Gillian Bradshaw-Smith

Gillian was born in India in 1933. Her British parents were part of the twilight of the British Raj.

Four years after her father's early death, Gillian left India with her mother and brother, sailing on D-Day for England during World War II. She was eleven at the time.

Gillian completed her secondary education and entered The University of Reading, England to study fine art and painting. The next several years were spent teaching art and painting in England.

At the call of adventure in January of 1963, Gillian moved to Dallas, Texas, where family members sponsored her entry to the United States. She worked in Dallas making paintings, creating embroidered wall hangings and teaching special classes. Her work was shown at the Contemporary Gallery.

In 1967, she married and moved to New York City, where she lived, worked, and showed her art in many exhibitions. Gillian became a U.S. citizen in 1976.

The art gallery that gave her her most important solo shows was Cordier & Ekstrom on Madison Avenue in New York. Headed by Arne Ekstrom, a well known art dealer, the gallery included artists such as Isamu Noguchi, Romare Bearden, Richard Lindner, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. Ekstrom also fostered the talents of younger artists such as Marvin Israel, Anton Van Dalen, Nancy Grossman, and Gillian Bradshaw-Smith among others.

Bradshaw-Smith moved back to Dallas in 1995 and has since worked with many noted interior designers and has created some very stunning walls ceilings and interior details for residential and commercial customers using all her talent and experience.

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