Alicia Bruce

Alicia Bruce’s award winning photographs have been presented on an international platform and won several artists’ residencies and bursaries. Her images have featured in national press including The Times, The Scotsman, and STV News, and are represented in several public and private collections including the National Galleries of Scotland photography collection.

Her commercial portfolio features an impressive list of high profile clients including the National Galleries of Scotland and Cashback for Creativity.

Current Touring Exhibitions

  • 2014
    • ‘Industries’ curated by Malcolm Dickson
    • Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow Scotland (22 May – 22 June 2014)
    • VU, Meduse, Quebec, Canada (October 2014)
    • With Charles-Frederick Ouellet, Martin Hunter and Normand Rajotte
  • 2013
  • & 2014
    • ‘Fleece to Fibre: The Making of The Large Tree Group Tapestry‘ curated by Ben Divall with Victoria Crowe
    • Dovecot, Edinburgh, Scotland, Part of Edinburgh Art Festival
    • Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
    • Inverness Galleries and Museums, Inverness, Scotland
    • The Fleming Collection, London

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2013
    • The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales
    • ‘Encore’
    • Part of -Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography
    • A Ffotogallery commission
  • 2013
  • 2011
    • Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland
      ‘Menie: a portrait of a North East coastal community in conflict’
  • 2011
    • Edindocs, Edinburgh, Scotland
      ‘Menie: a portrait of a North East community in conflict’
    • To accompany headlining documentary ‘You’ve Been Trumped‘
    • Director: Antony Baxter
  • 2011
      • The Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen, Scotland
        ‘Menie: Posts’
      • To accompany the International Film Premiere of  ‘You’ve Been Trumped‘

     

    • Director: Antony Baxter
  • 2011
    • Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
      ‘Menie: a portrait of a North East coastal community in conflict’
  • 2009
    • Project Slogan Aberdeen, Scotland
      ‘Feedback Loop: after Kenny Hunter’
  • 2008
    • Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen, , Scotland
      ‘Alicia Bruce: Artist in-Residence Exhibition 2008’
  • 2006

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2014
    • Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow Scotland & VU, Meduse, Quebec, Canada
    • With Charles-Frederick Ouellet, Martin Hunter and Normand Rajotte
  • 2014
    • Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
    • ‘Fleece to Fibre: The Making of The Large Tree Group Tapestry’
    • With Victoria Crowe
  • 2014
    • Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow Scotland
    • ‘Industries’
    • Scottish National Photography Collection
    • With Charles-Frederick Ouellet, Martin Hunter and Normand Rajotte
  • 2014
    • Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland
    • ‘Contemporary Photography In Scotland’
    • Scottish National Photography Collection
    • With Fay Godwin, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Wendy McMurdo, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Felicitas Vogler, Peter Cattrell and Murray Johnston
  • 2013
    • Tramshed, Cardiff, Wales
    • ‘The Valleys Re-Presented‘
    • Part of -Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography
    • With David Bailey, David Barnes, Mike Berry, Maurice Broomfield, Paul Cabuts, Huw Davies, John Davies, Jeremy Deller, Sean Edwards, Peter Fraser, Bruce Gilden, Philip Jones Griffiths, David Hurn, Francesca Odell, Ron McCormick, Paul Reas, Zhao Renhui, Roger Tiley, William Tsui

Awards and Residencies

  • 2014
    • The Royal Scottish Academy
    • Morton Award 2014
  • 2013
    • Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Awards 2013
    • Honourable Mention
  • 2013
    • The Scottish Parliament
    • Motion S4M-05749
  • 2012
  • 2012
    • Aberdeen City Council
      Funding to exhibit and speak at an International Photography Symposium in Regensburg, Germany
  • 2012
    • engage
      Bursary to attend engage International Summer School, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2012
    • British School at Rome Document Residency
      Shortlisted
  • 2011
    • Ffotogallery
      Photographer in Residence at Blaenavon World Heritage Site
  • 2010
    • Aberdeen City Council, Visual Arts Award
      (for film and video works)
  • 2009
    • Project Slogan
      Two week residency in artist run space, Aberdeen
  • 2009
  • 2009
    • The Johnathan Jones Memorial Prize
      Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
  • 2009
    • Shell
      Commended for Aberdeen Art Gallery Exhibition
  • 2009
  • 2009
    • The Sally Schofield Memorial Prize
      Visual Arts Scotland
  • 2008
    • Aberdeen Arts Centre
      Artist in Residence
  • 2007
    • The Institute of Contemporary Scotland: Young Scotland Programme
      One-week residency
  • 2006
    • Scottish Photographers
      New Generation Photographer
  • 2003
    • Scottish Photographers
      Young Photographer Award

Collections

  • The National Galleries of Scotland
  • The Robert Mapplethorpe Photography Collection
  • Edinburgh Napier University Photography Collection
  • Dovecot Edinburgh
  • Various private collections

Selected Teaching, Conferences, Lectures & Workshops

TV

Film

Other

  • engage | Freelance Specialist Interest Rep
  • Axis | Commissioned blogger
  • NEPAN | Artworks Scotland