Website: www.elaineallison.co.uk

Artist’s Statement
My inspiration comes from the materials and found objects I surround myself with, and the places I find myself in. Architecture and the human figure are recurring themes, as is the idea of bestowing significance on inconsequential things. Recently, an exploration of family history has been a rich source.

In addition to my own practice, I work collaboratively with Patricia Bray on site specific projects.

HIGHER EDUCATION
1994-1998 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) (Class II Div. I)
1974-1979 University of Newcastle upon Tyne
BA (Hons) Town and Country Planning (Class II Div. I)

AWARDS & FUNDING
2007 SSA Website Award, SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy
2006 Funding from Fife Council for Abbeyview Arts Project, to create permanent art work for the regeneration of Abbeyview in Dunfermline, with artist Patricia Bray.
Funding from Fife Council for Nexus, Dunfermline – a project in connection with the town’s twinning with Trondheim in Norway, with Patricia Bray.
Funding from Scottish Arts Council to support residency at Sculpture Space, New York State with Patricia Bray
2005 Funding from Scottish Arts Council and East Lothian Council for Shift, an installation with Patricia Bray
2004 Funding from Fife Council for Path/Ways, an installation with Patricia Bray
2003 Funding from Scottish Arts Council, The Hope Scott Trust, City of Edinburgh Council and Fife Council for New Strains, an installation with Patricia Bray and in collaboration with Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
1999 NS Macfarlane Charitable Trust Award, RSA Annual Exhibition
1998 John Kinross Scholarship (to spend three months in Florence, Italy)
Chalmers-Jervise Prize, RSA Students Exhibition

SYMPOSIA & RESIDENCIES
2005 Awarded a 2 month partially funded residency at Sculpture Space, New York State, USA with artist Patricia Bray
2002 LOOK 2002, Arisaig and Skye, Scotland
Visiting artist on cultural visit by 13 artists from Baltic countries
Land, Sea and Skye (as part of the team of organisers)
Site specific work for 15 artists from 5 European countries
2001 Art and Cultural Heritage
A two week workshop at Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dalsåsen, Norway
2000 Between the Waters, Hanover, Germany
Site specific work with artists from Germany, France and Scotland
1996 Bo'ness International Artists' Symposium
Student Assistant on eight week stone carving symposium

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2000 Sky Lobby, Point West, Cromwell Road, London
Cast Paper Relief Panel
1997 The Counting House, Reform Street, Dundee
Bronze Relief Panel

EMPLOYMENT
from 2003 - Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
Part-time Teaching Fellow, Design Department
from 1999 - Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
Part-time Teaching Fellow, Fine Art Department
Various Community Education Projects including:
Evening Class Tutor at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and
workshops for The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, The City
of Edinburgh Council, and Midlothian District Council
1981-1993 Worked in Housing Management for 2 special needs Housing Associations

Member of Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Board of Directors since May 2000