Nadine Bradshaw

Nadine Bradshaw is a Canadian painter and illustrator.
Since graduating in 2013 with her Bachelor of Visual Art from The University
of British Columbia in Canada Nadine has worked out of The Hague in the Netherlands, maintain a daily studio practice.

Nadine is primarily a portrait painter, both taking portrait commissions and building a portfolio of personal work. Her definition of portrait though expands to include portraits of plants and portraits of gardens. Both human and botanical subjects are alive and have a dynamic life cycle. A portrait painting has the ability to capture a particular, ephemeral moment in a subjects lifecycle, such as childhood or spring.

Nadine was nominated for the BMO 1st ART! Invitational student art competition in 2013 and was awarded the UBC Deputy Vice Chancellor purchase Award

Bachelor of Visual Art from The University
of British Columbia in Canada 2013

2016
Kerkplein, The Hague, The Netherlands
BOD- curated group exhibition and auction featuring local artists

2015
Malaspina Exhibition Center, Vancouver, Canada
Muse - professional two person exhibition of large scale oil portraits, alongside Canadian painter Alexandra Edmonds

2014
Cinerama Film House, Rotterdam NL
Unfocused - Solo exhibition of portrait paintings curated by Kazuma Eekman

2014
Lake Country Art Gallery
The Rucker Archive - Curated group exhibition around the theme of portraiture and 18th century Americana.

2013
Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, Canada
Travelling exhibition of selected works from the graduating UBC visual arts students.

2013
UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada
Continuum, Graduation Exhibition at the University of British Columbia

2013
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art Kelowna, Canada
Juried group exhibition under the theme Tangible

2012
Habitat, Kelowna, Canada
The Show - group exhibition of young and emerging artists from the Okanagan