Collections

Carrick Hill, Adelaide
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
City of Colac Sculpture Park
McCelland Gallery, Langwarrin
Deakin University, Melbourne
Museum of Modern Art, Heide, Melbourne
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
RMIT, Melbourne
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo
Numerous private collections in Australia and overseas

Education

1984-1997    Victoria College, now VCA, Melbourne
1985            Chisholm Institute
1987            Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne


Residences

1986        School of Art, Hobart
1987        Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1997        Western Australian School of Art, Perth
                Design & Multimedia


Selected Prizes

1980        Tina Wentcher Prize
1984        Hugh Williamson Prize


Selected Commissions

1998        Ellenbrook Primary School
                Commission, Perth, Western Australia
1997        Mining Project Investments Sculpture
                Commission, Perth & Melbourne
1997        Turning Bason Sculpture Commission, Yarra River, Melbourne
1992        Mark Burrowes Commission, Bowral, NSW
1988        Geoffrey Cousins Commission, Mittagong, NSW
1988        Smorgon Family Commission, Melbourne
1986        Bardas Family Sculpture Commission, National Gallery of Victoria

Selected bibliography

Sculptors as Craftsmen, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, 1985
Gregory Pryor, On the work of Bruce Armstrong in Australian Perspecta 85, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1985

William Kelly, Heide: the Sculpture Park, Art and Australia, Winter 1986, pp. 518-21

Michael Sourgnes, Painters and Sculptors: Diversity in Contemporary Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1987

Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987

George Petelin, Valuable insight from diverse patterns, The Australian, Wednesday 1 July     1987

Sculpture: The World Expo 88 Collection, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 1988

Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, 1988

Graeme Sturgeon, A Bicentennial look at Australian sculpture, Art and Australia, Spring     1988, pp. 100-107

Robert Lindsay, ICI Contemporary Art Collection, ICI Australia, Melbourne, 1989

Alison Fraser, The Art and Public Spaces Strategy Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Artlink, Winter 1989, pp 32-34

Ken Scarlett, At long last contemporary sculpture for Melbourne!, Art Monthly, October 1989, pp 3-7

Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990

Graeme Sturgeon, The New Mood: Killick, Armstrong & Meertens, Art and Australia, Spring 1990, pp. 70-77

Geoffrey Edwards, The Sun and The Moon and other stories: New Public Sculpture in Melbourne, Art and Australia, Spring 1990, pp. 78-83

Graeme Strgeon, Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991

Elwyn Lynn, Drawing a line at modern madness, The Weekend Australian, 13-14 July, 1991, p.8

Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, The Lakeside Group, Chicago, 1992

International Sculpture Symposium, Showa Kinen Park, Tama, Japan, 1993

Ken Scarlett, Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens, Gordon and Breach Arts, International, Sydney, 1993

Phil Brown, First Impressions: Statues, Herald Sun, Sunday 23 October 1994

RMIT Gallery, Aurora: Australian wood, metal, glass, fibre, ceramics, The Asialink Centre, Melbourne, 1996

N. H., Coopers and the art of accountancy, Business Review Weekly, 12 February 1996, pp. 100-101

Anne Marsh, Garden delights, Herald Sun, Wednesday 6 March, 1996

Joe Rollo, Melbourne: a city reborn, Panorama (Ansett Australia), July 1997, pp. 84-90

David Bromfield, Hands-on gallery turns 21, West Australian, Saturday 22 November 1997

Elanor Sprawson, Catalogue: Untitled 1987, Herald Sun, Monday 23 March 1998

Caroline Rance, Challenging corporate illusions, The Qantas Club, June 1998, pp. 6-10

Irene Barberis & Ann Harris, Exposure Artists Portraits of Artists, Linden Arts Centre, Melbourne, 4-27 June 1999

Roger Taylor, The Amiable Primitive World Sculpture News, Winter 1999, pp. 28-32

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

1999        Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
1998        Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997        Claremont School of Art, Perth
1996        Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1996        Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Melbourne
1994        Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1992        Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1990        Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1989        Powell Street Gallery Melbourne
1987        Powell Street Gallery Melbourne
1986        Powell Street Gallery Melbourne


Selected group exhibitions

1999        Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1998        Millennium, Gomboc Sculpture Gallery, Perth
1997        Notations, Victoria University Gallery, Melbourne
1997        I, Shadow, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1996        Aurora, Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul, Korea
1996        Sculpture Walk, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
1995        Paralle Practice, Gomboc Gallery, Perth
1994        Archibald Prize, Art Gallery o New South Wales, Sydney
1993        International Sculpture Symposium, Showa Kinen Park, Tokyo, Jaqpan
1992        Seven Disparate Artists, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria
1992        Little Treasures, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1991        New Acquisitions, Dept. of Prints & Drawings, National Gallery of                           Victoria
1990        Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria
1989        Were Still Thinking Aloud, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1988        Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
1987        Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria
1986        On Site 2, School of Art, Hobart
1986        Fears and Scruples, Melbourne, University Gallery
1986        Site and Vision, Carrick Hill, South Australia
1985        New Work, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1985        Perspecta 1985, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1984        New Sculptors, New Directions, Melbourne University Gallery
1984        Sculptors as Craftsmen, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
1984        New Sculptors, New Sculptors, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1984        Hugh Williamson Prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
1983        Young Sculptors 1983, RMIT, Gallery
1981        Animals and Animism, RMIT, Gallery
1981        Capital Permanent Award, Geelong City Art Gallery