Born: Glasgow, 1988, currently lives and works in Aberdeenshire.
Education:
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2017
Slade School of Fine Art, London, MFA Painting, 2012-14
Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, BA Hons Painting, 2006-10
Exhibitions:
2022
10 – 18 December – Solo Exhibition at Patriothall Gallery, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 5AY
18 – 23 June – Painted Conversations, Whitespace, Edinburgh
196th Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh
REVERB, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition
2020
194th Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, online gallery due to the Covid19 pandemic
B!D, online auction fundraiser, Visual Arts Scotland
Borders Art Fair, Visual Arts Scotland Spotlight Area, Kelso, Scottish Borders
2019
Creekside Open selected by Sacha Craddock, A.P.T. Gallery, London
Shuffle, facilitated by Lyndsey Gilmour, Look Again Project Space and Gallery, Aberdeen
The Nomenclature of Colours, curated by Jo Volley and Stephanie Nebbia, The Slade Research Centre, London
Alight, Visual Arts Scotland annual show at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Submit, WorM, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
SSA Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2018
Fully Awake 3:5, curated by Ian Hartshorne and Sean Kaye, Dyson Gallery, Royal College Art, London
SSA and VAS Together, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2017
RSA Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Inside the Shadow, curated by Katherine Lubar and Asaki Kan, Arthouse1, London
2016
Fly, Visual Arts Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
20, Trongate 103, Glasgow
2015
as my pencil crumbles, Hyde Park Room, St George’s Hospital, London
Creekside Open selected by Lisa Milroy, A.P.T. Gallery, London
shapes and things curated by Lyndsey Gilmour and Matt Morris, Leytonstone Underground, London
RSA Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2014
MFA Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
Residency Exhibition, Stephenie Bergman studio grounds, Morocco
RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2013
The Slade Print Fair, The Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square, London
Colour, The Windshow, Camden People’s Theatre, London
2011
Figurative, La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London
Aberdeen Artists Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery
RSA New Contemporaries, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
New Faces, The Leith Gallery, 65 Shore, Edinburgh
Weeks: three, Studio 41, Glasgow
2010
Shame (response to participation in Pietro Fortuna’s Glory project at Tramway), Miller Street, Glasgow
Grampian Hospital Art Trust Graduate Show, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
New Graduate Show, Wall Projects, Montrose
BA Degree Show, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
Gray Area, Pre-Degree Show, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Artists Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery
Awards and recognition:
Lyon and Turnbull Award for Painting, External award at The Royal Scottish Academy (2022)
Invited by members of “Teaching Painting” organisation to exhibit in Fully Awake 3:5 (2018)
Selected for w(ORD) Residency (2018)
Aberdeen Creative Funding Award (2017)
Featured in Saatchi’s “One to Watch” and “Invest in Art” online collections (2016)
RSA Latimer Award (2014)
William Coldsream Purchase Prize for University College London Collections (2014)
Nominated for the Adrian Carruthers Award (2014)
Residency at the studio of Stephenie Bergman, Taroudant, Morocco (2014)
Access to Learning Fund (extension), UCL (2014)
North Lanarkshire Educational Grant (2014)
Access to Learning Fund, UCL (2014)
Nominated for “Odd Bird” exhibition, Helsinki (2014)
Pocock Award, Slade School of Fine Art (2013)
Scottish International Education Trust Award (2013)
Dewar Arts Award (extension, 2013)
Dewar Arts Award (2012)
RSA New Contemporaries (invite to exhibit, 2010)
Commendation Award, Aberdeen Artists Annual Exhibition (2009)
Short-Listed for:
Jerwood Visual Makers Award (2018)
Dolbey and Duveen Travel Scholarship (2014)
The Grant Museum Artwork Commission (2012)
Long-listed for:
Mother Art Prize (2020)
Jerwood Painting Fellowships (2016)
East London Painting Prize (2015)
Signature Art Prize (2015)
John Moores Painting Prize (2014)
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