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. Over the years, I have lived and worked in Australia, Spain, Berlin and New York and I am now based in Brighton, UK.

Education

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

Exhibitions

  • 2018
    • Momentum, Solo show, Le Salon Vert, Geneva
    • Reveal Art Fair, Saratoga Springs, New York represented by Decorazon Gallery
    • London Art Fair, represented by Decorazon Gallery
  •  2017
    • Art Palm Springs, represented by Decorazon Gallery
    • Stillness in Motion – Patsy McArthur and Susan Leyland, Osborne Studio Gallery, London
    • London Art Fair, represented by Decorazon Gallery (USA)
    • AAF New York, Stockholm and London, represented by Decorazon Gallery (USA)
  • 2016
    • Patsy McArthur and Rebecca McGlinn, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
    • Asia Contemporary, Hong Kong, represented by Decorazon Gallery (USA)
    • AAF New York, London, Stockholm represented by Decorazon Gallery (USA)
  • 2015
    • Otherworld, Solo Exhibition of New Work, The Coningsby Gallery, Fitzrovia, London
  • 2014
    • Patsy McArthur and Ian Hodgson, Naked Eye Gallery, Hove
    • Chelsea Art Fair, represented by Cameron Contemporary, Hove
    • Works on Paper Fair, London Science Museum, represented by Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
  • 2013
    • SWAB International Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain represented by Pantocrator Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2011
    • Women’s Lines, Pantocrator Gallery, Shanghai, China
    • Figuratively Speaking, Blackheath Gallery, London
    • SWAB International Art Fair represented by Pantocrator Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
    • Paisley Art Institution Annual Exhibition, Paisley Museum, 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
  • 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, Islington, 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

Scholarships & Awards

  • 2010
    • Residency at Pantocrator Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2009
    • Residency at NY Studio Gallery, Manhattan, New York City
  • 2001
    • The Paisley Art Institute Award
  • 1998
    • £2000 1st Prize Bank of Scotland Open Art Competition, Arbroath
  • 1998
    • Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Scholarship Travel Scholarship – to spend time living and working in Florence, Italy
  • 1996
    • Grampian Hospitals Purchase Prize

Collections

  • The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • The Walter Scott Collection, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • The Malcolm Group, Scotland
  • Agenda Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • BMK Wilson Solicitors, Glasgow, Scotland
  • The Elphinstone Group, Glasgow, Scotland
  • The Scarlet Hotel, Cornwall, England
  • Private Collections in UK, France, Australia, Italy, Spain and the US.

Publications

  • 2015
  • 2011
    • Life Lines, The Herald Magazine
  • 2008
    • Picture House, The Herald Magazine
    • 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