Regan Rosburg (b. 1977) is an interdisciplinary artist who weaves together science, psychology, history, and social engagement. With a passion for studying various ecosystems and biota, her work investigates not only the exquisite intelligence of ecology, but also the causes and ramifications of over-consumption.

In 2020 she published her book, The Church of Water: A Portrait of the Arctic. This book is a collection of images from her Arctic Circle Residency expedition aboard the Tallship Antigua. An essay in the book outlines the scientific research that went into planning her trip, as well as the insights she had about plastic pollution, overconsumption, beauty, and time.

She fervently believes that artists are a crucial voice in discussing climate change and human impact. She writes:

“We can convey emotions, abstract concepts and data using symbolic language. We can communicate what is happening. But most importantly, we can create images, sounds, spaces and experiences that stitch up the emotional connections to nature that may have frayed due to the demands, brainwashing and overall pace of our current way of life.”

Publications and interviews include BBC Culture, The New Art Examiner, Yale University’s “Order of Multitudes” (2020-2021 Mellon-Sawyer Seminar), the IGI International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change, Truthout, CPR News, The Shambhala Times (CAN), Elysian Magazine, One Resilient Earth, and the Denver Post. Her residencies include the Arctic Circle Residency (Norway), RedLine (CO), S*Park (CO), Ayatana (CAN), and the Oak Spring Garden Foundation (VA). Rosburg received her BFA from the University of Colorado (Boulder, 2000) and her MFA from the Lesley University College of Art and Design (2016). She is an environmental artistic advisor for the Center of Local Prosperity (Nova Scotia).

EDUCATION

Lesley University College of Art and Design, MFA, 2016

The University of Colorado at Boulder, BFA, 2000

PROFESSIONAL

Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Co-founder and Artistic Director: Cayo Art + Science Residency. Camburi, São Sebastiao, Brazil

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 RedLine/S*Park Satellite Space, Recollection, Denver, CO

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

2016 Haven Gallery. Vanitas. Scope, Miami. 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 Gallery, 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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 – EXPO Chicago. Human Rights Watch features Regan Rosburg and Ed Burtynsky. Chicago, IL

2023 – Lesley University College of Art + Design. Lesley MFA in Visual Arts 20th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition. Cambridge, MA

2023 – Center for Visual Arts. Entanglements, curated by Cecily Cullins and Natascha Seideneck. Denver, CO

2023 Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. Biennial Faculty Exhibition. Lakewood, CO

2022 – 2023 Harris School of Public Policy (headquarters of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists). Human/Nature curated by Cyndi Conn. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2022 Weinberg-Newton Gallery, Human/Nature, curated by Cyndi Conn. Chicago, IL

2021 RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Chromatic Cogitations: Rhythm Reboot, curated by Rosey Gordon Wallace. Denver, CO

2021 Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Anthropocene Epiphany, Santa Ana, CA

2021 Espace Des Femmes Gallery. Women Artists in the Arctic, Paris, France

2020 RedLine Contemporary Art Center. Near in the Distance, Denver, CO

2020 Distance Gallery. All In This Together, curated by Lauri Lynxxe Murphy. Denver, CO

2019 William Havu Gallery. Unseen Nature. Denver, CO

2019 Center for Visual Art. MSU Faculty Exhibition. Denver, CO

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 Space. Objectophilia. Biennial of the Americas. Denver, CO

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

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

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

HONORS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2024 Arctic Circle Alumni Residency, Summer 2024. Svalbard, Norway (upcoming, accepted)

2019-2021 Redline, Artist in Residence, Two-Year Program. Denver, CO

2019-2021 S*Park Artist in Residence, Two-Year residency, Denver, CO

2019 Oak Springs Garden Foundation, Artist in Residence, Award Grantee. Fall 2019. Upperville, VA

2019 Arctic Circle Residency Program, Artist in Residence, Summer 2019. Svalbard, Norway

2018 Cayo Artist Residency Program (Pilot Program; Artistic Director). 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. Denver Botanic Gardens, CO

COLLECTIONS

David and Laura Merage Foundation, CO/CA

Hilton Hotels, CO

Le Meridian Hotel, CO

Erica and Joseph Berkowitz of Haven Gallery, NY

David B. Smith of David B. Smith Gallery, CO

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023 Garden Castro, Jan. EXPO Chicago 2023: Build Community, Celebrate Diversity. White Hot Magazine. June, 2023.

2022 Cole, Dianne. How Dystopias Save the World. BBC News (Culture). March 2022.

2022 Rose, Aaron. New Human/Nature Exhibition at Harris Explores Urgency of Climate Action. The University of Chicago. August 2022.

2021 Pickman, Sarah. A Conversation with Regan Rosburg. Yale University/Mellon-Sawyer.

2020 Rosburg, Regan. A Church of Water. Images and text reflecting on her Arctic Circle Residency.

2020 Meet Regan Rosburg. Voyage Denver Magazine. March 2020.

2020 Exploring the Arctic. Elysian Magazine. January 2020.

2017 Climate Change and the Human Prospect. Documentary. Thinker’s Lodge, Pugwash, NS. 2017.

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

2017 Rinaldi, Ray Mark. Hemispheric views on Display (Axis Mundi). Denver Post.

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

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

LECTURES AND TALKS

2023 Artist Talk: Dear Future. Splunk Global Impact, Inc (ESG and Climate Strategy). Boulder, CO

2023 Artist Talk: Dear Future. CVA. Denver, CO

2022 Panelist: Artist Panel for Human/Nature Exhibition, Weinberg-Newton Gallery. Chicago, IL

2022 Panelist: CBCA Arts & Sustainability Forum. Denver Botanic Gardens. Denver, CO

2020 Guest Thinker. Psychological Resilience. Annual Thinker’s Lodge Conf., Pugwash, Nova Scotia

2020 Speaker. Wayfinding: Regan Rosburg. Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Lakewood, CO

2019 Speaker. Art and Grief: The Rio Grande Watershed. Redline. Denver, CO

2018 Speaker. VASD Faculty Focus. Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. Lakewood, CO 

2018 Let’s Talk About the Weather Podcast. Episode #24. EcoArts Foundation, San Diego, CA

2018 Speaker/Presenter of Chris Jordan’s film Albatross. Alamo Drafthouse Theater. Littleton, CO

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

2017 Speaker. “A Difficult Hope: Climate and the Human Project.” Annapolis Royale Theater, Nova Scotia

2017 Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer. School of Visual Art -- Bio Art Lab. New York City, NY