Michael Thorn Bradley
PO Box 7305
Berkeley, California 94707
Phone: (510) 350 7522  

Born: New York, New York. November 3, 1944

Education:

B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1971
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1973
M.F.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1974

Group Exhibitions:

American Prints, The Print Club; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1973.
Metaphysical Works, Richmond Art Center; Richmond, California. 1973.
M.F.A. Candidates, University Art Museum; Berkeley, California. 1974.
California/Hawaii Regional, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego; San Diego, California. Catalog published. 1974.
Western Printmakers, Los Angeles Printmaking Society; Los Angeles, California. Circulated to Norway and England. 1974.
Works on Paper by Fiftenen Bay Artists, San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, California. Catalog published. 1974.
Interstices, San Jose Museum of Art; San Jose, California Also exhibited at Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Flint Institute of Arts. Catalog published. 1975.
21st Annual All California, Laguna Beach Museum of Art; Laguna Beach, California. 1975.
California Landscape, The Oakland Museum; Oakland, California. 1975.
Fetishes and Myths, Lester Gallery: Inverness, California. 1975.
Realism to Abstraction, Syntex Gallery; Palo Alto, California. 1976.
Artists' Soap Box Derby, San Francisco MOMA: San Francisco, California. 1978.
Rituales, Espejos, y Otras Cosas, La Casa de la Cultura; La Paz, Baja California. 1983.
Symbols and Surfaces, The Civic Arts Gallery; Walnut Creek, California. 1983.
Ritual Dances, Blue Cross Corporation Gallery; Oakland, California. 1983.
One Painter/Three Sculptors, Shidoni Gallery; Tesuque, New Mexico. 1985.
El Dia de los Muertos, Galeria de la Raza; San Francisco, California. 1987.
La Cruz: Spiritual Source, Galeria de la Raza; San Francisco, California. 1988
Bay Area Bronze, The Civic Arts Gallery; Walnut Creek, California. 1988.
El Dia de los Muertos, Galeria de la Raza; San Francisco, California. 1988.
El Dia de los Muertos, The Alternative Museum; New York, New York. Cataolg published. 1988.
The Art of the Mask, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College; Moraga, California. Catalog published. 1991.
Spiritual Journeys, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists' Gallery; San Francisco, California. 1992.
The Crucifixion through the Modern Eye, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College; Moraga, California. Catalog published. 1992.
Moment to Moment: The Art of Photo Documentation, Gallery Concord; Concord, California 1993
Monothon, Site Santa Fe: Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1996.
California 1997, California Rush Gallery; Sag Harbor, New York. 1997.

Family Portrait

One Person Exhibitions:

Paintings, Collectors Gallery; Laguna Beach, California. 1974.
Contradictions, Ames Gallery; Berkeley, California 1974.
Votives, Berkeley Art Center; Berkeley, California. 1976.
Ceremonies, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco, California. 1977.
Paintings and Sculpture, San Jose Museum of Art; San Jose, California. 1977.
Photographs, Paintings and Sculpture, Gump's Gallery; San Francisco, California. 1977.
Las Ceremonias, Evergreen State College Art Gallery; Olympia, Washington. 1978.
Masks, A.S.U.C. Gallery; University of Califrnia; Berkeley, California. 1980.
Paintings, Gump's Gallery; San Francisco, California. 1981.
Paintings, Gump's Gallery; San Francisco, California. 1983.
Bronze Sculpture & Related Drawings. Gump's Gallery; San Francisco, California. 1984.
Paintings and Sculptures, Gump's Gallery; San Francisco, California. 1986.

Dawn Over The Bay

Books and Publications:

