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2023 This Fragile Earth.     Coventry Cathedral.    Coventry  
















2021  “Notes towards Caput Mortuum."  Zembla.      Hawick


2021    Interior Landscapes.      Royal Scottish Academy.      Edinburgh


2020     Reduct: Abstraction and Geometry in Scottish Art. Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh


2019-2020   “Among The Polar Ice” The McManus.             Dundee


2019     Our Infinite Land.       Royal Scottish Academy.        Edinburgh




2019     Royal Academy Summer Exhibition .         London.




2019    (Lyons Galleries)   Works  from 1973 to 1978.       Leeds Art Gallery.




2018    “The Art of Memory”      Invited artist Pittenweem Arts Festival 2018,    Fife.




2017 / 2018     “Ages of Wonder”     Royal Scottish Academy,    Edinburgh.


2016    “Black, White & Grey”           Zembla,                              Hawick.


2016     “Curious Eye 2”                   Royal Scottish Academy.   Edinburgh.











2016     “Eminent Domain”              South Kiosk                          London


2015     “Behind Appearance”        Zembla.                                  Hawick 


2015     “Scottish  Drawing”            Royal Scottish Academy.      Edinburgh


2013     "Art of Nature".  Macmillan exhibition.   Bonhams.          Edinburgh.

 

2013     "in perspeXtive",  small boxed works.  The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture.  Edinburgh.












2012    "Of Natural and Mystical Things"  RSA Projects, Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh. 
















2011    "Beholder"  Talbot Rice Gallery. Edinburgh.


2007   "Scottish Art on Paper"  recent acquisitions and loans. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.


2007   "Ten Decades" The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.


2007   "The Curious Eye" Royal Scottish Academy , Edinburgh.











2006  “Place of Origin” Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.


2005  Festival Connections, RSA Edinburgh.


2005 "Nobody Wins at War" CND touring exhibition.


2004 "Boom Boom Cluster" Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton


2004 "Summer School" Painters at Hospitalfield 1945 – 2004 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow























2000 / 2004  Commission for the Scottish Parliament.


2003  "Common-Place" The Lighthouse, Glasgow. Fine Art Commission,  Edinburgh. Peacock, Aberdeen.













2000 /2003  An Turas, Peirhead Art and Architecture / Sculpture Project, the Isle of Tiree. Shortlisted (final five) for the Stirling Prize. Winner best building in Scotland 2003.
















2001 /2002  'Working Drafts' Envisioning the Human Genome. Two Ten Gallery,

The Wellcome Trust -'Subtle Body' a commissioned work for The Wellcome Trust.


2000  'Selected Works' Aspects of contemporary art in Scotland. Sudbahnhof, Krefeld.


2000  ' Expressions', Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee.


2000  'In a Marine Light' An Exhibition Curated by Mel Gooding. Customs House Gallery, South Shields.


2000  Expressions', Scottish Art 1976-1989, Aberdeen Art Gallery.


2000  On the Road to Meikle Seggie', Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston,  University, Kingston -Upon -Thames. and European and USA tour.'A Tribute to Robert Hopper' Pavilion and Bothy Galleries, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Wakefield. with Boltanski,Cragg, Jetelova, Kounellis, Laib, LeWitt, Long, Penone, Ruckreim, Spitzer, Turrell, Weiner, etc.


2000  'Surface', An Tuireann Arts Centre, Isle of Skye.


2000  Invited to develop proposal for the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World. Poltimore House, Devon.


2000  'A Recent Gift', City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.


2000  'Box Project' permanent installation, Museum of Installation, London.


2000  'Box Project' touring exhibition Turnpike Gallery, Greater Manchester.


2000  'Box Project' touring exhibition: Angel Row Gallery. Nottingham.


2000  'London Art Fair', with Michel Hue-Williams Fine Art, London


1999  'The Equinox', Cairn Gallery, Gloucestershire.


1999  'Silver', Peacock, Aberdeen.


1999  'Connections', Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh Festival Exhibition


1999  Museum of Installation, " Musee Imaginaire" Touring Exhibition and CD. Rom.
























1998  Atrium Screen, Koln Pederson Fox Building. Thamsbank London. Part of an Architectural project with Langlands and Bell floor work. Glen Onwin Screen work.


1998  Greenham Common visitors center and landscape project phase one with Eileen Lawrence.


1998  'Crisis Exhibition', Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.


1998  'Artscapes, Depictions of City - Land and Sea'. City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.


1998  ‘The Big Picture Show', City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.














1997  'Evaporates' Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London


1997  'Museum Imaginaire', Museum of Installation, London.


1997  'Stone Fractures and Fragments' Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London.
























1997  'A Quality of Light', St Ives International, Geevor Tin Mine, Newlyn Art Gallery, Tate Gallery, St Ives .


1997  'A Quality of Light' - "Blood of the Pelican". Geevor Tin Mine Cornwall.




1996  'Green - NaCl', Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London. A site specific installation.














1996  'New Work at the Yards' The Earl's Palace Project I Pier Arts Centre,  Kirkwall, Orkney. 


1996  'Calanais, The Atlantic Stones, Talbot Rice Art Gallery, Edinburgh


1995  '30 Years of the Northern Young Contemporaries', Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.


1995  Brought to Book', Collins Gallery, Glasgow.


1995  'Calanais, The Atlantic Stones, Festivallnterceltique De Lorient, La Galerie Du Faouedic, Lorient.


1995  '12 Artists Explore Alchemical Transformations', Cooper Gallery, Dundee


1995  Scottish Character, Drambuie billboard commission. Waverly Station Edinburgh/ Cromwell Road London.


1995  'Calanais, The Atlantic Stones', An Lantair, Stornoway.


