Bruce was born in Perth Scotland 1961 and on leaving Perth Grammar School in 1977 served an apprenticeship as a fabricator/welder which he continued to work at until 1984. He then worked as an airframe technician until 2003 when he then left to go back and study art as a mature student, firstly an NC Fine Art at ‘Dundee College of Further Education’ and then BA/Hon’s Fine Art at ‘Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee University’, graduating in 2009.
Bruce now works as a self employed artist, from’ WASPS Studios Meadowmill Dundee’, producing commissions and artworks for exhibition and sale in various galleries. He also tutors/facilitates art workshops and classes within the community for ‘Perth and Kinross Council’ the NHS and leisure classes at ‘Perth College’.
Working mainly in the graphic media of drawing and printmaking, his work can vary from narrative images of crumbling buildings, lined faces and a variety of creatures to evoke a sense of mystery and tell their own stories in a manner that is sometimes surreal yet familiar, to a fascination with the landscape its’ own sense of time atmosphere and place ‘genius loci’ and our place and effect on it.
Exhibitions
2022
Scotland's Small? Group Exhibition RSA Galleries, Edinburgh
Frames Gallery arTay, Perth Festival of the Arts
Frames Gallery, Winter Show, Perth
Snow, Exhibition, Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh
2021
195th Annual RSA Open, Online
Frames Gallery Perth, Spring Exhibition, Online
Aberdeen Artists Society, Summer Exhibition, Online
2020
Gallery Heinzel, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Aberdeen
Frames Gallery 'arTay', online, Perth Festival of the Arts
Perthshire Art Association, Annual Exhibition, Perth Museum
2019
Printroom Dundee, Frames Gallery, Perth
WASPS Studios, Dundee, Skye Lines, Solo Exhibition
Frames Gallery 'arTay', Perth Festival of the Arts
Scotland in Print, Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh
Pittenweem Arts Festival, Pittenweem, Fife
Perthshire Art Association, Annual Exhibition, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Frames Gallery, Winter Show, Frames Gallery, Perth
The Meffan Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2019
193rd R.S.A. Annual Exhibition Open 2019, Edinburgh 2019
2018
RSW 137th Annual Winter Exhibition, RSA Galleries, Edinburgh
Platform Perth Event, PVAF, SNH Centre Battleby, Perth
Frames Gallery 'arTay', Perth Festival of the Arts
Royal Scottish Academy, Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2018
Perthshire Art Association 66th Annual Exhibition, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
The Meffan Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2018
RSW 138th Open Annual Exhibition, RSA Galleries, Edinburgh.
2017
Printroom Dundee, Frames Gallery, Perth
Frames Gallery 'arTay', Perth Festival of the Arts
Royal Scottish Academy, Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2017
Printroom Dundee show, Edinburgh Drawing Schoo
Guest Artist, Perthshire Art Association Exhibition, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
The Meffan Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2017
DCA Members Winter Show, Dundee
2016
Frames Gallery ‘arTay’, Perth Festival of the Arts
D.C.A. Members show, Printfest Scotland, DCA Dundee
Royal Scottish Academy, Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2016
Printroom Dundee show, Edinburgh Drawing School
Printroom Dundee show, Dundee University
Mandala exhibition. Ocean terminal, Leith, Edinburgh
Printroom Dundee, Edinburgh Art Fair 2016, Edinburgh
Winter show, Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam, Dunkeld
D.C.A. Members winter show, Dundee
Meffan, Forfar, Winter Exhibition
2015
D.C.A. Spring Exhibition, Birnam Arts Centre
How We See Ourselves Exhibition, Frames Gallery, Perth
D.C.A. Members show, Printfest Scotland, Roseangle, Dundee
Passion for Print, Printfest Scotland, University Collection, Dundee
Exhibit ‘A’, Frames Gallery ,Perth
Pittenweem Arts Festival
D.C.A. Winter Exhibition, Dundee
Royal Scottish Academy, Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2015
Meffan, Forfar, Winter Exhibition
2014 Pittenweem Arts Festival
D.C.A Winter Print Exhibition
WASPS Open Studios, Meadow Mill, Dundee
The Meffan, Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2014
Oathlaw Gallery Christmas Exhibition
Hot Bed Press 20 20 Print Exchange 2014
2013
Royal Scottish Academy, Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2013
WASPS Open Studios, Meadow Mill, Dundee
The Meffan, Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2013
Pittenweem Arts Festival
2012
Royal Scottish Academy, Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2012
The Meffan, Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2012
North Fife Open Studios Weekend
2011
North Fife Open Studios Weekend
Fisher Studio & Gallery, Pittenweem, Black and White Exhibition
Lunardi Gallery, Ceres, Contrasts Exhibition
Perthshire Visual Arts Forum, Encounters with time Exhibition, Threshold Gallery, Perth
WASPS Studios. Open Weekend, The Steeple, Newburgh
Paisley Art Institute, Scottish Drawing Competition 2011, Paisley Museum
The Meffan, Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2011
2010
Queens Gallery, Dundee
The Leith Gallery, Leith, New Faces 2010
Fisher Studio & Gallery, Pittenweem, Spring Exhibition 2010
Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen, Summer Exhibition 2010
Generator Projects, Dundee, Members Show 2010
North Fife Open Studios Weekend
WASPS Studios, Open weekend, The Steeple, Newburgh
Royal Scottish Academy. Open Exhibition Edinburgh, 2010
Fisher Studio & Gallery, Pittenweem, Christmas Exhibition 2010
The Meffan, Forfar, Winter Exhibition 2010
2009 Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen.
Travelling Gallery, Paint Can, Sketchbook Work
WASPS studios Open Weekend, The Steeple, Newburgh
Duncan of Jordanstone College Degree Show
Awards
RSA Residencies For Scotland 2019, The Bothy Project Cairngorms, May 2019
WASPS Admirals House Residency, Braes, Skye, July 2018
Colin Dakers Memorial Award, The Meffan Forfar, Winter Show 2018.
The Perthshire Art Association Annual Award, Generously Enhanced by the Jimmie Cairncross Charitable Trust, RSA Open exhibition 2017
The Benni Esposito Drawing Award, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Dundee 2006