Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Radcliffe Bailey

(American, b. 1968)

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Radcliffe Bailey

4, 2011

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Radcliffe Bailey

Four and One Corner - South, 2005

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Radcliffe Bailey

Nest, 2012

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Radcliffe Bailey

Out of Blue (SOLD), 2013

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Radcliffe Bailey

Tricky 3, 2011

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Radcliffe Bailey

Untitled, 2012

Biography

Timeline

1968
Born Bridgeton, New Jersey
2001
University of Georgia – Lecture presented in Conjunction with the University of Georgia’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, Thursday January 18
BFA Atlanta College of Art
Lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia

Exhibitions

2013
Notes, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2012
28 Days, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 18–February 19
2011 - 2012
Beyond Bearden: Creative Responses, Harvey B. Gantt Center for Africa-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 2, 2011–January 22
Karmic Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, November 1, 2011–January 15, (Catalogue; text by John Yau)
2011
Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, October 14–December 4
Intersection: Photography / Painting / Document, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, June 23–July 22
Radcliffe Bailey: Outer Spaceways, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Radcliffe Bailey: Memory as Medicine (traveling exhibition), High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, June 26–September 11, 2011. Will travel to: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, February 15–May 6, 2012; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, June 6–September 2, 2012; and other venues, to be announced. Curated by Carol Thompson and Rita Richman in consultation with Michael Rooks. (Catalogue)
2010
Radcliffe Bailey: Art of an Ancient Soul, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (solo)
Afro-Modernism: Journeys through the Black Atlantic, Tate Liverpool, UK

Public Collections

Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Embassy of the United States of America, Kampala, Uganda
General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
Hammonds House, Atlanta, GA
Harvard University Art Collection, Boston, MA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
John Weiland Homes, Atlanta, GA
King and Spalding, Atlanta, GA
Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN

Literature

2003
Fox, Catherine . "In slowing his pace, Radcliffe Bailey finds a new ease - and inspiration," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Oct. 12, p. M1.
Pollack, Barbara. "The Afrobeat Generation," The Village Voice, July 18, 2003
Ogunnaike, Lola. "Celebrating the Life and Impact of the Legend Fela," The New York Times, July 17, 2003 Arts/Music
2002
"Scattered Artifacts," The New York Times, NJ Section, April 7, p. 9.
"Bailey Painting Commissioned by Ulrich Museum", Review Magazine, p. 52.
Patterson, Tom. "Quilting a Canvas," Winston-Salem Journal, June 23, p. F1-F2.
2001
Colpitt, Frances, "Report From New Orleans; Southern Sensibilities," Art in America, November, p.58-63.
"Jazz and Visual Improvisations", exhibition catalogue, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Hackman, Kate. "Radcliffe Bailey: Works on Paper," The Kansas City Star, Friday September 7, p. 24.