VIRGINIA BRADLEY

"At the heart of my work is an ongoing experimentation with oil paint, seawater, alcohol, and other painting mediums under varying weather conditions. These elements act as catalysts, shaping each layer as the process unfolds into a final image.

Physical interventions—pouring layers of paint, sanding, drawing, adding to and subtracting from the surface—are central to my approach.

The Corallium works are created on archival transparent film, where process, materials, and interactions reflect nature’s own inventive rhythm. All life has been formed, and continually transformed, by water, elemental forces, and the power of the sea. This perpetual churning of matter both creates the infinite variety of life on Earth, and sustains it."

-  Virginia Bradley

ES

Virginia Bradley es una pintora abstracta contemporánea radicada en Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Fue profesora de arte en la Universidad de Delaware.

Su práctica artística está arraigada en la alquimia y la performatividad de la pintura.

Ha integrado cuestiones ambientales en su trabajo, empleando intervenciones físicas como verter, lijar, dibujar y manipular la superficie de la pintura, que enfatizan una relación dinámica y táctil con sus materiales.

Virginia ha recibido varias becas, incluyendo la Beca Finalista para Pintura del Consejo Cultural de Massachusetts 2020, una Beca de la Fundación McKnight y una Beca NEA de Arts Midwest. Su trabajo se ha exhibido en exposiciones individuales y colectivas en toda Europa. Ha participado en residencias de artistas y también ha completado varias Comisiones de Percent for Art para la Junta de Artes del Estado de Minnesota.

EN

Virginia Bradley is a contemporary abstract painter based in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. She was a Professor of Art at the University of Delaware.

Her artistic practice is rooted in alchemy and the performativity of painting. She has integrated environmental issues into her work, employing physical interventions—pouring, sanding, drawing, and manipulating the painting surface—which emphasize a dynamic, tactile relationship with her materials.

Virginia has received several fellowships, including the 2020 Massachusetts Cultural Council Finalist Fellowship for Painting, a McKnight Foundation Fellowship, and an Arts Midwest NEA Fellowship. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe. She has participated in artist residencies and also completed several Percent for Art Commissions for the Minnesota State Arts Board.