David Bruce

David Bruce (born in 1977 in the Paris region) is a French painter and ceramicist who lives and works in Liège, Belgium. As a teenager, he played basketball. Train journeys to matches led him to discover carriages covered in graffiti. He first drew on paper, then painted along the tracks and on trains in the 1990s.

David Bruce paints in acrylic. His subjects come from everyday life: basketballs, smileys, bananas, Crocs, Nike logos. More recently, he has taken up ceramics and shapes his own vases, which he paints with his motifs. La Libre Belgique compares them to ancient vases, witnesses to the life of their time.

Nike contacted him and offered him a collaboration. In 2023, Quai 36 and the Hatchikian Gallery presented "JumpinColors", his two-person exhibition with Simon Poter. In 2024, Mazel Galerie in Brussels devoted "Bananes, Crocs® et céramiques" to him.