EDUCATION
BA Bryn Mawr College, PA
MFA State University of New York, Purchase, NY
AWARDS
2011
Guggenheim Fellowship
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, NY, NY
2005
Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
2000
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Award, New York, NY
SELECTED ONE PERSON SHOWS
2013
August, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
2012
Katherine Bradford: New Work, Edward Thorp Gallery, NY
2011
Corporeal, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
2010
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
2008
Samson Projects, Boston, MA
University of Maine Museum, Bangor, ME
Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2007
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2005
Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2004
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2002
Canaday Gallery, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
2001
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2000
Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
1999
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1996
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
1994
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1993
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1992
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1990
Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Dean Valentgas Gallery, Portland, ME
1989
Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2012
Borrowed Time, Edward Thorp Gallery, NY
Long and the Short of It, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Sky, Sea, Land, Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Special Blend, curated by Chris Martin, JOURNAL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
CMCA Honors Award Exhibition, Rockport, ME
4 Guggenheim Fellows, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Brucennial 2012, 159 Bleeker Street, NY
Wavers, curated by EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, 283 47th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Paper Kettle,
curated by Elisa Soliven and JJ Mandord, Safron, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Artists: A Survey, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Painting in Conjunction With John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
2011
Mathew Blackwell, Katherine Bradford, Shawn Spencer, Justin McCarthy, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
21 American Painters, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Samson Projects, Boston, MA
American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational, New York, NY
Narcissus in the Studio, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
SO ZIK!, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
2010
Ab/Fig., curated by Wendy Cooper, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Story, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY
Singles, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, NY
Talk Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Sacred and Profane, Portsmouth Museum of Art, NH
Transportation, Midtown Payson Galleries, Hobe Sound, FL
Ghost Dance, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Put in on Paper, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
True Diva Biennial, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Chunky Monkey, Red Flagg Gallery, New York, NY
“Party at Chris’s House” curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kunatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, New York,
Garrish, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2008
Ambivalent Figuration, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Worth A Thousand Words, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT
It’s Gouache, curated by Geoffrey Young, Jeff Bailey Gallery and Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
Party at Phong’s House, curated by Chris Martin, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Impermanent Collection IV, ‘Temporary Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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
Horizon, curated by David Humphrey, EFA Gallery, New York, NY
Splash, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
Tiny, curated by Bruce Brown, Whitney Galleries, Portland, ME
2006
Everywhichway, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Sized Up: Large-Scale Paintings, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA,
Year 06 Projects Art Fair, Michael Steinberg Gallery, London, UK
Katherine Bradford, Steve diBenedetto, Kirsten Deirup, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Déjà vu, curated by Faye Hirsch, Gallery 230, Brooklyn, NY
Searching for Love and Fire, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FLA
Little Women, curated by James Kalm, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Persistence of Memory, University Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2005
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Summer Sustenance, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
New York’s Finest, Canada, New York, NY
NADA Art Fair, ATM Gallery, Miami, FLA
Off the Coast: A landscape Chronology, The Collections Gallery, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
The Long View: Selections from the Norman B. Marin Collection, The University of Maine Museum of Art, University of Maine, Bangor, ME
Portland Museum Biennial, Portland Museum, Portland, ME
2004
Home, curated by Bruce Brown, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY traveled to University of New England at Portland, ME
Drawings, curated by Barry Blinderman and Annie Herron, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, traveled to Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, NM
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
Selections from the Pierogi Flat Files, curated by Joe Arnheim, USM Art Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
Volatile Bodies, curated by Carrie Powers, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Project Room, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
In the Spirit of Landscape, Neilson Gallery, Boston, MA
Past Present Future, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
All Drawing, curated by Sharon Horvath, Gallery 831, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Brooklyn Rail Presents, curated by Phong Bui, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
2001
Hidden Identity, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Wet!, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
Ripe and Hazy, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY
Domestic Culture, curated by Mark Bessire, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2000
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art,
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Living Is Easy, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
Lasting Impressions: Contemporary Prints, The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Homage to Albert Pinkham Ryder, curated by Phong Bui, State of the Art, Brooklyn, NY
1999
The Passion/Passions of Art, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Rebecca lbel Gallery, Columbus, OH
Drawing Show, N3, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
The Flat Files, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational, Tig Fill Gallery, Cork, Ireland
1998
Painting, N3, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
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, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Intimate Universe Revisited, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY traveled to Nina Freidheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Modern Prints, Colby College Museum of Art, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Relocating Landscape East and West, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
1996
Gramercy International Art Fair, Bernard Toale Gallery, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, NY
Grand Salon, Room, New York, NY
Pet Paintings, Bernard Toale Gallery Boston, Mass.
