Bridgette Bramlage is a collage artist living and working in Chicago. She is self taught and creates her own independent art practice within the Chicago DIY artist community. Collage is a self-guided exploration of new patterns, challenges and storytelling. Her method is best described as precise cuts and deliberate layering to obscure boundaries in order to create abstract and figural narratives. A devotee to the analog, nothing is digitally constructed.
Her work has shown in Helsinki, Orquevaux, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Chicago. She has been published in Kolaj, Create! and BHG magazines. She is a Saatchi artist and recently participated in The Other Art Fair Chicago 2025. Residencies have included the Kolaj Institute in New Orleans and Chateau Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France. She has been commissioned for workshops, private collections, graphic art and Chicago retail spaces.
EXHIBITS
2025: Art on 66, Featured Artist, Wilmington, IL
2025: The Other Art Fair, Featured Artist, Chicago, IL
2024-25: Ramova Theater Art Installation, Curation by Salon LB, Chicago, IL
2024: Chicago Collage Magazine Group Exhibition, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2024: Future Memories, Solo Show, Yes Project Space/Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2024: This is Hell Group Show, Cary’s Lounge, Chicago, IL
2024: Magic in the Modern World, Group Show, New Orleans, LA
2024: Mixtape Group Show, Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024: Artist in Residence, Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2023: Artist in Residence, Kolaj Institute, New Orleans, LA
2023: Chicago Collage Artists Group Show, T.F. Projects, Chicago, IL
2023: Cut the Crab, Group Show, Pasila Urban Arts Center, Helsinki, Finland
2023: Feminist to the Core, Group Show by Curators Gone Rogue at SalonLB, Chicago, IL
2023: Cut, Copy, Paste, All Star Press at The Other Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2023: Rostrum 312 Group Show at Salon LB, Chicago, IL
2023: This is Hell Group Show, Cary’s Lounge, Chicago, IL
2022: Selected Works, Arc Academy, Solo Show, Chicago, IL
2022: Small Works Members Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022: Adler on the Park Show House, Featured Artist, Chicago, IL
2021: Chicago Collage, A Group Show Curated by Tony Fitzpatrick at T.F. Projects, Chicago, IL
2021: 5th Midwest Invitational, Group Show, Woman Made Gallery, IL
2021: Locus VIII Group Show, The Martin, Chicago, IL
2021: Drawn to Paper, Group Show, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2021: Artist Sketchbook, Solo Show, One River Gallery & Art School, Evanston, IL
PUBLICATIONS
2024: Chicago Collage Magazine, Volume 1, Chicago, IL
2024: Magic in the Modern World, Published by Kasini House, New Orleans, LA
2024: Kolaj Magazine, Issue #40, New Orleans, LA
2024: Create! Magazine, Curation by The Jealous Curator, Issue #42, NY, NY
2022-21: Bi-Annual Issue of Boredom, Horror, Glory magazine, Chicago, IL
