Ria Brodell (they, them) is a non-binary trans artist, educator and author based in Boston. Brodell attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and 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, an SMFA Traveling Fellowship and is a Lambda Literary Award Finalist. 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.
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