Joe Bradley
Joe Bradley (b. 1975, Kittery, Maine) is widely recognized for his expansive visual practice that encompasses painting as well as sculpture and drawing.
Over the past twenty years, Bradley has constantly reinvented his approach to his art, creating a distinctive body of work that has ranged from modular, minimalist-style paintings and sculptures; to rough-hewn, heavily worked surfaces featuring pictographic and abstract elements; to recent refined and layered compositions that, as critic Roberta Smith notes, “balance gracefully between representation and abstraction.” The artist has consistently explored the possibilities of certain formal elements—such as line and, above all, color—combining references that are art historical, cultural, and personal to create work that is characterized by a vivid interplay between the formally composed and considered, and the spontaneous and instinctive.
Artist: Studio
"The idea is to get the work to speak for itself—to have a life of its own."
Artworks
Installation Views
Exhibitions
Publications
Joe Bradley, 2017
Joe Bradley, 2017
Drawings, Joe Bradley, 2014
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Drawings, 2014
Our Gang, Joe Bradley, 2014
Joe Bradley
Our Gang, 2014
Joe Bradley KARMA, 2013
Joe Bradley KARMA, 2013
Joe Bradley & Chris Martin, 2008
Joe Bradley & Chris Martin, 2008
Press
Roberta Smith "Joe Bradley Begins Again." New York Times April 14, 2022
Andrea K. Scott "Samaritans - Goings On About Town." The New Yorker March 1, 2019
"Make Painting Great Again." The New Yorker June 29, 2016
Andrew Russeth "Mr. Schmagoo." W Magazine November 1, 2015
Roberta Smith "The Paintbrush in the Digital Era." The New York Times December 11, 2014
Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata "Joe Bradley: Lotus Beaters." The Brooklyn Rail July 1, 2013
Artinfo "26 Questions for Protean Painter Joe Bradley." Artinfo June 11, 2013
Laura Hoptman "Joe Bradley." Interview Magazine March 1, 2013
Yasha Wallin "Cave Painter: Joe Bradley." Art in America January 5, 2011
Elizabeth Schambelan "Joe Bradley and Chris Martin." Artforum September 2010
Roberta Smith "Joe Bradley and Chris Martin." The New York Times March 11, 2010
"Dike Blair and Joe Bradley." BOMB Magazine Summer 2009
Carly Berwick "Artists to Watch: Color Forms." ArtNews January 2009
Nick Stillman "Joe Bradley." Artforum January 2009
Lauren O'Neil-Butler "Constraction." Artforum July 20, 2008
"Exhibit: The Simple Life." Time Magazine March 24, 2008
Lauren A. E. Schuker "The Fine Art of Less." The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2008
"Joe Bradley/Anne Craven/ Dana Frankfort/ Keith Mayerson." The New Yorker August 7, 2007
Kathy Grayson "Joe Bradley." The Journal Summer 2007 152-156
"Pain Killer." V Magazine Spring 2007
Judicael Lavrador "Under Pressure." Les Inrockuptibles October 31, 2006
Ken Johnson "Joe Bradley: Kurgan Waves." The New York Times February 17, 2006
CV
Joe Bradley
b. 1975 Maine
Education
1999
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Vom Abend, David Zwirner, New York, NY
2022
New Paltz, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Bhoga Marga, Petzel, New York, NY
2020
Sub ek, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
Day World, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, United Kingdom
Drawings, Gagosian, Geneva, Switzerland
2017
Joe Bradley, curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Rose Art Museum Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Joe Bradley, CHÂTEAU DE BOISGELOUP, Gisors, France
Joe Bradley, The Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY
Eric’s Hair, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2016
Krasdale, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Joe Bradley, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Forty Four Drawings, Gagosian Gallery, St. Barths
2014
23 Skidoo, KARMA, Amagansett, NY
The Missus and Me, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Antiparos, Greece
Joe Bradley, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
The SS Potlicker and Friends, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2013
Lotus Beaters, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
2012
Pigpen, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Drawings, Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Mouth and Foot Painting, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
Duckling Fantasy, Almine Rech, Paris, France
Human Form, CANADA, New York, NY
2010
Freeks, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
2009
Like a Turkey Thru Corn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Eat at Joe’s, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
Jonathon Viner Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008
Schmagoo Paintings, CANADA, New York, NY
2007
Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
Joe Bradley, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Joe Bradley, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
2006
PS1 Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY
Kurgan Waves, CANADA, New York, NY
2003
Project Room, Kenny Schachter, ConTEMPorary, New York, NY
2002
New Paintings, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA