(1982 - )
Bruce Asbestos earned a degree in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University (BA, 2001–4), winning a scholarship at Musashino University, Tokyo (2002), followed by an MFA Fine Art, RMIT Melbourne, Australia (2011) and Master’s Degree at Nottingham Trent (2012). His interdisciplinary practice combines performance, painting, clothing, social media, video games, curating and numerous collaborations. He has had solo projects and exhibitions at Cedar Lewisohn’s project space, London (2014); 'Concrete', Hayward Gallery, London (2015); and has presented work in group shows since 2011, including 'Big Lizards Big Idea', Reactor, Frankfurt and Newcastle (2011); Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (2013); 'OTS/BLK', New College, Nottingham / Bergen (2014); SUNSCREEN - New Art Exchange, Nottingham (2016).