exhibitions

CURRENT
INTO THE DISTANCE | 14th January -1st March 2023  Royal Scottish Academy, Scotland

2022
RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION | 2022  Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

2021
RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION | 2021  Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

2020
ALL AT SEA | PRESENT IN THIS PLACE  Art Walk Porty, Edinburgh, Scotland

​2019
LANDMARK SATELLITES | MUSEUM OF HUMBLE TREASURES  Art Walk Porty, Scotland
WINTER CHI SHO Thomas Tosh Gallery, Dumfries&Galloway, Scotland
2018
ARTOBOTIC City Art Centre, Edinburgh
PLEASUREGROUND | ARTIST WINDOWS Art Walk Porty, Portobello, Edinburgh
SIMPLY BEAMING Maruseppu Art Residency, Hokkaido, Japan
SIMPLY BEAMING Hope Gallery, Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan
SIMPLY BEAMING Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
FIELD OF DREAMS Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland
ART 250, Origin Gallery Dublin, Ireland
2017
WINDOW SCREENINGS, Embassy Annuale, Edinburgh, Scotland
2016
​COALESCENCE, Lingnan University, Zhanjiang, China
MACMILLAN FESTIVAL SHOW, Bonhams, Edinburgh, Scotland
BAROMETER NICHE Midsteeple of Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
THERMOMETER NICHE Midsteeple of Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
NO SHO SHO London Road, Gallery Two, Edinburgh Palette, Scotland
2015
MILK AND HONEY Bonhams, Edinburgh Festival/ August
BEYOND THE HORIZON Velvet Easel, Porty Art Walk, Edinburgh
SHENZHEN SHOWCASE F518 Creative Industry Park, Shenzhen, China
VAS:T Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2014
RSA OPEN Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
LA GALERIE 1940 Edinburgh
UNCOVERING THE SKY Subliminal, Nuremberg, Germany
BLACK CUBE COLLECTIVE | FOREIGN WINDOW, St Margaret's House, Edinburgh
GENERATION | OPEN DIALOGUES Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
MACMILLAN ART SHOW Bonhams, Edinburgh
2013
POSTCARDS TO JAPAN Touring exhibition, Japan
SAVE THE BEAUTY Rosso Contemporaneo, Taranto, Italy
2012
ORBICULAR NEBULOSAE Castello Carlo V, Lecce, Italy
FALLING Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
ALLA LUCE DEL SOLE Micro Home Gallery, Taranto, Italy
ALICE IN STRANGELAND Co.61 Contemporary Art, Grottaglie, Italy
2011
WINTER SHOW Thomas Tosh, Thornhill
REMEMBERING THE FUTURE Dumfries&Galloway Arts Festival
RSA 185th ANNUAL EXHIBITION | IT'S NOT TOKYO,The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2011 | THE PRESENT POSITION, The Royal Scottish Academy
VAS OPEN EXHIBITION | CLOUD, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

​Selected exhibitions 2010-2007
3331 INDEPENDENTS Chiyoda Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan
LONDON ART BOOK FAIR Whitechapel Gallery, London
HIDDEN DOOR 1st & 2nd arts festival, Roxy Art House, Edinburgh
FILM STRIPS The Filmhouse, Edinburgh
SECOND NATURE Richard De Marco Archive, Skateraw
SPINE Owl & LIon Gallery, Artists Books, Edinburgh
GOSFORD HOUSE East Lothian

awards
Visual Arts Awards 2014 City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland
Talent Development Awards 2013 Creative Scotland
Visual Arts Awards 2011 City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland
New Contemporaries 2011 selected by Royal Scottish Academy
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Travel Award 2010 Willemina Barns-Graham Trust

​residency
Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland/ June 2017
Charcoal Home, Longtoumo Village, Zhanjiang, China/ September 2016
Gallery Two Residency, Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House, Scotland/ March 2016
​Dat's Creatives In Residence, Nuremberg, Germany/ October 2014
Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland/ September 2013
Thomas Tosh Gallery, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland/ August 2008

​projects
THE BIG DRAW drawing international maps, Royal Scottish Academy,Edinburgh/ October 2103
TINDERBOX FEST youth arts and contemporary music,Summerhall,Edinburgh/December 2012
THE BIG DRAW drawing in the gardens, Inveresk House, Musselburgh, Edinburgh/October2012
THINKING BOOKartist-led youth exhibition for Dalai Lama visit Usher Hall, Edinburgh/June2012
TINDERBOX FRONTIERS multi-disciplinary arts event at Queens Hall, Edinburgh/ June 2012
BIG WELCOME artist-led internationally themed workshops, Portobello, Edinburgh/ June 2011
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contributor
TO SLEEP TO DREAM, Earfilms, Edinburgh Festival/ 2015
ZERO FOOTPRINT Leeming+Paterson, Environmental Arts Festival, TT, Scotland/ 2015
WRAP/CLOTH MOMENTS Denise Zyglado, Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries/ 2014
THE HOW NOT TO COOK BOOK Aleksandra Mir, artist book, Collective Gallery/ 2009

teaching and talks
Lingnan University, Auditorium Symposium and teaching sessions, Zhanjiang, China 2016
Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition workshops, 2017 ongoing
Edinburgh Adult Education, public and private art programmes 2105 ongoing
Royal Scottish Academy Friends, Creative Conversations, Edinburgh 2014
George Herriot's School, Edinburgh 2012
Eric Liddell Centre, Edinburgh 2011
3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 2010 
Cumbria College of Art & Design, Carlisle 1998

education
Edinburgh College of Art, Painting BA Hons 
Leith School of Art, Foundation Course
London College of Printing, Printing&Publishing Postgraduate Diploma
​Polytechinic of North London, English BA Hons

​commissions / sales/ collections
Sales include twelve oil paintings and oil monotypes for Fraser Suites, The Mound, Edinburgh. In addition completed private commissions for independent businesses, and sold at exhibition to private art collectors from around the UK, Europe, Australia and China. Work held in Cill Rialaig Arts Centre Ireland, Richard Demarco Archive, NHS Collection and the Collections Department at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh