BIOGRAPHY
born 1986, Beaumont, TX
lives and works in Houston, TX
EDUCATION
MFA - Painting (2014)
The University of Houston, Houston, Texas
BFA - Drawing & Painting (2009)
The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Lone Gallery, Dallas, TX
2023
Bradley Kerl, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
To Speak Through Flowers, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX
2022
Sunspots, NADA Project Space, New York City, NY
In & Out, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2021
B a l m, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX
Bite the Hand, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX
2019
Car Show, Gold Diggers, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Bradley Kerl, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX
2017
Greenhouse, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
2016
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Art Palace Gallery
12 Nudes, TOMO Mags, Houston, TX
2015
A Flower Needs a Garden, Alvin Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Alvin, TX
Blind Arcade, Art Palace, Houston, TX
2014
Bradley Kerl, Art Palace, Houston, TX
New Painting :), School of Art Project Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
I Came to See You, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Might Small, Front Gallery, Houston, TX
Infinite Scroll, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX
Next: One Glassell; Glassell School of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, TX
2023
Form & Function, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX
2022
Dream Paper, Galerie SLIKA, Lyon, France
paper., BEERS London, London, England
2021
Fortune Teller, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX
Figurative Art in Houston: 2000 to 2021 The Glassell Connection, The Glassell School of Art, Museum Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
2020
Paradisia, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Maiden Voyage, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX
Critical Analysis: Works from the Faculty at the Glassell School of Art, TC Energy Lobby, Houston, TX
2019
Rude Assembly Part 4, China Heights Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Got It For Cheap, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, Norway
Outdoor Cat, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, TX
Who Do We Love?, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX
2018
Back and Forth, Octavia Art Gallery, Houston, TX
10 Years 10 Artists, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
44 Artists from Texas, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
The Dangerous Professors curated by Ruslana Lichtzier, Flatland Gallery, Houston, TX
2017
Coyote, Jonathan Hopson, Houston, TX (forthcoming)
FUN: Curated works by Benjamin Terry, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Art City Austin, Art Palace Gallery
2016
HOT & WET, Circuit12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Simple Taste Is Popular (with Bill Willis), Art Palace, Houston, TX
Known and Underknown, One Allen Center Gallery, Houston, TX
Dialogue, Rudolph Blume Fine Art/Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX
Art City Austin, Art Palace Gallery
2015
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Art Palace Gallery
2014
Summer Salts, Art Palace, Houston, TX
Everything we want it to be… at all times., Rice University Media Center Gallery, Houston, TX
2013
Tha Brandon: Group Show, Tha Brandon, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2012
HOWBOUTNOW: UH Graduate Painting, 4411 Montrose, Houston, TX
2011
Dis, Dat, Deez, Doz, Tha Joanna, Houston, TX
RESIDENCIES
2022
Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France
2018
Villa Lena Foundation, Toiano, PI, Italy
2017
Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency, Corsicana, Texas
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Support Magazine #2
2019
New American Paintings, West Issue #138
2018
Friend of The Artist: Volume 7
2017
Printed Page SS17
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Dwell, Philip LeBlanc, “Style in Steel: Townhouse Historic Renovation”
https://www.dwell.com/home/style-in-steel-townhouse-historic-renovation-24d0b6b8
