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Bruce Parsons (1937– ) is a Canadian artist known for his abstract geometric paintings and sculptures. He was born in Montréal in 1937 and studied painting and sculpture at the Ontario College of Art in the 1950s.

Parsons’ work from this period often featured brightly colored geometric shapes arranged in precise compositions. His interest in color and form continued throughout his career, and he frequently experimented with new materials and techniques in his pursuit of new ways to explore these elements.

Parsons has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout his long practice as a painter, printmaker, muralist, and installation artist. He was part of Emma Lake workshops led by Frank Stella, Ken Noland, Jules Olitski, John Cage, and Clement Greenberg. As well, Parsons was part of the conceptual art practice at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from the early to mid-1970s.

From the late 1970s to late 2000, he was a director of the Graduate MFA program and Associate Professor at Fine Arts Department at York University. His extensive exhibition record includes solo and group exhibitions across Canada in private, artist-run spaces and public galleries, as well as in shows in Beijing, New York City, Hong Kong, and New Castle Upon-Tyne, England.

Throughout his career as an art educator, he was responsible for installing more than 150 commissioned murals by fine arts students at the York University campus. Parsons’ work has been exhibited widely across Canada. It is held in the collections of many prominent institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Parsons was also an influential teacher and taught at the Ontario College of Art for many years.