Born in 1962 in Glasgow

Lives and works in East Lothian (Dunbar)

 

 

 

Biography

 

1979-85  Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

1989-90  John Florent Stone scholar, Edinburgh College of Art

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2010       Mummery-Schnelle , London

 

2009       Other Side Of The Sky  Gallerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich

               Guest Room Contemporary Art -  Brussels

 

2007       K.W.A.N.G ..... Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich

 

2006       Gallery s65, Koln

               The Listening Wood, the Seeing Field - Galerie Alessandra Bonomo , Rome

 

2005       Andrew Mummery Gallery, London

               The Seeing Field -  Edinburgh Printmakers

               Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich

 

2004       'Hanshin Loop'  Contemporary Art Space, Osaka

               Angles Gallery, Santa Monica

 

2003       Heavyland  Gallerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich

               Andrew Mummery Gallery, London

               It Is So Endless'  Gallerie Allesandra Bonomo, Rome

 

2002       'Space is Deep'  Kunsthaus Glarus [ Curated by Nadia Schneider], Switzerland

               Galeria Marilena Bonomo, Bari

 

2001       Gallerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich

               Andrew Mummery Gallery, London

 

2000       Gallery Side 2, Tokyo

               Landscapes' Galleria Allesandra Bonomo, Rome

               'Mount Hiddenabyss', Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and

               Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds

1998       Andrew Mummery Gallery, London

 

1997       'From Not Island Made Island'  The Changing Room, Stirling

 

1994       'Winter'  Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

               Galleri 54, Goteborg, Sweden

 

1993       'Bower' Pier Art Centre, Orkney

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2008       Picture Ballot! -In the Jungle of Cities - Kunsthaus Zurich

               Recent Acquisitions _ Kunsthaus Zurich

               Roma/London - Laure Genillard gallery, London

               Deeper Still - Sleeper, Edinburgh [ with Liz Adamson ]

 

2007       Cities and Eyes - Eagle Gallery, London

 

2006       Koln artFair & Brussels Art Fair, Gallery s65, Aalst

 

2005       Twiilight -Galleria Alessandro de March, Milan

               Armory Art Fair with Michael Kohn Gallery, LA

               Art Basel 2005 with Gallery S56

 

2004       'Memorable Memory' Neue Kunst Halle, St Gallen, Switzerland

               incl Martin Kippenberger,Douglas Gordon, Christine Borland, Jannis Kounelis et al

 

2003       'Yes! I am a long way from home'  curated by Roger Kelly & Bob Matthews,

               The Nunnery, London & Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

               Preview IV Gallerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich

 

2002       New, Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary British Art, Scottish National Galley of Modern Art

               Prima Facie: New Abstract Painting, Angles Galley, Santa Monica

 

2001       'Here + Now', Scottish Art 1990-2001,curated by Katrina Brown & Rob Tuffnel, D.C.A 

               Generator Projects, McManus Galleries, Dundee

               'Explorations of the Environment: Landscape Redefined'  Barbera Gillman Gallery,  Miami

               'Open Country, Contemporary Scottish Artists'  curated by Caroline Nicod,  Musee  Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne,

               incl David Shrigley, Smith/Stewart,Cad McCail,Martin Boyce et al

               'Playground' ,Galleria Pedro Cera, Lisbon

 

2000       'Photo & Video based works',  Gallerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich

               'British Art 2: Painting', Gallerie  Diehl Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin,

               incl DJ Simpson, John  Chilver, Clare Woods, Geraint Evans et al

               'Movin' on up',  Andrew Mummery Gallery,London1999

               River Deep, Mountain High', Gallery Westland Place, London

               incl Peter Doig, Merlin James, Sophie Ricket et al

               Paint/Land/Beauty,  Northern gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland

               incl Graham Gussin, Brad Lochore

 

1998       'Intelligible Lies'  Talbot Rice Gallery, London, with Carol Rhodes & Victoria Morton/over

 

1997       'A Different View',  33 Great Sutton St, London

               'New Found Lansdcape'  Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

 

1995       'Swarm'  Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition

               The Persistence of Painting',  Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow,

               incl Richard Wright, Julie Roberts Hayley Tompkins et al

 

1994       3+3+3,  Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

 

1993       'Walk On',  Jack Tilton Gallery, New York & Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

               incl Douglas Gordon,Kevin Henderson, Craig Richardson et al

 

1990       'Scatter-New Scottish Art',  Third eye Centre, Glasgow ,

               incl Callum Innes, Gary Fisher, Wendy McMurdo

 

  

 

Curated Projects [ with Liz Adamson as Polarcap Ltd ]

 

2009       Heavy Metal Mouth  24 - 26 Torphichen St, Edinburgh

 

2008       ESKIMo - The Gallery at Eskmills

 

2007       'You do Voodoo' West Barns Studios, Dunbar

               incl Edward Summerton,Kuehne & Klein. Rabiya Choudry.

 

               Dr Norman Shaw et al [ 13 Artists ]

 

               'No More Stars' West Barns Studios & ECA [in collaboration with Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich]

               incl San Keller, Christian Vetter, El Frauenfelder, David Chieppo, Liz Adamson, Boards of Canada et al.

 

  

Collections

 

    Arts Council of England

    Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland

    Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland

    Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland

    Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Amsterdam

    Alianz-versicherungs-AG- Unterfohrung, Germany

    City Arts Centre, Edinburgh

    Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, London

    Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

    McManus Galleries, Dundee

    Simmons +Simmons, London

    UK Government Art Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Catalogues

 

2008       Picture Ballot! - In the Jungle of Cities. Kunsthaus Zurich.

               Text by Nadine Franci

 

               ESKIMo. Polarcap Contemporary Art Projects.

               Texts by Ola Wojtkiewitz & Kevin Henderson

 

 

2007       You Do Voodoo. Polarcap Contemporary Art Projects.

               Texts by John Calcutt & Louisa Waugh

 

               No More Stars. Polarcap Contemporary Art Projects.

               Texts by Dr Neil Mulholland & Colin Martin

 

 

2004       Hanshin Loop, Contemporary Art Space Osaka,

               text by Kaoru Matsumoto, interview by Kate Zammet

 

 

2003       Here + Now, New Scottish Art 1990-2001, Dundee Contemporary Arts,

               text by Rob Tufnell & Katrina Brown

 

2002       Space is Deep, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland, text by Nadia Schneider,

               essays by Phillip Kaiser, Felicity lunn & Kevin Henderson

 

2001       Open Country, Musee Cantonal des Beaux- Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland

               essays by Caroline Nicod, Rob Tufnell & Francis McKee

 

2000       Mount Hiddenabyss, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, text by Robert Allan Jamieson,

               essay by Allan Johnston

 

               British Art Part 2- Paintings, Diehl Vorderwuelbecke Berlin,

               text by Max Andrews

 

1998       Intelligible Lies, Talbot-Rice Gallery Edinburgh,

               interview by Pat Fisher

 

1995       The Persistence of Painting, CCA, Glasgow,

               essay by Judith Finlay

 

1993       Walk On, Jack Tilton Gallery New York,

               essay by Murdo McDonald

 

1990       Scatter - New Scottish Art,

               text by Andrew Nairne & Ewan McArthur