:: Bruce Rimell - Artist CV ::

View my Artist CV         One Year One Image         Artist Statement

“I am human, and I am an artist. This is the most astounding thing, an experienced question which I will spend my whole life discovering. Every single day of my life, it is a mind-blowing joy.”

Bruce Rimell is an internationally-exhibited visual artist, poet, ambient musician and independent researcher, based in Leeds-Bradford in the UK. His art principally explores visionary, ethnographic, archaeological and cognitive themes, with vibrant imagery springing from the confluence of personal visionary experiences since childhood, shimmering inner sensations of archaeological prehistories, the humanist interplay of the cognitive and ethnographic, and dynamics of the queer and the mythical.

His art occupies a liminal space somewhere between painting, drawing and illustration, with holistic imagery springing from smooth moving lines, fragmented anatomies and vivid stylised forms. He fuses the flowing lines of Keith Haring, the archaic structures of Mesoamerican codices, and the animistic vitality of Minoan art with liminal introspection and visionary intensity.

The Dual Image Medium – in which one image rendered in acrylics, inks and markers is seen by daylight and another, different painted image is seen on the same canvas under ultraviolet illumination – is a unique aspect of his practice. He is increasingly oriented towards the creation of multi-panel friezes, as well as the integration of his poetry and music with his visual art through film.

All of these disparate elements are imagistically combined towards a single artistic aim: Beyond-The-Self Exploration. Multiple themes are enfolded to create a sense of experiential depth and hyperactive visual engagement, while abstract commentaries and critical positions are abandoned in pursuit of the simultaneously disquieting yet intimately familiar foundational currents within the living, paradoxical and sacred human being. Come and look beyond. What do you find?

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Portfolio

Information for Galleries, and Arts and Media Organisations can be found by clicking HERE on the image at left.

Three PDF documents are available: i) a Select Portfolio for galleries and arts organisations, ii) an older magazine article for media, written in 2018 and iii) a document giving some detailed background information on my unique Dual Image Medium. A new document outlining my artistic move to large-scale friezes is currently in production.

Thematic Keywords: Visions, Ethnography, Archaeology, Cognition, Humanism, Consciousness, Anthropology, Queer Theory, Beyond-The-Self Exploration

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:: statements ::

In April 2023, I released a statement on social media about the future direction of my creative work: multi-panel friezes, and the integration of art, poetry and music through film. This statement can be read HERE.

In 2021, I ‘created’ a daft conceptual artwork entitled Fungible Token: 'Artwork' & Statement of Protest Against NFTs, which expressed my aversion to the emerging NFT crypto art market. Read my concerns and see the ‘artwork’ HERE.

In July 2017, I issued a short statement about the future direction of my art and research, which included no longer referring to myself as a 'visionary artist', a self-designation from which I have become increasingly distant for a number of years. This statement is accessible HERE.

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:: selected exhibitions and group shows ::

2023
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Artwork selected for Delphic exhibition
Melkhoutfontein, Western Cape, South Africa Resurgence of the PaintUp with Kamamma project
London, UK (Venue TBC) Artwork in A Chance For Happiness exhibition
   
2022
Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW, Australia Multi-panel artwork and film in Boundary Strider show
621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, USA Two artworks in Art Nunz exhibition
K21 Space, Vienna, Austria Artwork in United Artists for Ukraine exhibition
   
2021
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Two new works in the gallery's 30th Anniversary Show
Laxenburg Castle, Vienna, Austria Artwork in Emergence Dreams & Divinities group show
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Work appearing in End of Year show Scion
   
2020
Convergence: Art in the Age of Pandaemonia Artwork in online group show during the Covid-19 Pandemic
LOVE from Dreams & Divinities Artwork in online group show during the Covid-19 Pandemic
   
