b. 1986
Garrett Bradley (born 1986) lives and works in New Orleans. She has a BA from Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA (2007), and an MFA from UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2012). Forthcoming exhibitions include ‘Garett Bradley:American Rhapsody’ at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Sep 10, 2022–Feb 19, 2023) and ‘Just Above Midtown: 1974 to the Present’ at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA (Oct 9, 2022–Feb 18, 2023). Recent presentations include American Rhapsody at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2022); American Rhapsody at the The Momentary, Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR, USA (2021); Alone in ‘Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts’, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, USA, (2022); America in ‘Family Visions of a Shared Humanity’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2021); Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America at New Museum, New York, NY, USA (2021); Projects: Garrett Bradley at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA (2020-21); Time at Sundance Film Festival, US Feature Competition (2020); Garrett Bradley: American Rhapsody at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, USA (2019); Shirin Neshat + Garrett Bradley at The Broad @ Array, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2019); Garrett Bradley’s America: A Journey Through Race and Time at Brooklyn Academy of Music New York, NY, USA (2019); Bodies of Knowledge at New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, USA (2019); and the Whitney Biennial, New York, NY, USA (2019). Recent awards and honors include Best Director, Nonfiction Feature, Sundance Film Festival (2020); International Documentary Association nomination (2019); Creative Capital Grantee (2019); Field of Vision Fellowship (2018); and Warhol Foundation Grantee (2018). Bradley was a resident at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2015 and in 2019 she was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome by The American Academy in Rome.