2023
Avenue Magazine, “Inside an Artists’ Oasis in Tuscany”
https://avenuemagazine.com/villa-lena-hotel-tuscany/
2022
Artnet News, Vivienne Chow, “What I Buy and Why: Hotelier Lena Evstafieva on Why She Buys the Work
Emerging Female Artists—and Almost Never Sells”
https://news.artnet.com/market/what-i-buy-and-why-lena-evstafieva-2122840
Elle Decor, Mikki Brammer, “Tour a Contemporary Austin Ranch Home with Plenty of Texas Kick”
Glasstire, Caleb Bell, “Texas Textiles: Bradley Kerl Collaborates with Designer Isabel Wilson on Spring Collection”
Houstonia, Amarie Gipson, “A Houston-Based Contemporary Artist You Should Know: Bradley Kerl”
https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2022/11/bradley-kerl-interview
Texas Highways, Clayton Maxwell, “The Art of Spring: Artists Work Their Magic on the Floral Wonders of Texas”
The Houston Chronicle, Andrew Dansby, “MFAH’s Glassell School of Art survives a turbulent 2 years through COVID”
https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/art-exhibits/mfah-s-glassell-school-of-art-survives-a-16769774
2021
The Austin Chronicle, Robert Faires, “Balm: New Paintings by Bradley Kerl”
https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2021-06-18/balm-new-paintings-by-bradley-kerl/
Southwest Contemporary, Lauren Moya Ford, “Bradley Kerl: Balm”
https://cdn.artcld.com/img/6m6jq9no45iqdvlgte0z.jpg
Sightlines, Erin Keever, “Review: ‘Fortune Teller’ at Ivester Contemporary”
https://sightlinesmag.org/review-fortune-teller-at-ivester-contemporary
City Book Houston, Mai Pham, “Three Years Ago He Worked at Amazon. Now this New Chef’s ReikiNa is Among H-Town’s Hottest Restos”
https://www.houstoncitybook.com/reikina-houston/
2020
Real About, Lauren Moya Ford, “A Studio Visit with Bradley Kerl”
https://www.jonathanhopsongallery.com/real-about/a-studio-visit-with-bradley-kerl
PaperCity Houston, Catherine D. Anspon, “Houston’s Best - Art Notes”
https://papercitymagazine.uberflip.com/i/1237002-papercity-houston-may-2020/17?m4=
Financial Times, Melanie Gerlis, “Art Dubai postponed due to coronavirus”
https://www.ft.com/content/ac687230-5e03-11ea-ac5e-df00963c20e6
Wildflower Magazine, Lauren Moya Ford, “Field Guided”
https://www.wildflower.org/magazine/native-plants/field-guided
PaperCity Houston, Catherine D. Anspon, “Art Notes”
http://papercitymagazine.uberflip.com/i/1237002-papercity-houston-may-2020/17?m4=
2019
BOOOOOOOM, Anna Schneider, “Artist Spotlight: Bradley Kerl”
https://www.booooooom.com/2019/12/18/artist-spotlight-bradley-kerl/
PaperCity Houston, Bradley Kerl, “What It’s Really Like to be an Artist in Residence –– A Tale of Two Worlds and One Working Artist”
https://www.papercitymag.com/arts/bradley-kerl-houston-artist-residence-tuscany-corsicana-adventure/
2019
Tribeza, Lauren Jones, “Picture Perfect”
https://tribeza.com/austin-restaurants-perfectly-blend-food-and-art/
2018
It’s Nice That, Lucy Bourton, “Artist Bradley Kerl on swapping his Texan surroundings for Tuscany”
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/bradley-kerl-tuscany-art-221118
Friend of The Artist: Volume 7, Ty Bishop, “Interview with Bradley Kerl”
http://www.friendoftheartist.com/blogs/bradleykerl
Weingarten Art Group, “Bradley Kerl: Verdant Botanicals and Expressive Color”
http://weingartenartgroup.com/bradley-kerl-expressive-color-in-representational-realism-and-abstract-expressionism/
Kinzelman Art Consulting, Kimberley Landa, “Interview: Bradley Kerl”
http://www.kinzelmanart.com/interviews/bradley-kerl/
2017
Texas Monthly, Lauren Smith Ford, “10 Texas Artists to Collect Now”
http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/10-texas-artists-collect-now/
It’s Nice That, Lucy Bourton, “The idyllic and relatable still-lifes of Bradley Kerl”
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/bradley-kerl-art-190117
Free Press Houston, Paul Middendorf and Michael McFadden, “2016 Art in Review: Electric Boogaloo”
http://www.freepresshouston.com/2016-art-in-review-electric-boogaloo/
2016
Houston Press, Kelly Klaasmeyer, “The Art of Isabella Court”
http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/the-paintings-at-isabella-court-run-the-gamut-8082498
2015
Laura Wellen, “Bradley Kerl: Blind Arcade,” catalogue essay
http://www.bradleykerl.com/blind-arcade-catalog