Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish performance artist and painter.
McLean was born in Glasgow[1] and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at St Martin's School of Art, London,from 1963 to 1966.[2] where he studied with Anthony Caro.[3] In a reaction to the attitude of the latter he began making sculpture from rubbish.[4]
He has gained international recognition for his paintings, ceramics, prints, work with film, theatre and books.[5] McLean was Head of Graduate Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art London [6] He has had numerous one man exhibitions including Tate Gallery in London, The Modern Art Gallery in Vienna and Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.[7] In 1985 he won the John Moores Painting Prize.[8]
Mclean lives and works in London.