Katherine Bradford
Exhibitions, CV, Press




Katherine Bradford (b. 1942, New York, NY) has received a Guggenheim Award and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship as well as two awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work was the subject of a solo museum survey, The Flying Woman, which opened at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME in 2022 and traveled to the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA. She has had solo shows at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX and the Hall Foundation, Reading, VT. Bradford has been featured in group shows at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; the Prospect New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans, LA; MoMA PS1, New York, NY; and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. In 2017–2018, she was Senior Critic on the faculty of the Yale School of Art. In 2021, she created five permanent large-scale mosaic murals for the MTA's First Avenue L Station in New York City. Her work is included in collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY; the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; the Menil Collection, Houston, TX; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; and the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, among others.




Katherine Bradford
Family Embrace, 2021
acrylic on canvas
40h x 30w in
101.60h x 76.20w cm
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Katherine Bradford
Dark Swim, 2021
acrylic on canvas
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
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Katherine Bradford
Pool Party, 2017
acrylic on canvas
48h x 60w in
121.92h x 152.40w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Splash Hand, 2017
acrylic on canvas
40h x 30w in
101.60h x 76.20w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Magenta Nights, 2017
acrylic on canvas
40h x 30w in
101.60h x 76.20w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Camping Trip, 2016
acrylic on canvas
68h x 80w in
172.72h x 203.20w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Ball Reach, 2016
acrylic on canvas
16h x 13w in
40.64h x 33.02w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Floaters, 2016
acrylic on canvas
28h x 22w in
71.12h x 55.88w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Man Facing Sea, 2016
acrylic on canvas
24h x 18w in
60.96h x 45.72w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Planetary Float, 2016
acrylic on canvas
28h x 22w in
71.12h x 55.88w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Dive in Purple, 2016
acrylic on canvas
50h x 40w in
127h x 101.60w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Swimmers Under Minor Asteroids, 2016
acrylic on canvas
60h x 48w in
152.40h x 121.92w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Water Nurses, 2016
acrylic on canvas
15h x 30w in
38.10h x 76.20w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Free Style Divers, 2016
acrylic on canvas
27h x 46w in
68.58h x 116.84w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Late Night Plunge, 2016
acrylic on canvas
30h x 24w in
76.20h x 60.96w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Blonds in the Sun, 2015
acrylic on canvas
60h x 48w in
152.40h x 121.92w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Capes in the Wind, 2015
acrylic on canvas
56h x 44w in
142.24h x 111.76w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Shell Seekers 2, 2015
acrylic on canvas
16h x 20w in
40.64h x 50.80w cm

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Katherine Bradford
Ships Passing, White, 2014
oil on canvas
29h x 44w in
73.66h x 111.76w cm

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