1995
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Inaugural Show, Room, Thompson Street at Grand, New York, NY
1994
Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Small and Wet, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Katherine Bradford and Frank Palaia, Hartman & White, San Diego, CA
1993
My/Self ...Your/Other: Contemporary Women Artists and the Issue of Identity, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Childhood Show, Art in General, New York, NY
Inaugural Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY
1992
Invitational, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
Relief Prints by 15 New York Artists, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Intimate Universe: Small Scale Abstract Painting, Michael Walls Gallery New York, NY
Home/ A Visual Dialogue, Artspace, New Haven, CT
1991
American Art Today: New Directions, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL (catalogue, illustrated)
The Painters, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
Sooner or Later, Edward Albee’s Eye, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY (catalogue, photo)
New York Art 1990, Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York, Oswego, NY
Selected Works on Paper, Victoria Munroe Gallery New York, NY
1989
Traditions in American Landscape, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Ten Artists, Ten Visions, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1988
Katherine Bradford, Laura Newman, Jean Feinberg, Elizebeth Dworkin, Victoria Munroe Gallery New York, NY
Works on Paper, curated by Lyn Gumpert, University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (catalogue)
Katherine Bradford/Don Voisine, Art Gallery, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
1987
Gallery Artists, Victoria Monroe Gallery New York, NY
The Anti-Ego Show, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Recent Painting and Sculpture, Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York at Purchase, NY
1986
Black and White Prevails: A Selection of Contemporary Drawings, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL (catalogue)
Preludes, Victoria Munroe Gallery New York, NY
COLLECTIONS:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum
Portland Museum
Worcester Museum of Art
Farnsworth Museum
Bates College Museum
Bowdoin College Museum
Smith College Museum
Addison Gallery of American Art
TEACHING
Resident Faculty, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, summer 2009
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, MFA Faculty (1997 to present)
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, NY, (1995 to present)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Stopa, Jason. "Interview with Katherine Bradford," NYArts Magazine, Summer 2011
Front River Times, St. Louis MO, Review of Ab/Fig, December 2, 2010
Foster, Howard. "Talk Show at Edward Thorp Gallery," Romanov Grave at "RomanovGrave.com," September 11, 2010
Albee, Edward. Sooner or Later: Edward Albee’s Eye, Brookville NY: Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island
University, exhibition catalogue, 1990, (illustrated)
Artner, Alan. “Katherine Bradford Paintings,” CHICAGO TRIBUNE, February 6, 1992 (photo)
Birmbaum, Molly, Review Katherine Bradford at Edward Throp, ARTnews, summer 2007
Bonetti, David. Review, THE BOSTON PHOENIX, July 7, 1989
Braff, Phyllis. “In the Choices of Albee, Imagination Prevails,” NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday, February11, 1990 (photo)
Carrier, David. “Katherine Bradford,” ART INTERNATIONAL, Spring, 1990 (photo)
Connor, Jill. “Nice and Wet,” Artnet.com Magazine Reviews, Spring, 2003
