General Biography of Alison Dunlop RSW
Born in Canada in 1958, Alison began her studies there before continuing in France and Britain. In 1982, she came to Scotland to undertake postgraduate studies at Edinburgh College of Art, and has made Scotland her home.
In 1989 Alison was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and is a past Vice-President of the Society. She also served as President of Visual Arts Scotland for three years in the 1990s and has been made an honorary life member.
She is a founding Director of The Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists (ESSA) and a founding member of the Edinburgh College of Art Alumni Association. She was Honorary Arts Convenor of the Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh from 2001-2004.
Twice the recipient of the Elizabeth T Greenshields Foundation Scholarship, she has been short listed several times for the Nobel Grossart Painting Prize and received the Alexander Graham Munro Award from the RSW in 1997.
Her oils and watercolours are widely held in both public and private collections throughout the UK and Canada, and have been featured in exhibitions at the following galleries:
LONDON GALLERIES: Panter and Hall; Thompson's Gallery; The Piccadilly Gallery; The Thackeray Gallery and also at The Bruton Gallery, Bath.
SCOTTISH GALLERIES: Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh; The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh; The Stenton Gallery.
CANADIAN GALLERIES: Galerie Rochon, Toronto.
OPEN EXHIBITIONS: The Royal Scottish Academy; The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour; The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; Visual Arts Scotland.
CRITICAL REVIEWS:
"lurk[ing] in your mind like a thriller" The Herald, 1998.
"meticulous and metaphysically charged" Scotland on Sunday, 1998.
"Her considerable reputation stems from a series of highly finished still life paintings, each given a slightly surreal edge by a narrative title that belies a dry, incisive wit" Matthew Hall, Panter and Hall, 2002.
Detailed Biography of Alison Dunlop RSW
Education
Graduated with Honours B.A. (Fine Art), University of Guelph in 1980, with one undergraduate year of study at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts and L’Universite de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France.
Attended Edinburgh College of Art in 1982-83 for Post-Graduate studies.
1989 Elected Professional Member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
1995 Elected Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists and Artists Craftsmen
1997-99 President of the Society of Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen (now Visual Arts Scotland)
2002-03 Vice-President of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
Founding Director of the Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists (ESSA)
Founder Member of the Alumni Association, Edinburgh College of Art
Honorary Art Convenor, The Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, 2001 – 2004
Conferred Honorary Membership, Visual Arts Scotland, 2003
Solo Exhibitions
McLaughlin Gallery, University of Guelph
Galerie Rochon, Toronto
The Edinburgh Gallery (former)
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeen (x 2)
Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh (x 3)
Two Person Exhibitions
Kingfisher Gallery, Edinburgh
Bruton Gallery, Bath
Selected Group Exhibitions
Bruton Gallery, Bath
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Courtyard and Jerdan Gallery, Crail
Frames Gallery, Perth
Henshelwood Gallery, Newcastle
Morrison Scottish Portrait Exhibition
Noble Grossart Painting Prize Shortlist Exhibition
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Piccadilly Gallery, London
Panter and Hall, London
Roger Bilcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
Scottish Arts Club
The Scottish Gallery
Society of Scottish Artists
Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen (now Visual Arts Scotland)
Stenton Gallery, East Lothian
Thackeray Gallery, London
Thompson’s Gallery, London and Aldeburgh
Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeen
Visual Arts Scotland (formerly S.A.A.C.)
Awards
Printmaking Award, University of Guelph
Ontario Arts Council Grant (x 2)
Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation (Montreal) Scholarship (x 2)
Alexander Graham Munro Award (Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour)
Collections
Represented in a great number of corporate and private collections in Great Britain, Canada and the U.S.A., including:
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Prudential plc
Dickson Minto (London and Edinburgh)
Davidson Chalmers (Edinburgh)
The Betty Davies Collection
The David E. Bassett Collection (Canada)
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