Background
Bradley was born in Kittery, Maine.
Bradley was born in Kittery, Maine.
He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1999.
He makes paintings resembling human figures from assembled canvases which reference Color Field painting and Minimalism. Bradley has said his work is “intentionally shoddy” and “pathetic” thanks in part to his use of flimsy shop-bought canvases, but he selects his colours and surface textures with care.
2002 New Paintings, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston Friends and Family, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York 2003 Art Band, Capitale, New York 2004 Under the Sun, Greener Pastures Gallery, Toronto 2006 Mangoes, Peres Projects, Los Angeles AXIS OF PRAXIS, Midway Contermporary Art, Minneapolis (Chinese American Nurses Association)RICO?, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico Kurgan Waves, CANADA, New York Personal 1 Contemporary Art, Long Island City 2007 Joe Bradley, Peres Projects, Berlin Joe Bradley, Peres Projects, Los Angeles Dangling Manitoba, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp Two Person Show with Sarah Braman, Dicksmith, London Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York Crystal Crunch, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy 2008 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 2009 "New Work", Jonathan Viner Gallery, London United Kingdom Eat at Joe"s, Peres Projects, Berlin Like a Turkey Thru Corn, Peres Projects, Berlin 2010 Freeks, Peres Projects, Berlin Mitte 2011 Duckling Fantasy, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France.
