Jeremy Bradshaw has been fascinated with wildlife and animals since childhood. Growing up in rural, central California he had interactions with animals like chickens and rabbits at his grandparents’ hobby farm and spent many of his childhood days catching frogs and snakes in their garden. Working, exploring, backpacking, and fly-fishing in the Sierra Nevada mountains in his twenties, his natural curiosity and interest in animals and wildlife continued to increase.
Jeremy’s subsequent pursuit of falconry led him to live in many parts of the Western United States from the Oklahoma panhandle to the state of Washington, where he now resides. Over decades of observation, research and practice he has become widely recognized for his specialized expertise in falconry. His passion for hunting flocks of 10,000 starlings with a small falcon called a merlin, feeds his discerning curiosity and acute observation skills. Jeremy’s sculptures come to life because they reflect an artist’s life authentically committed to the natural world.
“I am inspired to sculpt by my fascination with wildlife and a desire for proximity to wildness in my own life. Forming and shaping animal subjects in clay is how I express the admiration and wonder I feel while creating something that I hope will share them equally with others. When my sculptures are experienced, I want the combination of shapes, smooth surfaces, colors, and character in the animal’s pose, eyes, and expressions to help convey my story and experience of that life. My goal is to share my passion for nature, wildlife, and wildness in each bronze I create. “
Awards
2024 Ortmayer/Corcoran Teacher Inspiration Award from the National Sculpture Society
2023 3-Dimensional Award at the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale
Awarded the Anna Hyatt Huntington Award in 2022 from the National Sculpture Society
Awarded the 2021 Marilyn Newmark Memorial Grant from the National Sculpture Society
Received the President’s Award for 3D Art from the Society of Animal Artists in 2019
Museum Exhibitions
2024
91st Annual Awards Exhibition – National Sculpture Society
64th Annual Exhibition – Society of Animal Artists
49th Annual Birds in Art Exhibition – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
37th Annual Western Visions Art Show and Sale – National Wildlife Art Museum
44th Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale
2023
63rd Annual Exhibition – Society of Animal Artists
36th Annual Western Visions Art Show and Sale – National Wildlife Art Museum
43rd Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale
2022
89th Annual Awards Exhibition – National Sculpture Society
62nd Annual Exhibition (“Red Queen” chosen for catalogue cover) – Society of Animal Artists
47th Annual Birds in Art Exhibition – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
35th Annual Western Visions Art Show & Sale – National Wildlife Art Museum
42nd Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale
2021
46th Annual Birds in Art Exhibition – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Sale
Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show
2020
45th Annual Birds in Art Exhibition – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show
“Visions of Spring” Exhibition – National Sculpture Society
2019
86th Annual Awards Exhibition – National Sculpture Society
59th Annual Exhibition – Society of Animal Artists
44th Annual Birds in Art Exhibition – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show
David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition – Mall Galleries in London
2018
43rd Annual Birds in Art Exhibition – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition – Mall Galleries London
