I’ve always loved antiques. For as long as I can remember, I’ve collected pieces with a storied past - and I’ve romantically inserted myself in those stories. I’ve collected old train tickets and romanticized what it must have been like to take a ride. I’ve displayed inky printing blocks - always (especially) the letter “V,” swooning over my name in an old time-y Serif. I’ve collected old books, musty with meaning and tattooed with notes in the margin - scripts that would make my breath stop in my chest. A few years ago, I started painting figures on my favorite relics. What was already rare and hard to come by became more special, to me, with the addition of original art. I use the women in my paintings to tell my stories - they embody all of the drama and emotion that these precious books and papers evoke in me. I call this body of work “Past Lovers,” and while it is certainly dedicated to and inspired by all of the women I’ve loved before - it is also a reference to the precious pieces I’ve poached from the past, profound little artifacts that I got lost within, with no hope or wish of return.

Victoria Bradley is a figurative painter and an emerging artist based in Raleigh, NC. Bradley's paintings on antique “canvases” - rare, one-of-a-kind papers with storied pasts - are made more collectable with the addition of Bradley’s classic, romantic figures. Reminiscent of Old World church ceilings or sculpture gardens, Bradley’s nudes capture the elegance, strength, beauty, and vulnerability of the female form. Her work is a viral sensation, with collections selling out in minutes and hanging in the private collections of art enthusiasts all over the world. Dacia Gallery is proud to represent Victoria Bradley in NYC.