Being surround by creative people, collaboration and teamwork is important to me. The raw materials for my photography are often the results of chance and observations from my own life and daily surroundings.
Creating from feelings often in my own solitude, with no real notion of the end result, I have created many images over the years for myself and others, the opportunities for which I am truly grateful.
Ian was born in the city of York, North Yorkshire, relocating in 2001 to the West Midlands.
6th March - 2nd May 2010
Open is a biennial collaboration between Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
Open 2010 will be held in the Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's most prestigious exhibition space.
With over 1200 entries to the 2010 Open, out of which 146 works were selected for the show, the panel selected to include two photographs by Ian Bratley.
West Midlands Open 2010 - 6th March - 2nd May 2010 - Gas Hall, Birmingham More information
November 2009 - January 2010 - Visual @ Post Graduate Department, Aston Business School
2008 - Birmingham Opera Company, Mozart's Idomeneo collaborative photography video installation
2008 - Visual at Baskerville House Celebrating the Launch of Visual
2007 - Rhubarb-Rhubarb Festival of The Image - Light Sale/Luminous exhibition, Curzon Street Station
Baskerville House Gallery - Birmingham UK
Curzon Street Station - Birmingham UK
City Living Birmingham Life Magazine
