Bridgette Bramlage

Bridgette Bramlage is a self-taught collage artist living and working in Chicago. A lifelong collector of vintage magazines, the 2020 pandemic brought out her inner collage artist and put the collected materials to good use. Collage continues to be a self-guided exploration of new patterns, challenges and storytelling. Her method is best described as precise cuts and deliberate layering to obscure boundaries in order to create abstract and figural narratives. A devotee to the analog, nothing is digitally constructed.

She has shown her works in galleries, magazines and art fairs, locally, nationally and internationally. Residencies have included the Kolaj Institute in New Orleans and Chateau Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France. Her work has been commissioned for private collections, showrooms and publications.

2024-25: Ramova Theater Art Installation, Curation by Salon LB, Chicago

2024: Chicago Collage Magazine Group Exhibition, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago

2024: Future Memories, Solo Show, Yes Project Space/Zhou B Art Center, Chicago

2024: This is Hell Group Show, Cary’s Lounge, Chicago

2024: Magic in the Modern World, Group Show, New Orleans, LA

2024: Mixtape Group Show, Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024: Artist in Residence, Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France

2023: Artist in Residence, Kolaj Institute, New Orleans, LA

2023: Chicago Collage Artists Group Show, T.F. Projects, Chicago

2023: Cut the Crab, Group Show, Pasila Urban Arts Center, Helsinki, Finland

2023: Feminist to the Core, Group Show by Curators Gone Rogue at SalonLB, Chicago

2023: Cut, Copy, Paste, All Star Press at The Other Art Fair, Chicago