contemporary abstract painting
Curriculum Vitae
1967 Born Kilmarnock, Scotland, works in Glasgow
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Education
1997 2001 B.A. (Hons) First Class, Drawing and Painting, Glasgow school of Art
1990 1992 M.A. R.C.A., Royal College of Art, School of Architecture and Design, London
1985 1989 Diploma Interior Design, Napier Polytechnic, School of Design, Edinburgh
Group exhibitions
2020 RSA Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
2017 RSA OPEN, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
2016 RSA OPEN, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
2015 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2014 RSA OPEN, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
2013 RSA OPEN, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
2012 RSA OPEN, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
2010 Merlin James, Andrew Taylor, Tom Varley, Southside Studios, Glasgow
2007 Construct! Attic Salt, Edinburgh
2006 Transmission Members Show, Glasgow
2004 Spacemakers 13, Lothringer Dreizehn, Germany
2003 Andrew Taylor and Tony Griffin ‘Untitled’ WASPS Artists’ Studios, Glasgow
2002 Two Painters’ Show, Morgan Stanley Bank, Glasgow
2001 Young Scottish Painters Exhibition, Phillips Auctioneers, Edinburgh
2001 The RGI Annual Exhibition, MacLellan Galleries, Glasgow
2001 Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow
2001 The Royal Scottish Academy, Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
2001 'all we want is to do…’ The Project Room, Glasgow Independent Studios
2000 'Lifestyle Telly’, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
1999 'The Exhibition formerly known as’, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
1995 Morrison Scottish Portrait Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1995 Royal Society of Water-colourists, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1992 Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London
1989 New Designers Exhibition, Islington Business Centre, London
Solo exhibitions
2002 ‘Hidden”, Dallas & Dallas, Glasgow
2000 ‘Displacement’, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
Residencies
2001 –2003 Artist in residence, Saracen School, Possil, an initiative by the Education Department,
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
1991 Summer Residency, British School Rome, Surveying the British Council Headquarters
Awards
2001 William & Mary Armour Travel Scholarship, Glasgow School of Art
2001 Chalmers Jarvis Prize, 2001, Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1991 Pentagram Bursary, Royal College of Art, London
1991 Rome Scholarship, British Council Rome
1989 Sir Edmund Hudson Quaich, Napier Polytechnic, Edinburgh
1989 Polytechnic Medal, Napier Polytechnic, Edinburgh
Teaching
2016 Present Marker, Advanced Higher Art and Design, SQA
2004 Present Teacher of Art and Design, Williamwood High School
2001 2003 Visiting Artist, delivering ‘painting workshops’, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow
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