2019
Atelier Gustave, Paris, France Three artworks in Fêlures et Lumière gala showcase
CB1 Gallery, Limerick, Ireland Selection of artwork in Crimson Waves exhibition
Melkhoutfontein, Western Cape, South Africa Fourth phase of the PaintUp with Kamamma project
Arizona Psychedelics Conference, Tempe AZ, USA Two artworks in the 2019 Psychedelics Conference Gallery
Buffalo Studios Gallery, Lancashire, UK Four artworks exhibited in artist showcase
World Ayahuasca Conference, Girona, Spain Salvic Voyager exhibited in 2019 Conference Gallery
Socially Engaged Art Salon, Brighton, UK Queer Spirit Over Orlando in Riot! Pride 2019 exhibition
   
2018
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Ten years of representation in this gallery of contemporary art!
Melkhoutfontein, Western Cape, South Africa Third phase of the PaintUp with Kamamma project
London Loop, London, UK Inclusion of artwork in London-based street poster campaign
Château de Comper, Concoret, Brittany, France Second venue for 'Le Cerf Sacré - The Sacred Deer' exhibition
Chimeria Festival, Sedan, Ardennes, France New Dual Image artwork in this International Visionary Art festival
 
2017
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Solo Retrospective - Beyond Demons And Angels exhibition
Melkhoutfontein, Western Cape, South Africa Second phase of the PaintUp with Kamamma project continues
Inkwell Arts, Leeds, UK Artwork in 'Queerology' LGBTQ-themed exhibition
Visions Chamaniques, Paris, France Fernal artwork in 'Le Cerf Sacré - The Sacred Deer' exhibition
Yumake Eco-Village, Rio Don Diego, Multi-panel artwork in Semilla de la Anaconda exhibition
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia     
 
 
2016
Melkhoutfontein, Western Cape, South Africa PaintUp with Kamamma project with 'Dreamcatchers South Africa'
Atelier Gustave, Paris, France Exhibition of artwork in 'Art for Peace' travelling show
Patrick Studios, Leeds, UK Exhibition of artwork in 'The Human Condition' group show
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Inclusion of artwork in 'The Beautiful Is Always Bizarre' summer show
Galerie Flox, Schirgiswalde-Kirschau, Germany Second venue of 'Art for Peace' travelling show
 
2015
Ammon Ra Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico Inclusion of one artwork in 'Dreams & Divinities Mexico'
Inkwell Arts, Leeds, UK Two artworks in 'Transitions' LGBTQ-themed exhibition
Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA Exhibition of one artwork in new 'Dreams & Divinities' exhibition
Gallery X, Dublin, Ireland Exhibition of work in show 'The Exquisite Diversity of Desire'
Bash Contemporary, San Francisco, CA, USA Inclusion of two artworks in 'Dreams & Divinities Fernal' show
 
2014
Ex-Conventio de Santo Domingo,  
San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Inclusion of two artworks on Aztec themes in International Art show
Marienplatz, Witten Germany Exhibition of artworks in group show 'Seis'
Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY, USA Inclusion of three new artworks in 'Visionaries: Seers of the Soul'
Chimeria Festival, Sedan, Ardennes, France Exhibition of three new artworks in this International Visionary Art festival
ArtManila Art Fair, Manila, Philippines Artwork Song of Sky Trickster in the 'Endangered Visions' exhibit
 
2013
Centro Cultural San Marcos, Toledo, Spain Inclusion of artwork in 'Dreams & Divinities' Visionary Art show
Sala de Arte, Maracena, Granada, Spain Second venue of 'Dreams & Divinities' International Visionary Art show
The Voice Project Launch of the Voice Project - February 2013
Atelier Porte-Soleil, Paris, France Inclusion of artwork in 'Art Visionnaire Contemporain' exhibition
Forum Factory, Berlin, Germany Exhibition of several works in group show
Apiary Studios, Hackney, London, UK Inclusion of Xibalba Song in Guerrilla Zoo's 'Modern Panic IV' exhibition
Fabric Gallery, Bradford, UK Selection of works in three-artist collaborative exhibition
 
