Born in Oxford, Edward Bruce studied Fine Art at Newcastle Polytechnic/Northumbria University, where he won the Alcan Sculpture Prize, and at the Glasgow School of Art. He has lived and worked in London and Liverpool and is now based in Glasgow. In London he exhibited with the Glue Factory group in disused buildings. While living and working in Liverpool, Bruce worked with Manchester University and Herbert Parkinson textile mills in Darwen to create two 33 metre woven banners for an installation and sonic artwork in Liverpool Cathedral for the 2008 European Capital of Culture arts programme. Reprised in 2025 in partnership with Nick O’Neill from aaltspace architects, the banners were displayed in a new configuration, Ringing the Changes in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh during the Festival. While a member of Bridewell Studios in Liverpool he curated group shows and exhibited in Liverpool Biennial Independents. Edward’s solo exhibitions include his collaborative performance and sound work Allied and Amalgamated which was performed at the Pipe Factory, and at Tramway, Glasgow in 2018. His sound art has been presented at a number of events and platforms including at Games for May run by Interview Room 11 in Edinburgh and at Tramway Glasgow, and for broadcast on Radiophrenia. He has exhibited in group exhibitions in Vienna, Linz and Steyr in Austria and worked at the Frans Masereel Centre in Belgium as a resident printmaker. He is a co-founder of Perform/Print exploring the overlap between printmaking and performance.

Exhibitions

Group

2022

TRANS-IT, Die Kunstschaffenden, Linz, 6 – 28 September

Experimentierfeld Glasgow, international artists working in the public realm. Artist talks 28 – 30th April CCA, Glasgow. Exhibition: Kiosk, Glasgow, 6 – 8 May

2021

Material Damage, Issue 17 Exhibition (online), Haus A Rest 8 September

Experimentierfeld, Kluckyland, Vienna 7 – 30 April

A Way/Away, artist-led knowledge exchange project curated by Vlatka Horvat and Tim Etchells, Live Art Development Agency (LADA) 8 March – 1 May

2020

Radiophrenia, 9 – 22 November (Tackled and Lost broadcast 14 November).

2019

Relay 2, Tramway, Glasgow, 10 – 14 July

Games for May, Interview Room 11 @ Skylight, Edinburgh, 30 May

TransIt, Schloß Lamberg, Kunstverein Steyr, Austria, 23 May – 30 June

Radiophrenia, 13 – 26 May (‘Splicer’ broadcast across Glasgow, 15 May).

2018

Common Ground, Postgraduate Degree Show, The Glasgow School of Art, 1 – 9 September.

Last Futures, Tramway, Glasgow, 17 -25 March
Jetty, J.D. Kelly Building, Glasgow School of Art, 15 February.

BAT, McLellan Building, Glasgow School of Art, M.Litt. Printmedia, 19 February 2017
Show Saturday, Arena Gallery, Liverpool, 9 – 20 September 2016
Possible Impossibilities,[and curated] Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool, 18 – 31 May, 2013
Blueprint, The Gallery, Liverpool, 2012
Exposed Surfaces, Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2007
Loop Overview ’07, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool, 2007
Soup Versus Gazpacho, The Albany, Liverpool, 2006
In Quarantine, Glue Factory, Oval, London, 1998
What Everyone Wants, Project Space, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1995

Solo

Ringing the Changes, (with architect Nick O’Neill) installation in St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh 1st August 2025 – January 2026

Allied & Amalgamated, (with Stephanie Black-Daniels) performance in Pipe Factory, Glasgow, 1st December 2017
Station Ends, Bridewell Gallery, October 2016 – Liverpool Biennial Independents
Park Inks, Bridewell Gallery, October 2011
Ringing Banners, Liverpool Cathedral for Liverpool Capital of Culture, September 2008
Goal, public artwork, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1994.

Residencies

Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, 9 -16 November 2018

Contact

edward.r.bruce@gmail.com