Meet sachiko bradley | artist/designer

We had the good fortune of connecting with sachiko bradley and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi sachiko, we’d love for you to start things off by telling us something about your industry that we and others not in the industry might be unaware of?
That female artist were not allowed to study or practice art until the 19th century. Female artist started being accepted very late in the game, This has created an enormous disparity in the art world, based on sales and auctions and success of the past.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
I grew up in a very high level art world because of my father, so it took me a very long time to feel ready to present myself as an artist. Definitely measuring up to already famous artist seemed impossible and the imposter syndrome is a real. I would say that the most difficult hurdle is the mindset. Fortunately one thing came clear to me one day, all artist started somewhere (from scratch), and just grew. The perception of art is definitely a very personal and different experience for each viewer. For me when I attended art shows, often I felt a sense of overwhelming sadness. It was emotional and strong and even though beautiful, my sensation was to not desire something like that in my home.
When I created art I keep in. mind the gratitude towards my collectors and through my knowledge and study of vibrational healing, I charge my paint with sound bowls and put in intention of joy in my art. This doesnt mean I dont get sad or angry or frustrated like every artist, I just choose to not put it into my art. Art is definitely a sort of therapy, but just being able to paint for me is a way to silence my thoughts, and I appreciate every single collector that has bought my work and allowed me to do what I love and feel as my calling. I’ve learned a lot about how important marketing oneself, and how the actual art world works and I definitely have much to learn still ,I’m sure. One thing I’m certain of ,this is my purpose, not only to succeed but to be here as inspiration and to create something to help other women in their pursuit of creativity. I have nothing against male artist dont get me wrong, I’d just like to see more collaborations happening, more support and balance for all genders in the art world.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I live in Culver city and love how walkable it is, downtown is full of places to eat and have drinks, so Id definitely give them a tour of my neighborhood. I love walking the neighborhood treelined streets with my dog. One day we would ride our bikes down the bike path on Ballona creek all the way to Marina, the prize at the en of the path is a fresh fruit stand and ice cold water to regain our strength and and a little relax time on the beach. I’d take them to Venice beach and do all the tourist things, like stop and watch the skaters, which Ive always loved to do anyway, and after for a little more calm walk go walking through the cannals and over all the little bridges. One day Id take them to Huntington gardens, and eat some ramen in the Japanese part of the park. If they like art Id defintley do a day of gallery hopping, or museums, I love how many places there are to go see art. Ive never done it but its on my to do list, I know theres a map of all the great street art to visit in downtown LA. Silverlake is another place id take them, walk around and then drinks or dinner at cafe stella.
I think a drive down the PCH is always a beautiful , and worth also driving a little out of town to go to have lunch at crystal cove for a retro surfer vibe. I must admit im still discovering the city myself, after high school I moved to Italy and have only been back 4 years now.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I have two shout outs, first to my friend and interior designer Faith Blakeney, for encouraging me to put myself out there. And to Tricia and Sarah from Unreped gallery for believing in me and my art, by giving me visibility.

Website: sachikodesign.com

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