Curriculum Vitae
Bruce Munro
b. 1959
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Field of Light Uluru, Uluru/Ayer’s Rock, Australia (refurbishment)
2024 Field of Light Salcombe, UK (Charitable exhibition)
2024 Velarde Gallery, Kingsbridge, UK
2024 Field of Light, Light-Towers, Gone Fishing, Fireflies, & Sensorio, Paso Robles, CA, USA
2024 Mountain Light, (Arrow Spring, Future Light, Prismatic Spring & Moon Blooms, Niseko Hanazono Resort, Hokkaido, Japan
2024 Light-Towers, Discovery Parks, Kings Canyon, NT, Australia
2024 Fireflies, Dorothy House, Bradford-upon-Avon, UK (Charitable exhibition)
2023 Field of Light Uluru, Uluru/Ayer’s Rock, Australia
2023 Field of Light, Light-Towers, Gone Fishing and Fireflies, Sensorio, Paso Robles, California, USA
2023 Mountain Light, Niseko Hanazono Resort, Hokkaido, Japan
2023 Light-Towers, Discovery Parks, Kings Canyon, NT, Australia
2023 Light at Cheekwood Gardens, Tennessee, USA
2023 Fireflies, Dorothy House, Bradford-upon-Avon, UK (Charitable exhibition)
2022 Field of Light Uluru, Uluru/Ayer’s Rock, Australia
2022 Field of Light and Light-Towers, Sensorio, Paso Robles, California, USA
2022 Field of Light, Lady Bird Johnson Centre, Austin, Texas, USA
2022 Light at Longwood Gardens, Philadelphia, USA
2022 From Sunrise Road, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Mountain Light, Niseko Hanazono Resort, Hokkaido, Japan
2022 Fireflies, Dorothy House, Bradford-upon-Avon, UK (Charitable exhibition)
2021 Field of Light Uluru, Uluru/Ayer’s Rock, Australia
2021 Field of Light and Light-Towers, Sensorio, Paso Robles, California, USA
2021 Field and Forest of Light, Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, USA
2021 Field of Blooms, Chichester Cathedral, UK
2021 Field of Light, Marston Park, Frome, UK
2021 Fireflies, Dorothy House, Bradford-upon-Avon, UK (Charitable exhibition)
2020 Field of Light Uluru, Uluru/Ayer’s Rock, Australia
2020 Field of Light, Sensorio, Paso Robles, California, USA
2020 Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
2019 Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK
2019 Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
2019 City of Darwin, Australia
2019 Sensorio, Paso Robles, California
2018 Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California
2018 Avenue of Honor, Albany, Australia
2018 Jeju Light Art Festa, Jeju Island, South Korea
2017 Hans Christian Andersen Haven, Odense, Denmark
2017 The Garden Society of Gothenberg and Slottskogen, Gothenberg, Sweden
2017 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado
2017 Green Box Arts, Green Mountain Falls, Colorado
2017 Nicholas Conservatory and Garden, Rockford, Illinois
2017 Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2016 Horatio’s Garden, Salisbury, UK
2016 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2016 Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK.
2016 Field of Light Uluru, Uluru, Australia (Annual exhibition
Residency 2016 – 2020)
2015 Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK. (Annual exhibition
Residency 2013 – 2015)
2015 Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
2015 Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2015 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
2015 Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
2014 Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2014 Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK. (Annual exhibition
Residency 2013 – 2015)
2014 Hermitage Museum and Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia
2014 Simbionte Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK. (Annual exhibition
Residency 2013 – 2015)
2013 Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Columbus, Ohio
2013 Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee
2012 Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK.
2012 Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
2011 Holburne Museum, Bath, UK
2010 Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
2008 Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Celebrating 800 years of Spirit and Endeavour, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
