{{Short description|Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter}} {{for-multi|the Boston maritime pilot|Bruce Boutlier McLean|the Canadian admiral|Bruce MacLean}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Bruce McLean | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1944}} | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = [[Glasgow School of Art]]<br>[[Saint Martin's School of Art]] | occupation = Artist | known_for = | father = [[Will McLean (architect)|Will McLean]] | awards = [[John Moores Painting Prize]] }} '''Bruce McLean''' (born 1944) is a Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter.
McLean was born in Glasgow<ref>[https://archive.today/20120715201823/http://the-artists.org/artist/Bruce_Mclean.html Bruce Mclean artist and art...the-artists.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and studied at [[Glasgow School of Art]] from 1961 to 1963, and at [[Saint Martin's School of Art]], London, from 1963 to 1966.<ref name="tatebio">[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1610&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio Tate Collection | Bruce McLean<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> At Saint Martin's, McLean studied with [[Anthony Caro]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=untitled |url=http://www.qmul.ac.uk/alumni/publications/quad/quad14.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410023902/http://www.qmul.ac.uk/alumni/publications/quad/quad14.pdf |archive-date=2008-04-10 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=[[Queen Mary University of London]]}}</ref> and [[Phillip King (sculptor)|Phillip King]]. In reaction to what he regarded as the academicism of his teachers he began making sculpture from rubbish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Council |url=http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/artist/artist.aspx?id=17824 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521122914/http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/artist/artist.aspx?id=17824 |archive-date=21 May 2006 |access-date=26 March 2026 |website=British Council}}</ref>
McLean has produced paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, work with film, theatre and books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.studio18.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=171_181 |title=Bruce McLean : Studio18, Contemporary Art Dealers<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002083935/http://www.studio18.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=171_181 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> McLean was Head of Graduate Painting at [[The Slade School of Fine Art]] London<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/slade09/gStud/index.php Slade School of Fine Art : Graduate Studies<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230083538/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/slade09/gStud/index.php |date=30 December 2007 }}</ref> He has had one-man exhibitions including [[Tate Gallery]] in London, Arnolfini, Bristol, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, The Modern Art Gallery in Vienna and [[Museum of Modern Art, Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nantais-gallery.co.uk/exhibit/modern_british_artists/biog_bruce_mclean.htm |title=Bruce McLean, Artist<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626220426/http://www.nantais-gallery.co.uk/exhibit/modern_british_artists/biog_bruce_mclean.htm |archive-date=26 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1985, he won the [[John Moores Painting Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/history/fact_file/fact_file14.aspx |title=John Moores 14, 1985 – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums |website=liverpoolmuseums.org.uk |access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artdiscover.com/en/artists/bruce-mclean-id3845 |title=Artist: Bruce McLean |website=artdiscover.com |language=en |access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref>
Mclean lives and works in London. His son is the architect [[Pete Silver & Will McLean|Will McLean]].<ref name="tatebio"/>
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== External links ==
* [https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bruce-mclean-1610?gclid=CjwKCAiAoOz-BRBdEiwAyuvA62X0fJysBx1l8dotOGpfp9P2d7nPl-5EToc4s14Xo2NZYOhVMSGxNxoCgqUQAvD_BwE Bruce McLean on the Tate]
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