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Lecturer, ECA, University of Edinburgh
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
193-25 Lecturer and Active Research Practitioner, DJCAD, University of Dundee
20919-26 Lecturer Graphic, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
2019 Lecturer School of Textiles and Design, Heriot Watt University, Gala
1992-25 Curatorial/Visual Art/Printmaking Practice based in Scotland
2007-16 Member of Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery Working Group
Selected COMMISSIONS/EVENTS/EXHIBITIONS :
2026 LEVIATHAN f3, Urawa Art Museum, Japan
2026 PARADISE LOST, BIBLE Exhibiton, Museum of Printing in Haverhill, MA, US
2026 COMMON GROUND: Living Landscapes exhibition at Kirkcudbright
2025 TOP SHED, Norfolk
2025 LAND, SSA Exhibition, Dick Institue, Kilmarnock
2025 BAROX 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, FRUITMARKET BOOKMARKET, Edinburgh
2025 ALCHEMICAL AVIARY, ART+TEXT Syposium Presentation, National Libraries of Scotland
2021-25 EBBE+FLOW Travelling Exhibition Scotland and Norway: USF, Bergen,
Gulatinget 25, Norway;Shetland Museum, An Tobar, SSA, MOCA,
Taigh Chearsabhagh, Griineabhat, FOF/EXPO, Scotland.
2012-2026 BOOKMARKET, Artist’s Book Fair, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
2024 SQUID INK, ART IN NATURE IV. Cantabria, Spain
2024 EBBE+FLOW, SWAN VOAYGE, SHETLAND to BERGEN, North Sea
2024 JURA/ALCHEMICAL AVIARY, ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER SHOW, London
2024 SQUID INK 1/2, RSA ANNUAL SHOW, Edinburgh
2023-24 PERPETUAL LANDSCAPE/SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE AWARDS 23/24 , Edinburgh
2023 WHIRLIGIG, Top Shed, Norfolk
2023 PRINTING THE GAIDHHEALTACHD, DJCAD, University of Dundee
2023 PAGES: Reset, Contemporary Artists Book Fair, University of Leeds
2019-23 CULTURAL GENES, Montclair State University, USA; SFAI Museum, China; DJCAD
2021-23 EBBE+FLOW Publication Award, Funded by Creative Scotland
2022 SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST Commission
2022 BABE, Artist’s Book fair, UWE, Bristol
2022 OCEAN 2 Installation, Impact 12, UWE, Bristol
2021 MOON ROCKS AND SQUID INK Installation, Isle Martin Seaweed Festival.
2021 MAGICAL OCTOPUS 2, International Printmaking Commission, Knockvologan.
2021 INK with Jim Hutchison, Burnside Gallery, Selkirk
2020 TRATEGY: GET ARTS, Richard Demarco Archive, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2020 XENOLITH, SSA/VAS Annual Show, RSA Galleries, Edinburgh
2020 JURA Mini Print International Cantabria III, Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Santander
2020 PRINT.ed #6 Virtual Fair of Singular Publications, EINA, Barcelona, Spain
2018-19 MEMENTO MORI, 8th Int. Artist‘s Book Touring Exhibition: USA, Lithuania, Germany
2019 ERRAID STAMPS/6°W, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh; Atlantic Islands Centre, Luing
2019 PAGES NEW VOICES, Artists Books Travelling Exhibition, Arts Council England
2019 GERMAN BIGHT, SSA Annual Show RSA Galleries, Scotland
2018-19 SQUID INK, Print.ed #5, EINA, Barcelona, Spain,
2019 EYE Mural, Graduate Fashion Week, London, UK
2018 STATE OF PRINT, Dundee, Aberdeen, UK; Santander, Barcelona, Spain
2018 ERRAID/6°W, Demarco Archive, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2018 ALCHEMICAL AVIARY, Impact 10, International Print Conference, Santander, Spain
2018 OAK, Impact 10, International Print Conference, Santander, Spain
2018 SQUID INK, Impact 10, Santander, Spain; Edinburgh Printmakers, Portobello, Scotland
