Mark Bradford Biography

Mark Bradford is an American artist who was born in Los Angeles. Bradford was educated at the California Institute of the Arts. He is famous for his collaged painting works, which have been shown internationally.

Bradford was the US representative for the year 2016 Venice Biennale. He resides and works in Los Angeles. From a young age, Bradford served in his mother’s salon and referred to himself as a “beauty operator,” continuing to do so even as he earned recognition in the visual arts.

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10 Facts About Mark Bradford

1. Name: Mark Bradford
2. Age: 60 years
3. Birthday: 20th November
4. Height: 8 feet 8 inches tall
5. Weight: Under review
6. Nationality: American
7. Marital Status: Under review
8. Occupation: Artist
9. Famous for: He was the US representative for the year 2016 Venice Biennale
10. Net Worth: $1 to $15million dollars

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Mark Bradford Age

Bradford is 60 years old as of 2021, he was born on 20 November 1961 in Los Angeles. He celebrates his birthday on November 20 every year and his birth sign is Scorpio.

Mark Bradford Height

Bradford stands at a height of 8 feet 8 inches tall.

Mark Bradford Education

Bradford began his studies at the California Institute of the Arts in 1991 at the age of 30. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 and an MFA in 1997.  After he graduated from high school, he obtained his hairdresser’s license and went to work at his mother’s salon

Mark Bradford Family

Bradford was born and raised by his parents in South Los Angeles. His mother Janice Banks rented a beauty salon in Leimert Park. Bradford moved along with his family to a largely white neighborhood in Santa Monica when he was 11 years old, but his mother still maintained her business in the old neighborhood. Bradford served in her shop at times.

Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of Mark’s father is still unclear. It is also not known if he has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.

Mark Bradford Partner

Bradford’s partner is Allan DiCastro. He is gay, and sometimes incorporates ideas of masculinity and gender in his work.

Mark Bradford Net Worth

Bradford has an estimated net worth of $20 million dollars as of 2021. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an artist. Through his various sources of income, Mark has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Mark Bradford Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Mark Bradford.

Mark Bradford Wiki

• Full Names: Mark Bradford
• Popular As: Bradford
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Artist
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: African-American
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Gay

Mark Bradford Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 59 years old as of 2020
• Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
• Date of Birth: 20 November 1961
• Place of Birth: Los Angeles
• Birthday: November 20

Mark Bradford Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 6 feet 8 inches
• Weight: Moderate
• Eye Color: Black
• Hair Color: Black
• Shoe Size: Not Available

Mark Bradford Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Not Known
• Mother: Janice Banks
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Married
• Husband/Spouse: Married to Allan DiCastro
• Dating / Boyfriend: Not Applicable
• Children:  Sons (Not available) Daughter(s) (Not available)

Mark Bradford Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $20 million dollars as of 2021
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Artist

Mark Bradford House and Cars

• Place of living: Los Angeles
• Cars: Car Brand to be Updated

Mark Bradford Art

In March 2018, Helter Skelter I, a monumental painting sold for US$12 million, an artist record as well as the highest-ever auction price achieved by a living African American artist, based on sales results from Phillips and previous auction data.

In the year 2015 Bradford’s mixed-media collage abstract “Constitution IV” (2013) was sold for $5.8 million at Phillips, an auction high for the artist, just months after ‘Smear’ (2015) was sold for $4.4 million, (the upper estimate was $700,000) at Sotheby’s New York NY.

Mark Bradford Quarantine Paintings

In the year 2020 and during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Mark conducted an Online Exhibition named – “Quarantine Paintings.” The exhibition consisted of three paintings the artist had created whilst in lockdown.

Mark Bradford Paintings

Bradford is best known for grid-like abstract paintings combining collage with paint, typically using household items to create his work. Hauser & Wirth opened, ‘Cerberus’, the artist’s first exhibition in the gallery’s London space on 1 October 2019. The exhibition consists of nine large-scale paintings and a video titled, “Dancing in the Street.” The title of the exhibition is based on the mythological figure of Cerberus, the three-headed dog from Greek mythology that guards the entryway to Hades. The exhibition will be open through 21 December 2019.

The Long Museum in Shanghai, China opened ‘Mark Bradford: Los Angeles’, the artist’s largest exhibition in China to date on 27 July 2019. The exhibition featured a new, site-specific sculpture, “Float,” in response to the museum’s architecture, as well as a series of large-scale paintings about the Watts riots that took place in Los Angeles in the year 1965. The Long Museum agreed to make admission to Los Angeles free to the public throughout the duration of the exhibition.

The Baltimore Museum of Art opened Tomorrow Is Another Day, a re-staging of Bradford’s exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia 57th International Art Exhibition in September 2018. As part of the exhibition, Bradford collaborated along with children and staff from the Greenmount West Community Center to silkscreen merchandise on sale in a permanent pop-up shop in the museum. One hundred percent of the proceeds go directly back to the center.

