BRUCE MARSH
A Short Biography
Born in California in 1937, he was educated at the University of California Santa Barbara, UCLA, and California State College at Long Beach.
Over the entirety of his professional career he has devoted his energies equally to teaching and painting. In 1969 he joined the faculty at the University of South Florida, and taught there until retiring, as Professor Emeritus, in 2003. He has exhibited his paintings extensively in Florida and the Southeast, and has had exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York. He has had five Museum shows over the past 3 years, a solo exhibition at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, and group shows at the Baker Museum, Naples FL., Tampa Museum of Art, and the Maitland Museum of Art and Art History.
During the past 25 years a major part of his efforts have been devoted to large scale paintings for public spaces. Last year he has completed two large (4’ X 15”) paintings for the Houston Methodist Hospital and a large canvas (4’ X 14’) for a private collection.
He is very involved in working directly from the figure, and has hosted a weekly Figure Drawing Group at the Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin, since 2015.
His work has been primarily based on landscapes, and is centered on his interests in perception and intense observation. Always hoping for magic.
Over the past few years he has been working on a series of complex paintings of groups in very ordinary situations and places, primarily from his Florida suburban surroundings.
Here is a detailed curriculum Vitae;
Bruce L. Marsh
1105 10th St. S.W.
Ruskin, FL 33570
(813) 641-8635
EDUCATION:
1965 - MA, Painting. California State College at Long Beach
1960 & 1963 Graduate Studies in Painting, UCLA
1959 - BA, Fine Art. University of California at Santa Barbara
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES:
2003-present- Professor Emeritus
1969- 2003 - Professor, Visual Arts, University of South Florida
2000 Directed USF Art Dept. Summer Paris Program
1997-Professorial Excellence Award
1995- Teaching Incentive Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching;
1994-95 - Designed and Developed WWW Site for USF Department.
1993 - Sabbatical Leave - Fall Semester
1993 - Research Grant: Digital Prints
1991-94 - Designed and Implemented new Visual Concepts Curriculum;
1989-91 - Acting Chairperson, USF Art Department.
1989- President's Council Research Grant; Collaborative Digital Performance Piece; "Smarter Than Dogs".
1987 - Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
1986-1996- Developed Art Department Computer Lab and Curriculum
1983 - Visiting Professor, FSU Study Center, Florence Italy
1979-80 - Sabbatical Leave
1965 - 69 - Instructor, St. Petersburg Junior College
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2010 and 2009: Invitational Wekiva Plein Aire Festival, Wekiva Springs, Florida. Week long onsite painting festival
2009 Invited and participated in “Maynard Dixon Country”, Week long Paintng Festival, Mt. Carmel, Utah.
2008 “Double Take” Dual Exhibition with Dolores Coe, Sept-Oct.,
Clayton Galleries, Tampa.
2008 57TH Florida Biennial Exhibiton, Boca Raton Museum, 1st Award of Merit
2007- Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, March
2006 and 2007- Escalante Working Art Festival, Escalante, Utah. October.
2005- Solo Exhibition, Clayton Galleries, March.
2004 – Group Show, “Small Works”, Clayton Galleries
- Group Show, “Landscapes II”, Miramar Gallery, Sarasota
2003- “Exeunt Omnes” Group Show, Contemporary Art Museum, USF
2001- Solo Exhibition, Clayton Galleries, Tampa
2000- Florida Painting Invitational, Museum of Art, Tallahassee
1998- Solo Exhibition, Clayton Galleries, Tampa.
1996- Video Installation, “Home on the Range”, Collaboration with Dolores Coe, Maria Castagliola, Salt Creek Art Works, St Petersburg.
1995 - Gasparilla Anniversary Exhibit, Tampa Museum of Art
1995 - Solo Exhibition: Prints and Painting, Dunedin Fine Arts Center
1994 - Solo Exhibition: Images: Analog/Digital, USF Teaching Gallery
Florida Landscape: Another Look. Ormond Art Museum and Valdosta Art Center, Valdosta, Georgia.
1993 - 55th Annual National Exhibition of American Painting
Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach
-Solo Exhibition, Recent Paintings, Clayton Galleries, Tampa
1990 - Polk County Museum, Annual Juried Exhibition
1989 - Five Artist Invitational Exhibition, Tampa Museum of Art
1988 - Individual Artist Fellowship, Div. of Cultural Affairs,
State of Florida
1985 - Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, NY, NY. Group Exhibition
Solo Exhibition, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota
Tampa Triennial, Tampa Museum of Art
"Pairs" Gallery 600, Largo, Florida
1982 - Solo Exhibition, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota
"Florida Painters", Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville
1981 - Individual Artist Fellowship, Div. of Cultural Affairs,
State of Florida
1979 - Two Person Exhibition, Joyce Hunsaker Gallery, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibition, Trend House Gallery, Tampa
Winter Haven Fine Arts Competition, Award of Merit
"Contemporary Realism" Art Sources Gallery, Jacksonville.
1977 - "Photorealism" Invitational Group Exhibition, Hollywood Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida
1st Annual Southeastern Painting and Sculpture Exhibition,
Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville. Award of Merit
1976 - "Florida Painters", Invitational, St. Petersburg Museum of Art
Annual Exhibition of American Art, Society of Four Arts,
Palm Beach. (Also 1975, 1973, 1972, 1970, & 1966. Atwater Kent Award of Merit in 1966 and 1975)
1975 - Solo Exhibition, University of South Florida
"Florida Creates" Invitational Circulating Exhibition. Also 1974
Gasparilla Art Festival, Tampa. Also 1971 & 1972.
Best of Show Award, 1971 & 1972, Award of Merit 1975
1974 - Solo Exhibition, Simonne Stern Gallery, New Orleans
1973 - Ocala Art Show, Ocala, Florida. Also 1970 & 1971
Major Awards in 1970, 1971, & 1973
1972 - Solo Exhibition, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans
" Festival of States Exhibition", St Petersburg, Florida
Also in 1969, 1970 & 1971
"Students of Howard Warshaw", University Museum
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara
1971 - "Southeastern and Texas Artists Biennial"
Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans
1970 - Solo Exhibition, Florida Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg
"15 Florida Artists-Teachers", Cummer Gallery of Art
Jacksonville, Florida
Group Exhibition, Ringling Museum of Art
Invitational Exhibition of Florida Artists,
Gallery of Contemporary Art,Winston-Salem, NC969 - Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Gallery, St. Petersburg
Florida State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibition, Tampa
Award of Merit
1968 - Southeastern Bi-Annual Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art
Winston Salem, NC
Arvida Mural Competition, Sarasota, Second Prize
Annual Mid-Year Exhibit of American Art, Butler Institute
Youngstown, Ohio. Also 1966.
1966 - Solo Exhibition, Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Florida State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibition, Tampa
1965 - Solo Exhibition, University of Tampa, Tampa.
MA Thesis Exhibition, Calif. State College at Long Beach
1957 - 1964 Various group exhibitions as a student.
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:
Clayton Gallery, Tampa, 1992 – present
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, 2005- present
Gillman-Stein Gallery, Tampa, 1988 - 1991
Littlejohn Smith Gallery, NYC, 1985 - 1987
Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, 1976 - 1988
James Yu Gallery, NYC, 1976 - 1978
Hunsaker-Schlesinger, Los Angeles, 1976 - 1986
Trend House Gallery, Tampa, 1969 - 1978