August 6–September 3, 2022
Steve Turner is pleased to present Dancers In The Stream, a solo exhibition by Rockland, Maine-based Bradley McCrary that features paintings of dancers, skaters, chanteuses and frolickers within a natural setting. McCrary is inspired by 19th century romantic landscape painting, his surroundings in Maine, and the music and personas of Mariah Carey, Cèline Dion and Dolly Parton. His colorful compositions incorporate these disparate sources to create dramatic scenes with personal narratives and an art historical objective. According to the artist, “This is more than a formal pictorial invention. I hope to empower queer narratives within the history of landscape painting.”
Bradley McCrary (born 1998, Schenectady, New York) earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (2020) and has had work in group exhibitions at Waterman Gallery, Providence (2017); Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence (2017 & 2018); Galleria Bibliotè, Rome (2019); Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence (2020) and Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York (2021). Dancers In The Stream is McCrary’s first solo exhibition.
Born 1998, Schenectady, New York
Lives and works in Rockland, Maine
Education
2020
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
2019
European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Dancers In The Stream, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Group Exhibitions
2021
Viewfinder, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York
2020
Senior Painting, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence
2019
Painting Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence
Interaction, Titles, and Pieces, Galleria di Bibliotè, Rome
Basta Cosi: The Lemon Has Been Squeezed, Palazzetto Cenci, Rome
Sophomore and Junior painting show, Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence
2018
Sophomore and Junior painting show, Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence
2017
Drawing showcase, Waterman Gallery, Johnstown, New York
2016
Juried Group Show, Fulton Montgomery Community College, Johnstown
Biography
2022
“Issue 158,” New American Paintings