2018 Glastonbury Cathedral, Glastonbury, UK
2018 Jeju Light Art Festa, Jeju Island, South Korea
2016 Beyond Limits, Chatsworth House with Sothebys. UK
2015 Islamic Art Festival, Sharjah Museum of Art, Sharjah, UAE
2012 Oslo Festival of Light, Tjuvholmen, Norway
2012 Pratt Institute, New York, USA
2011 Biennale Kijkduin, The Hague, Netherlands
2009 Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim Museum, NY
2004 Brilliant! Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2002 Sotheby’s, London, UK
Selected Public Art Commissions
2016 Texas Tech University Systems Administration Building, Lubbock, TX
2015 Discovery Green Conservancy, Houston, Texas.
2015 Scottsdale Public Art, City of Scottsdale, Arizona
2014 Discovery Green Conservancy, Houston, Texas.
2014 St. Andrew’s Square, Edinburgh, Scotland
2012 Avenue of the Arts, (Lead Artist) Philadelphia, PA
Museum Collections
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England
Cheekwood Museum and Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee
Hermitage Museum and Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia
Selected Public and Corporate Commissions
2021 Advent Health Central, Kansas
2019 Lamar Institute of Technology, Texas
2018 Optical Society Association, Washington, D.C.
2017 Victoria Palace Theater, London, UK
2017 Bicester Village, Oxford, UK
2015 Spear Street Capital, Santa Clara, CA
2015 Art Van, Chicago, Illinois
2014 Prima, Nashville Tennessee
2014 Wiltshire Music Centre, Wiltshire, UK
2014 Elmore Court, Gloucestershire UK
2013 St Fintan’s Church, Raheen, Co. Laois, Ireland
2013 Gillyflower, Elmore Court, Gloucestershire, UK
2012 Moet Hennessy, London, UK
2012 Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
2012 Preston Bailey, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2012 Telefonica, S. A., Madrid, Spain
2012 Alexander McQueen, Paris, France
2011 Help for Heroes charity Head Quarters, Wiltshire, UK
2011 96 Kensington High Street, London, UK
2011 Bentley Motors, Kensington Palace, London, UK
2011 JP Morgan, Universities of Glasgow, York, London and Warwick, UK
2010 ZSL London Zoo, London, UK
2010 Camelot Head Quarters, London, UK
2009 W Hotel Downtown, New York
2009 RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), London, UK
2009 Energus, Cumbria, UK
2008 Queens Theatre, London, UK
2008 64 Knightsbridge, London, UK
2008 Babington House, Somerset, UK
2008 At the Chapel, Somerset, UK
2007 Royal Society, London, UK
2003 Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge, London, UK
2002 Liberty & Co., London, UK
Education and Awards
2017 Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Year in Review, 2016
2013 American Alliance of Museums Excellence in Exhibition Award
2011 Wiltshire Life Magazine, Artist of the Year 2011
1978 – 1982 Fine Arts BA, Bristol, UK
1977 – 1978 Foundation in Art & Design Braintree College
Selected Publications
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Beyond Sunrise Road, Heide Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2022
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro at Brookgreen: Southern Light Leesburg: Sea Hill Press, 2020
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Time and Place, Messums Gallery, Wiltshire, United Kingdom 2019
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Field of Light at Sensorio Leesburg: Sea Hill Press, 2019
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro at Montalvo: Stories in Light. Leesburg: Sea Hill Press, 2018
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Catching the Light. Santa Barbara: Sea Hill Press, Korean edition 2018
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Light, Nicholas Conservatory and Garden. Sea Hill Press 2017
Beyond Limits. London: Sotheby’s 2016
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Light. Uluru, Australia. Santa Barbara: Sea Hill Press, 2016
Exhibition catalogue Islamic Arts Festival, 2015, Eighteenth Edition. Sharjah: Directorate of Art, Department of Culture and Information, 2015
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Sonoran Light, Desert Botanical Garden. Santa Barbara: Sea Hill Press, 2015
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Light at the Garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden. Santa Barbara: Sea Hill Press, 2015
Exhibition catalogue Bruce Munro: Light, Franklin Park Conservatory. Santa Barbara: Sea Hill Press, 2013
Dr. Richard Cork, Bruce Munro: Catching the Light. Santa Barbara: Sea Hill Press, 2013, second edition 2016
Christopher Dewdney, Light: Installations by Bruce Munro. New York: Longwood Gardens/ Green Earth Enterprise, 2012
Selected Press
The Bath Magazine, October 2023, “Lights washing in the wind” by Emma Clegg
New York Post, September 20, 2023, “First renderings of ‘Field of Light’ at Freedom Plaza revealed” by Mark K Jacob
The Villager, September 20, 2023, “Field of Light art installation to illuminate East River waterfront this winter” by Max Parrott
Time Out, May 11, 2023, “A ‘Field of Light’ installation is about to brighten up Manhattan’s East Side”
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 24, 2023, “Famed light artist brings dazzling installation to a new outback site” by Sue Williams
Time Out, June 15, 2023, “Bruce Munro’s 1.3km-long light installation in Niseko is reopening this July”
Escape.com, March 31, 2023, “Light-Towers kicks off in the Northern Territory” by Susan Bugg
