b. Pella, Iowa, The United States.
Lives and works in The United States and France.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY. , USA.
B.F.A. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
Lives and works in The United States and France.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY. , USA.
B.F.A. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
CV
En Foco New Works #11 Photography Award.
The Vermont Studio Center. Artist in Residence.
The Puffin Foundation. Emerging Artist Grant.
New York Foundation for the Arts. Painting Fellowship.
New York State Council on the Arts. Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Combined Media.
The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Painting.
The Vermont Studio Center. Artist in Residence.
The Puffin Foundation. Emerging Artist Grant.
New York Foundation for the Arts. Painting Fellowship.
New York State Council on the Arts. Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Combined Media.
The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council. Project Grant in Painting.
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2007
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“News From Two Worlds” La Semaine. France. News No. 196 December 11, 2008.
“A Keeper of Stories”. Liberator Magazine Vol. 7 No 2. October 2008.
“Metz /New York Premier” M Magazine. Article. France. N#337. October 2008.
“To be, or not be......but how?” Now Public. Article, Eliud Martinez. May 6, 2008.
Nueva Luz Photographic Journal. Article, Melissa Harris. Vol. 12 No.3, Summer 2008.
“Culture Plastique” La Semaine. France. News No. 163 April 24, 2008.
Expressions. Interview with Mary Beth Springmeier. Rochester, NY. Fall 2005.
Image/Vision/Word, Jovian Press, Seneca Falls, NY, 2003.
“Intimate Spaces.” Feature Article. The Icon Newspaper, Iowa City, IA. May 1997.
“A Keeper of Stories”. Liberator Magazine Vol. 7 No 2. October 2008.
“Metz /New York Premier” M Magazine. Article. France. N#337. October 2008.
“To be, or not be......but how?” Now Public. Article, Eliud Martinez. May 6, 2008.
Nueva Luz Photographic Journal. Article, Melissa Harris. Vol. 12 No.3, Summer 2008.
“Culture Plastique” La Semaine. France. News No. 163 April 24, 2008.
Expressions. Interview with Mary Beth Springmeier. Rochester, NY. Fall 2005.
Image/Vision/Word, Jovian Press, Seneca Falls, NY, 2003.
“Intimate Spaces.” Feature Article. The Icon Newspaper, Iowa City, IA. May 1997.
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(Re)calling and (Re)telling. North Central College Oesterle Gallery, Naperville, IL., USA.
Drawings & Paintings by Kesha Bruce and Julia Dorado. Galerie d'YS, Brussels, Belgium.
The Girl Who Became an Eagle. La Galerie Culture Plastique. Metz, France.
New Work: Kesha Bruce & Kayla Steel. Atelier Deux Mondes, Metz, France.
Voices & Stories. L.N.D. Artists Space, Rochester, NY., USA.
Image/Vision/Word. Inkblotz Studio Gallery, Geneva, NY. , USA.
Self/Portrait. Flow Galleria, Vancouver BC, Canada.
Making My Own Reflection. Hunter College Time Square Gallery, New York, NY. , USA.
Picturing Femininity. The University of Iowa Women's Center, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
Drawings & Paintings by Kesha Bruce and Julia Dorado. Galerie d'YS, Brussels, Belgium.
The Girl Who Became an Eagle. La Galerie Culture Plastique. Metz, France.
New Work: Kesha Bruce & Kayla Steel. Atelier Deux Mondes, Metz, France.
Voices & Stories. L.N.D. Artists Space, Rochester, NY., USA.
Image/Vision/Word. Inkblotz Studio Gallery, Geneva, NY. , USA.
Self/Portrait. Flow Galleria, Vancouver BC, Canada.
Making My Own Reflection. Hunter College Time Square Gallery, New York, NY. , USA.
Picturing Femininity. The University of Iowa Women's Center, Iowa City, IA. , USA.
2011
2009
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1997
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1997
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
En Foco New Works Photography. El Taller Boricua Gallery. New York, NY., USA.
La Foire Européenne d’Art Contemporain. Metz, France.
La Foire Européenne d’Art Contemporain. Metz, France.
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Double Exposure: African-Americans Before and Behind the Camera.
DePaul University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL., USA.
"Everyone We Know" Sketchbook Project. Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA., USA.
The Last Book. The National Library of Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Double Exposure: African-Americans Before and Behind the Camera.
Double Exposure: African-Americans Before and Behind the Camera.
Museum of the African Diaspora. San Francisco, CA., USA.
American Women. Europa Museum of Modern Art. Schengen, Luxembourg.
Hot Sauce. International Art & Performance Festival. 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.
I Can Do That. Art & Performance Festival. Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Motherland. Kunstvlaai 6 at Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Works on 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.
Walls. Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon,WV. , USA.
Secret Postcards. University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. , USA.
Woman Image: Image of Woman. The University of New Haven, West Haven, CT., USA.
Mere Words. Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY. , USA.
Hunter College Open Studio Exhibit and Auction. Hunter College. New York, NY. , USA.
Hot Sauce. International Art & Performance Festival. 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.
I Can Do That. Art & Performance Festival. Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Motherland. Kunstvlaai 6 at Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Works on 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.
Walls. Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon,WV. , USA.
Secret Postcards. University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. , USA.
Woman Image: Image of Woman. The University of New Haven, West Haven, CT., USA.
Mere Words. Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY. , USA.
Hunter College Open Studio Exhibit and Auction. Hunter College. New York, NY. , USA.
Kesha Bruce’s work combines painting and photography to explore
memory, history, and magical-spiritual belief.
The narrative elements originate from a religious upbringing that fused
Southern Baptist tradition with both African and Native American belief
systems, and quickly became the basis for her life-long fascination with
folklore, superstition, and storytelling.
Kesha Bruce studied painting at the University of Iowa before earning her
MFA from Hunter College in New York. In 2004 she was awarded a Painting
Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts and in 2005 she
received a Puffin Foundation Grant for her work with Artist Books.
In 2008, her photographic work from the "(Re)calling and (Re)telling" series
was exhibited at El Taller Boricua Gallery in New York after being chosen for
the En Foco New Works Photography Award.
memory, history, and magical-spiritual belief.
The narrative elements originate from a religious upbringing that fused
Southern Baptist tradition with both African and Native American belief
systems, and quickly became the basis for her life-long fascination with
folklore, superstition, and storytelling.
Kesha Bruce studied painting at the University of Iowa before earning her
MFA from Hunter College in New York. In 2004 she was awarded a Painting
Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts and in 2005 she
received a Puffin Foundation Grant for her work with Artist Books.
In 2008, her photographic work from the "(Re)calling and (Re)telling" series
was exhibited at El Taller Boricua Gallery in New York after being chosen for
the En Foco New Works Photography Award.
Works from her "(Re)calling and (Re)telling" are included in the traveling exhibition “Double Exposure: African
Americans Before and Behind the Camera.” which opened in June 2008 at the Museum of the African
Diaspora and will continue onto several venues in the United States through 2011. Her photographic work is
also part of the permanent collection of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut.
Americans Before and Behind the Camera.” which opened in June 2008 at the Museum of the African
Diaspora and will continue onto several venues in the United States through 2011. Her photographic work is
also part of the permanent collection of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut.
Double Exposure: African-Americans Before and Behind the Camera.
South East Museum of Photography. Daytona Beach, FL, USA.
Keene State College Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery. Keene, NH., USA.
Keene State College Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery. Keene, NH., USA.
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