Brad Faine (b.1945) is an internationally acclaimed British artist and printmaker whose visual language synthesizes the discipline of conceptual art with the dynamism of digital innovation. For nearly four decades, he led Coriander Studio, one of Europe’s foremost fine-art print publishers, producing editions for over 300 major artists.
Raised in Brighton, Faine studied painting and printmaking at Leicester College of Art under pioneering modernist tutors, then refined his conceptual interests with postgraduate study at Goldsmiths, London. Early experiments, such as a three-dimensional chess set shown at the ICA and his role in the 1968 Paris Biennale, hinted at his boundary-crossing ambitions.
In 1972, Faine and his wife Jane founded Coriander Studio. Over the ensuing decades the studio became a creative hub, collaborating with luminaries like Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, John Hoyland, Damien Hirst, and many others. During that tenure he also taught printmaking at respected institutions, including St Martin’s, Farnham, and the Royal Academy.
In 2010 Faine stepped aside from management to focus wholly on producing his own work. In his mature output he abandoned mechanical reproduction in favor of first-generation digital prints and mono-prints on canvas — each a work conceived in the digital domain and then hand-refined. Rather than treating prints as reproductions, Faine regards them as original works in their own right.
Faine’s work operates at the intersection of abstraction, narrative, and design. At first glance, his canvases present geometric elegance and decorative pattern; on closer inspection they reveal layered collages of imagery, motifs, and cultural references. Though digital in origin, his works straddle the tradition of easel painting.
Often his pieces respond to contemporary issues - political, social, cultural - and fuse wit with visual complexity. In their execution, his prints attract collectors who value both craftsmanship and conceptual depth.
Collections, exhibitions, and commissions across London, New York, Dubai, and Tokyo testify to the international reach of his art and the enduring relevance of his practice.
