Strand Gallery
August 26 - October 8, 2017
Opening Reception Saturday, August 26, 2017
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Artist talk at 6:30 PM
Bradley Kerl
Greenhouse
Houston-based painter Bradley Kerl presents Greenhouse, an exhibition of recent work ranging from works on paper to large-scale paintings. Kerl mines his day-to-day experiences for image- making opportunities: classroom still-life arrangements, a flowerbed at the grocery store, potted plants at the doctor’s office. These seemingly mundane moments offer the artist an opportunity to develop his particular vernacular. With the inclusion of etchings, works on paper, and small canvases, the artist’s varied approach to making fully realized, large-scale paintings will be on view for the first time in a major exhibition.
A native of southeast Texas, Bradley Kerl has called Houston home for the past six years. Kerl studied drawing and painting at the University of North Texas, as well as the University of Houston, where he earned his MFA in 2014. His work has been exhibited widely in Texas including the group exhibitions HOT & WET at Circuit12 Contemporary (2016) and Fun at Kirk Hopper Fine Art (2017), both in Dallas, TX. He has also been the focus of solo exhibitions at Art Palace Gallery (2014, 2015) and Houston’s Texas Contemporary Art Fair (2016). More recently, Kerl spent January 2017 in residence at 100 West Corsicana in Corsicana, TX, in addition to completing his first mural at Circuit12 Contemporary’s PRIMER bookstore. He is currently an Affiliate Artist Instructor of drawing and painting at the University of Houston. Kerl is represented by Art Palace in Houston.