2017-18 ERRAID, Edinburgh Arts Festival with 6°W Artists Collective, Scottish Arts Club
2013-18 VOYAGE (Curated by Imi Maufe), Bergen, Norway; Künstlerhaus, Dortmund, Germany
2017 FROM PAPER TO GOLD, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
2017 ALL INKED UP, Folkestone Triennial, Brewery Tap, Folkestone
2017 NTRANQUILITY, Travelling Group Exhibition with SSA, Ullapool/Peebles/Kirkcaldy
2016 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PRINTS, Guam
2016 DOTTEREL, Cupar Arts Festival, Scotland
2016 MERCATOR’S NORTH POLES? Muhlenberg College, USA2016
ALCHEMICAL AVIARY, Murals and publication, Commissioned by Cupar Arts Festival
2016 PULSE, Lead Artist, Commissioned by Scottish Canals/Edinburgh Printmakers
2015 ECLIPSE Commissioned for DARK MATTERS by Edinburgh Printmakers with UKATC
2011-2015 BRIDGES, (SSA and Slovak artists) Trencin, Bratislava, Nitra, Piestany; Slovakia
2015 OAK HOLM, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art/Print Festival Scotland
2015 LEVIATHAN, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2015 EARTH DRAWS MOON with UKATC and Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
2014 ARTIST BOOK/AKIBATAMABI21,Tama art University, Tokyo, Japan
2014 BASSLINE Banchory Mural Project, curated by DUFI Art Ltd, UK
2013, 14 KALEID EDITIONS/ARTS LIBRIS, London, UK; Barcelona Art Book Fair, Barcelona
2013 BY LEAVES WE LIVE (Selected Artist/Designer), Forestry Commission
2013 MULTIPLE HISTORIES/DISTANT HORIZONS, Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, Canada
2010-13 NHS MURRAY ROYAL HOSPITAL MURALS, Rohallion Centre, NHS Tayside, Perth
2011-12 REFLECTIVE HISTORIES Traquair House, Innerleithen, Scotland
Selected CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2018-2025 (w)ORD Norwegian and Scottish Artists Collaboration co-curated with Imi Maufe
2018 DELUGE, Edinburgh Printmakers, Union Street, Edinburgh
2007-17 INKUBATOR 1,2,3 & 4 Travelling Exhibition; Edinburgh, Bristol; Durham, Canterbury, UK
2015 DARK MATTERS with UKATC and Edinburgh Printmakers, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh
2013 BORDERS & CROSSINGS: THE BOOK ARTIST AS EXPLORER, Impact 8, Dundee
2011 CABIN:CODEX, FROM THE URBAN TO THE FERAL, VRC, DCA, Dundee
Selected RESIDENCIES:
2024 EBBE+FLOW, SWAN VOYAGE, NOTH SEA
2023 TOP SHED, Norfolk
2018-19 (W)ORD, Bergen, Norway/ (W)ORD, Isle of Mull, Scotland
2017 BAG ARTCAMP, Bergen Artists Gruppen, Bergen, Norway
2017 TOBERMORY LIGHTHOUSE, 6°W Artists Collective Residency, Scotland
2015 ERRAID, 6°W Artists Collective Residency, Scotland
2011 INCH KENNETH, 6°W Artists Collective Collaboration, Scotland
2009 COVE PARK, 6°W Artists Collective Residency, funded by Hi-Arts, Scotland
2010 INCH KENNETH, The Isle of Mull, Scotland
2008 JURA (with John Burnside), JURA Distillery and The Scottish Book Trust
Selected WORK IN COLLECTIONS:
YALE Centre for British Art, New Haven CT, USA YALE Library, New Haven CT, USA
The School of Art Institute of Chicago, USA Isla Center for the Arts, Guam
V&A, London, UK Tate Modern, London, UK
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
London College of Communication, London, UK Winchester Library Collection, Winchester, UK
UWE Collection, Bristol, UK The Hunterian, Glasgow
Bank of Scotland Headquarters, Edinburgh Lloyds Headquarters, London, UK
Murray Royal NHS Hospital, Perth, Scotland Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh, Scotland
ABCD/CAB Collection, DJCAD, Dundee Cardiff Metropolitan University Library
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