ELAINE BRADFORD _______________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION 2003 MFA, California Institute of the Arts 2000 BFA, Studio Art, The University of Texas at Austin _______________________________________________________________________ SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2004 Domestic Camouflage, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. October-December. 2003 Small Comforts, Other Worlds, East Gallery, Fullerton, California. August- Sept. Curated by Ansley Davies and Maria-Lisa Flemington. The Grove, Lime Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California. April. 2002 Elaine's Show, A402 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, February. 2000 Comfort Show, New Gallery, Austin, Texas. May. _______________________________________________________________________ GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2004 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, November Empty Nest, Sweetboy Projects Home Base, Los Angeles, CA, July Arboretum, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July-August BID Show, Guaranteed Vacuum, Arroyo Arts Collective, Highland Park, CA, May, Juried by Liz Larner Pleasure Garden, Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood, CA, April. Girls Who Wear Glasses, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA. March, Curated by Adriana Yugovich. Scope Art Fair, Hotel Gansevoort, New York, NY. March. 2003 Trail Mix: A Mile of Art, Hahamongna Watershed Park, Pasadena, CA, November, Selected by New Town Pasadena. In the Nursery, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA,October-January. We've Moved, The Armory, Pasadena, CA. September-November. Armory Outdoor Sculpture Installational, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA.July-Aug Space Invaders, Six Months, Los Angeles, CA. May. Emergence, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA. March. Curated by Cara Baldwin. 2002 Old Town Newhall Art Walk, Jazmin's Bakery, Newhall, CA. December. Commissioned by City of Santa Clarita, California. Soft, Time & Place Gallery, Gorman, CA. November-January. MFA Mid Residency Show, California Institute of the Arts,Valencia, CA, October. The Morning After, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. May. 2001 Additions, D301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. November. 2000 Passing Through Walls: An Art Exhibition Inside an Architecture Building, Sutton Hall, The University of Texas, Austin, TX. December. Revelation, Texas, International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX. May- June. Juried by Dr. Frances Colpitt, Luis Jimenez, and Sharon Engelstein. 2000 Art Students Exhibition, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX. February. Selected by Mel Ziegler. 1999 Surface Tension: An Art Exhibition Inside a Swimming Center, The Texas Swimming Center, Austin, TX. December. New Works Exhibit, Performing Arts Center, Austin, TX. March. Juried by Bradley Peterson. _______________________________________________________________________ BIBLIOGRAPHY "Mile of Smiles: NewTown art show on trail draws a variety of reactions." Gene Maddaus. Pasadena Star News. November 9, 2003. "More Tampons, Please! Sometimes, whimsy is its own reason for being." Rebecca Scoenkopf. Orange County Weekly. Sept. 5-11, 2003. "Empty lot, blank canvas; At Armory Northwest, 15 sculptors try to find life in the banal: a parking area. Some do." Holly Myers. Los Angeles Times. Aug.14, 2003. "Aesthetic Thesis Statements: Master of fine arts graduates show skillful and experimental work around the southland," Scarlet Chino. Los Angeles Times. May 1, 2003. "Artistic Business: Artists make the most of what they have to create works of art." Margie Anne Clark. The Signal. January 3, 2003. "Creative Elan: Students try on styles, moods, and media in UT?s Annual Art Exhibition." Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin. Austin American Statesman. February 3, 2000