BRUCE DUNBAR
www.brucesdunbar.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Visual Art, Lesley University College of Art and Design
M.A. in Studio Art/Photography, New York University
B.S. in Business Administration, Boston University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 What stirs beneath, what shines above, gallery b, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY.
2023 intertwinings, Artworks Gallery on the Green, Norwalk, CT
2016 Endangered & Re-envisioned: Iconic Landmarks and Interiors, Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT.
2002 Nudes Next Door, CJG Projects, New York, NY.
Chiasmata, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2000 Ceteris Paribus, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
1998 Photo Images, Pelissier Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sigillaria, Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY.
Encore, Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY.
Tiny Acts, Platform at Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Georgetown, CT. Curated by Julie Durkin
Absence, Artworks Gallery on the Green, Norwalk, CT.
Formless, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ.
Nascency, Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY.
Living Image, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA.
2024 Revealing the Non-evident, Experimental Photo Festival (online), Curated by Emiliano Covello.
Summer Fun!, Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Georgetown, CT.
Captured, Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY.
2023 Sigillaria II, Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY.
Graphicacy, Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY.
2022 Living Image, Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA., Juror: Paula Tognarelli, former director, Griffen Museum of Photography.
Sigillaria, Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY.
Gut Reactions, Experimental Photo Festival (online), Curated by Gal Wachs.
Apricity (Every Winter has its Spring), Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY.
2022 Confluences, Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY.
Mistake, Chance, Repetition, Experimental Photo Festival (online), Curated by Naroa Perez.
Color Blind, Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (online)
Instructors Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2020 Summer Salon Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2019 WCSU Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, The Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center, WCSU, Danbury, CT.
WCSU Faculty Highlights, Silas Bronson Library, Waterbury, CT.
2018 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Raize Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
2016 POP UP SHOW, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2015 Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2014 A Guild Group Show, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Curated by Deana Haggag, Director, The Contemporary, Baltimore MD
2013 In the Layers (works on paper),Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Juried by Suzanne Julig, Suzanne Julig Art Advisory
2012 Creativity and Compassion, Higgins Gallery, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.
90thAnniversary Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Perspectives, New Pond Farm, West Redding, CT. Curated by Elyse Shapiro.
2011 Remnants, Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT.
2010 Bed Two, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY. Juried by Harvey Stein
2009 More than Meets the Eye, Pound Ridge Library, Pound Ridge, NY.
Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
LUSH (color), The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. Juried by Robbin Zella, Director, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT.
2008 Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Photo X 8, Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens, Stamford, CT.
2006 Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2005 Summer Festival Exhibitions, Lamia Ink! @ 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY.
Artistic Fragments: Art 2005, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY. Juried by Benny Andrews, Painter, Printmaker
Diverse Confluence, Lamia Ink! @2/20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2004 Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Transformations IV Group I, Lamia Ink! @ 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
Winter Discoveries Group I, Lamia Ink! @ 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
2003 The Extended Portrait, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT. Juried by Nancy Hall Duncan, Director, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.
54th Art of the Northeast Annual Exhibition,” Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT. Juried by Harry Philbrick, Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT.
2002 Red, CJG Projects, New York, NY.
Discoveries Group III, Lamia Ink! @ Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY.
The Faculty Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Souvenirs of Memory, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT. Juried by Salvatore Scalora, Director, The William Benton Museum of Art, UConn, Storrs, CT.
MA Thesis Show, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY.
2001 Spectra ’01, National Photography Biennial, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT. Juried by Marianne Brunson Frisch, Curator, Reader’s Digest Collection.
Changing the Image, Innovative, Experimental Photography, Westport Nature Center, Westport, CT. Curated by Martha Bloom. Invitational.
Random, Video Performance Events, Cantor Film Center, New York, NY. Curated by Gerald Pryor.
2000 NYU MA Show Fall 2000, Barney Building, New York, University, New York, NY.
Boats, Boxes and Wood Stuff II, CJG Projects, Provincetown, MA.
Open Juried Summertime Show, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT. Juried by Judy Kim, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, The Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT.
Paper Works, Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT. Juried by Harry Philbrick, Director, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT.
Family Tales, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY. Curated by Robin Gneiting.
