Chris Bradley
b. 1982, USA
[education]
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA 2010
University of Michigan, BFA 2005
[solo and two person shows]
2023
Solo Presentation at NADA Foreland with Ackerman Clarke
2022
Tilting Toward Windmills, We Become the Wind
Ackerman Clarke, Chicago
Solo presentation at Barely Fair (Chicago) with Hans Gallery
2021
Solo presentation at NADA House (Governors Island, NYC) with Ackerman Clarke
2018
Chris Bradley, Mark Klassen
Backspace Gallery
Northern Illinois University
2017
Chicago Works: Chris Bradley
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
NO DIVING
Shane Campbell Gallery - Lincoln Park
2016
Ceilings
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
2015
Chris Bradley, Alex Chitty
Shane Campbell Gallery, Lincoln Park
2014
Freezer Fever
Roberto Paradise, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2013
Chris Bradley, Tony Lewis
Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park
2012
Close One
Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh
2011
Quiet Company
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
Chris Bradley
Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park
[select group shows]
2023
Chicago Architectural Biennial 5: This is a Rehearsal
2022
NADA Miami
Ackerman Clarke
2021
Usual Objects
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
NADA Miami
Ackerman Clarke
2020
Artist Run Chicago 2.0
Hyde Park Art Center
2019
100 Sculptures
Anonymous Gallery, Traveling show: Mexico City/Paris/Los Angeles/New York
With A Capital P: Selections from Six Painters
Elmhurst Art Museum
Only Human
H.G. Inn, Chicago
2018
PIZZA IS GOD
NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
2017
99 Cents
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
NADA NY
Shane Campbell Gallery
2016
The Coldest Winter
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Grey - curated by Domenico de Chirico
Brand New Gallery, Milan IT
Know Yourself
The Luminary, St. Louis
Chicago and Vicinity
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
Material Art Fair, Mexico City
Roberto Paradise
2015
A Posture of Latency - curated by Kirsten Harkonen and Robin Juan
Leeds College of Art, Leeds UK
Winners and Llamas
Paper Agency, Los Angeles
Frieze New York
Shane Campbell Gallery
NADA New York
Roberto Paradise Gallery
Teen Paranormal Romance
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
Small Sculpture
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
Key Figures
Adams and Ollman, Portland OR
Material Art Fair, Mexico City
Shane Campbell Gallery
Teen Paranormal Romance
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
2014
Teen Paranormal Romance - curated by Hamza Walker
The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
Frieze New York
Shane Campbell Gallery
NADA Miami
Roberto Paradise and Shane Campbell Gallery
2013
Pizza Time - curated by Vera Neykov
Marlborough Broome Street, NYC
A Study in Midwestern Appropriation - curated by Michelle Grabner
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
NADA Miami
Shane Campbell Gallery
2012
Simulacrum - curated by Michael Goodson
Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus OH
NADA Miami
Shane Campbell Gallery
[press]
Monuments, Materials, and Vacant Lots of Promises
Suleman Anaya
Pin-Up Magazine, December 2023
“Chicago Architecture Biennial Returns..”
Lori Waxman
Chicago Tribune, November 2023
Water into Glass, Steel into Flesh: A Review of Chris Bradley at the Museum of Contemporary Art
B. David Zarley
New City, February 2017
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Instability: Chris Bradley’s Trompe L’oeil Masculinity
Matt Morris
Sculpture Magazine, April 2015
Island Dreaming': Chris Bradley's Meticulous Reconstructions
Scott Indrisek
Blouin Artinfo, December 2014
"Teen Paranormal Romance"
Lilly Lampe
Artforum, November 2014
Modern Painters Presents 25 Artists to Watch in 2014: Part 1 of 2
Modern Painters, December 2013
Chris Bradley Finds Creative Opportunities in the Simplest of Objects in Close One at CAM Raleigh
Julie Thomson
Indy Weekly, April 2012
Review: Chris Bradley/Shane Campbell Gallery
Jason Foumberg
New City Art, March 2011
[awards]
Artist Fellowship, 2020
Illinois Artist Council Agency
Meier Achievement Award, 2017 Recipient
Helen Coburn Meier and Tim Meier Foundation
[collections]
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
[residencies]
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Open Studio Residency, 2015
[public speaking]
McHenry County College, Visiting Artist Lecture, April 2021
Northern Illinois University, Visiting Artist Lecture, December 2018
MCA Chicago, in conversation with Michael Darling, May 2017
NYU, Steinhardt School, Visiting Artist Lecture, October 2017
[employment]
Lecturer
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014 - Current
Lecturer
Department of Visual Arts
University of Chicago
2019 - Current