Work samples

  • Libero - from the series "Obstructed"
    Libero - from the series "Obstructed"
    Libero, archival pigment print, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, pastel on fine art paper, 24 x 24 inches
  • Commission - from the series "Obstructed"
    Commission - from the series "Obstructed"
    Commission, archival pigment print, acrylic, graphite, oil pastel on fine art paper, 24 x 24 inches
  • Most fortunate - from the series "For Our Sake"
    Most fortunate - from the series "For Our Sake"
    Most fortunate, archival pigment print, acrylic, graphite, and pastel on fine art paper, 12 x 12 inches
  • Pax from the series For Our Sake
    Pax from the series For Our Sake
    Pax, archival pigment print, acrylic, graphite, oil pastel on fine art paper, 12 x 12 inches

About Bridget

Baltimore City

As an artist, gallerist and educator Bridget Z. Sullivan actively creates and presents her artwork, presents the artwork of other artists and investigates and invents new methods of art making using contemporary tools in her art practice. Sullivan exhibits in solo and group exhibitions including exhibits at MaxGallery, School 33 Art Center, MAP, Load of Fun Gallery, Make Studio, and Jordan Faye Contemporary all in Baltimore, Maryland; Blackrock Art Center, Germantown, MD, Greenbelt Art… more

Hamilton Arts Collective | Hamilton Gallery - President and Curatorial Director

Since 2012 Bridget Z. Sullivan has served as the President of Hamilton Arts Collective and as the Curatorial Director of Hamilton Gallery, a 501.3c non-profit art education center located in the Hamilton-Lauraville Mainstreet commercial district in NE Baltimore. Leading a collective of 20+ artists on a volunteer basis, Bridget curates and installs 10 exhibitions annually, while serving as the gallery publicist, HAC administrator, and organization grant writer. Bridget's commitment as a HAC|HG volunteer is a demonstration of her commitment to Baltimore artists, the Baltimore art community and the neighborhoods of Hamilton-Lauraville in NE Baltimore where she and her family have been residents for over 30 years.

Hamilton Gallery is a cooperative gallery, artist operated, with bi-monthly exhibitions featuring the works of members as well as a bi-monthly guest artist and group exhibitions. Hamilton Gallery exhibits and supports fine art and fine crafts. The gallery maintains an active membership of local artists, and screens for new members on a rolling deadline basis. Hamilton Gallery supports both artists with a developed body of work, and emerging artists seeking to foster their artistic practice and to begin their careers. Hamilton Gallery artist members enjoy the right to guide gallery policies and participate in their exhibitions.

In 2023 Bridget wrote and HAC|HG was awarded 2 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity grants which funded 2 significant group exhibitions: Painted: Contemporary Realism in Maryland
curated by Grace Doyle
October 2023
and Baltimore Assemblage and Collage: piece work and industry curated by Schroeder Cherry, Ed.D. April 2023. With grant funds Bridget designed and printed catalogs for these exhibitions.

The exhibition catalogs can be viewed here:

Painted: Contemporary Realism in Maryland curated by Grace Doyle

Baltimore Assemblage and Collage: piece work and industry curated by Schroeder Cherry, Ed.D

Hamilton Arts Collective | Hamilton Gallery is 100% volunteer run. HAC members enjoy each other and have fun exhibiting in the space. All are welcome!

view the HAC|HG website - www.hamiltonarts.org
 

  • Hamilton Arts Collective | Hamilton Gallery
    Hamilton Arts Collective | Hamilton Gallery
    panoramic view of Hamilton Gallery
  • Annual Student Art Exhibit
    Annual Student Art Exhibit

    Annual Student Art Exhibition: Every March for 17 years Hamilton Gallery had hosted an exhibition featuring 7 neighborhood schools and home schooled kid's art K-12.

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    Guest Artist Opening Reception held on the First Saturday of every month. Artists' Receptions held on the Third Sunday of every month.

  • Baltimore Assemblage: piece work and industry
    Baltimore Assemblage: piece work and industry

    Hamilton Gallery exhibition catalog for Baltimore Assemblage: piece work and industry

    featuring guest artists: Ram Brisueno, Donald Edwards, Mary Opasik, Gina Pierleoni

    featuring HAC artists: Jude Asher, Schroeder Cherry - curator, Linda Popp, Maxine Taylor and HAC artist members

    Hamilton Arts Collective |  Hamilton Gallery
    May 5 – June 25, 2023

  • Artists' Reception Hamilton Gallery
    Artists' Reception Hamilton Gallery

    Artist receptions are held on the third Sunday of the month. Guest artists and artists often speak about their work to visitors attending the reception.

