Bradley Greive b. Tasmania

Also known as:
  • B. T. G.
  • Bradley Trevor Greive
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary Sydney cartoonist and author.
Name
Bradley Greive
Also known as:
  • B. T. G.
  • Bradley Trevor Greive
Birth date
Birth place
Tasmania
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • 1995- April 2011 Manly, Sydney, New South Wales
Other Occupation
  • author
Website
Active Period
  • c.1995- c.2006
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, did occasional cartoons in the Sydney Morning Herald in the 1990s when he was living in the Manly district. He had solo exhibitions at Manly Art Gallery & Museum in 1995, 1997 and probably later. Produced the 'BTG’ card range featuring 'paintings and cartoons by Australian artist Bradley Trevor Greive’, published and distributed by Carnival of Cards (1997 one of brown bear in Santa hat). He was included among the 10 'Art Hop’ Australian artists in Australian Multicultural Art into Cyberspace 1997 at http://www.lincnet.com.au – a bilingual internet art site (Japanese and English). The rest of the Art Hop group were: David Egan, Wendy Merrington, Carrie Webster, Frederic Berjot, Lisa Hunt, Karla Dickens, Jeff Raglus, Jim Mitchell and Carlos Barrios. The 1999 site included 2 women cartoonists, Carrie Webster and Chris Bray Cotton .

Greive did two small books illustrated with photographs in 2000-01. Both became international bestsellers and topped Australian bestseller lists, remaining on them for months and, with successor, still there in 2002.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Karla Dickens
1967
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Chris Bray-Cotton
1962
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
David Egan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Wendy Merrington
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Carrie Webster
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Frederic Berjot
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Lisa Hunt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Jeff Raglus
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Jim Mitchell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Carlos Barrios
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
'Art Hop': Australian Multicultural Art into Cyberspace
1997
Exhibition (exhibited at)
bilingual internet art site (http://www.lincnet.com.au)
[solo exhibitions]
1995
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly, New South Wales
1997
Citations:
  • Greive, Bradley Trevor, (2000), The blue day book: a lesson in cheering yourself up, (Place: Milsons Point, New South Wales: Random House Australia)