2012
Cartwright Hall, Bradford, UK Solo Retrospective - DNA Visions exhibition
Phantasten Museum, Vienna, Austria Inclusion of Mykeon in International Visionary Art exhibition
Cosmo Festival, Taunton, UK Live artist & exhibitor at Elixir Of Life project
Glade Festival, Norfolk, UK Live artist & exhibitor at Elixir Of Life project
Skylight Gallery NYC, New York City, USA Selection of works from Eleusis series in group show Room Number 5
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Two works in summer show 'Urban' and winter show 'Revelations'
Stadtwerke, Witten, Germany Selection of works in group show Panta Rhei
 
2011
Marienplatz, Witten, Germany Two pieces in Planet Earth Planet Art Mirca Art group show
Design Innovation Centre, Leeds, UK Solo show - Dreams & Nightmares exhibition
Union 105 Gallery, Leeds, UK Touring Venue of Dialogue Among Civilisations exhibition
Marienplatz, Witten, Germany Solo show - Minoan Honey & Other Stories exhibition
University of Malta, Msida, Malta Continuation of Mirca Tour for Human Rights exhibition
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Two new works in the gallery's 20th Anniversary Show
 
2010
The Bingley Gallery, Bingley, UK Solo show - Life:Blood exhibition
Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa Contribution to Dialogue Among Civilisations exhibition
The Rainbow Experience, Cape Town, South Africa Third venue for Freedom & Art Mirca Art travelling exhibition
Kahlshof, Rodenkirchen, Cologne, Germany Three pieces in Planet Earth Planet Art show (first venue)
The Art House, Wakefield, UK Solo Show - Life, Death, Gene, Flesh exhibition
Murphy Hill Gallery, Chicago, USA Work in group show Five Decades Of The Fantastic
 
2009
Mount Beacon Fine Art Gallery, Beacon NY, USA First venue for Freedom & Art Mirca Art travelling exhibition
Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford, UK Solo show - Digital Lines : Ancient Words exhibition
ArtMazia, Massy, France Exhibition of Honey For The Mistress Of the Labyrinth painting
Design Innovation Centre, Leeds, UK Solo Show - On Gold & Stone exhibition
Karpeles Manuscript Museum, NY, USA Second venue for Freedom & Art Mirca Art travelling exhibition
Leeds College of Art & Design, Leeds, UK Solo show - Modern Palaeolithic exhibition
Östra Gymnasiet, Trangsund, Sweden Contribution to Mirca Tour for Human Rights exhibition
 
2008
00130 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Contribution to Draw-In exhibition
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK Exhibition of a variety of works as stock artist, until present day
The Bingley Gallery, Bingley, W Yorks, UK Exhibition of Epiphany painting as part of group show
Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford, UK Exhibition of digital work in Flesh Open Exhibition
 
2007
Priestley Theatre, Bradford, UK Exhibition of Digital works as part of group show
STIR Bradford Festival, Bradford, UK Inclusion of Flying Fox in the This Is Not Cannes film festival
Mitzpe Ramon, Negev, Israel Exhibition of commissioned Negev Desert rock art pieces

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:: book publications ::

White Book (2021) Volume of spiritual poetry of religious experiences
Ta Sba Balamil Ta Ch'ulel (2021) Illustrated poetic travelogue of Mexican journey
The Fernal Songs (2021) Volume of queer poetic creative mythology
   
The Minoan Epiphany (2020) Electronic publication of Bronze Age Aegean archaeology
They Shimmer Within (2018) Illustrated thesis on cognition and psychedelic phenomena
Liminal Contact (2016) Illustrated thesis on cognitive aspects of painting
On Vision And Being Human (2015) Illustrated thesis on Visionary Humanism
   
Eleusis (2012) Illustrated art & research publication
Minver Stories (2011) Volume of psychedelic poetry
Xibalba Songs (2010) Volume of mythology-inspired poetry

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:: other publications and media ::

There's Life On Broken Ground Art/music film on Bruce's YouTube channel
Emergence Exhibition catalogue for Vienna show
Entheogenic Evolution Podcast Interview about my research book They Shimmer Within
Curator Space Artist feature of art/music project Sparkling Isolation
Artist Turns His Studio Into Stunning Psychedelic Gallery
Art/music film on Bruce's YouTube channel
   
