Bio
Scott Vradelis earned an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, travelled to Europe to study painting, then lived and worked in Manhattan and Brooklyn as a painter for 18 years. Since moving to Elkins Park just outside Philadelphia in 2004, he has worked to establish and successfully operate a local business, has helped his wife Catherine raise their three grown children, and continues to paint, practice and study.
He has investigated a wide range of subjects on his own and with the generous help of others including particle physics, chaos theory, aesthetics, archetypal psychology, many aspects of painting from multiple traditions from prehistoric image making, to early Asian painting to Post-Modernism, and for the past ten years has engaged in the practice and study of various aspects of early Buddhism. He experiences painting as an integral aspect of his life.
One Person Exhibitions
Da Vinci Art Alliance, Winter’s Poem for Spring, Philadelphia 2022
Phillipe Briet Gallery, New York, 1994
Carson Street Gallery Pittsburgh, PA, 1992
Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, 1989
MFA Thesis Show, Hewlett Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, 1985
Group Exhibitions
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Changing Light (Proximity Tint), 2024
The Drawing Rooms, Honoring Edward S. Eberle, Jersey City, 2024
Gallerie De L’Ecole Des Beaux-Arts De Lorient, Le Temps d’un Dessin, Lorient, France, 1994
Scott Vradelis, Less Ayre, Seth Kaufman, AMO-Amanda M. Obering, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
Trenkmann Gallery, Action, NYC 1991
Scott Vradelis & James Shipman, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, 1990
Pittsburgh Now, 8 Artists, Three Rivers Arts Invitational, Westinghouse Building Gallery, 1987
Scott Vradelis, Ed Eberle, James Shipman, Millvale Industrial Park, Pittsburgh PA, 1984
Education
BFA Painting, Miami of Ohio, 1983
MFA Painting, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1985
Publications
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, June 14, Bill Homisak, 1987
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Donald Miller, March, 1992
Awards
Grant for European Travel, visiting 21 Museums and over 40 galleries, 1985
Purchase Award, Westinghouse Corp, 1986