Dominique Bradbury
(b. 1988, London, UK)
Lives and works in Santiago de Chile

From a distance, my work responds to the commercial images from cosmetics, wellness and fashion industries. But at the core of my practice lies an interest for the image, consumption, beauty and femininity.

Through fragmented framing, I seek to create an open story that reflects the paradoxes in the imaginary of female consumption, both formally and symbolically, rescuing its functions as a “cultural artifact” of contemporaneity.

Through the gaze of a millennial female consumer, I am interested in portraying the kaleidoscopic (and often contradictory) essence of the ideals of beauty, femininity and youth in pop culture, accounting for the multiple views and guidelines that coexist in this context.

By combining surfaces of creamy luminosity with object extensions of pictorial investigations, I seek to give an enigmatic and poetic twist to the apparently innocuous images that hide more than they reveal to the contemporary consumer.

I conceive my work as a back and forth between contemplation and disinterest, between critique and complicity of the feminine consumer imaginary, which aims to open discussions regarding the relationship between commodities, identities and consumption, as well as to bring current gender and well-being politics to the forefront.

Finally, I seek to confront the viewer with the ambiguity of these concepts, which throughout history have revealed an abstract and surreal nature: mirages that carry the meaning and weight that we, as viewers, grant them.


Education

2019  Master in Fine Art. Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK.
2016  Guest student at Prof. Julia Schmidt class. Kunstakademie Münster, Germany.
2012  Bachelor in Art. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.

Solo & duo shows
2026  “Reflejos en un botón perlado”. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
2026  “Glicerina” (ADA Projects). Judas Galería and CABA, Valparaiso, Chile
2026  “Labor”. Colorado Projects, Galeria Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany
2024  “Instrucciones”. TIM Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
2024  “Cuidado Personal” (ADA Projects). Galería OMA, Santiago, Chile
2024  “Closet sale” Wardrobe colletcion (with Catherine Miller), Santiago, Chile
2022  “Error de Continuidad”. Galpón Independencia, Santiago, Chile
2021  “Deriva” (with Benjamin Edwards). TIM Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile

Group shows & art fairs
2025   “La memoria de las cosas”. Casa Portugal, Santiago, Chile
2025   “Salón de otoño”. Instituto TeleArte, Santiago, Chile
2025   “Punto de partida”. Oficina Viceversa, Santiago, Chile
2024   “La ventana de la ventana en la ventana”. OMA Galería, Chile
2024   “Sobretodo” Centro Cultural CEINA, Santiago, Chile
2024   “Invited” Spinnerei Galleries. Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany.
2024   “Feria Ch.ACO.” Centro GAM, Santiago, Chile.
2023   “Wachstumsschmerz”. Grisebach House, Berlin, Germany.
2023   “Art Paris”. Grand Palais Ephemere, Paris, France.
2023   “MAPA. La Rural, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2023   “FAST. Edificio Gibraltar, Santiago, Chile.
2023   “Blind Lemon”. TIM Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.
2022   “Playground”. Factoría Santa Rosa, Santiago, Chile.
2022   “Premio MAVI-UC”. Museo Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile.
2021   “Trastienda”. Galería Patricia Ready, Santiago, Chile.
2020   “Mansion”. Künstlerhouse Soest, Germany.
2019   “Graduate Show”. Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK.
2018   “Interim Show.” Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK.
2018   “The Field”. ASC Gallery, London, UK.
2017   “Imagen vibratoria”. Museo Nahim Isaias, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
2017   “27 pintores”. Galería XS, Santiago, Chile.
2016   “XI MAVI Escondida: Arte Joven” Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile.
2016   “Förderpreis Exhibition”. Kunsthalle Münster, Germany.
2016   “Rundgang 2016”. Kunstakademie Münster, Germany.
2015   “Artefacto”. Casas Lo Matta, Santiago, Chile.
2013   “Premio Arte Joven”, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile.
2014   “Sub 30: Pintura Joven en Chile”. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.
2014   “VIII MAVI ESCONDIDA Arte Joven”. Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile.
2013   “Para hablar con los muertos”. Local Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.
2012   “Umbrales”. Centro de Extensión Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile.

Scholarships & awards
2025   Fondart Creación Artística
2023   Fondart Creación Artística
2020   Eaton Fund
2017   CONICyT (Becas Chile Scholarships)
2015   DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Press & publications
2024   El desorden de nuestros ojos, por Diego Maureira. Artishock Revista.
2024   Se mira pero no se toca (noli me tangere), por Martín López. Revista Aceleracionismo.
2021   TIM. La galería Intuitiva, por Cesar Gabler. La Panera  (Nº123 / Nov 2021).
2019   Saatchi Art's Rising Stars, by Monty Preston, Saatchi Art online.
2019   10 Up-And-Coming Artists to Watch, by Brittany Nims, Huff Post.
2017   Tres pintoras Sub 35, por Catalina Vera. Revista Paula
2014   La nueva generación de pintores. Revista Paula
2014   Pintura Chilena Contemporánea: Ediciones UC
2014   Sub 30: Pintura Joven en Chile. Ediciones C
2013   Ojo andino, Chile: 170 vistas de arte contemporáneo, Imago Mundi Collection.

Other activities
2025    Painting Professor. Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile.
2019     Course Assistant. Slade Summer School, London, UK.
2022    Artist talk, J. Schmidt Class, Kunstakademie Münster, Germany
2016     Tutor for Prof. Julia Schmidt, Kunstakademie Münster, Germany.
2014     Guest artist. Conferences at Centro Cultural España, curated by Rodolfo Andaur.
2013     Guest student. SOMA Programa Educativo, Mexico City.
2012     Seminar assistant “Producción Arte & Editorial” Universidad de Chile.
2012     Workshop assistant “En Loop”por Mario Navarro y Francisca Garcia, Santiago, Chile.