born in Aberdeen, UK

lives and works in Aberdeen, SCO

Education

1992-1996 BA Hons (First Class), Grays School of Art, Aberdeen

Exhibitions

2023
Up You Go, Little Smoke, Annarumma Gallery, Naples
Soulscapes - curated by Uwe Henneken, Meyer Riegger, Berlin
Hinterland - curated by Jane Neal, Cromwell Place, London

2022
Living Memory, John Martin Gallery, London
Night Music, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay
The Power to Dream - curated by James Bolton, Galerie Hussenot, Paris
Moon Child, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022, invited artist, Royal Academy, London

2021
Between The Dream And Waking, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Berlin
PPP On Paper - curated by Danny Lamb, Painters Painting Paintings in coalition with Gallery Climate Coalition, online
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy, London
Postcards - curated by Brit Pruiksma & Magnus Karlsson, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Sweden
The John Moores Painting Prize 2020, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

2020
Natura Naturata, John Martin Gallery, London

2018
Line Of Beauty, John Martin Gallery, London

2017
The Glass Mountain, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

2016
Mudlarks and Connoisseurs, John Martin Gallery, London
Figurative Art Today / Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London

2015
Spring Masters Park Avenue Armory, New York, USA

2014
The Burning Heart, John Martin Mayfair, London
The Sunken Dream, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

2013
That Howling Infinite, John Martin Gallery, London

2012
We Are Stardust, Smart Gallery, Aberdeen
Quiet Please, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2011
The Secrets, John Martin Gallery, London
Edward Cutler Gallery, Milan, Italy

2010
The Whiteness Of The Whale, Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen

2009
Somewhere In The North, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
Wonderland, John Martin Gallery, London
The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London

2008
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London

2007
New Ways To See The World, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Way Out West, John Martin Gallery, London

2006
The Big Country, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2005
The Great Adventure, John Martin Gallery, London

2004
Between Journeys, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
There And Back Again, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow

2003
Recent Works, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2002
Small Town Continuation, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2001
The Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship, Small Town, The Royal Scottish Academy - The Fettes Gallery, Edinburgh

2000
New Lands, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

1999
Work on Paper, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Recent Work, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

1998
New Works, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

Grants

2019 The Tatha Gallery Award, Society of Scottish Artists/Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Schottish Academ
2018 The Scottish Gallery Award, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academcy
2018 The W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2015 The Open Eye Gallery Award, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy
2011 The Cuthbert Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Commendation, Aberdeen Artists Society
2009 First Prize, The Meffan Winter Exhibition, Meffan Museum, Forfar
2006 The Meyer Oppenheim Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2005 The James McBey Travel Award
2005 Aberdeen Visual Arts Awards Scheme Grant Commendation, Aberdeen Artists Society
2003 The Shell Expro Award, Aberdeen Artists Society
2000 The Shell Expro Award (Aberdeen Artists Society)
1998 The Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy
1996 The MacAllan Award, Royal Scottish Academy
1996 The John Kinross Scholarship, three months study in Florence, Royal Scottish Academy
1995 The Steele-Cornwall Scholarship, Grays School of Art
1994 The Hector Memorial Prize, Grays School of Art
1994 The Wood Group, Purchase Prize, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust