Massachusetts Ave. Billboard Project: Brad Wicklund

Wave to a Stranger by Brad Wicklund

Massachusetts Ave. Billboard Project: Brad Wicklund, June 2006
Your Art Here presents Wave to a Stranger by artist Brad Wicklund for the Massachusetts Ave. Billboard Project. The billboard will be mounted June 2006.

ARTWORK STATEMENT
Every human being has a unique story to tell that is influenced by his or her own experiences and perspectives on reality. Despite this individuality we are all inextricably linked. Even our most mundane actions, when repeated daily or by many people, can have global ramifications. My recent work illustrates those moments when the tension between the personal and universal becomes noticeable by forcing the observer to consider his or her own relationship to a larger community.

ARTIST BIO
Brad Wicklund was born in Longview, Texas in 1982. While growing up his family moved often which lead him to live in Alaska, Illinois, and several cities in Ohio. In 2001 he began attending Indiana University, Bloomington, where he graduated in May 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Printmaking and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History of Art. Along with fellow printmaker, Andrew Maxson, he founded the LOVE FACTORY art collective in January 2006.

CONTACT INFO
Brad Wicklund - brad@bradwicklund.com (email)
http://www.bradwicklund.com (website)

RESUME
Solo Exhibition
2005 McCalla School, "Dis:integrate", Bloomington, IN
Juried Exhibition
2005 Finalist, Waldron Arts Center, "NSAL Showcase of the Arts", Bloomington, IN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Fridge Gallery, 611 N Fess, Bloomington IN
2006 IdioTraces, Indiana University School of Fine Arts
2006 Dreamcache, BFA Thesis Group Show, Indiana University School of Fine Arts Gallery
2006 Fine Arts Student Awards Show, Indiana University School of Fine Arts Gallery
2006 AFOS: BFA Printmaking and Ceramics Show, 212 W 4th St, Bloomington, IN
2006 Indiana University School of Fine Arts Gallery, "DART III: Digital Arts Area Show", Bloomington, IN
2006 La Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, "Powerful Impressions: Stampe Italiane e Americane" Venice, Italy
2005 Indiana University School of Fine Arts Gallery, "Printmaking Area Show"
2005 University of Miami, Rainbow Building Gallery, "Print Zero Studios, Print Exchange III", Coral Gables, Florida
2005 Italian Cultural Institute, "Powerful Impressions: Stampe Italiane e Americane", Washington DC
2005 Blue Door Gallery, "Print Zero Studios, Print Exchange III", Seattle, Washington
2005 "The Visible Printmakers", 804 W. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, Indiana 2004 Indiana University School of Fine Arts Gallery, "The School of Fine Arts Abroad: International Programs", Bloomington, IN

Awards
2006 Hutton Honors College/School of Fine Arts BFA Capstone Award
2005 Evelyn "Pat" Glazer Scholarship, Henry Radford Hope SoFA
2005 Your Art Here Billboard Award, Henry Radford Hope SoFA
2005 Hutton Honors College Creative Activities Grant
2004 Friends of Art Bookshop Award, Henry Radford Hope SoFA
2004 Edward L. Hutton International Experiences Grant

Public Collections
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy

Education
Indiana University, Bloomington, Bachelor of Fine Arts - Printmaking, 2006
Indiana University, Bloomington, Bachelor of Arts ⓠHistory of Art, 2006