Bruce Phillips

Bruce explored how a critical awareness of performativity and contextualisation can influence the function of art institutions for the benefit of artists.

Bruce E. Phillips has previously been a Senior Curator at Te Tuhi. Throughout his curatorial practice, Phillips has explored how a critical awareness of performativity and contextualisation can influence the function of art institutions for the benefit of artists. He has curated over 40 projects and exhibitions featuring artists such as Tania Bruguera, Ruth Ewan, Newell Harry, Amanda Heng, Rangituhia Hollis, Tehching Hsieh, Toril Johannessen, Maddie Leach, William Pope.L, Santiago Sierra, Luke Willis Thompson, Kalisolaite ‘Uhila and The Otolith Group among many others. Selected group exhibitions include: Close Encounters (2008– 2010) at the Hyde Park Art Centre in Chicago; and What do you mean we? (2012), Between Memory and Trace (2012), and Unstuck in Time (2014) at Te Tuhi.

Bruce's MA in Museum and Heritage Studies is entitled: Towards a curatorial continuum or How to fire a gun and time-travel