Bruce Cochrane
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, MFA (1978)
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, BFA (1976)
Bruce Cochrane is an internationally acclaimed ceramic artist and recently retired Professor Emeritus of Ceramics at Sheridan College. During his 30 plus years of teaching at Sheridan, he was instrumental in developing the Ceramic program’s reputation as one of Canada’s best. Likewise, Cochrane is considered one of the country’s preeminent ceramic artists, with work featured in public and private collections worldwide.
Cochrane’s studies began at the NSCAD University and continued in Alfred, New York, at the New York State College of Ceramics, where he received his Masters of Fine Art. Since graduation in 1978, he has participated in 300 exhibitions and shares his knowledge through lectures and workshops throughout North America.
His work is in the permanent collections of the Royal Ontario Museum and Gardiner Museum in Toronto, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa. Cochrane resides in Toronto and maintains his studio practice in Grey Highlands, Ontario.
