Leonie Bradley is a conceptual artist working in expanded printmaking, using traditional wood engraving to explore identity, memory, and technological change in the post-digital age.
Rooted in the slow, analogue craft of wood engraving, her work interrogates the impact of rapidly evolving technologies - from AI-generated imagery to social media - by moving between digital disruption and traditional processes. This back-and-forth creates minimalist, systems-based narratives that question what a print can be.
Bradley's practice is in constant flux, balancing precision with experimentation. Her work often extends beyond the page into installation, animation, writing, and film. Collaboration is central to her approach, and she frequently works with scientists, musicians, and artists to translate research into accessible visual ideas.
Her installation Swarm, developed during a residency in a University of Bristol science lab, has engaged thousands worldwide in climate action and was presented at COP28, where she met HM Queen Camilla.
Born in London and now based near Bristol, Bradley holds an MA in Multi-disciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England. A Xennial shaped by both analogue childhood and digital adolescence, she draws on this duality to examine contemporary technological and social change.
An award-winning artist, Bradley is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and a member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Her work is held in major international collections including the V&A Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Zuckerman Museum of Art, CAFA Beijing, and the Heilongjiang Museum of Printmaking. Since 2017, she has been Editor of Printmaking Today, the leading international journal of contemporary print.