email: artplace@iinet.net.au

Tertiary Education
1995 M.A. Visual Arts, Curtin University
1990 BA (Sculpture) Curtin University
1982 Diploma of Art Studies, Perth Technical College
1957 BA Fine Art (Fibre Textiles) Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
1997 “Repetition”, Artplace, Perth
1996 “Domestic Bliss”, Artplace, Perth

Group Exhibitions
2002 Joondalup Invitation Art Award
“Love Your work” 30 Years of Fremantle Arts Centre
Perth International Arts Festival, “Immigration”, Curtin University and WA Museum

2001 Adelaide Centenary of Federation Project, “Home is where the heart is”, Art Museum , University of South Australia. Exhibition touring regional centres 2001.
2001 Perth International Arts festival, “Do it”, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia.

2000 Artplace Christmas exhibition
Rebirth, (Selected Works), Mandurah Art Gallery, Mandurah

1999 “Rebirth; WA women celebrating a centruy of change”, Moores Building, Fremantle
“Transitions”, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Annual Invitation Exhibition
“Mine own executioner”, Mundaring Arts Centre, October
“Quotes”, Perth College, June
“A vote of her own”, The Constitutional Centre, Perth, March (touring)
“Dolls”, Adelaide Youth Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, March - May (touring)
Object Gallery, Circular Quay, Sydney.

1998 “Artplace Christmas Show”, Artplace, Perth
“Christmas exhibition”, Adelaide Festival Centre
“Landscape, Rubbish and Poetry”, International Art Space, Kellerberrin, WA, August “Artplace at 101”, Gallery 101, Melbourne
“Knit”, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld, Manning Regional Gallery, NSW, and Hervey Bay City Council Art Gallery
“Small is Beautiful”, Sydney University of Technology and Regional Galleries in NSW
“New Work by Artplace Artists”, Artplace, Perth

1997 Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Art Gallery
“Censorship”, Artplace, Perth
“Five Years Artplace”, Artplace, Perth
“Plastic Fantastic”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1996 “Outside the frame”, Invitation Exhibition, Sir Charles Gardner Hospital
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, ACAF·5, Melbourne
Figuration, Art Gallery of WA
Dispositions, Art Gallery of WA
Art, Medicine and the Body, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide Out of Australia, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

1995 M.A., Honours and Post Graduate show, Curtin University
Homage to Dr Harold Schenberg, Artplace, Perth
“Woman Subject/ Object”, First Prize, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

1994 Performance with Erin Hefferon, for “Absence of Evidence”, Perth “Tugmaan” Exchange Exhibition, Manila and Perth (PICA) “Heavier Than Air” , Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)
“Erotic Works” Artplace, Perth

1993 Holmes a Court New Acquisitions Exhibition, PICA
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Art Gallery
Darlington Arts Festival
“Art fare”, Artrage Festival, PICA
“The Advantage of Isolation” Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, Artplace, Perth

1992 “Don a Smock” Arts Week, Forrest Place, Perth
“Feminisms” curated by Nikki Miller, PICA
“Orientations” , curated by Ted Snell, Fremantle Arts Centre
1992 “Do Something to a Blundstone”, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart
“Baby Cries For You” Artists Regional Exchange, (ARX) , PICA
“3D Illusion”, Festival of Perth, Gallerie Düsseldorf

1991 Workshop and performance with Stuart Sherman, PICA
“Please Be Seated” Artrage
“Woodworks” exhibition, Curtin University
“A Backwards Glance”, with Steven Holland, PICA

1990 “Flourbags”, Bridge Gallery, Perth
Visual Arts Degree Show, Curtin University of Technology

1989 “Waterworks” exhibition, Curtin University, August
“Gotham Goes Shopping”, PICA, Perth

1988 “10 Years St Brigids” Print Exhibition, Perth Concert Hall, Perth

1985-6 Art Gallery Wahed, Medinat Qaboos, Oman, drawing and painting

1982 Perth Technical College, fund raising, prints, Playhouse Theatre, Perth

1969 Gemeentehuis, Delft, Holland, drawing and collage

1958 Art Gallery Hamdorff, Laren Holland, watercolours and gouache

1956-8 Art Gallery, Hotel Jan Tabak, Bussum, Holland, watercolours

1957-8 Designing carpets for Utrecht Trade Fair Stands with architect Clim Myer, Amsterdam

Residencies
1993 Christ Church Grammar School, 14 -18 June with Stuart Green

1992 John Curtin Senior High School, September, for “Orientations”, Fremantle Art Centre

1991 Artist in Residence Week, Perth City Council

Funded Projects and Grants
1994 Set design for “The Geography of Haunted Places”, funded by WA Dept for the Arts
“Facing Texts/Striking Resemblance's”, Project for Art Reading Material, special supplement edited by George Alexander

