Bradley McCallum

Bradley McCallum’s installations portray the silenced lives of individuals and the disempowerment of communities. Representational in form yet conceptually holistic, his work serves as social portraits testifying on behalf of affected communities. He challenges audiences by engaging them in examinations of human rights, democracy, and truths about the violence, alienation, and inhumanity that underlie myriad aspects of civil life. Most recently, McCallum was the artist-in-residence at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court in New York City from March 2014 to March 2015.

In addition to his solo practice, McCallum has worked in the collaborative art duo McCallum + Tarry with Jacqueline Tarry since 1999. Using personal and racial histories, they address larger issues of race, justice, and social exclusion in the US through large-scale and site-specific works, relying on civic advocacy to confront and make connections with local communities. Their works range between video, painting, performance, and sculpture installations.

McCallum was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1966. He received his BFA from at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1989 and an MFA from Yale University in 1992. He has lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York, since 1998.