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EXHIBITIONS

2012

Solo Exhibition Thackeray Gallery

2011

Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh   Festival Exhibition of Portraiture through the centuries
(21st Century section,invited artist)

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,London

Portrait commission Scottish National Portrait Gallery: 
Sir Chris Hoy, triple Olympic Gold Medalist for Cycling

AP McCoy portrait in BP Portrait Award, London

Debate on contemporary portraiture Great Western Studios,London

2010

Solo exhibition Thackeray Gallery London

Portrait commission : Dame Judi Dench  Garrick Club,London

Portrait commission:
Sir Michael Howard,Order of Merit Portrait series for HM the Queen,
The Royal Collection, Windsor

Scottish National Portrait Gallery,
invited to lecture at National Gallery Theatre, The Mound, Edinburgh

Small is beautiful, Flowers Central, London

 

2009

Art London, selected works,Thackeray Gallery

BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, invited by Mick Rooney, RA

 

2007/2008

3 month project in Italy, resulting in solo exhibition
at The Thackeray Gallery London

 

2007

"Critic's Choice" selected by William Packer for Lemon Street Gallery, Truro

"Small is Beautiful" Flowers East (London)

 

2006

Browse and Darby Summer Exhibition

Wales Portrait Award

The Lord's Project

 

2005

Completing 6 portraits of Chelsea Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters,The Mall London

Richmond Hill Gallery

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,London

 

2004

Beaux Arts Summer Exhibition

Hunting Arts Prizes,

Royal College of Art,

Being Present: 8 Painters,

Jerwood Space (Jerwood Foundation)

London Long & Ryle

London - Bohun Gallery, Henley

 

2003

Beaux Arts, Bath: joint show with John Bellany

Richmond Hill Gallery

Beaux Arts, Cork Street, London

Bohun Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Henley

New English Arts Club, Mall Galleries, London

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

Langham Fine Arts, Surrey

Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Exhibition, London

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

 

2002

Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Richmond Hill Gallery

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

Bohun Gallery, Henley (solo)

 

2001

Narcissus: Self Portraits of the 20th Century, SNPG

Royal Scottish Society of Watercolours, Edinburgh

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

New English Arts Club, London

Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Exhibition, London

Mirror, Mirror: Self Portraits of Women Through The Centuries, NPG, London

 

2000

BP Portrait Award, NPG, London

Visual Arts Scotland, RSA, Edinburgh

Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London

Scottish Gallery Summer Show, Edinburgh

Adam Gallery, London (solo)

 

1999

RSA Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

BP Portrait Award, NPG, London

Self Portraits, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

Morrison Scottish Portrait Award, RSA, Edinburgh

Painting in Scotland, Glasgow Printmakers Gallery

Art & Business, Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Curwen Gallery, London (solo)

 

1998

BP Portrait Award, NPG, London

Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Exhibition, London

Beaux Arts, Bath (solo)

 

1997

Gomez Gallery, Baltimore USA (solo)

Heritage Group Project, Ernst & young, Cambridge

Beaux Arts, Bath

 

1996

Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh Festival Exhibition (solo)

BP Portrait Award, NPG, London

 

1995

Berkeley Square Gallery (solo)

BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London

 

1994

Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath (solo)

 

1993

Morrison Scottish Portrait Award, RSA Edinburgh

Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)

 

1992

Compass Gallery, Glasgow

Hunting Art Prizes, London|

Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath (solo)

 

EDUCATION

1991 Grays School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen:
Fine Art (drawing and painting): 1st class honours

1992 Higher Diploma in Post-graduate Studies

1998-2000 Lectured part-time at Grays.

 

 

AWARDS:

1989-90 & 1990-91 Cornwall Steele Award for Painting

1991 Runner up, Morrison Scottish Portrait Award

1992 2nd Prize, Hunting Art Prizes

1998 1st Prize, Hunting Art Prizes

1999 1st Prize, Morrison Scottish Portrait Award

2000 Arts Club award, Royal Scottish Academy

2001 Regional Prize, Hunting Art Prizes
2nd Prize, Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Award

2002 2nd Prize, Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Award
Glasgow Arts Club Fellowship Award

2003 Kathleen Tronson Award, New English Arts Club

Judging panel: Hunting Arts Prizes (2002), Singer & Friedlander (2003, 2004)

2006 Awarded the Freedom of the Worshipful Painter Stainers' Livery Company

2007 runner up prizewinner
in this year's Kaupthing,Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Water colour

2008 RWS Sunday Times Award,1st prize
Worshipful Society of Painter Stainers,Runner up.

TRAVEL AWARDS/ SCHOLARSHIPS:

1990 Cite des Artes Internationale, Paris

1991 John Kinross Travel Scholarship, Florence

1999 Hogeschool, Sint Lukas, Brussels (BP Travel Award)

2000 Verrocchio Arts Centre, Tuscany (scholarship place)

2002 Chateau Balleroy, France (Prince’s Foundation)

Bursary Drawing Year placement, Prince’s Foundation, London.

TELEVISION & RADIO:

Portraiture Today BBC Radio Scotland

Mirror, Mirror Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio Four

Kirsty Wark BBC Scotland

Lecture at National Portrait Gallery, London: Mirror, Mirror (discussing ten favourite pieces).

PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS INCLUDE:

Leonard Manasseh, R.A. Architect
Viscount Weir Weir Group
Edinburgh Fund Managers
Dame Prof. Gillian Beer Retiring Principal, Clare Hall, Cambridge
Robin Jenkins Writer (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Thelma Holt Theatre Producer (National Portrait Gallery)
Margaret Smith Lady provost, Aberdeen City Council
Paul Anderson Musician (Aberdeen Art Gallery)
Alan Caiger-Smith Ceramicist (Reading Museum)
Michael Frayn Playwright & author (National Portrait Gallery)
Richard Smethurst Provost, Worcester College, Oxford
Dr Alison Elliott Moderator for the Church of Scotland
Standard Chartered International Bank
Mansur Ali Khan:Nawab of Pataudi commissioned by Lord's MCC
Michael Vaughan commissioned by Lord's MCC
Dame Stephanie Shirley, Prior's Court School, Newbury
Sir Tim Berners Lee, for the Royal Society London

Dame Judi Dench for the Garrick Club London

 

 

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Royal Society

National Portrait Gallery

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Reading Museum

Singer & Friedlander London

Aberdeen Arts Gallery

Royal Scottish Academy

Robert Gordon's University

Lord's MCC Museum

The Royal Collection,Windsor Castle.

 

Distribution of work:

UK, USA, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain.



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