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Katherine Bradford

Katherine Bradford

1942
Born in New York, NY. Lives in New York, NY and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Education

MFA, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
BA, Bryn Mawr College, PA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018
Being Like Water (Katherine Bradford and Jen DeNike), AE2, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Focus: Katherine Bradford, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Katherine Bradford, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
2016
Fear of Waves, CANADA, New York, NY
Divers and Dreamers, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
2015
Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2014
Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
Arts & Leisure, New York, NY
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2013
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Steven Harvey Fine Art, New York, NY
2012
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2011
Aucocisco Galleries, Portland ME
2010
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2008
University of Maine Museum, Bangor, ME
Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2007
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2002
Canaday Gallery, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
1996
Katherine Bradford and Mark Wethli, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
1994
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1992
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017
The First Ever & Only East Hampton Biannial, curated by Woobie Bogus and Adrianne Rubenstein, The Barn, East Hampton, NY
We might not have a planet left soon, curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany
Prospect 4, New Orleans, U.S. Biennial, New Orleans, LA
The Science, Culture, & Art of Superheroes, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
Awkward, curated by Shaun Ellison, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY
A New Subjectivity, curated by Jason Stopa, Pratt Galeries, New Yrok, NY
Chris Martin, Katherine Bradford, Peter Acheson, curated by Phong Bui, Maier Museum, Lynchberg, VA; Thomas Brambilla Gallery, Bergamo, Italy
2016
Fort Greene, curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Venus Over LA, Los Angeles, CA
AUGUST, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
The Great Figure Two, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Shout For Tomorrow, Hirschl & Adler Modern, NY
The Female Gaze Part Two: Women Look at Men, Cheim & Read, NY
Make Painting Great Again, CANADA, NY
Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Landscapes After Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime, curated by Joel Sternfeld; Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT
MOTHER POPCORN, Big Medium, Austin, TX
Victory Garden, Planthouse Gallery, NY
Queering Space, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Representing Rainbows, curated by Lisa Corinne Davis, Gerald Peters Gallery, NY
Onion By the Ocean, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
New York, New Painters, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
Flowers in Your Hair, curated by NIGHT GALLERY, fuse space, San Francisco, CA
2015
Intimacy in Discourse, curated by Phong Bui, SVA Galleries, New York, NY
Contemporary Responses to Marsden Hartley, Driscoll Babcock Gallery, New York, NY
AWKWARD: 3 Person Show, Kers Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Guston Influence, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Back to the Future, Artists Originating out of the Williamsburg scene in the 80’s, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
20” x 16”, Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY, NY
New Narratives, Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Brooklyn Bridge, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Meaning of Life, Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Paper Variables, Gallery at Dieu Donne, New York, NY
Leaves, Steven Harvey Fine Arts, New York, NY
Outside In, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Chuck Webster, Katherine Bradford, Martin Mazorra, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY
The Age of Small Things, Dodge Gallery, New York, NY
Between Matter and Experience, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Pierogi 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
My Big Fat Painting, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Come Together, Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY
Hope Despite the Times, Zieher Smith Gallery, New York, NY
Painting Impossible, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collection, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
“Dirigo” Maine Women Pioneers, University of Maine Museum, Westbrook, ME
The Triumph of Human Painting, Bull & Ram, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Sky, Sea, Land, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Special Blend, JOURNAL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
CMCA Honors Award Exhibition, Rockport, ME
4 Guggenheim Fellows, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
21 American Painters, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Samson Projects, Boston, MA
American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational, NY, NY
Narcissus in the Studio, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Idiots Delight, curated by Craig Olson, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Ab/Fig., William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Story, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY
Talk Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Sacred and Profane, Portsmouth Museum, NH
2009
Put in on Paper, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Chunky Monkey, Red Flagg Gallery, New York, NY
Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, New York
2008
Ambivalent Figuration, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Worth A Thousand Words, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
It’s Gouache, curated by Geoffrey Young, Jeff Bailey Gallery
Shape Shifters: New York Painters, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC; traveled to Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Orpheus Selection, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Queens, NY
Sea Worthy, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Everywhichway, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Sized Up: Large­Scale Paintings, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Searching for Love and Fire, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2005
Invitational and Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Art and Letters, New York, NY
New York’s Finest, CANADA, New York, NY
The Collections Gallery, Bates College Museum, Lewiston, ME
Norman B. Marin Collection, The University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
Portland Museum Biennial, Portland Museum, Portland, ME (also 2003, 2001)
2004
Home, curated by Bruce Brown, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY traveled to University New England at Portland, ME
Surrealist Drawings, Exquisite Corpses Today, Bowdoin College Art Museum, Brunswick, ME
2003
The Lightness of Being, Black & White Gallery, New York, NY
Water, Water, curated by Lilly Wei, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Project Room, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
In the Spirit of Landscape, Neilson Gallery, Boston, MA
Past Present Future, CMCA, Rockport, ME
2001
Hidden Identity, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Wet!, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
Domestic Culture, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Made in Brooklyn, curated by Phong Bui, Brooklyn Rail Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY
1999
Group Show, Rebecca lbel Gallery, Columbus, OH
Invitational, Tig Fill Gallery, Cork, Ireland
1998
New York Drawers, Gasworks Gallery, London, England
Pierogi Press, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
Ten from Brooklyn, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1997
Current Undercurrent, Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Modern Prints, Colby College Museum of Art, Colby College, Waterville, ME

