Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2006, Bridgland has used a diverse range of materials and working methods to pursue an incisive and often witty exploration of distinctively British sentiments, externalising the underlying sense of loss and nostalgia that permeates our memories.
Vignettes of British back-packer’s holidays, old-fashioned bus-tours, and childhood seaside breaks that figure strongly in his visual repertoire are often tinged with this feeling of time having passed too quickly, our memories gradually fading. Twinned with this however, is an upbeat celebration of themes distilled from children’s colouring books, paint-by-numbers kits, old public transport posters and kitsch postcards, which he imbues with the kaleidoscopic richness of carefully chosen and thickly applied primary colours. These everyday, almost mundane subjects are treated with the importance and status of emblems; centred in each work and often encapsulated within related text or target-like circular borders that focus our gaze.
Whether descriptive of change or constancy, Bridgland’s work keys into our desire to remember and relive, and plays upon our tendency to elevate our shared memories with the rose-tinted, wistful spectacles we don when thinking of the past, as well as the future. His depictions of identity and belonging, nostalgia and emotion give to his work a hugely personal aspect, and are influenced by a graphic and visual tradition that is quite specific to Britain. Yet his subtle combinations of image and related text play on everyone’s perceptions of shared occasions. Perhaps then it is the delicately précised power of the experiences he attempts to capture that make Bridgland’s work so accessible to all.
Adam has exhibited widely in the UK, America, Europe and Asia. The British Museum, the V&A, UBS, Boeing Asia and Debbie Harry are just some of the collectors of Adam's work. In July 2009 Adam was awarded his first major public art commission by Commissions East. He has since gone to complete a number of important projects, including work for YouTube, Heal's, Comme Des Garcons, Airnimal bikes, Cambridge United Football Club, Ace Hotel, Soho House, SmartLIFE, Jacuzzi and Eastern Pavilions.
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Adam BridglandA Dozen Cheap Roses, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard14 x 9 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandA Hopes And Dreams Bound Into One Bunch, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage seed packet14 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandAlways Thoughts Of Tomorrow In Mind, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandContents Of Your Excitement , 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframed
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Adam BridglandI need this wilderness for my heart to beat , 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on board16 x 12 cmSold
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Adam BridglandI need this wilderness for my heart to beat, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage seed packet13 x 8 cmSold
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Adam BridglandI need this wilderness for my heart to beat, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on board41 x 51 cmSold
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Adam BridglandI saw that face again and had a sore heart meltdown, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandBABY IF ONLY YOU KNEW, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard7 x 9 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandDARLING THIS HOLIDAY WILL SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandAND THEN SUMMER COMES, 2023Original painting with hand-painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandAND THEN SUMMER COMES, 2023Original painting with hand-painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandDARLING THIS HOLIDAY WILL SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS , 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandI NEED THIS WILDERNESS FOR MY HEART TO BEAT, 2023Original painting with hand-painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandTHE SKY WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE BLUE, 2023Original painting with hand-painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandWAKE UP NEXT TO PEOPLE THAT MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPY, 2023Original painting with hand-painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandEVERY MORNING I'VE GOT A NEW CHANCE, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandEVERY MORNING I'VE GOT A NEW CHANCE, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard8 x 9.5 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandI NEED THIS WILDERNESS FOR MY HEARD TO BEAT, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandI need this wilderness for my heart to beat, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandI NEED THIS WILDERNESS FOR MY HEART TO BEAT, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 20 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandI NEED THIS WILDERNESS FOR MY HEART TO BEAT , 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 20 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandIF ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard7 x 9 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandNOW I FIND POETRY IN THE STRANGEST PLACES, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard10 x 15 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandSHALL WE GO IN WITH THE TIDE, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandSHE ALWAYS MADE ME SMILE, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard7 x 9 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandTOGETHER WE BUILT THIS WORLD ON OUR OWN, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 20 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandUPON EVERY WAVE OUR WELLBEING RIDES, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard10 x 14.5 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandWAKE UP NEXT TO PEOPLE THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandWAKE UP NEXT TO PEOPLE WHO MAKE YOU HAPPY, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 20 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandWE COULD USE A MIRACLE NOW, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard10 x 14.5 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandWE MIGHT BE HAPPIER ON OUR TRAVELS, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandWE WISH FOR NOTHING MORE THAN THIS, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandYOU AND ME. ME AND YOU, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard7 x 9 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandYOU AND ME. ME AND YOU, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard7 x 9 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandYOU ARE SEA GLASS, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard7 x 9 cm (postcard)
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Adam BridglandYOU ARE THE ONE THAT MATTERS MOST, 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard9 x 14 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandUpon every wave our wellbeing rides , 2023Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm (postcard)Sold
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Adam BridglandI think i've lost touch with modern dog walkers, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframed
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Adam BridglandLove Is Translating Affections From Night Into Day, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframed
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Adam BridglandNobody Ever Picks Me Flowers, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage seed packet14 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandNow I Find Poetry In The Strangest Places, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandShe Was A Reader Of Detective Novels, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage seed packet14 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandSunday We Need To In Those Boxes Under The Bed, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandThis Is A Thing Of Beauty , 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage seed packet14 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandWake Up Next To People Who Make You Happy, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandWake up next to people who make you happy, 2021Archival Inkjet with Enamel, Ink and Crayon Overlays on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330gsm Paper29 x 21 cmSold
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Adam BridglandWe Could Use A Miracle Now, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandWe Should Think About Getting A Dog, 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandYou and I , 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandYou and I (dog), 2021Original painting with enamel painted text on vintage postcard15 x 11 cm unframedSold
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Adam BridglandAnd Then Summer Comes, 20202 Colour Screenprint on Somerset Satin 300gsm Paper30 x 42
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Adam BridglandDarling This Holiday Will Solve All Our Problems, 2020Embodied Patch10 cmSold
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Adam BridglandI NEED THIS WILDERNESS FOR MY HEART TO BEAT, 2020Lithograph on Fedrigoni Arco 250gsm Paper60 x 42 cm
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Adam BridglandI’m Not A Tourist, I Live Here, 2020Screen print on paper42 x 30 cm
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Adam BridglandMaking Eyes Across The Room (green), 20202 Colour Screenprint on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper28 x 44 cm
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Adam BridglandMaking Eyes Across The Room (Orange), 20202 Colour Screenprint on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper28 x 44 cm
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Adam BridglandMaking Eyes Across The Room (Red), 20202 Colour Screenprint on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper28 x 44 cm
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Adam BridglandMaking Eyes Across The Room (Yellow), 20202 Colour Screenprint on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper28 x 44 cm