  • Painted: Contemporary Realism in Maryland
    Painted: Contemporary Realism in Maryland

    Hamilton Gallery exhibition catalog for Painted: Contemporary Realism in Maryland

    featuring artists: Lauren Petrick Brooks, Grace Doyle - curator, Temi Wynston Edun, Barbara Epstein Gruber, Matt Klos, Patrick Kluga, Ed Praybe, Cody Pryseski, Cindy Rivarde, Andrew Thorp and Keith Weaver


    Hamilton Arts Collective |  Hamilton Gallery
    October 6 – October 29, 2023

     

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    Artists' Reception at Hamilton Gallery.

For Our Sake

At the start of the pandemic I walked my neighborhood in NorthEast Baltimore for exercise and sanity.  The walks evoked memories from different times in my life. The COVID pandemic began to turn the local, very local, environment into my subject and process of art making. My walks continued to reveal gems – natural and human made.

Through the fall and winter of 2020 I continued the daily walks. Only heavy rain or high winds kept me from walking. I found myself photographically foraging in my neighborhood. The varied and unique garages caught my eye. The garages became symbolic of memories and of the people from my past. Many of the garages are original to the homes and still have the materials used 50-80 years ago to build them. Their age and varying states of decay remind me of the garages from various times in my life.

Starting in fall of 2020 I began producing portraits of the garages, collecting them like mushrooms or insects.   A garage is often a forgotten structure but steadfast and essential in their service to a home. Each of the garages tell a unique story. Through the work I reflect on the visual and symbolic significance of the subjects as they relate to my personal investigation of life and decay and the human experience as realized in health and illness. 

  • That is what I call good company
    That is what I call good company

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

  • Sisters
    Sisters

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

  • Send a picture of Mother
    Send a picture of Mother

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

  • I might be able to talk about it more
    I might be able to talk about it more

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Like a Greek face pure in outline
    Like a Greek face pure in outline

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • For Our Sake
    For Our Sake

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Battered but not Diminished
    Battered but not Diminished

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    24 x 24 inches

  • Pax
    Pax

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Ride
    Ride

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Quick sighted to everyone's merits
    Quick sighted to everyone's merits

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

     

    Available for Purchase

Obstructed

In this body of work I investigate the frailty of life and health through meditative representations of Nature carrying on in life, death and rebirth. Field sites include North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, Schoodic Peninsula and Mount Desert Island, Maine. The media includes an archival pigment print with acrylic inks, oil pastel and graphite on fine art paper.

  • cleanse
    cleanse

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

  • cauterized
    cauterized

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Libero
    Libero

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

     

    Available for Purchase
  • Nook
    Nook

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    24 x 24 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Mollify
    Mollify

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    12 x 12 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Pernicious
    Pernicious

    archival pigment print, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pastel on fine art paper

    24 x 24 inches

  • Obstructed - from the series "Obstructed"
    Obstructed - from the series "Obstructed"

    Obstrcuted, archival pigment print, acrylic, graphite, oil pastel on fine art paper, 24 x 24 inches

    Available for Purchase
  • Bridget Z. Sullivan with her artwork at Blackrock Art Center, Germantown, Maryland
    Bridget Z. Sullivan with her artwork at Blackrock Art Center, Germantown, Maryland

Holdfast

This body of work originates with my time spent on Schoodic peninsula on the Atlantic coastline of Maine in 2014. I was selected to work as an Artist in Residence at the Schoodic Institute, a science and nature center, located in Acadia National Park, Maine.
  • Jordan - from the series "Holdfast"
    Jordan - from the series "Holdfast"
    Jordan, archival pigment print, oil pastel on fine art paper, 20 x 24 inches
  • Prospect
    Prospect
    Prospect - archival pigment print, oil paint on Arches oil paper, 12 x 12 inches
  • Holdfast
    Holdfast
    Holdfast - archival pigment print, oil pastel on fine art paper, 24 x 20 inches
  • Little Moose
    Little Moose
    Little Moose - archival pigment print, oil pastel on fine art paper, 20 x 24 inches

Viewshed

Continuing with the investigation of Natural surroundings as refuge these works represent my continued study of sanctuary. Images a derived from field experiences at Cylburn Arboretum (Baltimore City), Adkins Arboretum (adjacent to Tuckahoe State Park, Maryland), and Catoctin Mountain Park (North of Fredrick, Maryland).
  • Lauraceae
    Lauraceae
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 11x17”, 2013
  • Notch
    Notch
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 11x11”, 2014
  • Oak
    Oak
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 11x11”, 2014
  • Trout's Lair
    Trout's Lair
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 24x40”, 2013
  • Clyburn
    Clyburn
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 24x40”, 2014
  • Viewshed
    Viewshed
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 24x40”, 2014
  • Hierarchies
    Hierarchies
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 24x40”, 2014

