Rate My Professor Bruce Slatter

Slatter's professional trajectory at Curtin University encompasses leadership roles such as Head of the Department of Art (2014) and current Deputy Head of School. He has garnered acclaim through extensive exhibitions: solo presentations include Contested Objects, School of Art Gallery, RMIT (2015); Trophy Life, Galerie Düsseldorf (2011); Usage, Galerie Düsseldorf (2009); Way, Shape or Form, Galerie Düsseldorf (2007); and Scenario, Galerie Düsseldorf (2005). Selected group exhibitions feature the Bankwest Art Prize, where he secured the inaugural $30,000 Sculpture Prize for Expedition Recollection (2014); Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe (2005–2007); Thing: Beware the material world, Art Gallery of Western Australia (2009); Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (2004–2005); and From Space to Place, national touring project (2005–2008). Major awards also encompass the Siemens Fine Art Scholarship Postgraduate Award, RMIT (2008); NAB WA Sculptors Scholarship, Sculpture by the Sea (2007); Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (2004); and multiple Galerie Düsseldorf and Joondalup Invitation Art Awards (2002–2003). His works reside in esteemed collections including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Artbank, Bankwest Art Collection, Curtin University Art Collection, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, and RMIT University. Slatter contributes intellectually via catalogue essays such as Trophy Life (2011) and Usage (2009), along with published articles and reviews. He serves as Standing Observer, Deputy Head of School, on the Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry Advisory Board and is affiliated with the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools.