Alicia Bruce


Alicia Bruce is an Edinburgh-based photographer, lecturer and freelance educator.

Early life and education

Bruce was born in Aberdeen in 1979. She studied Photography, Film and Imaging at Edinburgh Napier University, graduating in 2006.

Career

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’. 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.
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.
She won the Royal Scottish Academy Morton Award in 2014.

Selected solo exhibitions

2018 ‘Violence Unseen’ Stills, Edinburgh, UK
2016 ‘Menie: TRUMPED’ St Andrews Photography Festival, UK
2015 ‘The Sim Project’, The [Royal Scottish Academy], Edinburgh, UK
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
2008 ‘Alicia Bruce: Artist in Residence’, Aberdeen Art Centre, Aberdeen, UK

Collections

Bruce's work is held at: , , 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.

Publications

  • Menie: Trumped. Daylight books, 2023.