Bradlee Shanks
Overview
Grandfather Pine
Bradlee Shanks is a recognized leader in the area of digitally mediated printmaking. His masterful technique constructs an intricate reality, combining drawn, photographic, and digital processes. Bradlee says the act of making art is, “a joyful process for me – which comes from the mind’s delight coupled with years of artistic practice. I have been a practitioner of many different kinds of processes: exploiting the language of painterly, drawn, digital and photomechanical printmaking. The body of work is eclectic and idiosyncratic. What inspires me is trust in the idea that something deeply personal is also, simultaneously, universal.”
Shanks received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from the University of South Dakota and a Master’s in Fine Arts from Arizona State University. He has exhibited in over 150 national and international group exhibitions, as well as at the University of Alabama, Auburn University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Alaska.
Works
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Apple Tree Bouquet -
Bursting Apple Tree
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Elk River Falls
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Fluffy Road Oak
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Forest
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Ghost Tree 3
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Grand Pine at Sunset
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Grandfather Pine
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Hemlock
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High Dune Tree
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Lair in the Thicket
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Mount Mitchell Cut Through
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Mount Mitchell Cut Through 2
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Mount Mitchell Trail
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Road
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Snow Creek
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Soulful Tree
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Stringy Forest
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Tall Trees Forest
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Thicket
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Toms Creek Falls
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Twisted Tree
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Woodlands
Exhibitions
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Nocturne
group exhibition November 5, 2026 - January 30, 2027As daylight fades, familiar landscapes take on a mysterious air, revealing a quieter, more contemplative beauty. Nocturne brings together paintings, original prints, wood sculptures, and mixed-media works by Momentum Gallery...Read more -
Bradlee Shanks
Crystalline Forest May 7 - June 27, 2026Bradlee Shanks’ Crystalline Forest explores the quiet threshold between the natural world and the processes through which we attempt to hold onto it. Using photography as a point of departure,...Read more
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