Jyll Bradley
Jyll Bradley | |
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Born | 1966 (age 54–55) Folkestone, England, United Kingdom |
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Known for | Installation art, sculpture |
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Jyll Bradley (born 1966, Folkestone) is an artist based in London.[1] She makes installations, films, drawings and sculptures. She has produced public art projects such as 'Green/Light (for M.R.)' (2014) created for the Folkestone Triennial,[1] and 'Dutch Light' (2017) made for Turner Contemporary (Margate).[2]
Education and early career[]
Bradley studied at Goldsmiths College (University of London) (1985–88) and the Slade School of Fine Art (1991–93).[3] During her early career, Bradley created photographic installations, showing at The Showroom (London) in 1987, Riverside Studios (London) in 1988 and Hayward Gallery (London) in 1990.[3][4] As curator Caroline Collier has written, some of Bradley's early work "appeared to be singled out for attack by some of the reviewers", leading the artist to withdraw from the art world for a number of years.[4] The next public showing of her work was at Spacex (Exeter) in 2003.[5]
Career in scriptwriting and radio[]
From 1998 to 2004, Bradley worked for BBC Radio, writing radio dramas. Her drama 'Filet de Sole Veronique' (1997) won her the European Broadcasting Award for Best Script.[6][7] 'Just Plain Gardening' aired on Woman's Hour in 2002.[8][9] She adapted Kate Chopin’s novel ‘The Awakening’ for radio.[6][10] Bradley also wrote a number of texts for the stage, including 'The Fruit has Turned into Jam in the Fields' (1995) played at the Scarlett Theatre and 'On the Playing Fields on her Rejection' (1996) at the Drill Hall.[11] Her play Girl, watching (2003), set in 1979, is about a fourteen-year-old female birdwatcher.[12]
Work[]
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Bradley's work uses the formal aesthetic and material qualities of minimalism to explore identity and place.[13] Her work often brings together natural materials such as wood, with industrially produced materials such edge-lit plexiglass. Much of her work uses horticultural practices and structures (such as the glass house, the Dutch light, the espalier) as the basis for both its form and its exploration of the relationship between people and place.[14] Her large-scale public works have been used as sites for performance, reflecting Bradley's belief in "sculpture as a potent gathering place of people and ideas."[3] She often works collaboratively, producing, for example, the film 'Pardes' (2020) with the Scottish Ensemble[15] and the film 'Lean/In' (2021) with artist and choreographer Michaela Cisarikova, with music by the Scottish rock band Cocteau Twins.[16]
Reviewing a 2010 exhibition in Art Monthly, critic Gill Hedley wrote that Bradley's work "brings the very personal alongside genuinely public projects".[17] A review of a 2011 exhibition in The Guardian, by Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark, saw her work as "a series of celebrations of Proustian memory."[18]
Selected exhibitions[]
Solo exhibitions[]
- Pardes, Fruitmarket, Edinburgh, 2021[19]
- "Opening the Air", Sculpture in the city, London, 2018[13]
- "Dutch/Light (for Agneta Block)", Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2017–18[2]
- Airports for the Lights, Shadows and Particles, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2011[20]
- Botanic Garden, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2009[21]
- Human Cargo (with Melanie Jackson and Lisa Cheung), Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 2007[22]
Group exhibitions[]
- Drawing Biennial, The Drawing Room, London, 2015[23]
- Folkestone Triennial, 2014[1]
- Galápagos, The Fruitmarket Gallery, 2012[24]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Jyll Bradley - Creative Folkestone". www.creativefolkestone.org.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Dutch/Light (for Agneta Block)". Sculpture in the City. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Jyll Bradley » About". jyllbradley.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ a b Collier, Caroline (10 March 2021). "Jyll Bradley in conversation with Caroline Collier" (PDF). Mummery + Schnelle.
- ^ "Jyll Bradley - artist, news & exhibitions". photography-now.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Vegetarian Shabbat Chanukah lunch with artist and member, Jyll Bradley, in conversation with art historian, Keziah Goudsmit – New London Synagogue". Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Thirty Minute Theatre: Filet de Sole Veronique". The Radio Times (3854). 11 December 1997. p. 129. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Jyll Bradley". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Just Plain Gardening - Radio 4 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ Aston, Elaine (2000). The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 239.
- ^ Aston, Elaine (2000). The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 250.
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (February 2003). "Review — For The Birds". West Midland Bird Club. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2021.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ a b "Opening the Air". Sculpture in the City. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Who says gardening isn't dramatic?". The Guardian. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Scottish Ensemble Pardes: meet our creatives". Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Jyll Bradley » Lean/In (2021)". Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Jyll Bradley - Exhibition Review | Gill Hedley". www.gillhedley.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Sherwin, Skye; Clark, Robert (26 February 2011). "Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Jyll Bradley's installation Pardes is the first stand-alone commission for the Fruitmarket's new Warehouse". FAD Magazine. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Jackson, Ian (28 February 2011). "Artwork of the Week - Jyll Bradley". Art in Liverpool. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "The Botanic Garden". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ 12925531. "Human Cargo: Contemporary Art - Educators Notes". Issuu. Retrieved 10 March 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Jyll Bradley » Green/ Light (Study) » Drawing Biennial 2015 at Drawing Room". Drawing Room. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Galápagos". The Fruitmarket Gallery. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links[]
- Sculptors from London
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art