Contemporary Visions 2000, The University Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT. Juried by Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Sculptor
Images 2000, The Gallery of Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT. Juried by Laurie Kratochvil, Photography Director, Photo Editor, New York; Sal Lopes, Photographer, Boston; Philip Trager, Photographer, Connecticut.
Time’s Up!, Westport Nature Center Gallery, Westport, CT. Curated by Nina Bentley.
1999 1 X 1 X 1 Visions of the Millennium, Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT. Curated by Linda Ross
Silvermine School of Art Faculty Show, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
1998 Art of Giving, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Masks of Life, Lumen Winter Gallery, New Rochelle Library, New Rochelle, NY.
Silvermine School of Art Faculty Show, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Photo Work, BEL Gallery at Picture This, Westport, CT.
Dirty Realism, Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
Silvermine Guild of Artists 1997 New Members Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
1997 Dirty Realism IV, Cortland Jessup Gallery, New York, NY.
Contemporary Reflections, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
Artists of the Second District, Federal Reserve Bank, New York, NY.
Martha Bloom’s Valentine Show, Cat Black Gallery, Westport, CT.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Boros, Phyllis A.S. “Silvermine showcases some of region’s finest artworks,” The Connecticut Post, May 11, 2003, pg. E1 & E4.
Streitfeld, L.P. “Testosterone Balances Feminine Emergence At Silvermine,” The Stamford Advocate, March 3, 2002, pg. D3 & D4.
Streitfeld, L.P. “54th ‘Art of the Northeast,’” The Stamford Advocate, May 18, 2003, pg. D3 & D4.
Streitfeld, L.P. “Extended images of self at Silvermine,” The Stamford Advocate, July 13, 2003, pg. D3 & D4.
Zimmer, William, “Keeping Things Lively at Silvermine,” The New York Times, January 30, 2000, Connecticut Weekly, pg.21.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2018 Faculty Development Funds (Alternative Photo Processes), Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.
2013 Faculty Development Funds (Lighting Workshop), Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.
2007 New Canaan Community Foundation Grant (Platinum Printing), New Canaan, CT.
2005 Distinguished Emerging Artist Award. “Winter Discoveries,” Lamia Ink! @ 2/20 Gallery, New York City, NY.
2003 Gordon Micunis & Jay Kobrin Award: $150. “54th Art of the Northeast Annual Exhibition,” Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT. Juried by Harry Philbrick.
2000 Third Prize. “Open Juried Summertime Show,” Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT. Juried by Judy Kim.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-Present Adjunct Professor, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2025-Present Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT.
1998-Present Photography Instructor, Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT
2023-Present Photography Instructor, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY.
2023-Present Photography Instructor, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.
2011-2013 Photography Instructor, Greenwich Educational Group (Beacon, Spire and Pinnacle Schools), Stamford, CT
2004-2008 Summer Photography Instructor, Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, CT
LECTURES/PANELS
2020 “CELT Panel: Demystifying the digital pedagogy of teaching online”, panelist, hosted online Western Connecticut State University, April 17.
2020 “Art Faculty Talk – Bruce Dunbar,” Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, Feb 11.
2018 “Promises, Affect and Institutional Critique,” Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, January 5.
EXHIBITIONS JURIED
2025 ”Silvermine Community Association Photography Contest,” Norwalk, CT.
2024 “Silvermine Community Association Photography Contest,” Norwalk, CT.
2021 “An Image is Worth a Thousand Words,” Arts Center East, Vernon, CT.
2019 “The 2019 Annual Easton Photography Contest,” Easton Arts Council, Easton, CT.
2015 “Images 2013,” Fairfield Museum, Fairfield, CT.
2014 “2nd Annual Juried Photo Exhibit,” Vernon Community Arts Center, Vernon, CT.
2014 “41st Annual Student Show,” Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT.
2010 “Twelfth Annual Photo Exhibit,” The Wilton Arts Council, Inc., Wilton, CT.
2009 “Seasons,” North Salem Open Land Trust, North Salem, NY.
2007 “Photography and Sculpture,” Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT.
2005 “The 2005 Annual Juried Photography Exhibition,” Easton Arts Council, Easton, CT.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Silvermine Guild of Artists (1997)