Bruce Allan lives in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK. He is a Trustee of Kingsgate Workshops Trust and Gallery, London and a founder member of Arts pace Bristol, now Spike Island From 2000-2006 Bruce was an Advisory Board member for Braziers International Artists Workshop UK
Bruce Allan has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad Particular links l1ave been made with artists in the Caucasus In 2004,
Bruce curated portable works to the 4th International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Gyumri, Armenia. A review article of the biennial by Marlyne Sahakian appears in Third Text no 75 Bruce Allan and Louise Short were the UK curators at Art Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2005 Following Khoj Kolkata, Bruce is working with Indian artist, Mriganka Madhukaillya on a project focusing on the colonial legacy of tea in Assam