Ransomed

In the summer of 2012 I was selected to serve as the Artist in Residence at Catoctin National Park and Cunningham Falls State Park in the Catoctin Mountain area of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Maryland. My AIR National Park residency work focused on the flora and geology of the two parks. I spent my residency photographing in the parks, printing and drawing. I also presented two public interpretive demonstrations of my art making process. This body of work was featured in the solo exhibition entitled "Ransomed" installed August - September 2013 at Delaplaine Art Center in Frederick, Maryland. The Catoctin Mountains are 20 miles North of Frederick near Thurmont, Maryland.
  • Owens Creek, II
    Owens Creek, II
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 11x11", 2013
  • Trout's Lair
    Trout's Lair
    archival pigment print with pastel on fine art paper 24x40”, 2013
  • assage
    assage
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 17x11", 2012
  • Symbiotic Intention
    Symbiotic Intention
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 24x20", 2013
  • Walk in the Woods
    Walk in the Woods
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 20x24", 2013
  • Witness
    Witness
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 24x20", 2013
  • Rife
    Rife
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 24x20", 2012
  • Gaping Maw
    Gaping Maw
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 24x20", 2013
  • View
    View
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 24x20", 2013
  • Vital Stain, II
    Vital Stain, II
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 20x24", 2013

Nature | Nurture: photographic pigment prints with pastel drawing

The "Nature|Nurture" body of work is represented in photographic mixed media pigment prints on view in this project presentation and also in the group of encaustic paintings presented in the next project.

Nature|Nurture Artist's Statement
I praise my children as they notice the minutiae in Nature, 'good eyes' I say. The skill of observation is being lost... I notice it in myself.  I think I understand a place, yet when I arrive and spend time searching for details, I am most often surprised by what I learn. The subtle detail of life and death passes and we do not notice the treasures we trample or pass by. Through close observation I search for life and meaning in my surrounding environment. Our survival on Earth depends on our willingness to know and value the yeomen of Nature who live out their lives filtering the bay, decomposing the forest, and providing oxygen and food for our nourishment. Through my work I construct larger than life views of Nature using photography and scanography. It is only through careful study that all integral parts of Nature are revealed.

 
  • into the shadowland
    into the shadowland
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 18x15", 2011
  • mollified
    mollified
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 21x24", 2011
  • sacrifice
    sacrifice
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 24x21", 2011
  • bittersweet
    bittersweet
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 24x21", 2011
  • arcade
    arcade
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 18x15", 2011
  • low point
    low point
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 18x15", 2011
  • explorer's refuge
    explorer's refuge
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 11x17", 2010
  • gift
    gift
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 21x24", 2011
  • slough it off
    slough it off
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 21x24", 2011
  • mitigation
    mitigation
    archival pigment print, pastel, fine art paper 21x24", 2011

Watershed - photographic pigment prints with pastel drawing

Watershed represents a collection of images filtered through my close observation and presented in a form reminiscent of a naturalist?s journal. The resulting mixed media work represents my search for meaning through the observation of life around me. I create intimate views of nature using photography and scanography, and then draw and write directly on the large digital prints with water based pastels.
  • diptych: shoemakers' secret
    diptych: shoemakers' secret
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 40 x 28", 2009
  • edge of the storm, diptych
    edge of the storm, diptych
    archival pigment print, fine art paper 28 x 40", 2009
  • coalesced here
    coalesced here
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 36", 2010
  • identical syntactic constructions
    identical syntactic constructions
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 36", 2010
  • remember me the way
    remember me the way
    archival pigment print, fine art paper 12 x 36", 2009
  • diptych: meet the darkness
    diptych: meet the darkness
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 40 x 28", 2009
  • diptych: plenty for all
    diptych: plenty for all
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 28 x 40", 2009

Matter of Degree - photographic pigment prints with pastel dawing

Nature sustains infinite views of life and death. At every turn Nature is home to creatures out of human sight yet nonetheless essential to the ecological system. Far beyond our perceptions exist the yeomen of Nature, filtering the bay, decomposing the forest, and providing oxygen for us to breathe and food for our nourishment.

In the Matter of Degree body of work I search for evidence of these relationships and recount the significance of the minutiae in my mixed media digital images.
  • triptych: food for some
    triptych: food for some
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 36", 2008
  • lessons II
    lessons II
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 36", 2008
  • Lessons I
    Lessons I
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 36", 2008
  • holding close
    holding close
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 36", 2008
  • it tickles
    it tickles
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 36", 2008
  • diptych: walking
    diptych: walking
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 24 x 36", 2008
  • lessons I
    lessons I
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 12 x 28", 2008
  • diptych: yoeman's legacy
    diptych: yoeman's legacy
    archival pigment print, fine art paper, pastel 24 x 36", 2008