Cyphers, Peggy. “Katherine Bradford,” ARTS MAGAZINE, January, 1990 (photo)
Dorrill, Lisa, “Paintings by Katherine Bradford” The Gettysburg Review, Summer 2010
Fleming, Lee. “Nothing but the Best,” THE WASHINGTON POST, February 12, 1994
Foster, Howard, “Talk Show at Edward Thorp Gallery” Romonov Grave at “RomanovGrave.com” Sept 11, 2010
Freight +Volume, “Spotlight on Brendan Cass” Issue 1, Volume 1, Winter 2007, pp.110-114 (photo)
Front River Times, St Louis MO, Review of Ab/Fig, Dec 2, 2010
Fyfe, Joe. “Art Review” Katherine Bradford at Sarah Bowen Gallery, ART IN AMERICA, May, 2005
Gilbert, Debora “Katherine Bradford Edward Thorp Gallery” WG Arts, June 2007
Greenleaf, Ken. Review: Farnsworth Art Museum, ART NEW ENGLAND, October/November1999 (photo)
Heartney, Eleanor. “American Art Today: New Directions” The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL (Catalogue essay; illus. color)
Hirsch, Faye, catalogue essay, “Deja Vu,” Gallery 230, Brooklyn, NY
Holliday, Frank, “Review Ether Nights” GAY CITY NEWS, Jan 27, 2005(photo)
Jackson, Katherine and Katherine Bradford, “Artist Dialogue Series” New York Public Library
Johnson, Ken, “Everywhichway” NEW YORK TIMES, July 7,2006
Johnson, Ken, “Summer Sustenance” NEW YORK TIMES, July 15, 2005
Kalm, James. “Katherine Bradford, Ether Nights” THE BROOKLYN RAIL, February 2005 (photo)
Kohen, Helen. “Review:’ New Directions, THE MIAMI HERALD, January 13, 1991 (photo)
La Rocco, Ben, “Review, Home,” THE BROOKLYN RAIL,” April, 2004
Licata, Elizabeth. “Small Wonders,” The Buffalo News, April 9,1993
Lindall, Terrance. “Brooklyn Now,” NY Arts Magazine, March, 2002 (photo)
Lombardi, Dominick D. “Inaugural exhibition for Gallery in Beacon,” The New York Times, April 22, 2001
Maine, Stephen, “Ether Nights at Sarah Bowen Gallery” Artnet, February 2005 (photos)
Myles, Eileen. “Katherine Bradford at David Beitzel Gallery,” ART IN AMERICA, June 1993 (photo)
Naves, Mario. “Everywhichway” THE NEW YORK OBSERVER, July 24, 2006
New Yorker, Art Review, July 16, 2001
NYARTS, “Water, Water Everywhere” April 14,2003
Pleasants, Craig. `Ten from Brooklyn,” ART PAPERS MAGAZINE, July-August 1999
Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (exhibition catalogue, 2001, Exhibition
Catalogue 2003, Exhibition Catalogue 2005)
PRINT COLLECTOR’S NEWSLETTER “Katherine Bradford Monotypes,” May/June 1993
Raynor, Vivien. “Grappling with Feminism and Femininity,” NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 1993, photo)
Seneca Review, Cover Art, Spring 2008
Steinhoff, Carolyn. “A Conversation With Artist Katherine Bradford” FROM HERE Magazine. Spring 06
Stopa, Jason, “Interview with Katherine Bradford” NYArts Magazine, Summer 2011
Smith, Roberta. “Katherine Bradford,” NEW YORK TIMES, Friday, October 27, 1989
Stillman, Nick, Review, ARTFORUM, October, 2013
Stapen, Nancy. “Painters Stretch the Possible,” THE BOSTON GLOBE, November 11, 1993
Thompson, Chris, Bradford’s Swim Paintings at Aucocisco, Phoenix, May 20-26, 2005(photo)
Thompson, Chris, “Review,” ART NEW ENGLAND, Nov 2003
Tate, Haines Sprunt. “New Farnsworth Show Explores Harmony and Dissonance,” MAINE TIMES, April 1, 1996 (photo)
Taylor, Robert. “DeCordova Summer Show Has Questing Spirit,” THE BOSTON GLOBE, July 16, 1989
Wei, Lilly. ‘The Figure, Another Side of Modernism,” Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Newhouse Center for
Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY (catalogue essay, 2000; p. 7,46,161,205, illustrated, color)
Westfall, Stephen. “Katherine Bradford,” ART IN AMERICA, May 1990 (photo)
Yau, John. Review “By Life and by Land at Edward Thorp” Brooklyn Rail, June 2007
Yau, John. Review of Brenda Goodman. Brooklyn Rail, Sept. 2010