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Ria Brodell is an artist, educator and author based in Boston. Their work explores gender, sexuality and identity within the context of history, contemporary society, and religion. Brodell attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, received a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University. Brodell has exhibited internationally and throughout the United States, is a recipient of an Artadia Award, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship and an SMFA Traveling Fellowship. Their work has appeared in New York Magazine, The Guardian, ARTNews, The Boston Globe, and New American Paintings among other publications. Brodell’s books, Butch Heroes and More Butch Heroes were published in 2018 and 2025 by MIT Press.