Dark Skies
Banksy,Billy Childish,Damien Hirst,David Shrigley,Harland Miller,Katherine Bradford,Kostas Papakostas,Mickalene Thomas,Peter Doig,Yayoi Kusama
24 Nov 2025 – 22 Jan 2026
Artist
Katherine Bradford
Bradford is an American painter celebrated for her vibrant, expressive depictions of swimmers, superheroes, and everyday figures floating in luminous, dreamlike worlds. Her work explores themes of community, vulnerability, and the joy of human connection, often through bold colour and intuitive brushwork. Bradford began painting in her 30s and became a leading voice in contemporary figurative painting.
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She didn’t pursue painting full-time until her 30s, after raising a family and working outside the art world. She began taking night classes and slowly built her career from the ground up, eventually becoming a beloved figure in the New York art scene.
Country of Birth
USA
Auction Record
$163,800
Sotheby's New York, 'Six Swimmer Ocean Swim', 2022
Notable Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Notable Exhibitions
American Odyssey, Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz, Austria, 2024
Flying Woman: The Paintings of Katherine Bradford, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, USA, 2022
Exhibitions by Katherine Bradford
