Brad Birchett

Senior Academic Advisor

Department of Communication Arts

Brad Birchett is a mixed media and intermedia artist who lives and works in Richmond, Virginia where he is an Instructor and Senior Advisor for VCU School of the Arts. Brad’s work involves process and time through painting, drawing, recording, installation, and other movements.


He has shown at national venues such as Bowery Gallery in New York, Delicious Spectacle Gallery in D.C., Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, New Jersey, and The Center for Book Arts in New York. His work has also been shown in international exhibitions at Sebastian Fath Contemporary in Mannheim Germany, Crou’n Haitai Gallery in Seoul Korea, Imagine Gallery in Beijing China, and The Biennial International Art and Design Conference in Doha, Qatar. 

Brad is an Emeritus Member of 1708 Gallery, has given lectures for the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, University of Mary Washington, and VCU Honors College. Brad’s essay, Assessing the Process, was published in Integrative Teaching International’s magazine, Future Forward:  Foundations NOW. He has curated a few exhibitions including Richard Carlyon: A Retrospective – Interval, for 1708 Gallery.