Gina Bruce
born 1977, Sydney Australia
working in watercolours, oils, acrylic, goache, tempera, pencil…
represented in Sydney by
Robin Gibson Gallery, 278 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia,
Tel: +61 (0) 481 331 669, Email: robin@robingibson.net and carl@robingibson.net
career includes specialist teaching of watercolours for many years (the National Art School, ArtEst, Waverley Art School and privately)
Education
2015-2019 MTeach University of New England, Armidale
2003 BFA(Hons), National Art School (NAS), Sydney Australia
1999-2001 BFA, NAS, Sydney
1996-1998 Bcomm, University of Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Through Two Trees, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2020 - Recent plein air works on paper, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2018 – Wherever you go there you are, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2013 – Dreamhouse, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2010 – Sequence, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2008 – Treelines and Shadows, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2005 – Monuments and Shadows, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2004 – City Sequence, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Art Awards
2011 – Winner Waverley Art Prize
2010 – Awarded NAVA Marketing Grant for NSW Artists
2002 – Winner Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Lane Cove Council
2001 – Winner Nokia Arts Award Australia
2001 – Winner Ken Done painting prize, National Art School
2000 – Winner Gruner Prize for landscape painting, Art Gallery of NSW
Invitational
2023 - Australian Watercolour Institute (AWI) guest artist at their Centenary Exhibition
2022 - Kedumba Drawing Award, invited finalist
2021 - The Kings School (TKS) Art Prize, invited finalist
2015 - ANZ Tower Archie Exhibition, 10 artists from the 2015 Archibald entries curated by AGNSW curator Anne Ryan
2012 - Redlands Westpac Art Prize invited finalist curated by artist Lindy Lee
2010 - Kedumba Drawing Award, invited finalist
Residencies
2017 - Jamberoo Rainforest week residency with artists Guy Warren, Ann Thomson and others, NSW, Australia
2003 – Denise Hickey Paris Studio Residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris through the Art Gallery of NSW
2002 – Nokia Asia Pacific Region Art Award 3 day residency, workshop and exhibition at the Silpakorn University Bangkok, Thailand
Highly Commended
2018 - Highly Commended, Portia Geach Memorial Award for a portrait of artist Ann Thomson
2005 – Highly Commended, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2023 - Portia Geach finalists exhibition, S.H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
2023 - Paddington Art Prize finalists exhibition, Cooee Leven Gallery, Redfern, Sydney
2023 - Mosman Art Prize finalists exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery
2023 - Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill
2022 - Kedumba Drawing Prize exhibition, Blue Mountains Grammar School
2021 - The Kings School Art Prize exhibition, The Kings School, Parramatta
2018 – Jamberoo Mountain Road, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra (June 9 – Aug 4)
2018 – Stages of the Cross, ACCC, Canberra, curated by Doug Purnell
2017 – Year of the Rooster exhibition, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2016 – Plein Air Painting Prize exhibition, NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2015 – Stages of Birth (and Creativity), curated by Doug Purnell, Northmead Creative Arts High School
2014 – NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize finalists exhibition, NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2014 – Contemporary Watercolour prize, Wollongong Arts Centre, NSW
2014 – Portia Geach Portrait Prize finalists exhibition, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2013 – Face2Face, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2012 – Redlands Westpac Art Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2011 – Mosman Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2011 – Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Art School, Bondi, NSW
2011 – NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2010 – Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Blue Mountains Grammer School, Blue Mnts NSW
2010 – Ten, Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth
2008 – Dobell Prize for Drawing, AGNSW, Sydney
2008 – ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award Finalists Exhibition
2005 – Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2004 – Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2004 – Parliament House Exhibition, Parliament House, Sydney
2003 – Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2003 – 4 New Artists, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
2002 – Salon Des Refuse Exhibition, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, The Rocks, Sydney.
2002 – Nokia Art Awards, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
2002 – Recent Graduates, Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst.
2001 – Degree Show, Cell Block Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
2001 – Footwork, Shoebox Gallery, Darlinghurst
2001 – One Week in the City, an exhibition of drawings, William Wilkins Gallery, Bridge Street, Sydney
2001 – View from the Cell, Cell Block, National Art School, Sydney
2000 – 48 hours, Grand Pacific Blue Room, Oxford Street, Sydney
2000, 2002 – Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Prize Exhibition, Lane Cove Council Chambers, Sydney
2000 – Waverley Art Prize Exhibition, Waverley Art Centre, Sydney
Bibliography
McDonald, John, Every picture tells a story, Sydney Morning Herald, 25/11/23
McDowall, C, Gina Bruce-In Situ or in a studio, always seeing art anew, The Culture Concept Circle, 2018
Allen, Christopher, Video takes the prize for creativity, The Australian, 27/5/2011
Miall, Nina, Perception and Process: An Introduction to the Work of Gina Bruce, Catalogue Essay, 2010
Morgan, C, SMH Arts Diary, 2.12.2010
Mason, M, Arts and Tarts, 2RRR radio interview, 30.11.2010
Human Rights Defender magazine, UNSW, (image) Dream House 2, December issue 2010
Bruce G, Treelines and Shadows, Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 7 July 2009
Gunn, Nicholas, Jet Setting Artist Discovers there’s no place like home MX Magazine 10.3.2008
Allen, Christopher, Walk the Line, The Australian, 20th-21st Sept 08
Pakula, Karen Gina Bruce, Open Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald 15th-16th March 2008
An Archibald for Olsen, Sydney Morning Herald, 29.04.05
McDonald, John, Natural Wonders, Sydney Morning Herald 23-24th April 2005
Angeloro, Dominique Gina Bruce : Critics Pics, SMH,13.2.04
Fernandes, Michelle GinaBruce:CitySequence, EventsSMH 12.02.2004
Andrew Taylor, Visual Arts Spotlight, SMH, 4.2.2004
Keens, Leta, Me and my shadows, Belle Magazine Apr 04
Nokia Art Awards Asia Pacific 2001 Eye on the World catalogue
Collections
Waverley Council, NSW, Australia
Artbank Australia
Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, Australia
Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award Collection, Lane Cove Council
Private Collections in Australia, UK, USA, Germany