Expanding Minds Podcast Interview about my research book They Shimmer Within
Fêlures et Lumière - Cracks and Light Gala exhibition catalogue
Gaia's Art Podcast Cognition, the Sacred and the Art of Not Knowing
West Yorkshire Queer Stories My art/queer life story in this LGBTQ+ oral history archive
The Art Of Being Queer Artist feature on LGBTQ+ multimedia project
   
Untold History Cover artwork/design for debut author’s sci-fi novel
Chimeria 2018 Catalogue, Sedan, France 'Only One Track' artwork featured
Fake Art (Vol 2) Artworks in publication themed on artist development
Fuck Hate Inclusion of artwork in anti-homophobia publication
Bucovina Literara, Suceava, Romania Retrospective selection of work in Romanian literary journal
   
Encyclopaedia of Fernal Affairs, Paris France Contributing artist & myth/language creator
Gay Men Draw Vaginas, San Francisco, USA Inclusion of 'Fernal Cosmos' in contemporary art book
The Tripping Spriggan, Psychedelic Press, UK Inclusion of salvic poem in Altered State Poetics Anthology
Visionaries: Seers of the Soul, NY, USA ‘The Dream Of Bellerophon’ and other works featured.
Chimeria 2014 Catalogue, Sedan, France 'Ch'ul Totik Ixim' artwork featured
   
Divining The Dream, Paris, France Two Eleusis artworks in this International Visionary Art book
Galactic Trading Card Complex Inclusion of 'Janus Lux Mundi' in 'Celestial Set'
Shamanic Quest For The Spirit Of Salvia Salvic artwork in this forthcoming book by Ross Heaven
Invisible College Magazine, Pacific Northwest, USA Issue #7, published Winter Solstice 2012
COSM Journal, New York, USA Three images in vol #7: Cosmic Creativity
   
Ink & Marker Visions: Images Of Playful Archetypes... Retrospective of Ink & Marker illustrative & visionary work
Dialogue Among Civilisations, Durban, South Africa Project publication from Art for Humanity
A&U Magazine, USA Red Ochre... artwork in support of Real Stories Gallery
Visionary Artists Podcast Interview on podcast VAP007 (2010)
Real Stories Gallery, New York, USA Artworks as part of a creative dialogue about HIV/AIDS
   
Planet Earth Planet Art Mirca Art Group artists book - Contributing Artist and Editor
Logical Unsanity, Australia Inclusion of Visionary work in the Spring '08 edition
Freedom & Art Mirca Art Group artists book - Contributing Artist
Visionary Revue, France Six pieces from the ::salviaspace:: project
Entheogen Review, CA, USA Inclusion of two pieces from the ::salviaspace:: project

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:: awards, recognition & permanent collections ::

Artworks in private collections across Germany, Israel, the USA and the UK
Art Centre, Melkhoutfontein, Western Cape, South Africa Mural design paintings in permanent community collection
Private Collections, Cologne & Witten, Germany Several Dual-Image artworks from the Hidden Light series
ArtsMix* Emerging Artists Award, Leeds, UK Winner of Fine Art 2D Practitioner Award
Durban Art Gallery & Municipal Collection, Durban, South Africa Blombos: We Are All South African accepted into permanent collections
Flesh Open Exhibition, YCC, Bradford, UK Co-winner of Merit Award with ...Flesh Alone
Inspired By World Heritage, Saltaire, Bradford, UK First Prize Winner with Five Mountains
Negev Jeep Karkom Tours, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel Negev Rock Art series in permanent collection

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:: memberships ::

Dreams & Divinities Initiative to bring visionary and surrealist artforms to global venues
Visionary Artists Group International network of artists working in the visionary, the imaginal and the surreal
Archetypal Expressionism Group Select group of artists seeking a 'third-way' dynamic between figurative and abstract

 

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