The Daily Texan, February 14, 2023, “Art installation glows throughout Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center” by Stephanie Jumper
Brisbane Times, June 5, 2022, “UFOs or trick of the light? Bruce Munro has got the military guessing” by Richard Jinman
NBC Los Angeles, May 20, 2022, “Sensorio marks three years of central coast shimmer” by Alysia Gray Painter
Fox 7, May 12, 2022, “Immersive light installation to debut at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Cenre” by Fox 7 Austin Digital Team
BBC News, July 23, 2020, “Wiltshire’ ribbon of light’ art installation complete” by BBC Digital Team
New York Times, January 2020, Paso Robles number six in the top 52 places to visit in 2020
The Australian, 26 November 2019, “Time to Lighten up; Bruce Munro’s new art installations are the hot pick for Darwin’s summer” by Katrina Lobley
New York Times, 15 September 2019, ‘A Light Safari in Wine Country’
Lonely Planet, 22 June 2019 ‘This incredible art installation is lighting up California wine country’
Time Out magazine, 2 July, 2019, ‘The 50 best things to do in the world right now’
The Tribune, 21 May, 2019, ‘A dream come true’ by Lindsey Holden
San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May, 2019, ‘Bruce Munro’s ‘Field of Light’ sets gardens hillside aglow’ by Sarah Fielding
My Modern Met, 13 June, 2019, ‘Bruce Munro Illuminates California’s Wine Country with ‘Field of Light’ Installation’ by Kelly Richman-Abdou
Los Angeles Times, 2 June, 2019, ‘Field of Light’ display beckons in Paso Robles by Terry Gardner
Forbes, 17 May, 2019, ‘Field Of Light’ At Sensorio Is The Future of Public Wellness’ by Aimee Jennings
The West Australia, April 30, 2019, ‘Farewell Field of Light’ by Shannon Smith
Saratoga News, November 2, 2018, ‘A dazzling display’ by Anne Gelhaus
USA Today, 16 April, 2018, ‘Australia’s iconic Uluru’ by Nick Kontis
Chicago Magazine, September 20, 2017, “Walk Through Rockford’s Stunning New Garden of Light” by DiS Shin
USA Today, September 2, 2017, “The best museum exhibits in the US this fall”
Scottsdale Independent, June 26, 2017, “Scottsdale public art piece, ‘Blooms’ wins prestigious honor”
Star Tribune, November 2016, “This is no Holiday Display, by Jenna Ross
Wallpaper, September 27, 2016, “Beyond Limits: Sotheby’s’ modern sculpture show returns to Chatsworth House,” by TF Chan
Forbes, June 2016, “Field Of Light: A Glowing Arts Project Comes To Australia’s Sacred Uluru Rock” by John Oseid
Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2016, “Quick, get to Phoenix before this desert garden show fades,” by Terry Gardner
The Guardian, March 31, 2016, “Seeing Uluru changed my life’: Bruce Munro’s light bulb moment” by Brigid Delaney
Architectural Digest, March 30, 2016, “A stunning light installation debuts in the Australian outback,” by Sara Lieberman
Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2016, “Ultimate nighttime selfie: Astonishing ‘Field of Light’ arrives at Australia’s Uluru” by Terry Gardner
Sydney Morning Herald, March 254, 2016, “British artist Bruce Munro brings Field of Light installation to Uluru residency,” by Fiona Carruthers
The Telegraph, March 23, 2016, “ A Fresh Look at Uluru,” by Jonathan Bastable
Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2016, “What Would It Be Like to Walk Through the Mind?“ by Frank Wilczek
Art Newspaper, February 23, 2016, “Bruce Munro’s light installation to illuminate Ayers Rock,” by Christina Ruiz.
Islamic Arts Magazine, January 9, 2016, ”Bruce Munro: First Impressions”, author unknown
Art Ltd, November/December 2015, “Phoenix Will be Glittering the Fall with Diverse Works by British Light Artist Bruce Munro,” by Deborah Ross
The New York Times, Oct 23, 2015, “Arizona Light Show, Skiing in the Dolomites,” by Elaine Glusac
The Scottsdale Republic, October 3, 2015, “Desert Glows with British Artist’s Work,” by Sonja Haller
Public Art Magazine (Seoul, South Korea), May 2015, “Landscape of Light,” by Sun Moon
Chartwell Journal, Eleventh Edition, November 2014, “Bruce Munro” by Francis Holmes
The Houston Chronicle, November 21, 2014 Field of Light by Molly Glentzer
The Virginia Pilot, October 12 2014, Light At Heritage by Teresa Annas
The Times Scottish Edition, February 4, 2014, “Field of Light” by Steven Taylor, Alamy Live News
The Independent, December 27, 2013, “The Best Visual Arts of the Year,” by Adrian Hamilton
The Guardian, December 24, 2013, “Eyewitness,” by Felix Clay
Museum, December, 2013, “The Best and the Brightest from the Alliance and its Professional Networks”, author unknown
The Scotsman, November, 2013, “Edinburgh Set for Field of Light art installation,” by Rory Reynolds
Huffington Post, October, 2013, “Light, Bruce Munro at Cheekwood,” by Dale B. Cohen
Le Monde, July 30, 2013, “Manoir, mon beau manoir,” by Melina Gazsi
Vogue, May, 2013, “From Memorial to Labour Day, 31 ways to make to make the most of Summer,” by Jennifer Conrad
Martha Stewart, May, 2013, “Inspiration Board: Bruce Munro,” by Laura Kaesshaefer
The Financial Times, September 28, 2012, “Lit up by Light,” by Robin Lane Fox
A.L Architectural Lighting Magazine, September, 2012, “Daydreaming in Light,” by Elizabeth Donoff
The Washington Post, “At Longwood Gardens, Bruce Munro sees the light,” September 19, 2012, by Adrian Higgins
WIRED, June 29, 2012, “Bright Idea: Artist Turns Simple Materials into Massive Lighting Installations,” by Eric Smilli
The Telegraph, October 06, 2018, “The light that never goes out” by Brigid Delaney
