BIO / CV

Biography

Bradley Settles (b. 1983, United States) is currently an M.F.A. in painting candidate from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA with an expected graduation date of August 2021. He also earned a B.F.A. in painting from Baylor University, 2007. He has exhibited throughout the United States. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and has works in private collections along with works by Porfirio Salinas, R.D. Enright, and Julian Onderdonk. Settles is currently represented by Cultivate 7twelve Gallery in Waco, Texas. Settles lives and works in Waco, Texas and his work explores the melodramas of childhood lies and the structure of narratives with large scale paintings in the traditions of Narrative painting.

Curriculum Vitae

Bradley Settles
info@bradsettlesart.com
www.bradsettlesart.com
EDUCATION:
2019 MFA candidate, Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah Georgia. Advisor Stephen Knudsen. In Progress
2007 BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

TEACHING:
2010—Present Art Instructor, University High School. Waco, Texas
2016-2017 Grant recipient. Robinson Education Foundation
“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, its art history explained” - Largest student lead drawing in the state of Texas.
100 yards x 100 yards recreation of the Nazca lines.
2007 Teaching Assistant, Baylor University – Art outreach program, led by Professor, Mark Pomillio

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2020       Rough Draft Documents, Solo Exhibition, 712 Gallery, Waco, Texas.
2019       One Land: Two Perspectives, Dual Exhibition, 712 Gallery, Waco, Texas.
2019       Art Expedition, juried exhibition, Art Center Waco Museum, Waco, Texas.
2019       Bosque Art Classic, Juried Competition, Bosque Art Center, Clifton, Texas.
2018       William Chris Artist Blend Competition, William Chris Vinyard, Hye, Texas.
2018       The Texas Landscape, Solo exhibition, William Chris Vinyard, Hye, Texas.
2018       Writing on the Walls, featuring Banksy’s Haight Street Rat, 712 Gallery, Waco, Texas.
2018       Sacred Reflections, Group exhibition, 712 Gallery, Waco, Texas.
2018       Waco 52, Group exhibition, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas.
2017       Botanicals, Curated show, 712 Gallery, Waco, Texas.
2017       Bosque Art Classic, Juried Competition, Bosque Art Center, Clifton, Texas.
2017       Portraits: Facing the Crowd, Juried Show, 712 Gallery, Waco, Texas.
2013       Waco’s Own, Group exhibition, Art Center Waco Museum, Waco, Texas.
2006       Kerrville Art Festival: Colligate Art Competition, Kerrville, Texas.

AWARDS:
2019       Art Expedition, juried exhibition, second place award, Art Center Waco Museum, Waco, Texas. August, 2019
2018       William Chris Competition, Winning Artist, William Chris Vinyard, Hye, Texas. January, 2018
2017       Portraits: Facing the Crowd, Juried Show, Juror’s Choice Award. 712 Gallery, Waco, Texas. November, 2017
2006       Kerrville Art Festival: Colligate Art Competition, Emerging Artist of the Year, Kerrville, Texas. May, 2006

PROFESSIONAL WRITINGS:
Series of 8 Criticism of Art and Artist for Cultivate 712 Gallery. Published on www.waco7twelve.com as well as through their social media channels.

PUBLICATIONS:
Artist Focus, Bradley Settles, Western Art Collector Magazine. July 2020 Edition.
Waco 52, Group exhibition, Catalog and Press Kit. Creative Waco, Non-profit. 2018

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Harvard University, Studies for Continuing Education.
Divergent and Convergent Thinking for Advanced Creativity
Applying Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
M&M Mars, Utilization of SCAMPER method for Creative innovation
Depth of Knowledge framework for Higher Education
Research methods using Depth and Complexity