Adrian Bradbury
These paintings are based on the optical and physical navigational challenges involved in ascending the steep Lost World Track high on the flank of kunanyi.
This unformed track is indistinct from the fallen jumble of car-sized dolerite boulders that it steeply ascends. Occasional boulders have been hand-painted with circular red and yellow track-markers to help guide the way. However, these markers are beginning to fade and are increasingly hard to spot as they blend in visually with the circular lichen that also colonise the boulders.
As one ascends this steep track, scrambling with hands and feet over rough dolerite, avoiding the deep-dark-clefts between the rocks, one gets a sense of the mark of humans fading into the depth of an ancient, slow geology. These dolerite boulders having been formed during the Jurassic Period 170 million years ago.
Education
2019-2021 Master of Fine Art (Research), University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
2018 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
2002-2003 Diploma of Visual Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
Awards
2018 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize: Finalist. Adelaide, SA
2017 Lethbridge 10000: Finalist
2016 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize: Finalist. Adelaide, SA
2001 Haileybury College Art Prize: Winner. Melbourne, VIC
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, TAS
2019 Lost. Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS
2019 The Lost World. Moonah Arts Centre, TAS
2019 The Lost World (Track). School House Gallery, Rosny, TAS
2018 Darkness and Light on The Tasman. Maker's Space Gallery, Burnie, TAS
2017 Darkness and Light on The Tasman. Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
2017 First Light. Stillwater Gallery, Launceston, TAS
2016 A Graffitied Land. Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne, VIC
2016 Road Trip: From the Mountains to the Sea. Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery, Albert Park, VIC
2015-2016 Adrian Bradbury. Freycinet Lodge, Coles Bay, TAS
Group Exhibitions
2019 Not Just Paint. The Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
2018 Not Just Paint. The Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
2018 Honours Graduation Show. Plimsoll Gallery, UTAS,Hobart, TAS
2018 In The Elements. Derwent Sailing Squadron, Sandy Bay, TAS
2018 Not Another Landscape. The Floral Criterion, Hobart, TAS
2018 Dear Kunanyi. Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
2018 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize. South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
2017 Spring Has Sprung. Wild Island Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
2017 Water Ways. Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
2016 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize. South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
2016 Kingborough Art Prize. Kingborough, TAS
2016 Antillart, St. Helens, TAS
2015 Freycinet Lodge, Coles Bay, TAS
2006 The Goodness in You, Northcote Social Club, Northcote, VIC
2003 Foyer Show, RMIT, Melbourne, VIC
2003 Project Space/Spare Room, RMIT. Melbourne, VIC
Media/Publications
2020 Baker, Claire, Paintings of wild Tasmaina hit stardom, UTAS. Website. Communications, News. January, 2020
2019 Paintings featured in set design of The Gloaming. Television Production, Stan
2019 Harper, Andrew, Two-way Cleansing. Tas Weekend, The Mercury, August 17-18, 2019
2018 Bradbury, Adrian, Darkness and Light: Uneasy Tributes to the Tasman Sea. Issue 24 White Horses, 2018
2018 Hay, Lara, Contrasts Explored in Art. New Exhibition on now at The Maker's. The Advocate. Tuesday, March 13, 2018
2017 Brunton, Tess, Tasmanian artist Adrian Bradbury clears out taboo at first light. The Examiner. Saturday, August 19, 2017
2016 Ryn, Claire Van, Layered Landscapes. Lume. Issue 5. November 2016
2015 Phillips, Campbell, Wild Artist: Adrian Bradbury on display at Freycinet Lodge, Wild Magazine. Website.
People/Profile. December, 2015