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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