3/4 portrait photo of artist looking to the side with large black glasses, dark brown wavy hair blowing slightly standing in front of brick wall

Amy E. Bruce

I'm so glad you're here.

I have been observing, capturing, and interpreting aspects of how we experience time in some capacity throughout my art practice, taking the ubiquitous and turning it into small relics of the human experience, pieces of a bigger puzzle of our collective memory. Using a multi-disciplinary approach that merges historical analog photography processes, digital technology, and traditional art mediums I intuitively decide how an image is to be presented, what techniques would be best for the tone I want to communicate and what surface would best suit that image building from there. The process of either manually printing, transferring & working into images allows what could be a very static experience requiring time sitting in front of a computer screen to expand and become more visceral. The end result is tangible and that’s important.

 

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EDUCATION

BFA with Teacher Certification, Alfred University, May 1991

Degree discipline / Printmaking Major, Art Education Minor

MIS Virginia Commonwealth University, May 2003

Degree disciplines / Photography and Computer Graphics

E X H B I T I O N S

Juried Shows

  • Fleeting Moments – Street Photography Exhibit, Atheneum, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, VA – 10/23

  • Black & White All Media Exhibit, Falls Church Arts Gallery, Fall Church, VA – 04/22

  • SheDC Exhibition, La Cosecha, Washington, DC – 03/22

  • Recent Works Exhibit, Fairfax, VA – 10/2018-2023

  • Artists Who Teach, Northern Virginia Community College, 11/18

  • Fotoweek Bazaar, Washington, DC – 11/13

  • Les Tapies Collection, Ardeche, France – 7/11

  • 5 x 5’s Small Works Show, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA – 10/11

  • Biketastic, The Soundry, Vienna VA – 9/11                    

  • Baby Canvases Small works show, The Soundry, Vienna VA – 5/11                   

  • Camera Obscura Alternative Photography exhibit, The Soundry, Vienna VA - 11/11                

  • Artwalk Albany, Albany, NY – 9/10                    

  • The Blueberry Gallery/May group show – 04/09

  • Elizabeth Sanford Recycled Art Show – The Soundry, Vienna, VA – 04/09

  • Art in City Hall, Alexandria, VA – 09/2008 & 2009

  • Gallery West National Juried Show – Alexandria, VA / 04/2006 & 2007

  • Del Ray Dozen Photography Exhibition @ Del Ray Artisans Gallery – Alexandria, VA – 11/2007, 2008 & 2011

  • VCU Alumni Exhibit—Verizon Gallery NoVa Campus – 10/06

  • Urban Artists Places and Creations – Senate Realty Washington, D.C. - Fall 2006

  • Teacher/Artist Juried Show – George Mason University Fairfax, VA - 10/2006 & 2009

  • Art at the Park – Park Triangle Apts. – Washington, DC 07/06  

  • 6 Visions Group show – Baltimore, MD - 04/06

Solo Shows

  • Opposite Dualities”– Killer ESP/Alexandria, VA – 02/14

  • Buzz Bakery – Alexandria, VA - 07/07

  • Art in City Hall – Dept. of Zoning and Planning - Alexandria, VA – 10/08

Alternative Venues/Festivals

  • HalloWIERD Art and Craft Show – DelRay Artisans, Alexandria, VA -10/23

  • Art On The Avenue Arts Festival – Alexandria, VA – 10/2007-2011 & 2022

  • Urban Markets – Washington, DC -11/08

  • Crystal City Market – Arlington, VA- 10/08

  • Claude Moore Fall Festival – Sterling, VA- 10/08

  • Nolans - Adams Morgan, DC - Fall/Winter 2006-7

  • A Show of Hands – Consignment Gallery Alexandria, VA – 06/06 to 2010

  • Janet’s Java – Alexandria, Virginia – 07/04

  • ELEMENTS – Occoquan, Virginia – 05/2001 to 2003

P R O F E S S I O N A L  E X P E R I E N C E

  • 2007 to 2013, Adjunct, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Off Campus Graduate Art Program, Alternative Photographic Studio, Digital Integration into Darkroom, Mixed Media Bookmaking, Technology in the Art Room

  • 2003 to 2023, Art Teacher, Edison High School, Alexandria, Virginia

  • 1997 to 2003, Art Teacher, Fox Mill Elementary School, Herndon, Virginia

  • 1991 to 1997, Art Teacher, Niskayuna, NY, Fairfax, VA, Herndon, VA

H O N O R S  A N D  A F F I L I A T I O N S

Grants

·   2011 - Les Tapies Art Teacher Workshop Fellowship. Valence, France

·   2003 – 2005      AFPE Teacher Grant Recipient Virginia Commission for the Arts

·   1997 – National Art Education Association Convention/Chicago, Illinois

·   1998 - Getty Museum Research Trip/Los Angeles, California

·   1999 – British Museum Research Trip/London, England

·   2000 – National Art Education Association Convention/New York, N.Y.

·   1999 - Washington Post Grants for The Arts Campus Beautification Mural Project, Herndon, VA         

 Appointments

  •  President – Northern Virginia Art Education Association

       January 2005 to 2007

  • Vice President – Northern Virginia Art Education Association

      January 2003 to January 2005

 Afilliations

·    National Art Education Association - 1996 to 2023

·    Virginia Art Education Association – 1996 to 2023.

·    Corcoran Museum Member – 2000 to 2018

·    National Gallery of Art Member – 1997 to 2020

·    Del Ray Artisans – Joined 2006

·    National Association of Photoshop Professionals – 2006 to 2018