Trained originally as a painter, Bradley's artistic practice delves into a world where dialogue with the past intertwines with reflections on its latent possibilities, amid disruptions to notions of harmony caused by deviance and taboo. His work merges diverse formats and themes, blending dark ecology, Paganism, and contemporary visual cultures with elements of legend, ritual, and myth, all imbued with aesthetics drawn from popular youth culture. His overarching goal is to simultaneously reimagine, recontextualize, and fuse these realms. Intrigued by the process of transforming objects into conduits for abundance, guidance, protection, or spiritual fulfillment, Bradley manipulates them to confer power—whether through anointing, inscribing, or merging elements from different temporal contexts. Across various mediums such as painting, installation, and collage, he seeks to evoke potency through the alchemy of object and material manipulation, amalgamating components to transcend their individual significances.
Drawing inspiration from the visual languages of folk religion, myth, legend, ritual, and superstition, Bradley transcends conventional boundaries, challenging cultural norms and historical interpretations. Through his artistic explorations, he unearths hidden narratives and potentialities within tangible forms, probing the boundary between lived experiences and perceived realities.
He has participated in various group and solo exhibitions including √2 (Square Root of 2), (Hatch Art Project, 2023),Broken Capitalism,(Hatch Art Project, 2022) "Monarch"(Chan + Hori Contemporary, 2018) "Peculiar Textures"(Gallerie Steph ARTSPACE@Helutrans 2015), “Cam Biasa” (Art One 21, 2014), and Asia’s largest art platform with "Singapore Art Stage 2013"(Singapore Institute of Contemporary Art, Marina Bay Sands). In addition, his works have also been showcased in numerous exhibitions and art fairs abroad, and held in collections in Israel, Norway, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the United States of America. Bradley holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts / Goldsmiths University of London (First Class Honours, Summa Cum Laude, Presidents Award, McNally Award Fine Arts Representative). He is also a recipient of the Winston Oh Travel Award (Mekong Delta, Vietnam). Growing up in downtown Buffalo he graduated from The Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts (Photography 1997).
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