Biography

I studied painting in Aberdeen in the north east of Scotland, very cold and grey and at times a bit grim. From there, I spent some months in Florence on an RSA scholarship which was a very productive time for me and gave me a taste for the sun. I find it difficult to stay still and, since completing a Masters degree in Barcelona in 2000, I have been fortunate enough to be able to spend significant periods of time abroad, living and working in Australia, Spain, Berlin and New York.

Education

  • 1994-1998 Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen – BA(Hons) Fine Art
  • 2000-2001 Winchester School of Art, Barcelona, Spain – MA European Fine Art

Exhibitions

  • 2011
    • Upcoming (August/September) Figuratively Speaking, Blackheath Gallery, London
    • Upcoming (May/June) SWAB International Art Fair represented by Pantocrator Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
    • Upcoming (May) Paisley Art Institution Annual Exhibition, Paisley Museum, Scotland
    • Through The Looking Glass, Scotlandart Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Visual Arts Scotland Selected Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2010
    • Patsy McArthur and Dylan Lisle, Union Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Solo Exhibition of New Work, Flying Colours Gallery, Chelsea, London
    • Autumn Exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
  • 2009
    • International Residency Program Exhibition, NY Studio Gallery, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York
    • El Mur, International Public Art Projection, Lleida, Spain
    • The Figure: Figurative Group Exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
    • New Faces Revisited, Leith Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2008
    • British Art Fair 20-21, Islington, London represented by Flying Colours Gallery, London
    • Art London, Chelsea, London represented by Flying Colours Gallery, London
    • Liquid Light: Underwater Aesthetics, Sesame Gallery, Isington, London - Patsy McArthur, Sarah Harvey, Oliver Wilson and Kim Yeon
  • 2007
    • Solo Exhibition of New Work, Flying Colours Gallery, Chelsea, London
    • British Art Fair 20-21, Islington, London represented by Flying Colours Gallery, London
    • Affordable Art Fair, New York, represented by Flying Colours Gallery, London
    • Art London, Chelsea, London, represented by Flying Colours Gallery, London
    • Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow represented by scotlandart.com, Glasgow
  • 2006
    • New Work by Patsy McArthur and Stuart Buchanan, Nick Hagen Fine Art, London
    • The Executive, Two Woman Show, Tallantyre Gallery, Northumberland
    • Dublin Art Fair represented by Tallntyre Gallery, Northumberland
    • Edinburgh Art Fair represented by Tallantyre Gallery, Northumberland
    • Glasgow Art Fair represented by scotlandart.com, Glasgow
  • 2005
    • The Figure, Nick Hagen Fine Art, Upper Richmond Road, London
    • Changing Formations, Patsy McArthur and Peter Goodfellow, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
    • The Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Galleries, Scotland
    • Art On Paper Fair, Kensington, London represented by scotlandart.com
  • 2004
    • Figures of Eight, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
    • New Scottish Figurative Painting, The Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan
    • Autumn Exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
    • The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition
    • The London Art Fair, Islington represented by The Compass Gallery
  • 2003
    • Autumn Exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
    • Glasgow Art Fair represented by scotlandart.com
    • Christmas Exhibitions with The Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Arteries, Glasgow and
    • The Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan
  • 2002
    • Three Man Show, The Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan, Scotland
    • Urban Insight, Two Man Show with Louis Sinclair McNally, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
    • Bank of Scotland Open Art Competition, Arbroath
    • The Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition

Scholarships & Awards

  • 2010 Residency at NY Studio Gallery, Manhattan, New York
  • 2002 The Paisley Art Institute Award
  • 2002 £2000 1st Prize Bank of Scotland Open Art Competition, Arbroath
  • 2002 Visitors Award, North Ayrshire Open Art Competition
  • 1998 Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Scholarship Travel Scholarship – to spend time living and working in Florence, Italy
  • 1998 Grampian Hospitals Purchase Prize

Collections

  • The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Agenda Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • BMK Wilson Solicitors, Glasgow, Scotland
  • The Elphinstone Group, Glasgow, Scotland
  • The Scarlett Hotel, Corwall, England
  • Private Collections in UK, France, Australia, Italy, Spain and the US

Publications

  • 2011 Life Lines, The Herald Magazine
  • 2008 Picture House, The Herald Magazine
  • 2008 Arena Magazine, “Beautifully crafted works perfectly in touch with 21st century Britain”
  • 2006 Scottish Art A Picture of Health For Investors, The Herald
  • 2005 The Property Magazine, The Sunday Herald
  • 2004 Top 20 of Scottish Art, The Scotsman

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