Awards

2012
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2011
Guggenheim Fellowship
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, NY, NY
2005
American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY, NY
2000
Pollock­ Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY

Public Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Portland Museum, ME
Worcester Museum of Art, MA
Addison Gallery of American Art, MA
Bates College Museum, ME
Bowdoin College Museum, ME
Farnsworth Museum, ME
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
Smith College Museum, MA

Teaching

2016-2017
Senior Critic, MFA Painting, Yale School of Art, New Have, CT
2009
Resident Faculty, Skowhegan School
1997-2012
MFA Faculty, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
1995-2011
Faculty, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, NY

Bibliography

Albee, Edward. Sooner or Later: Edward Albee’s Eye, Brookville NY: Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University. Exhibition catalogue. 1990
Artfridge, Interview of Katherine Bradford by her son Arthur Bradford. Fall 2015.
Artner, Alan. Katherine Bradford Paintings. Chicago Tribune. February 6, 1992 (photo).
Berlind, Robert. Review Bradford at Edward Thorp. Art in America. October 2012.
Birmbaum, Molly, Review Katherine Bradford at Edward Thorp. ARTnews. Summer 2007.
BOMB Magazine. Portfolio of Katherine Bradfords work. Summer 2014.
Bonetti, David. Review. The Boston Phoenix. July 7, 1989.
Braff, Phyllis. In the Choices of Albee, Imagination Prevails. New York Times. February 11, 1990.
Butler, Sharon. Starry Night : Katherine Bradford at CANADA. Two Coats of Paint. January 20, 2016.
Carrier, David. Katherine Bradford. Art International. Spring 1990.
Cyphers, Peggy. Katherine Bradford. Arts Magazine. January 1990 (photo).
Coates, Jennifer. Katherine Bradford, Fear of Waves. TimeOut New York. January 10, 2016.
Coates, Jennifer. The Goo of Paint, How Every Mark Matters. Modern Painters, June/July 2016
Cohen, David. New Hero. Artcritical. May 2012.
Fleming, Lee. Nothing but the Best. The Washington Post. February 12, 1994.
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Hassell, Mathew. Top Ten Shows of 2012, Katherine Bradford at Edward Thorp Gallery, NYArts, Fall 2012.
Heartney, Eleanor. American Art Today: New Directions. The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL (Catalogue essay; illus. color).
Hirsch, Faye, catalogue essay, Déjà Vu. Gallery 230, Brooklyn, NY.
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Johnson, Ken. The Age of Small Things. New York Times, Art in Review. Feb. 7, 2014.
Johnson, Ken, Review, New Work Edward Thorp Gallery. New York Times. May 3, 2012.
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Kalm, James. Video of By Life and By Land at Edward Thorp Gallery. 2007.
Kalm, James. Video of Triumph of Human Painting, curated by Katherine Bradford. Bull & Ram Gallery March 2013.
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Kimball, Whitney. Aggro Crag at BOSI Contemporary. New American Paintings, Sept 21, 2012.
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Lawrence, Nick. Preface, Katherine Bradford Shelf Paintings. Arts and Leisure Gallery. New York, NY. Catalogue. Nov 2014.
Licata, Elizabeth. Small Wonders. The Buffalo News, April 9,1993.
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Little, Carl. Katherine Bradford ~~~August~~~. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Art New England. Sept/Oct 2013.
Lombardi, Dominick D. Inaugural exhibition for Gallery in Beacon. The New York Times. April 22, 2001.
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McMahon, Katherine. Fair Thee Well: Visits With Artists in Their Studios Before Independent New York. ArtNews. March 2, 2017.
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