In December 2017, it was announced that Bradford would inaugurate Hauser & Wirth’s gallery space in Hong Kong with a body of new work. The exhibition, which opened on 27 March 2018, comprised a number of new large-scale paintings as well as works that incorporate merchant posters found on the streets.

Mark Bradford: New Works, Bradford’s first gallery exhibition in his hometown of Los Angeles in over 15 years, opened on 17 February 2018. Featuring ten new works, the exhibition continued his investigations into the technical and sociopolitical potentials of abstract painting. Among the paintings on view was Moody Blues for Jack Whitten (2018), a composition of lines and shades of blue that Bradford initiated before the death of his friend Jack Whitten, and completed for this exhibition.

Bradford presented Pickett’s Charge, a monumental cyclorama of paintings commissioned by the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C in November 2017. This work is based directly on the Gettysburg Cyclorama, a monumental installation at Gettysburg National Military Park which depicts Pickett’s Charge, the climactic assault in the year 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. At 400 linear feet of wall space, the installation is Bradford’s largest site-specific work to date.

Mark Bradford Scorched Earth

In the year 2015 Bradford unveiled Elgin Gardens, a special commission for the year 1221 Avenue of the Americas at Rockefeller Center, New York NY. In the year 2015 Bradford presented ‘Scorched Earth’, at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles CA. (‘Scorched Earth’ was subsequently moved to The Broad museum.

The exhibition showcased a suite of new paintings, multimedia, and a major painting on the Lobby Wall. In June 2015 Bradford: Sea Monsters’, toured to Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands from the Rose Art Museum (2014) September and in January 2015, and he presented “Tears of a Tree”, a new body of work at The Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, China.

Mark Bradford Pickett’s Charge

Bradford presented Pickett’s Charge, a monumental cyclorama of paintings commissioned by the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C in November 2017.

This work is based directly on the Gettysburg Cyclorama, a monumental installation at Gettysburg National Military Park which depicts Pickett’s Charge, the climactic assault in the year 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Mark Bradford Portrait

In the year 2017, Bradford created ‘150 Portrait Tone’, a wall painting at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The mural features the text of the 911 call by Philando Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds.

The title, 150 Portrait Tone, refers to the name and color code of the pink acrylic used throughout the painting according to LACMA’s website. Like the now-obsolete “flesh” crayon in the Crayola 64 box (renamed “peach” in the year 1962), the color “portrait tone” carries inherent assumptions about who, exactly, is being depicted. In the context of Bradford’s painting, the title presents a sobering commentary on power as well as representation.

Mark Bradford 60 Minutes

Bradford was profiled on 60 Minutes, in an interview done by Anderson Cooper, which originally aired on 12 May 2019, and in September 2020, CBS News received a News & Documentary Emmy Award News & Documentary Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Arts, Culture as well as Entertainment Report.

Mark Bradford Tomorrow Is Another Day

The Baltimore Museum of Art opened Tomorrow Is Another Day, a re-staging of Bradford’s exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia 57th International Art Exhibition in September 2018. Bradford’s exhibition, titled ‘Tomorrow Is Another Day, garnered extensive critical acclaim and Bradford was lauded as ‘our Jackson Pollock’.

Mark Bradford Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter I, a monumental painting sold for US$12 million, an artist record and the highest-ever auction price achieved by a living African American artist, based on sales results from Phillips and previous auction data in March 2018.

Mark Bradford Collage

In the year 2015 Mark Bradford’s mixed-media collage abstract “Constitution IV” (2013) was sold for $5.8 million at Phillips, an auction high for the artist, just months after ‘Smear’ (2015) was sold for $4.4 million, (the upper estimate was $700,000) at Sotheby’s New York NY. The artist has been exclusively represented by Hauser & Wirth since 2015; he had previously shown with Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and White Cube.

Mark Bradford Venice Biennale

Bradford was the US representative for the year 2016 Venice Biennale.

Mark Bradford Hirshhorn

Bradford presented Pickett’s Charge, a monumental cyclorama of paintings commissioned by the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C in November 2017.

Frequently Asked Questions About Mark Bradford

Who is Mark Bradford?

Mark Bradford is a famous artist. Bradford was educated at the California Institute of the Arts. He is famous for his collaged painting works, which have been shown internationally.

How old is Mark Bradford?

Bradford is an American national born on 20 November 1961 in Los Angeles.

How tall is Mark Bradford?

Bradford stands at a height of 6 feet 8 inches.

Is Mark Bradford married?

Bradford is gay, his partner is Allan DiCastro.

How much is Mark Bradford worth?

Bradford has an approximate net worth of $20 million. This amount has been accrued from his leading roles in the art industry.

Where does Mark Bradford live?

Bradford is a resident of Los Angeles, USA, we shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them.

Is Mark Bradford dead or alive?

Bradford is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.

Where is Mark Bradford Now?

Artist:  Bradford is best known for his collaged painting works, which have been shown internationally. He was the US presentantive for the 2016 Venice Biennale.

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