Bonita Bruch
Telephone: 414.962.0777
Email: [email protected]
Web site: fineartamerica.com/visual artist
Website: artsinmilwaukee.org/visual artist
Artist Statement
Bonita is a visual artist who works with conte crayons, pastels and acrylics in a painterly stylistic fashion. She captures ordinary people unaware in a specific moment. Her conte crayon and pastel drawings are soft, muted and show her mastery of smudging and smearing her subjects into life. Her acrylics paintings are bold, loud and noisy.
Artist Resume
Bonita is the artistic name of Bonnie Berglund Bruch. She exhibits her art in three exhibits each year at Gallery Grand in Milwaukee. As a member of their Art Collective, she has also exhibited her artwork at various sites in Milwaukee. Bonita is a 12 year member of the Milwaukee Sketch Club; 4-year member of the Milwaukee Artists Regional Network [MARN] and Riverwest Artists Association [RAA}, and a 2-year member of JCC’s Artists Lab. Since February 2013, she is a board member of the Riverwest Artist Association.
Bonita attended Layton School of Art for two years then graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a BA degree with majors in Journalism and Fine Arts.
Exhibition History
2013 January, Blutstein Brondino Gallery, 225 E. Michigan Street, Milwaukee
February-June, Art Gallery, Art Guild of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
March, International Women’s Day, Gallery Grand, 604 North Water, Milwaukee
April Gallery Night & Day, Kral Realty, 120 N. Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee
May, Portraits Exhibit, Gallery Grand, 604 N. Water Street, Milwaukee,
May, Menomonee Falls Library, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
2012 Winter Exhibit, Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January Exhibit, Spectrum Gallery, DeKoven Center, Racine, Wisconsin
April Exhibit, Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June, Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July, Booth, Southshore Water Frolics Festival of Art, Milwaukee, Milwaukee
August, Booth, Art in the Park, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
October, Booth, Riverwest Art Artists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October, Gallery Grand, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October, Beyond the Canvas, MARN [Milwaukee Artists Regional Network] Exhibit
November, United Way, Gallery M, Intercontinental Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November, Booth, Channel 10 Fine Arts & Crafts Fair, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2011 April, July, October Exhibits- Gallery Grand, 604 North Water St., Milwaukee
August 2-day Art Fair, Glenwood Avenue Street Fair, Chicago, Illinois
October Exhibit at RiverWest Art Gallery, 906 East Center, Milwaukee. Wisconsin
October Exhibit at Cheryl Lynn Wilson Center for Arts, Brookfield, Wisconsin
November Exhibit at Nora B’s Coffee Shop, 980 Elm Grove Road, Brookfield, WI
2010 April, July, October Exhibits at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water St., Milwaukee WI
October Exhibit-RiverWest Art Association Gallery, 906 E. Center, Milwaukee WI
2009 4 Exhibits at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee. Wisconsin
April Exhibit at Skylight Theater, North Broadway Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2007 Exhibit at Ruby Gee’s Coffee House, 1517 West Wells, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Exhibit at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008 4 Exhibits at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September Exhibit at Federal Courthouse, East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
Email: [email protected]
Web site: fineartamerica.com/visual artist
Website: artsinmilwaukee.org/visual artist
Artist Statement
Bonita is a visual artist who works with conte crayons, pastels and acrylics in a painterly stylistic fashion. She captures ordinary people unaware in a specific moment. Her conte crayon and pastel drawings are soft, muted and show her mastery of smudging and smearing her subjects into life. Her acrylics paintings are bold, loud and noisy.
Artist Resume
Bonita is the artistic name of Bonnie Berglund Bruch. She exhibits her art in three exhibits each year at Gallery Grand in Milwaukee. As a member of their Art Collective, she has also exhibited her artwork at various sites in Milwaukee. Bonita is a 12 year member of the Milwaukee Sketch Club; 4-year member of the Milwaukee Artists Regional Network [MARN] and Riverwest Artists Association [RAA}, and a 2-year member of JCC’s Artists Lab. Since February 2013, she is a board member of the Riverwest Artist Association.
Bonita attended Layton School of Art for two years then graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a BA degree with majors in Journalism and Fine Arts.
Exhibition History
2013 January, Blutstein Brondino Gallery, 225 E. Michigan Street, Milwaukee
February-June, Art Gallery, Art Guild of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
March, International Women’s Day, Gallery Grand, 604 North Water, Milwaukee
April Gallery Night & Day, Kral Realty, 120 N. Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee
May, Portraits Exhibit, Gallery Grand, 604 N. Water Street, Milwaukee,
May, Menomonee Falls Library, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
2012 Winter Exhibit, Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January Exhibit, Spectrum Gallery, DeKoven Center, Racine, Wisconsin
April Exhibit, Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June, Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July, Booth, Southshore Water Frolics Festival of Art, Milwaukee, Milwaukee
August, Booth, Art in the Park, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
October, Booth, Riverwest Art Artists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October, Gallery Grand, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October, Beyond the Canvas, MARN [Milwaukee Artists Regional Network] Exhibit
November, United Way, Gallery M, Intercontinental Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November, Booth, Channel 10 Fine Arts & Crafts Fair, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2011 April, July, October Exhibits- Gallery Grand, 604 North Water St., Milwaukee
August 2-day Art Fair, Glenwood Avenue Street Fair, Chicago, Illinois
October Exhibit at RiverWest Art Gallery, 906 East Center, Milwaukee. Wisconsin
October Exhibit at Cheryl Lynn Wilson Center for Arts, Brookfield, Wisconsin
November Exhibit at Nora B’s Coffee Shop, 980 Elm Grove Road, Brookfield, WI
2010 April, July, October Exhibits at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water St., Milwaukee WI
October Exhibit-RiverWest Art Association Gallery, 906 E. Center, Milwaukee WI
2009 4 Exhibits at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee. Wisconsin
April Exhibit at Skylight Theater, North Broadway Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2007 Exhibit at Ruby Gee’s Coffee House, 1517 West Wells, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Exhibit at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008 4 Exhibits at Gallery Grand, 604 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September Exhibit at Federal Courthouse, East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI