Gina Bruce

born 1977, Sydney Australia

working in watercolours, ink, tempera, oil, acrylic, 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

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

  • 2024 - Ancient Innocence, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

  • 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

  • 2024 - Awarded William Fletcher Foundation grant

  • 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

  • 2024 - China Australia Cultural exchange to Beijing and Xian

  • 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)

  • 2024 - Kedumba Drawing Award, finalists exhibition, Wentworth Falls.

  • 2024 - Pro Hart Outback Award finalists exhibition, Broken Hill City Gallery

  • 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