Saving Grace. (Collaboration with Paul Portges), 41 pages, poetry and etchings. Godwana Press; Berkeley, California. 1973.
Communion in Solitude: Mexico from the Corner of an Eye. 96 pages, photography. Scrimshaw Press: San Francisco, California. 1975.
The Crossing of Crows. 48 pages, poetry. Saguaro Press; Berkeley, California. 1977.
The Desert of the Altar. 24 pages, poetry. Saguaro Press; Berkeley, California. 1978.
Art's Creed. Broadside, poetic list. Burning Plains Press; Nogales, Mexico. 1980.
Legacy. (Collaboration with Lucia Berlin). 28 pages, prose and illustrations. Poltroon Press; Berkeley, California. 1983.
Nine Good Reasons to Visit the Prado. Broadside, illuminated poem.
11 by 8 1/2 inches. Burning Plains Press; Nogales, Mexico. 1987.
Ballrooms. Broadside, illuminated poem. 30 by 22 inches. Baile Litho; Chula Vista, California 1989.
Masks: Mascaras. 5 pages, photographs and conceptual text. The Journal of International Facewear, Volume One; Berkeley, California 1991.
The Paradise of Pretension. 1 page, title embossed, 30 by 30 inches, folded into 6 " x 6 " squares, shot through with one 38 caliber bullet. Pressed for a Reason Press; Brownsville, Texas. 1992.
Matamoros: the Unpredictable. Broadside, poem impressed in kneaded rubber erasers,
10 1/2 by 15 3/4 inches. Baile Litho, Chula Vista, California. 1993.
The Archangel, Suddenly. Broadside, poem with hair cuttings from Saul's Barber Shop.
30 by 22 inches. Saguaro Press; Berkeley, California. 1995.
I Caschi per Protegerrsi Dalla Merda di Stornello, sepia print cartoon/hand colored, 11" x 16 1/4", Saguaro Press; Berkeley, California. 2000.

Fire Water Siesta

Awards:

K.Q.E.D. Arstist's Award. (Television Special; Public Broadcasting System). K.Q.E.D.: San Francisco, California. 1974.
Purchase Prize. San Francisco Arts Festival. City of San Francisco. 1974.
Rounce & Coffin Western Books Award. Los Angeles, California 1976.
Bookbuilder's West Award. San Francisco, California. 1977.
William Andrews Clark Western Books Award. New York, New York. 1984.
Regional Design, Annual Award. New York, New York. 1984.
Bookbuilder's West Award. San Francisco, California. 1984.

Commissions:

The Houston Triptych; Fragments of a Storm. A mural composed of three 7 1/2 foot by 35 foot canvases. Overall dimensions: 7 1/2 by 105 feet. Acrylic. For First International Bank of Houston. Houston, Texas. 1979-1980.
The San Francisco Diptych: Pacific Dawn. A mural composed of two canvases, each measuring 36 by 60 inches. Acrylic. For RREEF Corporation. San Francisco, California 1982.
The Scepter of Five Crowns. A bronze sculpture, measuring 54 x 18 x 3 inches. For the lobby of the offices of Dr. Steven Baldwin. Berkeley, California. 1986.
Lowering Cloud. Acrylic on Canvas, measuring 71 by 123 inches. For Uno-Cal Corporation. Costa Mesa, California. 1996.
Elements. A quadripartite mural composed of four 48" by 132" canvases, applied to curved plywood panels in the atrium corridor of the executive suite. Overall dimensions: 4' by 44'. Acrylic. For Duke Power. Charlotte, North Carolina. 1998. See Elements
Land's End, The Pacific, Fire in the Sky. Acrylic on Canvas, for the main lobby. 60 by 90 inches. For Duke Power. Charlotte, North Carolina. 1998.
Spectrum of the Hawk. Ceramic mask, with mixed media, 25 by 5 1/2 by 6 inches. For Dr. Steven Baldwin. San Francisco, California. 1999. See Spectrum of the Hawk

La Bruja Azul

Collections:

Cabinet des Estampes et de la Photograhie. Biblioteque Nationale; Paris, France.
United Gas and Pipeline. Houston, Texas.
City of San Francisco Arts Commission. San Francisco, California.
Gulf Oil. Houston, Texas.
Alumax. San Mateo, California.
Penzoil. Houston, Texas.
RREEF Corporation. San Francisco, California.
California First Bank. San Francisco, California.
Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.
Crocker National Bank. Los Angeles, California.
Bank of America. San Francisco, California.
Oxford Petroleum. Houston, Texas.
Uno-Cal Corporation. Costa Mesa, California.
Prudential Insurance. Newark, New Jersey.
Smithsonian Institiute. Washington, D.C.
First International Bank of Houston. Houston, Texas.
Duke Energy Corporation. Houston, Texas.
The Doubletree Hotel. Pasadena, California.
RREEF Corporation. Houston, Texas.
Hearst Art Gallery. St. Mary's College; Moraga, California.
Uno-Cal Corporation. El Segundo, California.
Duke Power. Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

The Artist in His Studio, 1980.

Elements, The Duke Power Mural Project, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Installed by International Fine Art Conservation Studios Inc., 1998.

Spectrum of the Hawk. Ceramic mask, with mixed media, 25 by 5 1/2 by 6 inches. For Dr. Steven Baldwin. San Francisco, California. 1999.

Detail