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Ruth Brownlee
Vale Cottage
Sandwick
Shetland Isles
ZE2 9HW
Tel/Fax: 01950 431315
e-mail: ruth@brownlee.shetland.co.uk
website: http://www.brownlee.shetland.co.uk/
ARTISTS STATEMENT
My recent paintings explore interpretations of the visual drama of Shetland
and capturing the changing moods and atmosphere of its seas and coastlines.
Born July 1972, West
Lothian, nr. Edinburgh Moved to Shetland 1998
EDUCATION
1994 B.A. (Hons) Drawing & Painting-Tapestry, Edinburgh College of Art
1993 Cyprus Art Summer School, Cyprus College of Art
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 New Work Stenton Gallery, East Lothian
2001 Northwards Stenton Gallery, East Lothian
2001 At Sea… Shetland Museum, Lerwick
2000 Solitude Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
1999 Recent Work Shetland Museum, Lerwick
RECENT SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2002
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
Frames Contemporary, Perth
Ainscough Contemporary Art, London
Three man show, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
Galleri Bryggen, Bergen, Norway
Bremanger Galleri, Norway
Islands Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire
Scottish Art Today Stenton Gallery with Lloyds TSB, Edinburgh Festival
Glasgow Art Fair 2002 with Stenton Gallery, East Lothian and Frames Contemporary,
Perth
Coastal Journeys Two man show,The Line, Linlithgow
‘13th Birthday’ Rebecca Hossack, London
The Gilchrist Fisher Award for Landscape Painters Finalists, Rebecca Hossack
Gallery, London
2001
Frames Contemporary, Perth
Stenton Gallery, East Lothian
Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
Encounter, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Three man show, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
‘Lasting Legacy - Scottish Year of the Artist Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Solo Show, Shetland Museum, Lerwick June 2003
Two man show, Galleriet Mot Storhavet, Norway 2003
Solo show, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen, September 2003
Four man show, Ainscough Gallery, London, October 2003
Two man show, Line Gallery, Linlithgow, November 2003
Four man show, The Manor House Gallery, Oxfordshire, December 2003
Two man show, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, 2004
AWARDS
2002 Finalist for ‘The Gilchrist-Fisher Memorial Award for Landscape Painters
2002’
2000 ‘Scotland’s Year of the Artist’ Award
2000 Shetland Arts Trusts Visual Arts Development Award
2000 The Hope Scott Trust Award
1999 Shetland Arts Trusts Visual Arts Development Award
1996 British Rail Young Business Travel Award, 2nd Prize
1996 Princes Scottish Youth Business Trust Award Livewire/Lothian Regional
Start Up Business Award
1994 The Elizabeth Ballantyne Award, S.A.A.C Annual Exhibition, Royal
Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1994 Valgra Trading Award, Edinburgh College of Art
1993 Andrew Grant Bequest Scholarship by Edinburgh College of Art for
Summer Term exchange with L' Ecole des Beaux Arts, Tours, France
COLLECTIONS
Work in numerous private collections throughout UK, USA, Norway, Europe
and New Zealand.
Work in public collection at Shetland Museum, Lerwick
TEACHING
Voluntary work with Art Therapy Department, Gogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh
Community artist with ArtLink Central, Stirling 1995 - 1998
Led mixed media/ painting workshops with Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland, South
Mainland Art Group, Shetland and Sommerakademiet, Bremanger, Norway
LINKS
Work can be seen at the following galleries:
Stenton Gallery
http://www.stentongallery.com/
Frames Contemporary Gallery, Perth
http://www.framesgallery.co.uk/
Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire
http://www.tolquhon-gallery.co.uk/
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