AN EXHIBITION OF JUNK PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES BY BRAD CHAPMAN BLEAU
Artist Bio
Brad Chapman Bleau’s work is situated in visual and material culture, exploring themes of surrealism, memento mori, nostalgia and tattoo iconography. He is an illustrator, painter, sculptor and printmaker who constructs knowledge by engaging in deep, meaningful dialogue with process and material. Growing up in the outskirts of Worcester, Brad Chapman Bleau moved to Boston in 2010, receiving his BFA in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He then moved back to Worcester in 2017, and began his graduate studies at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. Bleau received his MFA in Interdisciplinary Art in 2022, beginning as an adjunct professor of art at Worcester State University, as well as Assistant Director of the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Art Gallery. His work has been shown in numerous galleries and museums across Massachusetts, winning several awards including the Sara Parker painting prize during Fitchburg Art Museum’s 85th Annual Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, and ArtsWorcester’s Material Needs Grant in 2022.
@bradtheartist
www.bradchapmanbleau.weebly.com
Brad Chapman Bleau’s work is situated in visual and material culture, exploring themes of surrealism, memento mori, nostalgia and tattoo iconography. He is an illustrator, painter, sculptor and printmaker who constructs knowledge by engaging in deep, meaningful dialogue with process and material. Growing up in the outskirts of Worcester, Brad Chapman Bleau moved to Boston in 2010, receiving his BFA in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He then moved back to Worcester in 2017, and began his graduate studies at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. Bleau received his MFA in Interdisciplinary Art in 2022, beginning as an adjunct professor of art at Worcester State University, as well as Assistant Director of the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Art Gallery. His work has been shown in numerous galleries and museums across Massachusetts, winning several awards including the Sara Parker painting prize during Fitchburg Art Museum’s 85th Annual Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, and ArtsWorcester’s Material Needs Grant in 2022.
@bradtheartist
www.bradchapmanbleau.weebly.com
