ROBERT BRADFORD
SOLO EXHIBITION
The British artist, Robert Bradford trained in Fine Art (Painting) at Beckenham School of Art and at Ravensbourne College of Art, and then in Film & Photography at The Royal College of Art in London. Bradford worked primarily in painting and filmmaking in England and the USA. He has worked as an artist for several decades. He is principally known for his work in sculpture, made mainly from recycled soft toys and/or up-cycled materials. Artistically, he is best known for his Public Pyrotechnic Fire Sculptures, His oeuvre developed further during 2018, where he reverted to making abstract collages. The same year he began ‘revisiting’ painting on canvas. In 2019 he began to represent his own work, producing various scale canvas paintings.
It is his use of diverse materials which has given Bradford his most important dimension. For his Toy Works, the artist toys are chosen carefully for their design shape and colour, and for their adaptability relative to the form in question. Bradford hopes to make works that are of genuine interest to both adults and children alike, and to make them intriguing and amusing. Occasionally, he makes works from clients’ own toys or memorabilia, where the items are suited formally to the particular construction in question. Bradford comments, ‘I work relatively spontaneously and improvisationally within the given structure of an armature canvas or sheet of paper’. The artist comments that the idea for the next piece often comes during the experimental process, or it will arrive in response to a particular material or object outside his working regime.
Recent Years:-
In 2020 Robert (always experimental) switched his main focus from sculpture through paper collage to making paintings on canvas. Initially he worked figuratively for about a year but then decided to rework/recycle most of the year’s production by painting over them as abstractions leaving areas of the originals exposed. This he called The Trash Art Series. When this supply was exhausted ‘pure’ abstractions followed: The Nebulous Series and most recently the Borders and Boundaries Series, a metaphor for the divisions between people and their countries.
Robert Bradford has been represented by several galleries including Envie D. Art (Paris and London) and Rebecca Hossack Gallery (London and New York). Most recently he has received many commissions for the Malls of Hong Kong and China, which he visited and worked with assistants for many months. He has exhibited and been commissioned and collected in over 25 countries to date, and his work can be seen in many public and private collections. Several images of his work have been published in many International books and magazines.
The British artist, Robert Bradford trained in Fine Art (Painting) at Beckenham School of Art and at Ravensbourne College of Art, and then in Film & Photography at The Royal College of Art in London. Bradford worked primarily in painting and filmmaking in England and the USA. He has worked as an artist for several decades. He is principally known for his work in sculpture, made mainly from recycled soft toys and/or up-cycled materials. Artistically, he is best known for his Public Pyrotechnic Fire Sculptures, His oeuvre developed further during 2018, where he reverted to making abstract collages. The same year he began ‘revisiting’ painting on canvas. In 2019 he began to represent his own work, producing various scale canvas paintings.
It is his use of diverse materials which has given Bradford his most important dimension. For his Toy Works, the artist toys are chosen carefully for their design shape and colour, and for their adaptability relative to the form in question. Bradford hopes to make works that are of genuine interest to both adults and children alike, and to make them intriguing and amusing. Occasionally, he makes works from clients’ own toys or memorabilia, where the items are suited formally to the particular construction in question. Bradford comments, ‘I work relatively spontaneously and improvisationally within the given structure of an armature canvas or sheet of paper’. The artist comments that the idea for the next piece often comes during the experimental process, or it will arrive in response to a particular material or object outside his working regime.
Recent Years:-
In 2020 Robert (always experimental) switched his main focus from sculpture through paper collage to making paintings on canvas. Initially he worked figuratively for about a year but then decided to rework/recycle most of the year’s production by painting over them as abstractions leaving areas of the originals exposed. This he called The Trash Art Series. When this supply was exhausted ‘pure’ abstractions followed: The Nebulous Series and most recently the Borders and Boundaries Series, a metaphor for the divisions between people and their countries.
Robert Bradford has been represented by several galleries including Envie D. Art (Paris and London) and Rebecca Hossack Gallery (London and New York). Most recently he has received many commissions for the Malls of Hong Kong and China, which he visited and worked with assistants for many months. He has exhibited and been commissioned and collected in over 25 countries to date, and his work can be seen in many public and private collections. Several images of his work have been published in many International books and magazines.
