ANNE BRADFORD

Anne was born in England and raised in Canada and the US. She moved to New York City in 1970 and lived there for twelve years working as a graphic/multimedia designer and fine artist.

In 1985 she moved to California, first to San Diego, then in 1998 to Healdsburg. It was in Southern California that her painting evolved from abstract form to contemporary realism with a strong emphasis on nature. The striking flora of the area became an inspiration to the highly dramatic "imagescapes" that she painted. Giant agaves, layers of palm fronds or swirling patterns of aloe were painted along with intense skies and highly contrasted architectural features, some with layers of sand; to create scenes that were both imaginary and real.

Since moving to Healdsburg, Anne's vision changed again; first to reflect the surrounding environment, landscapes, valleys, vineyards and the Russian River, have become the subjects of her work. Now there is a need to paint other things, mixing images from various sources and abstracts.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009 - Art Off the Square (Spirits in Stone's Contemporary Gallery) Sonoma, CA

2008/9 - Ethos Gallery, Truckee, CA 2006 - Anderson / Miguel Fine Art, Healdsburg, CA
2005 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
2003/4/5 - Anne Bradford Gallery at the Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg, CA
2001/2/3/4 - Anne Bradford Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2001 - "9.11" Sonoma County Artists Respond to the Events of Sept.11, Petaluma Arts Council, Petaluma, CA
2001 - Silver Stone Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA "The Direction of Art". Invitational
2004/2000/1999 - Next Level Communications, Rohnert Park, CA.
1999 & 1998 - Art on the Move, Healdsburg Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Healdsburg, CA
1997 - San Diego Museum of Art, Artist's Guild Jury Show.
1996 & 1997 - Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA."Women in Art."
1995 - Valerie Miller Fine Art, Group Show.
1995 - ASID Designer Showcase House, Rancho Mirage, CA.
1994 - San Diego Museum of Art, Artist’s Guild Jury Show, Juror, Katherine Plake Hough, Curator, Palm  Springs, Desert Museum.
1994 - Lyceum Theater Gallery, Third Annual Juried Exhibition San Diego Museum of Art Artist’s Guild.
1993 - Art Collector, San Diego, "Morphological Expressions" Solo
1993 - Art Collector, San Diego, Group Show.
1993 - The Foster Art Center, San Diego
1992 - Art Collector, San Diego, Group Show.
1991 - Los Angeles Convention Center, "DECA" Fine Art
1990 - Retrospective Gallery, La Jolla, CA , "Mythical Celebrations", Three Artists.
1990 - The Foster Art Center, "San Diego Artists", San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art.
1989 - Cafe Roma, La Jolla, CA Solo Show.
1989 - San Diego Museum of Art, Artist’s Guild Open Juried Exhibition, Juror, Lita Albequrque.
1989 - Retrospective Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
1988 - National Congress of Art & Design, Salt Lake City, Utah, Juror, H. T. Hopkins.
1988 - Brushworks Gallery, San Diego, Solo.
1987 - Gateway Center, NJ, Invitational.
1987 - Metro Gallery, San Diego "Southern California Artists".

COMMISSIONS & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

British Airways, Concord Lounge, Bermuda & First Class Lounge, Houston, TX
Buena Vista Palace Hotel, Buena Vista, FL
North Island Credit Union, San Diego, CA
Big Horn Country Club, Palm Desert, CA
The Marriott Hotel, Coronado, CA
Deloitte & Touche, San Diego, CA
Sandpiper Technologies, Inc. Manteca, CA
Schurter Inc. Santa Rosa, CA
Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg, CA
Opera Plaza, San francisco, CA
Steppin' Out Magazine, Fort Bragg, CA
Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, CA
Beyers Costin, Santa Rosa, CA

Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA
Price Family, San Diego, CA many private collections.

JUROR

2003 "Series of Three", Plaza Art Center, Healdsburg Arts Council
2004 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Art Auction, Sebastopol, CA
Cloverdale Arts Council, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Cloverdale, CA

EDUCATION

1994 Foundation for Educational Achievement, Computer Studies
1994 San Diego Community College, Career Center, Computer Studies
1991 San Diego State University Art Dept., Environmental Design
1986-87 City College, San Diego Theater Art
1974 School of Visual Arts, New York

AWARDS

1994 California Discovery Award - Gold

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 to 2004
Opened and established one of the finest contemporary art galleries in Sonoma County in the city of Healdsburg at 431 Center St. until Nov. 2004. Also exhibited several shows at the Hotel Healdsburg. During that time she promoted the arts through rotating group shows exhibiting abstracts, figurative works and landscapes by leading Sonoma County & Bay Area artists, in all, more than 40 professional fine artists while continuing to create her own work.

1999-2000
Worked with the Healdsburg Arts Council to promote the visual arts. Organized and coordinated all aspects of various exhibitions.

1993-1999
Freelance graphic and multimedia designer. Projects included designs for trade shows, packaging and logo designs for print for Dale Carnegie & Associates, AFM Enterprises, Mad Catz, Grape Escape and others.

1994-1996
Founded and co-owned Matrix, A Multimedia Company in San Diego. Designed interactive kiosk for the Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA; CD-demo for the Museum of Modern Art, San Diego, plus other interactive projects for the arts.

1974-1984
Graphic, multimedia designer and freelance illustrator for children's books.


SPECIAL PROJECTS

STAGE
1987 Designed and produced the stage sets for the production of "Isn't It Romantic" at City College, San Diego.

TELEVISION
1988 Interviewed live and displayed work on "Eye on San Diego".
1986 Studio visit and interview on "Inside San Diego".

FILM
1987 Five large paintings decorated the very contemporary loft setting on the film K-9 shot in San Diego, CA.