| Alicia Bruce | |
| Birth Date: | 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Aberdeen |
| Website: | https://aliciabruce.co.uk/ |
| Field: | Photography |
| Training: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Alicia Bruce is an Edinburgh-based photographer, lecturer and freelance educator.[1]
Bruce was born in Aberdeen in 1979.[2] She studied Photography, Film and Imaging at Edinburgh Napier University, graduating in 2006.[2]
Bruce's work focuses on the collaboration between artist and sitter in portrait photography. Her most recent projects have involved communities, such as ‘Menie: A portrait of a North East community in conflict’.[3] Alongside her work as a practicing photographer, Bruce is a Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art and was previously a freelance educator at the National Galleries of Scotland.[2]
She has worked on several commissions and campaigns, including those from: Edinburgh World Heritage, NewsDirect, National Galleries of Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, University of St Andrews, The European Parliament, NHS, V&A Dundee.[4]
She won the Royal Scottish Academy Morton Award in 2014.[5]
2018 ‘Violence Unseen’ Stills, Edinburgh, UK (Touring commission for Zero Tolerance)
2016 ‘Menie: TRUMPED’ St Andrews Photography Festival, UK[6]
2015 ‘The Sim Project’, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK[7]
2015 ‘Digging for Diamonds’, EU Buildings, Brussels, Belgium
2013 ‘Encore’ Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Part of Diffusion Festival
2013 ‘Menie’ The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, UK[8]
2008 ‘Alicia Bruce: Artist in Residence’, Aberdeen Art Centre, Aberdeen, UK
Bruce's work is held at: MoCP Chicago, University of St Andrews Photography Collection,[9] National Galleries of Scotland, Robert Mapplethorpe Photography Collection, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Napier University Photography Collection, Ffotogallery, Dovecot Studios, Zero Tolerance, and various private collections.[4]