1991 Curator and participant, “Drawing Attention”, Public Arts Project funded by WA Dept for the Arts

1986 Mural for Princess Diana’s visit, Qurm, Oman Comm.by Arabic Women’s Centre

1985-6 Established and ran a craft centre for Arabic Women, Qurm, Oman

Collections
Art Gallery of WA, University of WA, Edith Cowan University, Royal Perth Hospital, Holmes a Court collection, Industrial Relations Commission, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Bunbury Art Gallery, Industrial relations Court Australia, Sir James and Lady Cruthers, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, Gomboc Gallery, and numerous private collections in Holland, USA, Indonesia and Australia

Publications and Interviews
1999 David Bromfield, “On show”, The West Australian, 26 June
Lisa Harms, “Doll” (exhibition review), Artlink, 19:2
Doll, exhibition catalogue, Adelaide Festival Centre
Rosalie Higson, “Aadje Bruce”, The Australian Magazine, 9-10 January

1998 Patrick Cornish, “Work safe”, The West Australian, 21 November
David Bromfield, “collected works”, State of the Arts, April-July
Benjamin Genocchio, “Things of stone and wool”, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 March

1997 Victoria Hynes, “Artplace Gallery”, The Australian Art Collector, #3, 1998, p 23
Dorothy Erickson, “Shooting stars - Brigitte Braun’s Artplace”, Artlink, 17:3
“UWA to establish art curator degree”, (image only), The West Australian, 12 October
David Bromfield, On Show, The West Australian, 23 August
Eve Arnold, “Deep dig into the detritus of life”, Business Weekly Review, 11 August
“Geography of Haunted Places”, sauce, Fremantle Arts Centre, #3, p. 3
David Bromfield, “Cullinane’s travels”, The West Australian, 28 June

1996 Wendy Young, “Artistic Merit”, Network, Curtin University, December
Ron Banks, “Cast of Creation”, The West Australian, December 16
Margaret Way, “Memories - Macabre & Magic”, Artlink, Vol16, No4, Summer 1996
Stuart Koop, 1996 Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art,Art + Text, No 54
David Bromfield, “Revelations from art and everyday life”,The West Australian, May 25
Ron Banks, “Wizard of Waste”,The West Australian, May 20
Monument, Adelaide Festival Special
Visual Arts, March
John Emery, Advertiser, March
State of the Art, March
John Stringer, Adelaide Biennial Catalogue,
Art Monthly, No 88 April, Chapman’s Casper, Bruce James
Review, ABC TV, interview with Stephen Feneley, March 4

1995 John Stringer, Artist in Residence, Sandpiper Press, Perth
D.Bromfield, “Madness missing in show that is just too sensible”, West Aust,16 Dec
Lynne Aliakis, “Profile of Aadje Bruce”, Craftswest Magazine, Winter 1995
“Art offers treasure chest”, Post, October 24
“Artist Aadje Bruce...”, Chronicle, October 25
“Celebrating Essential Female Forms”, The West Australian, October 25
David Bromfield, “Insights of sorts to the concept of community”, Big Weekend, The West Australian, October 27

1994 Art Beat 6RTR fm, University of Western Australia, 5 May
Curtin University Radio, 6 May
Fremantle Gazette, 29 April
Sarah Palmer, “Trio’s Voyage of Discovery”, The West Australian
David Bromfield, “Modest Perfection”- Bunbury Biennale, Artlink, Autumn

1993 Barbara Booth, ”Bunbury Biennial”, Arts Unlimited, November
David Bromfield, “On Show”, The West Australian, 9 October
Peter Holland, ABC Radio, review by David Bromfield, 10 October
“Facing Texts, Striking Resemblance's” invited participant in special issue, Art Review Monthly, August
photograph in Art and Australia, Spring Issue
Nikki Miller and Estelle Barrett, Art Review Monthly, Issue 9, 1993
Annie Burns, The West Australian, 5 August
“Migrants View”, Alive, News Chronicle, 7 July
Margaret Moore, “Advantage of Isolation”, review, Artlink, June-August
Feminisms Educational Package, PICA, Youth Programme

1992 “Art Beat” radio programme interview, February
Artsline, vol. 12 #3, Tasmania
The Bulletin, August 11
Art Monthly
Francesca Hodge, Fremantle Gazette, September
Grok, Curtin University Magazine, 7 October
David Bromfield, The West Australian, 13 October
Fremantle Gazette, 13 October
David Bromfield, The West Australian, 17 October
Fremantle Herald, October

1991 David Bromfield, The West Australian, 19 October
Marco Marcon, Art Monthly, 16 October
Sarah Palmer, The West Australian, 16 October
L. Gibbs, Art Review Monthly, November
“Sightings”, radio interview, Artsline