Bradley Jay Meyer
I was born amid the "Bridges of Madison County," made famous by its hit movie from a bestselling book. This Iowa county is also the birthplace of John Wayne and the Red Delicious apple.
My Story
Entries from Meyer's historic WTCsunsets series won selection a record number of times at the American Juried Art Salon, and have been in eight art shows. The portfolio was kept private until 11.11.2006 out of sensitivity to the victims of 9/11, and a curator at the Getty Museum was interested in acquiring a set until he suddenly retired. Still, they should have become well known by the 20th anniversary of that tragic event. Instead, that NYC art show was cancelled due to Covid.
Before being stolen a few years ago, and partially reinstated in 2024, works from the portfolio appeared in 8 art shows. The 16 images that survived beyond the year 2000 were taken from 1987 to 1999 from two successive upper-floor condo apartments I rented in the landmark Christodora House. Built in 1928, and designed by the architect of the famed Riverside Church, it later stood abandoned for 38 years.
The tower was occupied for a while by the Black Panthers, who were rousted out by the police. The skyscraper was not revived until 1986, when it was converted into condos. That same year, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
2006 - Opus Art Gallery, KC, MO
2015 - Designed and showed four window frame lightboxes at the Small Spaces show in Las Vegas. NV
2017 - Showed large-scale prints as part of Art Basel, Miami
2018 - Showed works as part of ArtExpo, NY, NY
2019 - Showed "Window Treatments" and prints at the Art Factory, Las Vegas, NV
2020 - Unveiled and showed my six-panel "WTCsunsets Red, White and Blues" at ArtExpo, NY, NY
2021 - Set to show at the inaugural annual Brooklyn Art Exhibition over 9/11/21 -- but show cancelled due to Covid
Contact
I intend to get represented full time at a gallery soon, so stay tuned.
Contact info to follow