Born Singapore. Lives and works Sydney.

Masters of Fine Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours Class 1), College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales

Bachelor of Fine Arts / Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales

An Image of a Tiger, Galerie pompom, Sydney

Substrates of Memory, MOP Projects, Chippendale, Sydney

Haw Par Villa, Archive Space, Newtown, Sydney

Artist’s Personal Collection, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

they hang their hats at night, galleryeight, Sydney

Elsewheres, curated by Annette Liu, Tributary Projects, Canberra, ACT Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks
Installation Contemporary, curated by Mikala Tai, Carriageworks Ecologies of Being, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
1919 Salon, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Ramsay Art Prize 2019, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
By All Estimates, curated by Pedro de Almeida, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney

Hijacked!, Cold Cuts Project Space

Smashed Screens, curated by Priscilla Bourne, Delmar Gallery
Oh it’s a horror show, curated by Louise Zhang and Luke Letourneau, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
Contagious Magic, Galerie pompom, Sydney

SCA Postgraduate Exhibition, SCA Galleries, Rozelle

From Old Ground, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst

Other Worlds, SCA Galleries, Rozelle
Pass it On, Verge Gallery, Darlington
Strange Histories, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, Fairfield, Sydney

Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
ICAA Fundraiser, Archive Space, Newtown
Holiday + Memory, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Penrith

Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
Tell me the story, Sheffer Gallery, Redfern Analog, Tortuga Studios, St. Peters
The Jenny Birt Award, COFAspace, Sydney

4A Annual Member’s Show, 4A, Sydney
The Final Word, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney The Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
The Lloyd Rees Youth Memorial Award, Centrehouse, Sydney
Arc at COFA Emerging Artist and Designer Award, Kudos Gallery, Sydney Halfway House, COFAspace, Sydney
The Jenny Birt Award, COFAspace, Sydney

The John Fries Memorial Prize, Viscopy, Sydney

Arc at COFA Emerging Artist and Designer Award, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
Murder of Crows, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

COFA Annual, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Spring, Beowulf Galleries, Sydney
Dissonance: Anticipation, Kudos Gallery, Sydney

Square Dance, Firstdraft, Sydney

Parallel Relations: Seriality in Photography, Verge Gallery, Darlington (Co-curated)

John McDonald, ‘Sydney Contemporary art fair 2019’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 September
Pedro de Almeida, catalogue essay for By All Estimates
Tanushri Saha, ‘Interview with Jess Bradford’, Peril magazine, 11 April

Chloé Wolifson, ‘An Image of a Tiger – Jess Bradford’, review, Art Asia Pacific
Naomi Riddle, ‘An Image of a Tiger – Jess Bradford’, review, Running Dog, 2 November
Delilah Lyses-sApo, ’An Image of a Tiger’, exhibition essay

Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

4A 2019 Beijing Studio Program – artist residency at Shen Shaomin’s studios
Finalist, Ramsay Art Prize 2019, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Artist in residence, Parramatta Artists Studios

Recipient, Australian Postgraduate Award

Winner, Blacktown City Art Prize for Watercolour

Winner, Blacktown City Art Prize for Watercolour

Recipient, COFA Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence

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