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Alastair Strachan

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Solo Exhibitions

2018   Brutti Compadres, Glasgow

2015   St Fergus Gallery, Wick

2014   Lyth Art Centre

2012   Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Germany

2011   RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow

2010   Bar 10, Glasgow

2004   Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2002   Bellshill Cultural Centre, Motherwell Civic Centre

2001   Rotherham Art Gallery

1997   Gallery in the Forest, Grizedale

1993   WASPS Gallery, Glasgow

1991   Motherwell and Wishaw Libraries

1987   Artspace, Aberdeen

1985   Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh


Group Exhibitions 

2019   Aspect, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow

2018   Southside Gallery, Glasgow

2017   Scottish Drawing Competition,   Paisley Art Gallery

2016   Drawing on Drawing, Edinburgh College of Art, 

            Hospitalfield Alumni, Open Eye Gallery,   Edinburgh, 

            Festivale Celtique, Lorient, France, Scottish Pavilion

2013   ‘Somewhere’, Gallery North, Glasgow

2012   Exchange, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2011   Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow

            Jolomo Painting Prize Finalists Exhibition, Caledoniart, London

2010   Hospitalfield Alumni, Compass Gallery, Glasgow 

            Aspect Painting Prize, Paisley Art Gallery

            Jolomo Painting Prize Finalists Exhibition, Strathearn Gallery, Crieff 

            Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow

2009   Jolomo Painting Prize Finalists Exhibition, TSB, Edinburgh 

            Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow

            Aspect Painting Prize

            Paisley Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Gallery

            Staff Exhibition, North Glasgow College

            James Walter Gallery Group Show

2008   Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow

            Digital VD, The Ice Box, Crane Arts Centre, Philadelphia, USA, DCA, Dundee and touring.

2007   Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Gallery.

            Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow.

2006   Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow.

2005   Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada

            Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow

2004   Korea Exchange, Hyundai Gallery, Ulsan, South Korea

            Internationalism, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

2003   WASPS King Street, Glasgow

            Blytheswood Gallery, Glasgow

2001   WASPS, King Street, Glasgow

2000   Paisley Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Gallery

            Redhead Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1999   Cusp Gallery, Burghley House, Stamford

1998   Paisley Art Institute, Paisley Art Gallery

1997   Paisley Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Gallery

           Wax, Collins Gallery, Glasgow

1995   9, Talbot-Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

            Paperworks, Seagate Gallery, Dundee

1993   Consument Art, Nuremberg, Germany

            Compass Gallery, Glasgow

1992   WASPS National Exhibition, Glasgow School of Art

            RGI, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

            Compass Gallery, Glasgow

1991   Recent Prints, Windsor Printmakers Gallery, Ontario, Canada

            Civic Centre, Motherwell 

            Laing Art Competition, Talbot-Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

1990   WASPS National Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art

1989   Transfigurations, The Shed, Glasgow

            Transfigurations 2, WASPS Gallery, Glasgow

1988   Mayfest Exhibition, Tron Theatre, Glasgow

            5th Anniversary Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

1987   Six Painters, WASPS Gallery, Glasgow

            4 Person Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art

1986   369 Gallery, Edinburgh

            Constructed Images, Crawford Centre, St. Andrews

            Smith Biannual, Smith Art Gallery, Stirling, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow

1985   New Art from Scotland, Warwick Arts Trust, London

            4 Person Exhibition, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

1984   Paisley Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Gallery

            4 Person Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow 

            Contemporary Scottish Art, Clare Hall, Cambridge

            Scottish Young Contemporaries, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow,

            Aberdeen Art Gallery, Dundee Art Gallery, Talbot-Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

            Leicester Collection for Schools and Colleges Exhibition

1983   3 Person Exhibition, Mario Flecha Gallery, London

            Transmission Gallery Opening Exhibition, Glasgow

            Compass Gallery, Glasgow

1982   British Drawing, The Hayward Annual, London and Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh                                            

            2 Person Exhibition, Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh


Education

            PGCPSE Strathclyde University

            Edinburgh College of Art BA(Hons) Drawing and Painting

           

Residencies

2014   Vermont Residency Centre, USA

2012   Schwandorf Residency, Germany

2010   Hospitalfield Alumni Residency, Arbroath

            Artita, Piran, Slovenia

2007   Artist in Residence, Grizedale Forest


Scholarships/Awards

2017   Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Award. RGI

2016   Shortlisted for W. Gordon Smith Painting Prize

2011   Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Award. RGI

2010   Jolomo Painting Prize, Joint Third Prize winner

1997   William Grant and Sons Ltd. Charitable Trust Prize, Paisley Drawing Competition Prize      

1980   Patrick Allan Fraser Scholarship, Hospitalfield, Arbroath


Collections

            Scottish Arts Council

            BBC   

            Hospitalfield Trust

            Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow

            Jolomo Foundation                                                                                                         

            Various private collections in Britain, Canada, Hong Kong, USA and Germany 


Additional

            2016- 2019 RGI Committee member

            2015- 2019 PAI Committee member, artist member and Hanging Convenor,  

            Vice –President 2018-19

            Visiting Lecturer, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York

            2003-2004 Assistant Professor of Painting, NSCAD University. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

            2004 Part-time lecturer, Glasgow School of Art

            1989-2020 Lecturer, North Glasgow/Glasgow Kelvin College

            1986-89 Part-time lecturer, Cardonald College, Glasgow

            Founding member of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow and committee member 1983-85

            Artists Representative on the WASPS Studios Board, 1987-95

            Organising Committee of the Scottish Young Contemporaries, 1984

            Guide, British Art Show, 1984

            Film, 6 Painters, Life’s Rich Tapestry, 1987

            Exhibitions Assistant, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1983-90

            1981-2006 Studio in WASPS, King Street, Glasgow








 











































































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