The work explores contemporary and historical notions of abstraction. Composition is developed through collage and layering, growing in scale and depth into expressive canvases, providing a stage for three-dimensional shapes that allude to painterly brushstroke and sculptural form at once. Whilst formalist in nature, the resultant paintings’ titles and manner of execution allow notions of reference and recollection to provide the viewer with an entry point to the work; the experiential effect of gesture and colour, interplaying with shadows cast, to imbue the work with emotional content.

William Bradley was born in York, United Kingdom and lives and works in Los Angeles. Bradley earned a MA Fine Art in Painting from Wimbledon College of Art, UAL in 2008 and BA in Art and Design form York St John University in 2007. He has exhibited at galleries and institutions including Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Makasiini Contemporay, Turku, Finland; Galerie Richard, Paris, France and New York, NY; Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany; Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK; Berloni Gallery, London, UK; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA; and 1969 Gallery, New York, NY. His works are included in the collections of Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH; Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland; University of the Arts London, UK; and the The David and Indrė Roberts Collection amongst other private collections.