Biography

Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2006, Bridgland has utilised a diverse range of materials and working methods. From printed text and image to public commissions, Bridgland’s practice pursues an incisive and witty exploration of distinctively British sentiments. Through his distinctive brand of image-making, everyday and mundane subjects are treated with the importance and status of emblems. Although based in London, Bridgland works across the UK and in diverse locations, from traditional gallery spaces to old lifeguards’ outposts. His work is housed in numerous public and private collections, including the V&A, the British Museum, the BBC, Boeing Asia and HBOS.

Exhibition

CIRCA
CIRCA is a series of eight silkscreen printed works by internationally renowned British artist Adam Bridgland, editioned in the print studio at Peacock Visual Arts in Aberdeen. Installed across the city of Dundee during late August 2013 in spaces egalitarian in nature, including bus and train stations, cinema foyers, libraries, shopping centres and public houses, the project embraces the theme of exploration. Moving the artwork from the traditions and confines of the art gallery and taking them in to the public realm, the context and reading of the works will become altered. Printmaking more than any other artistic medium has become intrinsically linked with popular culture, through such things as advertising in magazines or billboards for example, although we take this for granted. The project is to explore this notion by placing hand crafted printed works bedded within the history of printmaking and moving them in to everyday.