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| Each work by kesha bruce lies at the cross roads of American Negro folklore, childlike sentimentality, and socio-political belief. The dialogue created by combining these elements draws a psychological link between these seemingly disparate elements. Kesha Bruce. com is owned and maintained by the artist Kesha Bruce. All images on the Kesha Bruce .com website are the protected property of Kesha A. Bruce. All image copyrights are held by the artist Kesha Bruce. No images from Kesha Bruce .com may be stored, used, or distributed without the written permission from Kesha Bruce. |
b. 1975, The United States.
Lives and works in The United States and France.
EDUCATION
2001 M.F.A. Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY. , USA.
1997 B.F.A. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
EXHIBITIONS
2008 Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera.
Museum of the African Diaspora. San Francisco, CA., USA.
En Foco New Works Photography. El Taller Boricua Gallery. New York, NY., USA.
The Girl Who Became an Eagle. La Galerie Culture Plastique - Le Printemps. Metz, France.
La Foire Européenne Art Contemporain. Metz, France.
2007 American Women. Europa Museum of Modern Art. Schengen, Luxembourg.
Hot Sauce. International Art & Performance . The Bronx, New York, USA.
Millions Taken Daily. The University of Maine Museum of Art. Bangor, ME. USA.
Tell Me Something. Vermont Studio Center Open Studios. Johnson, VT., USA.
2006 I Can Do That. Art & Performance Festival. Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Motherland. Kunstvlaai 6 at Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Works of Paper. Flux Factory. Long Island City, NY. , USA.
Object Books. Associazione di Promozione Sociale Artetica. Rome, Italy.
Dream City. Consulate of Culture Society. Elassona, Greece.
2004 Walls. Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon,WV. , USA.
2003 Secret Postcards. University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. , USA.
Image/Vision/Word. Inkblotz Writing Studio & Gallery, Geneva, NY. , USA.
2002 Self/Portrait. Flow Galleria, Vancouver BC, Canada.
Woman Image: Image of Woman. The University of New Haven, West Haven, CT. , USA.
2000 Making My Own Reflection. Hunter College Time Square Gallery, New York, NY. , USA.
Mere Words. Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY. , USA.
1999 Hunter College Open Studio Exhibit and Auction. Hunter College. New York, NY. , USA.
1998 Hunter College Open Studio. Hunter College Times Square Building. New York, NY. , USA.
1997 Picturing Femininity. Checkered Space Gallery, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS & AWARDS
2007 En Foco New Works #11 Photography Award.
The Vermont Studio Center. Artist in Residence.
2005 The Puffin Foundation. Emerging Artist Grant.
2004 New York Foundation for the Arts. Painting Fellowship.
2002 New York State Council on the Arts. Special Opportunity Stipend.
1997 The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Combined Media.
1995 The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Painting.
Lives and works in The United States and France.
EDUCATION
2001 M.F.A. Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY. , USA.
1997 B.F.A. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
EXHIBITIONS
2008 Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera.
Museum of the African Diaspora. San Francisco, CA., USA.
En Foco New Works Photography. El Taller Boricua Gallery. New York, NY., USA.
The Girl Who Became an Eagle. La Galerie Culture Plastique - Le Printemps. Metz, France.
La Foire Européenne Art Contemporain. Metz, France.
2007 American Women. Europa Museum of Modern Art. Schengen, Luxembourg.
Hot Sauce. International Art & Performance . The Bronx, New York, USA.
Millions Taken Daily. The University of Maine Museum of Art. Bangor, ME. USA.
Tell Me Something. Vermont Studio Center Open Studios. Johnson, VT., USA.
2006 I Can Do That. Art & Performance Festival. Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Motherland. Kunstvlaai 6 at Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Works of Paper. Flux Factory. Long Island City, NY. , USA.
Object Books. Associazione di Promozione Sociale Artetica. Rome, Italy.
Dream City. Consulate of Culture Society. Elassona, Greece.
2004 Walls. Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon,WV. , USA.
2003 Secret Postcards. University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. , USA.
Image/Vision/Word. Inkblotz Writing Studio & Gallery, Geneva, NY. , USA.
2002 Self/Portrait. Flow Galleria, Vancouver BC, Canada.
Woman Image: Image of Woman. The University of New Haven, West Haven, CT. , USA.
2000 Making My Own Reflection. Hunter College Time Square Gallery, New York, NY. , USA.
Mere Words. Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY. , USA.
1999 Hunter College Open Studio Exhibit and Auction. Hunter College. New York, NY. , USA.
1998 Hunter College Open Studio. Hunter College Times Square Building. New York, NY. , USA.
1997 Picturing Femininity. Checkered Space Gallery, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS & AWARDS
2007 En Foco New Works #11 Photography Award.
The Vermont Studio Center. Artist in Residence.
2005 The Puffin Foundation. Emerging Artist Grant.
2004 New York Foundation for the Arts. Painting Fellowship.
2002 New York State Council on the Arts. Special Opportunity Stipend.
1997 The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Combined Media.
1995 The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Painting.
Kesha Bruce was born in Pella, Iowa in 1975. She studied
painting, printmaking, and photography at the University of
Iowa from 1993-1997, where she received a BFA in
painting. She later completed an MFA in Painting at Hunter
College in New York City in 2001 studying with visual artist
Juan Sanchez.
In 2004 she was awarded a New York Foundation for the
Arts fellowship in Painting and in 2005 received a Puffin
Foundation Grant for her work with Artist Book project "This
House".
More recently her work has been included in exhibitions in
both the United States and Europe. In June 2007, both her
paintings and her photography were included in the
exhibition American Women at the Europa Museum of
Modern Art in Schengen, Luxembourg as part of the year-
long series of events designed to celebrate Luxembourg’s
status as European Capital of Culture in 2007.
painting, printmaking, and photography at the University of
Iowa from 1993-1997, where she received a BFA in
painting. She later completed an MFA in Painting at Hunter
College in New York City in 2001 studying with visual artist
Juan Sanchez.
In 2004 she was awarded a New York Foundation for the
Arts fellowship in Painting and in 2005 received a Puffin
Foundation Grant for her work with Artist Book project "This
House".
More recently her work has been included in exhibitions in
both the United States and Europe. In June 2007, both her
paintings and her photography were included in the
exhibition American Women at the Europa Museum of
Modern Art in Schengen, Luxembourg as part of the year-
long series of events designed to celebrate Luxembourg’s
status as European Capital of Culture in 2007.
| Photo by Howard Romero, Vermont Studio Center 2007. |
In October 2007, Kesha Bruce’s photographs were selected for the En Foco 2007 New Works #11 Photography Award,
with an exhibition of new her work to be held in 2008 at El Taller Boricua Gallery in New York.
She currently lives and works in the US and France.
with an exhibition of new her work to be held in 2008 at El Taller Boricua Gallery in New York.
She currently lives and works in the US and France.