1995  'Salt Sellers' prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum, Prestonpans.


1995  'Scandex 94', Stravanger Kulturhus, Stravanger, Norway.


1994  'All at Sea', Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Kirkcaldy.


1994  'Beuys in Scotland', The Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh.


















1994  'Flammable Solid - Flammable Liquid', Tramway Glasgow.


1994  'Scandex 94', Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen.


1994  'From The Margin' Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee


1993  'Paneuro Minitex MCMXCII, Fontanka Palace, St Petersburg,Russia.


1993  ‘Edinburgh College of Art Festival Exhibition', E.C.A. Edinburgh.


1993  'Scottish Painters', Flowers East, London.


1993  'Gallery III' Collective Gallery, Edinburgh.


1992  'Paneuro Minitex MCMXCII, The 'ARKA' Gallery, Vilinius.


1991  'Postcard Show', Collective Gallery, Edinburgh


















1991  'A Chamber of the Moon', John Hansard Gallery, Southampton.













1991  'As Above So Below' Square Chapel, Halifax. A site specific installation with the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust


1991  'The River Tyne' Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington.


1991  From Art to Archaeology' South Bank Centre Touring Exhibition. Towner Art Gallery,

Eastbourne. Victoria Art Gallery, Bath. Tullie House, Carlisle. Mead Gallery, Coventry. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.


1991  'Scottish Art in the 20th Century' Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.


1990  'Mysterium Coniunctionis' Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney.


1990  'Scottish Since 1900', Barbican Art Gallery, London.


1990  'Fruitmarket Open' Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.













1990  'The Journey', Usher Gallery and Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln.


1989  'Touching on Nature' Touring Exhibition, Doorstep Gallery, Fife


1989  'Natural Art', Barrach Street Museum, Dundee.


1989  'Scottish Art Since 1900', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.


1989  'Images of Paradise', Harewood House, Leeds.


1989  'Revenges of Nature', Third Eye Centre, Glasgow.













1989  'Earth Icons, The Chymical Garden', Space-Ex, Exeter.


1989  'Earth Icons, The Chymical Garden, The Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews














1988  'Revenges of Nature' Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh


1988  Earth Icons' The Chymical Garden, Glyn Vivian Gallery, Swansea.


1988  'Sarajevo Winter Festival', Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo.


1985  'Art for Africa', City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.


1985  'Edinburgh I Dublin',E.C.A. Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh.


1985  'One Cubic Foot', Artspace, Aberdeen.


1985  'Stone Work' Scottish Art Council Touring Exhibition.


1985  Sculptors Drawings', Scottish Arts Council Touring Exhibition, Art Space, Aberdeen. City Arts Centre, Edinburgh


1984  Creation, Modern Art and Nature', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh


1984  'Land Art, A Response to Orkney', Pier Arts Centre, Stromness.


1984  'Demarcations', Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh


1983  'Artworks' Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinburgh


1983  'Scottish Art', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. 


1983  'Wick Festival Exhibition, Wick.


1983  'Art and the Land' Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale


1982  'Hugh McDiarmid Memorial, Exhibition of Winning Maquettes' Talbot Rice Arts Centre, Edinburgh.













1982  'Earth Icons' The Chymical Garden, Artsite Gallery, Bath.


1982  'A Mineral Response to Nature', AIR Gallery London.


1981  'NaCl - related Works' The Salt Museum Northwich


1981  'Solve et Coagula', James IV Library, St Andrews University, St Andrews


1981  'Sao Paulo Biena!', Sao Paulo.


1981  'A.C.G.B. Recent Acquisitions', Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.


1979  Invited Artists', Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh


1979  'The Recovery of dissolved  Substances' Third Eye Centre Glasgow.














1979  'The Recovery of dissolved  Substances' Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh


1979  'False Geology' Peterloo Gallery, Manchester


1979  'J.P.2'. Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels.


1979  'Un Certain Art Anglais', ARC, Museum d'art Modern, Paris.














1978  'The Recovery of dissolved Substances' Arnolfini Bristol


1978  'The Recovery of dissolved  Substances' ICA Gallery, London


1978  'Modernia taidetta skotlannista', Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinkie.


1978  Scottish Artists in Belgrade', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh


1977  'Works on Paper', Royal Academy, London.


1977  'Beograd 77' Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade. 1977 'On Site' Arnolfini , Bristol.


1977  'Time, Words, and the Camera', Bochum Museum, Bochum, Germany.


1977  'Time, Words, and the Camera',Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.


1976  Salt Works. Seven Related Pieces. Eden Court Inverness.


1976  'Salt Works'. The Recovery of dissolved Substances. Folker Skulima Gallery Berlin


1976  'Aspects of Landscape', British Council Touring Exhibition, (Europe, Scandinavia, Far East ).


1976  'Inscape', Ulster Museum, Belfast.


1976  'Inscape', Warehouse Gallery, London.


1976  'Inscape', Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.


1976  Time, Words, and the Camera', Galerie im Taxispalais, Insbruck.


1976  Time, Words, and the Camera',Kunstierhause, Graz.


1976  Time, Words, and the Camera', Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz.













1975  'Saltmarsh'. Serpentine Gallery London












1975  'Saltmarsh'. Scottish Arts Council Gallery Edinburgh.


1975  'Industrial Sponsors, National Coal Board, London.


1975  'Scottish Sculpture', Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, 


1975  'Choice Selection', Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.


1975  'Video Exhibition', Serpentine Gallery, London


1971  Callender Park College of Education.

 

Resume of Exhibitions, Projects and Commissions

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