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Biography
Born in Carmel, California Paige Bradley knew she would be an artist by the age of nine. Immersed in the natural world, Bradley's fascination with the human figure began early. She believed that through the figure an artist could speak a universal language that is timeless and essential. Paige Bradley started drawing from the nude model by the age of ten and by fifteen was studying intensely at university campuses during the summer months. Knowing that she was naturally a sculptor, at seventeen she cast her first bronze sculpture.
Educated at Pepperdine University, Paige spent a year in Florence, Italy with the university's study program. There she studied at the Florence Academy of Art. She went on to continue her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1995 she was assistant sculptor (to Richard MacDonald) on a monument for the Atlanta Olympic Games. In 2001 she was voted into the National Sculpture Society and the Salmagundi Club as a professional sculptor. In 2006 she was chosen to create a prestigious international award for young dancers, titled "Ballet International". Selected by a panel of judges, a young international dancer is now awarded this sculpture every year.
Annually, Paige Bradley has several exhibitions, and her work can be seen in selected galleries throughout the world. In 2004 she moved her studio from California to New York City. In the spring of 2007 she moved to London, where she currently works full time.
Early life and education
Educated at Pepperdine University, Paige spent a year in Florence, Italy with the university's study program. There she studied at the Florence Academy of Art. She went on to continue her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Artistic Analysis
Paige's work is full of dichotomies: both the beautiful and the ugly, the liberated and the contained, the falling and the floating. She is always in control of form but not imprisoned by its literality. The subject matter becomes the most important – focusing on humanistic betrayals of modern emotion. Paige's work is becoming a valuable keystone for the missing figure in contemporary art.
Public Art
- Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut
- David A. Straz Jr., Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, Florida
- Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England
Awards and Recognition
- 2009 - Gold Medal of Honor, The Allied Artists of American, Annual Juried Exhibition
- 2006 - Third Place Award, 4th Annual A.R.C. Salon, Online International Exhibition
- 2005 - Lindsey Morris Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America Show
- 2004 - Leonard Meiselman Memorial Award, Pen and Brush
- 2004 - Third Place Award, Women Artists of the West
- 2003 - Young Sculptor Award, Viselaya Sculpture Competition
- 1997 - Ramborger Prize, Outstanding Achievement at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- 1996 - Stewardson Award, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- 1989-1992 - California Arts Scholars Medal, California State (award to high school talent)
References
- Naples Academy of Ballet, Naples Illustrated 2009
- Sculpture Installed, The Point Magazine, Winter 2008
- The Visible Nude by Ellen Cutler, Sculpture Review, Summer 2008
- Top Ten Artists to Watch, Art Business News, February 2004
- Perservance Pays Off, Monterey County Herald, Adventures Magazine, Winter/Spring 2002
- Sphere of Art, Lisa Crawford Watson, Monterey County Herald, May 1, 2001
- Paige Bradley, Lisa Crawford Watson, Monterey County Herald, April 21, 1996