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
- 2020
- (Upcoming) Greyscale, Group drawing exhibition, Thompsons Gallery, London
- (Upcoming) – AAF NYC, Decorazon Gallery, USA
- (Upcoming) Water Exhibition, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
- Rhythm and Movement – Solo Show, Turner Barnes Gallery, Essex
- 2019
- Gallery Artists Mixed Exhibition, Decorazon Gallery, Terminal Warehouse, New York
- Summer, Autumn and Winter Exhibitions, Cameron Contemporary, Hove
- 2018
- Solo Show, Momentum, 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
Scholarships & Awards
- 2011
- Residency at Pantocrator Gallery, Shanghai, China
- 2010
- Residency at NY Studio Gallery, Manhattan, New York City
- 2002
- The Paisley Art Institute Award
- £2000 1st Prize Bank of Scotland Open Art Competition, Arbroath
- 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
- Grampian Hospitals Purchase Prize
Work in Collections
- The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland
- The Walter Scott Collection, Edinburgh, Scotland
- The Malcolm Group, Scotland
- The Elphinstone Group, Glasgow, Scotland
- The Scarlet Hotel, Cornwall, England
- Private Collections in the UK, France, Holland, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Italy, Spain and the US.
Publications
- 2016
- The Artist Magazine, Patsy McArthur in an interview with Susie Hodge
- 2011
- Life Lines, The Herald Magazine