About David Brady
Mixed media artist and teacher

David Brady was born in 1961 in Los Angeles, California. As an artist he is known for his continuous exploration of the figure through traditional and digital collage and his use of found objects. Brady views painting and creativity as a science in which one incessantly experiments with a variety of mediums and self-taught techniques while researching themes through travel, sketching and research. Utilizing a host of found objects and recycled materials his collage based paintings portray powerful and provocative images that reflect contemporary life. His creations include collage, assemblage, oil and drawing as well as digitally based projections and interactive multimedia.

Since the early 1980’s, Brady's paintings and collage works have been featured in several one-man and group exhibitions, international projects and student programs. His appetite for everything creative has landed him an "Artist in Residence in Japan", performance works at UCLA/Hammer Museum in addition to collaborative projects with Nelson Mandela, poet Amde Hamilton, composer Mark Sims and others.

Exhibitions and projects include the Museum of Fine Art Cuba, Modern Art Museum Mexico, Turchin Center for the Arts, The Lincoln Center, Lilia Arts Center Japan, MOCA Los Angeles, World Trade Center Osaka and the Center for the Study of Collage in France and others.

Brady entered the digital arena in the early 1990's and has since garnered a host of multimedia and design awards as a creative director and digital artist. He continues to work with seriously ill and at-risk youth, veterans and community outreach programs. David Brady currently resides in West Los Angeles, California.

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Artist's Statement
Painting for me is a constant process of exploration, research and education. The creative process is paramount in my approach to painting especially when it comes to experimentation. I need to attack each image through a different approach, a different method in order to keep the spontaneity and incorporate chance into the work.

The theme in my painting has been constant throughout my life as I find the figure interesting, challenging and the most complex subject to study. I am interested in capturing human emotion and thoughts utilizing techniques, familiar objects and references to give the viewer their own map to understanding the image.

I incorporate found objects and references to trigger different memories for each viewer. This is important to me as I want each viewer to have an individual starting point when they first see the image. My paintings are a reflection of society as I use layers of varied materials (memories) to show the complex world we reside in.

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Exhibitions: Selected list

2010
New Works
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles

Revisions/10
Eco Logical Art Gallery, Los Angeles

The Anthros
Green Brooms, Santa Monica

2009
The Healing Game
Altered Space Gallery, Venice

Butow + Brady
BradyArt Studios, Los Angeles

2008
New Works by David Brady
Norm Maxwell Gallery, Los Angeles

2007
Fearless Leaders
The Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City

The Microscope
Norm Maxwell Gallery, Los Angeles

America Dysfunction
Solo Exhibition, Newcomb Gallery
University of Virginia, Charlottesvill, VA

Street Life
Norm Maxwell Gallery, Los Angeles

2005
The Unity Series
World Econimic Forum
Davos Switzerland

2004
Sum of the Parts
Turchin Center for the Arts
Boone, NC

2002
IV International Digital Art Exhibition
National Museum of Fine Art
Habana, Cuba

Combination, Digital Projections
UCLA/Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Wish You Were Here, Postcards 2002
Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York

International Contemporary Collage
Gallery Saint Martin, Paris, France

New Contemporary Collage
International Center for the Study of Collage,
Sergine, France

2001
All Nude All the Time
Robert Canaga Gallery, Eugene, OR

2000
Vernissage
Kreishaus Gallerie, Bergheim, Germany

Triggers and Responses
Solo Exhibition
The... Gallery, Hollywood

Human Evolution
World Trade Center, Osaka, Japan

1999
Expressing the Repressed
Virtigo Gallery, Memphis, TN

Mexico '99, Global Culture Center
Museum of Modern Art, Toluca, Mexico

1998
L.A. Freeways
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Kawaguchi Art Station '98
Lilia Art Center, Kawaguchi, Japan

Ten Los Angeles Artists
Magnet West Gallery, Culver City

New Assemblages
Edward Byrd Gallery, Los Angeles

World Contemporary Art
L.A. Convention Center, Los Angeles

Citizen, Global Culture Center
SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco

1997
The Great Garbage Binge Art Show
Boise State University Art Center, Boise

1996
Loss of the Soul
Solo Exhibition
Pacific Court Gallery, Santa Monica

New Figurative Works
Earthbeat Gallery, Santa Monica

It Ain't Necessarily So
Solo Exhibition
Raleigh Studios Gallery, Hollywood

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