PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS ONLINE SHOP IS TO MAKE AVAILABLE EPHEMERA FROM BRAD ADKINS' PREVIOUS AND CURRENT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS TO PRESENT TSHIRTS, STICKERS, POSTERS, ETC PRODUCED BY ADKINS (SOMETIMES IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS).
COLLABORATION AND CURATION HAS BEEN A KEY COMPONENT OF ADKINS’ PRACTICE SINCE THE EARLY 2000S, MOST NOTABLY WITH CHRISTOPHER BUCKINGHAM UNDER THE BANNER, CHARM BRACELET AND IN A SERIES OF CURATED EXHIBITIONS, PRINTS, PERFORMANCES, AND INSTALLATIONS MADE WITH OTHER ARTISTS AND THE ATTENDING PUBLIC. SINCE 2000, INDIVIDUAL ARTWORKS AND/OR THE REST HAVE BEEN FEATURED AT NW MUSEUMS, CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES, UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL GALLERIES, ALL AGES CLUBS, WAREHOUSES, AND OTHER NON-TRADITONAL VENUES. AND BEEN HIGHLIGHTED AND NOTED IN PUNK PLANET, MODERN PAINTERS, ARTWEEK, RHIZOME, THE STRANGER, PORTLAND MERCURY, THE OREGONIAN, HIGH DESERT JOURNAL, SEATTLE WEEKLY, OTHERS.
ITEMS ON W/ PAGE REFLECT AND REFER TO SOME OF THESE COLLABORATIONS. ADDITIONAL W/ ITEMS ARE DESIGNED AND PRODUCED AS ONE-OFFS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SHOP IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTISTS - DONALD MORGAN, MELODY OWEN, R SCOTT PORTER, MALIA JENSEN, TOM BLOOD, ROB WALMART, AARON RENIER, JAKE BOGGS, ARI + OTIS, OTHERS.
IN NOVEMBER, ’24 BA PDX STUDIO RELOCATED FROM PORTLAND, OR TO A BUILDING ON IL 159 IN BELLEVILLE, IL. ITEMS DESIGNED AND PRODUCED AT THE NEW STUDIO ARE LABELED BA 159 TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE.
FURTHER INQUIRIES ABOUT BRAD ADKINS' WORK, HOSTING A PROJECT OR LECTURE, OR A BA 159 POP-UP RETAIL EVENT, CAN BE MADE WITH FORM AT CONTACT PAGE.