BRONWEN BRADSHAW RWA
Date of Birth: September 7, 1945
Place: Ruislip, Middlesex
Profession: Artist
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Bronwen Bradshaw took a BA Honours Degree in Modern Languages at the University of London from 1963 to 1966. In 1972 and 1974 she studied at the Salzburg Sommerkunstakademie where she won a prize for her work. From 1970 to 1975 she was a lecturer in English at the University of Munich and from 1992 to 2000 she became an Art Tutor for Somerset County Council specialising in printmaking and teaching to classes of exceptionally able children. She is also a member of the Sherborne Contemporary Art Society, Spike Island Printmakers in Bristol and the Somerset Printmakers.
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Her recent exhibition record includes a solo show in 1998 at the Somerset Rural Life Museum and a group show at the Taunton Brewhouse Gallery. In 1999 and 2000 her work was included in a contemporary print show at the Barbican Arts Centre in London and in 1999 she showed work at Bath's Hotbath Gallery as an invited artist. In 2000, The Malthouse Gallery in Somerset held an exhibition entitled 'Rhythms' that featured her work alongside another selected artist. The same year she participated in the 'Academicians' Portraits' exhibition at the RWA and in 2001 she showed in the Autumn Exhibition at the RWA.
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In reflecting upon her work Bronwen Bradshaw writes….
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'At present my work comprising mainly etchings and mono screenprints, is largely abstract. I am attempting to reconcile the two passions in my life, namely art and music, by spinning off the music into colour and line and trying to find ways to make sound visible. A new departure for me is the making of books, which I teach, together with etching and relief print, at my studio in Butleigh Somerset. I also direct a singing group which explores 20th century choral music, and play and teach the hammered dulcimer'.
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