EDUCATION
Haverford College, Haverford, PA. USA. 1986
B.A. in Fine Arts
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. USA. 1986
Resident artists - Judy Pfaff, Bill Jensen, Peter Saul, Judith Shea
Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, France. 1994
Diplôme niveau supérieur A – Cours de Civilisation Française
PRIZES
Watercolor USA 2010, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri. Cash prize, 2010
Ampersand Aquabord Award, North East Watercolor Society International Exhibition, 2009
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, painting, 1986
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 ZINDAGI, OECD Galerie, Paris
2017 La beauté de l'ourdou, Galerie Monod, Paris
2014 In Retrospect: France, Pakistan, USA 1996-2014, Studio 1469, Washington DC
2009 Paintings: 2006-2007, World Bank, Islamabad
2007 Oils, Watercolours & Drawings, Alliance Française, Islamabad
2006 VASTU, Washington DC
2005 Portes Ouvertes du 18ème arrondissement, Paris
2003 Ten Years Painting in France, Galerie des Tournelles, Paris
2003 Peintures récentes, Pavillon Gabriel, Paris
2002 Studio de l’Image, Paris
2000 Bruce Colburn – Peintures 1998 à 2000, Maison de l’Olive, Paris
1998 Bruce Colburn – Peintures 1994 à 1998, Musée de Rochefort-en-Terre, Morbihan
1998 Studies for Judgement Day series, Christopher Cairns Studio, Haverford, PA
1998 Etudes en plein air, Warner Gallery, Middletown, DE
1996 Paintings – 1994-1996, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford, PA
1994 Bruce Colburn – Recent Paintings, Galerie Parsons, Parsons School of Design, Paris
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 25th Artomatic
2020 MFA Circle Gallery, Strokes of Genius
2020 MFA @ Gallery B 2020 exhibition
2019 Exhibition prix Emilios Coukidis 2019
2017 UNESCO - IYGU Art & Culture
2011 Rhode Island Watercolor Society 18th Annual National Show
2010 Watercolor USA 2010, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri
2010 33rd Annual Art on Paper, National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts Smithsonian American Art Museum
2009 29th annual Faber Birren Color Award Show, Stamford, CT
Juror: Paulina Pobocha, Curator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
2009 North East Watercolor Society International Exhibition 2009, Kent, CT
2007 SAS Alumni Exhibition, SAS, Middletown, DE
2006 Summer Solstice, District Fine Arts Gallery, Washington DC
2006 Mirror to the World: Artistic Fusion, The World Bank, Washington DC
2005 Salon de peinture de Tournan en Brie
2003 Salon AAF, London
2001 46ème Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge
1999 44ème Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge
1999 Salons Rothschild, Paris
1997 Les Anciens du Haut Pavé, Paris
1996 Autres regards, Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris
1995 Le Visage, Salon de peinture de Tournan en Brie
1995 La Création américaine d’aujourd’hui, Espace Kraft Jacobs Suchard et Salle Toulouse Lautrec, Vélizy-Villacoublay
ARTICLES
Dawn, 20 October 2007, American artist paints capital’s life in all its colours
The International News, 20 October 2007, Seeing the obvious
The Nation, 20 October 2007, Paintings highlight Pakistani culture at World Bank
St. Andrew’s Magazine, Fall 2007, Escape Artist
Dawn, 13 April 2007, Bruce’s works show nature at its best
The News, 13 April 2007, Bruce Colburn’s work goes on display in capital
The Relevance of Observation, 15 October 2004
Haverford Alumni Magazine, Summer 2003, Independent Thinker
Ouest France, 24 May 1998, Rochefort-en-Terre peint l’Amérique
St. Andrew’s Magazine, 12 December 1997, Bruce Colburn – Crowd Scenes
Philadelphia Inquirer, 9 June 1996, One Thing They Share but It Isn’t Their Style