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EDUCATION 

2014-2019

Edinburgh University & Edinburgh College of Art. First Class MA (Hons) Fine Art. History of Art and Painting.
2013-14

Tramway Visual Art Studio. Portfolio Preparation.

2012-2013
Glasgow School of Art. Portfolio Preparation.


AWARDS + RESIDENCIES 

2025

Visual Artist & Craft Maker Award (VACMA) Glasgow, in partnership with Creative Scotland.

2023

Stephen Palmer Bursary Award, Orkney, Engage Scotland.

Henderson Bursary Award, Pittenweem. 

2022

VAS From One to Another: Cornwall x Scotland Exchange Residency, WBGT.

RSA Residencies for Scotland Award- Cromarty Arts Trust, Royal Scottish Academy.

2021

Hospitalfield Graduate Residency Programme, Arbroath. 

Selected Member of PLACE Collective, UK’s Centre for National Parks, Cumbria. 

2020

Landscape in Lockdown Commission, British Art Network, Tate, London.

2019
SSA Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Award, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, RSA.
Huntley MacDonald Sinclair Prize for Best Dissertation, Edinburgh University. 

Helen A Rose, Bequest for distinguished artwork, Edinburgh College of Art. 

2018

Research Grant, Conservation dept. at the Pompidou Centre, Paris, Edinburgh University.



SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY 

2025

Solo exhibition upcoming, A Place Gallery, Glasgow, 7th - 21st November.

See Here, Now - Art in a time of urgency, Grizedale Forest with PLACE Collective, 4th April - 8th June.

The Land, SSA at the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock

2024

Pilgrimages, Hweg Gallery, Penzance (solo)

British Art Fair, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, Saatchi Gallery, London.

Make Yourself at Home, Hweg Gallery, Penzance.

Residency Room, VAS Centenary, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.

London Art Fair with Ruup & Form, Islington Business Centre, London. 

2023

Scottish Landscapes: A New Generation, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh. 

Elemental, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 

Coast to Coast, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate.

Sennen Summer Fayre, Sennen, Cornwall.
TEXTUS, Torriano Meeting House, London.
VAS West Spring Members Showcase, The Briggait, Glasgow.

2022

A Wee Gathering, Anchor Studios, Newlyn, Cornwall. 

HERE: Between you and the World, POP Griffiths Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
Gilchrist-Fisher Award 2022, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London.
On Paper, PAPER Gallery, Manchester.

2021

Abstract Zeitgeist, Rafiki Gallery at the Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh.

On Paper, Class Room, Coventry.

2020

Exercise Three, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh. 

2019

OPEN SSA+VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 

Degree Show 2019, Edinburgh College of Art.
All, Entire, Whole, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow. 

2018

Guest Room in Sightseers, G39 Gallery, Cardiff. 

THE SALON, EMBASSY Gallery, Edinburgh. 

Astaire Art Prize, Fire Station, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh. 

2017

Summer Show, Flat Seven, Edinburgh. 

Common Threads, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow. 

Genius Loci, City Art Centre, Edinburgh. 

2016

PAINTING! PAINTING! Siobhan McLaughlin + Brandon Logan, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh.
Hohe Nacht der klaren Sterne, The Pig Rock Bothy, SNGMA, Edinburgh.


WORKSHOPS + SELECTED EXPERIENCE 

2025

Lead Artist, Engagement Workshops, Creative Hangouts CIC, Glasgow.

Freelance Curator, Papple Art Centre, Papple Steading, East Lothian.

2024

Research Associate on Scotland + Venice Review, Culture Radar for Creative Scotland.

2023

Freelancer Curator, Scottish Landscapes: A New Generation, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh.

Guest Lecturer, 4th year Painting, Edinburgh College of Art. 

2022

Freelance Curator, Alan Davie: Beginning of a Far-Off World, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh.

Guest Lecturer, “Developing your practice”, Edinburgh College of Art. 

2021

British Art Network’s Emerging Curators Group, Tate, London.
Workshop Facilitator, “Workshop for Young Activists”, Zero Carbon Campaign COP-26. 

2020

Editor and Arts Researcher for W Gordon Smith Collection Publication. Open Eye Gallery. 


OTHER 

  • Artist Trustee for Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust since December 2023.
  • Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance. A-n Membership.
  • Clean driving license: 11 years
  • Certified First Aider: Emergency First Aid at Work Qualification, First Aid Scotland. 
  • Soup run volunteer: Aspire Housing, St Gregory’s Foodbank and the Wayside Club Centre since 2018. 



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