and continue to flourish, even without us.
Website - speedygale.wixsite.com/unreal-city