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Kathy Bradshaw
Birch Cascading Over Water - 2011 - by Kathy Bradshaw

Kathy Bradshaw

Kathy Bradshaw was born in 1961 in Port Alberni, British Columbia. She first studied education at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, but later enrolled in the Fine Arts program, studying with Robert Christie, Graham Fowler, Clint Hunker, and Terry Billings. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2005, Bradshaw has continued her studies through participation in workshops and international residencies, including those at Emma Lake, with artists like Degen Lindner, David Alexander, and George Glenn, among others. In 2012-13 Bradshaw was awarded a year-long mentorship with Clint Hunker, through CARFAC Saskatchewan, and was named a "Saskatchewan Artist to Watch" in 2019.

Bradshaw focuses on expressive colour and texture in her work, which can involve oils, encaustic, charcoal, and collage. She writes, "Although I work with a range of subject matters, I am most passionate about depicting the strength and beauty within prairie and northern boreal forest landscapes. With each work, I strive to convey the presence of the space before me and the character of the forms within that space. I am also fascinated with the effects of light and feed on the challenge of expressing this in my work."

Bradshaw's work has been exhibited across Western Canada, including solo shows with the Shurniak Gallery (Assiniboia, SK), Art Placement (Saskatoon), Nouveau Gallery (Regina), Frances Morrison Library Gallery (Saskatoon) and Black Spruce Gallyer (Northside, SK). Her paintings are part of numerous private and corporate collections in Canada, the US and abroad, and can be found the permanent collections of Shurniak Gallery and Saskatoon Public Library. Bradshaw has been involved in several arts organizations including the Saskatchewan Art Educators Association, Mix Artist Collective, and CARFAC Saskatchewan, and she has led encaustic workshops for individual artists and artist groups since 2005. For many years Bradshaw taught visual arts at Evan Hardy Collegiate (Saskatoon) and in 2014 she was named Saskatchewan Art Educator of the Year. Kathy Bradshaw continues to live in Saskatoon, where she recently retired from teaching and now devotes herself fulltime to artmaking.


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