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Bruce Fast was born in Canada in 1962.
He studied Philosophy, Sociology and Religion at several
Universities, eventually obtaining a Bachelor of
Religious Studies degree and three incomplete Masters
degrees. He has travelled in over 50 countries (most of
it hitchhiking) in his quest to achieve a comprehensive
view of this world. He has also worked for several years
as a social worker. He became a full-time artist in
1993 when he decided that art was the most international
language and the best way to communicate his ideas and
observations. His main focus has been around the idea
of "The Whole". Looking at as many sides of an idea
or concept as he can and trying to present the truest
picture.
Bruce is a versatile artist who uses mostly
Expressionistic, Abstract and Surrealistic styles of
painting but will use whatever style he feels will best
communicate his ideas. He has vigilantly tried to keep
away from traditional techniques and schools of painting
so that the ideas and concepts will express themselves
in an unobtrusive way. He claims a wide field of
influences, including: Indigenous cultures such as
Tibetan, Aboriginal and Native North American;
Deaf Culture, childrens art, and the Canadian Group of
Seven Artist to name but a few. He follows the
adage of Joseph Beuys and others that we are all artists.
He believes that Art is not dead, on the contrary,
that we are in the process of killing institutionalised
art in order to free the need of the human spirit
to truly express itself.
Bruce has exhibited and sold paintings in North America,
Australia and Europe and tries to be a truly
international and intercultural artist.
He lives in Victoria and is building a studio on Pender Island B.C. Canada .
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