About Tommy Bruce
Tommy Bruce is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. His work centers on an exploration of identity in contemporary culture through work with the Furry community. He was born in State College, Pennsylvania. He received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of New Mexico in 2020 and a BFA in Photography with a minor in Creative Writing from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014.
His work has been featured in exhibitions and publications internationally, including Art in America, The Institute for Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Vice, Lenscratch and ArtForum. He was an invited speaker on the subject of the Furry community at the 2016 New York City Porn Film Festival, and has advocated for the legitimacy and value of the Furry community through public presentations, exhibitions and programming for more than a decade. He was named one of “12 New Mexico Artists to Know” by Southwest Contemporary Magazine in 2021. His most recent solo exhibition “New Fauna” debuted at Ellsworth Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico in summer 2021. His two person show “Wild Desire” with fellow furry and painter Mark Zubrovich, opened at Sanitary Tortilla Factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico in July 2023.