Bradford Kessler at Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery, Tokyo

Artist: Bradford Kessler

Exhibition title: JOHN

Venue: Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Date: September 21 – October 20, 2024

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery, Tokyo

Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery is delighted to present “JOHN,” a solo exhibition by Bradford Kessler, born in 1982 and currently based in New York.

Bradford Kessler was born and grew up in a small town on the high plains of Kansas between the cowboy towns of Dodge City and Wichita. He lives and works in New York now.

He earned BFA from the University of Kansas and MFA from the New York City School of Visual Arts and also taught at Parsons School of Art and Design.

Selected solo show includes; Lost Man (2023, Disneyland Paris, Perth, Australia), Deep Throats (2021, Ashes/Ashes, New York, USA), Istaqsinaayok (2020, Kunsthalle Wichita, Kansas, USA), They Who Walk Behind the Rows (2019, False Flag, New York, USA) Prince Drama XV (2018, 15 Orient, New York, USA).

Selected group show includes; Manic Pixie Nightmare Drawings (2023, Adler Beatty, New York, USA), Ready To Drop (2016, Springsteen, Baltimore, USA), Land Lords (2015, MonChéri, Brussels, Belgium), The Temptation of AA Bronson (2013, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands).

Selected public collection includes; Museum of Modern Art.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.