Gina Bruce

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Gina Bruce

Install of 2004 exhibition
multi panel egg tempera work in foreground
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Treelines and Shadows is Gina Bruce’s third solo exhibition. The 30 year old artist has been a finalist in the prestigious Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales three years running. She has been awarded many prizes including the Denise Hickey Studio Residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris.

“Bruce is a young artist who has made striking progress over the past few years by paring away everything that is extraneous to the image she wants to capture These are slow pictures that grow steadily more engaging as one spends time in their presence, and this is always a good sign.”

John Macdonald, Natural Wonders, Sydney Morning Herald, April 23 2005

Treelines and Shadows is an exhibition of new tempera paintings. Images were abstracted from places known well to the artist, around Sydney and also the Lue, Mudgee area. The theme Treelines and Shadows references Bruce’s previous solo exhibition Monuments and Shadows while also moving into new territory. This exhibition is loosely inspired by the imagery in the book The Secret River, by Kate Grenville, which explores themes of Australia’s colonial and indigenous past inhabiting the Australian bush.

The Paintings were created using tempera, with a process of putting paint on and taking it off. Thin layers were built up in this way. Bruce’s choice of egg tempera reflects her interest in watercolour painting, as well as a desire to explore a more textural medium and one which requires an interest in the chemistry of making paints and gesso grounds. She has been working in tempera since 2001 when it was introduced to her at the National Art School, Sydney.

Exhibitions

2009
Small is the New Big
2008
The Young Ones

Biography

1977
Born in Sydney, Australia. Lives & works in Sydney
2004-2006
Lived and worked in Paris and the UK
2004
Guest Speaker, Art Gallery of NSW.
2003
Guest Lecturer, National Art School, Sydney
2003
BA(Fine Arts)(Hons), National Art School
1999-2001
BA(Fine Arts), National Art School
1996-1998
B.Comm, University of Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2008
Treelines and Shadows, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2005
Monuments and Shadows, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2004
City Sequence, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2007
Body Works, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Christmas Show, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2006
Three, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
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.

Awards

2008
Finalist, Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of NSW
2005
Highly Commended, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2003
Denise Hickey Paris Studio Residency, Art Gallery of NSW
2002
Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award
2001
Nokia Arts Award Australia (Joint Winner)
2001
Ken Done painting prize, National Art School
2000
Gruner Prize for landscape painting, Art Gallery of NSW

Bibliography

29 April 2005
An Archibald for Olsen, Sydney Morning Herald
23-24 April 2005
John McDonald, Natural Wonders, Sydney Morning Herald
13 February 2004
Dominique Angeloro, Gina Bruce : Critics Pics, Sydney Morning Herald
April 2004
Leta Keens, Me and my shadows, Belle Magazine

Artist’s Website

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