Bruce Latimer

In our 13th year we are very proud to have Bruce Latimer as our ‘Featured Artist’. Bruce Latimer is a resident of Balmain and was born in Sydney.  He gained his Diploma in Fine Arts in painting from the National Art School in 1973, then his Diploma of Education in Art the following year. Since then he has lectured in painting and printing at the Sydney College of the Arts and the National Art School amongst other institutions.

Bruce's work is represented in collections throughout Australia and overseas and includes the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Galleries of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland and the National Art Gallery of New Zealand.  Bruce's etchings involve the juxtaposing of images in order to explore our place in the environment.

As he explains, “As wonderful as it is, I am not content to simply observe the natural world, rather I am compelled to examine our varied interactions with it. What usually captures my attention are the results of our intrusions and what I celebrate is the beauty of the world despite these intrusions”. Latimer references the classical landscapes of earlier masters such as John Glover, but adds items of urban detritus as stark, abject reminders of the destructive path we have carved through that same landscape.

Artists Details

1951 Born Sydney, Australia
1970-73 Diploma of Fine Arts (painting), National Art School, Sydney
1974 Diploma of Education (Art), Sydney Teachers College, Sydney
1975-76 Teacher at Condell Park High School (Art)
1976-91 Lived and worked in New York City, USA
1991 Part-time lecturer in Painting, Post Graduate Department, Sydney
College of the Arts, J.J. 1991Cahill Memorial High School (Art)
1993-2003 Part-time Lecturer of Printmaking, National Art School & Meadowbank, Hornsby, St. 1993-2003 George & Seaforth Colleges of T.A.F.E.
2004 Part-time lecturer of Printmaking, National Art School & College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales

Awards

2005 Geelong Acquisitive Print Award
1982 Patron Print Commission, Print Council of Australia
1977 Visual Arts Board Grant
1976 Pederson Prize for Printmaking
1973 Rowney Print Prize
1971 National Art Students Union Prize
1970 National Art Students Union Prize

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Queensland
Art Gallery of South Australia
Bathurst Fine Art Gallery, NSW
Family Courthouse, Brisbane
Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
Geelong Art Gallery, VIC
La Trobe Valley Arts Centre, VIC
Macquarie University, NSW
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, VIC
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of New Zealand
National Gallery of Victoria
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Noumea Art Gallery, Noumea
Queen Victoria museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
Queensland University of Technology, QLD
Shepparton Gallery, VIC
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, TAS
Townsville Teachers College, QLD
Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC
Western Australian Institute of Technology, WA