David Bradley’s work pokes fun at what is real and what is imaginary in Indian country. His work critiques “Native place in American history and society” and also confronts realities versus romantic stereotypes. “My art suggests and comments on situations but doesn’t resolve them,” he says. “Each viewer brings something of their own life experiences to it, and their interpretations are often as valid as mine.” Bradley was born in 1954 to an Anglo father and a Annishinaabe mother. When he was young, he and his sister were adopted out to an Anglo family and he did not re-connect with his family until he was in his early 20’s. He joined the Peace Corp in 1975 and traveled to the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. He graduated from IAIA in 1979 and earned his MFA from the College of Santa Fe in 1980.