Fionna Buck (aka Fionna Geddes)

EDUCATION

Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Post-Diploma, Drawing and Painting, “Highly Commended,” 1974
(graduate degree equivalent)
DA (Edin) Drawing and Painting, 1973 (undergraduate degree
equivalent)
Newcastle College of Art, Newcastle, England
Foundation Certificate in Fine Art, 1969-70

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE

2000 The Cloud Cliff Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
1999 San Acacia Gallery, San Acacia, NM
The Cloud Cliff Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Church of Religious Science, Santa Fe, NM
San Acacia Gallery, San Acacia, NM
Jean Cocteau Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997 The Cloud Cliff Art Space, Santa Fe, NM; Open Studio, Santa Fe, NM
1992 Jean Cocteau Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1988 University of New Mexico at Los Alamos Library, Los Alamos, NM
The Cloud Cliff Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
1985 The Artists’ Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1984 Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
1983 The Women’s Building Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Lanthorne Art Centre, Livingstone (Retrospective)
The Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Third Eye Center, Glasgow, Scotland (catalog)
1979 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland (catalog)
Gladstone Court Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1977 New 57 Gallery Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland (catalog)
1976 Small Show, Scottish Arts Council Coffee House, Charlotte Square,
Edinburgh, Scotland (Festival Exhibition)
1975 The Stirling Gallery, Stirling, Scotland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000 Seventy over Two Thousand- On the Road to Meikle Seggie,
(invitational) Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London. Then
touring UK, Ireland, Continental Europe and North America. (Edinburgh City
Arts Centre for Edinburgh Festival 2000), Catalogue
Monothon 14 Exhibition, The College of Santa Fe Visual Arts Center,
Santa Fe, NM
foca Artists Third Annual Juried Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1999-2000 Bridging The Millenniums: Envisioning The Future, Exploring The
Here And Now (invitational show), Deloney Newkirk Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico 2000, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (catalog)
1999 Prints for Christmas, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh,
Scotland
Mueum of Fine Arts Samta Fe Invitational Benefit Auction, Santa Fe, NM
105th Annual Exhibition 1999 Society of Scottish Artists, RSA Gallery,
Edinburgh, Scotland (catalog)
The Small Image Millennium Exhibit, The University of New Mexico-Los
Alamos, Los Alamos, NM
Annual Members’ Show, Taos Art Association, Taos, NM
2nd Annual Cloud Cliff Figure Show, Santa Fe, NM
Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM (featured artist)
Monothon 13 Exhibition, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1998-1999 Anything But Southwestern, FACET, a juried show, Taos, NM
1998 Christmas Exhibition, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh,
Scotland
104th Annual Exhibition 1998 Society of Scottish Artists, RSA Gallery,
Edinburgh, Scotland (catalog)
Buck & Brush: Monotypes, Back Street Bistro Artspace, Santa Fe, NM
Annual Members’ Award Show Taos Art Association, Taos, NM
Cloud Cliff Life Drawing Show, juried, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Clay, Juried Studio Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
Monothon 12 Exhibition, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1997 A Winter Showing, invitational show, 3910 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM
Confluence, a two-person show, San Acacia Gallery, San Acacia, NM
Hearts & Flowers, invitational show, Taos Art Association, Taos, NM
Defining and Reflecting Our: Environment, Elements and Ecology, a juried
show, Taos Art Association, Taos, NM
1996-1997 Shrine and Sacred Art Show, Taos Art Association, Taos, NM
1996 The Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor II, a juried show
sponsored by the Taos Society of Watercolorists, Taos, NM
H2 Oh! group show, Diamond Studio Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1989-1990 Gallery Artist with Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1989 New Mexico Selections ‘89, The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
(catalog)
Festival, the 13th Juried Exhibition, Gallery at the Rep, Santa Fe, NM
The Moving Line, four-person show, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los
Alamos, NM
1988 Que Pasa:: Art in New Mexico, a juried show, Fuller Lodge Art
Center, Los Alamos, NM
1987-88 An Evening With Women Artists, Exhibition Hall, Los Alamos, NM
1987 Celebrate, invitational show, Fuller Lodge Art Cntr, Los Alamos, NM
1986 Group Show, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico
1985 Selected Group Exhibition, El Paseo Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1984-85 Group Shows, The Artists’ Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1984 Invitational Show, Civic Center, El Paso Festival Exhibition, El
Paso, TX
1983 Postcard Show (Life & Art), The Women’s Building Gallery, LA, CA
Art Alliance, El Paso Festival Exhibition, Civic Center (selected by the
Director of the San Francisco Gallery of Modern Art), and the Helios
Gallery, El Paso, TX
1982 Invited Artist, Crowsteps Exhibition, Blairlogie, Stirling, Scotland
1981 Invited Artist, Glasgow Group Annual Exhibition, McLennan Galleries,
Glasgow, Scotland
Scottish Tapestry Artists’ Group Miniature Tapestry Exhibition, touring
Australia
Printmakers’ Workshop Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
Seven Scottish Artists Exhibition, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
and touring (catalog)
1980 Papers, City Art Center, Edinburgh, Scotland
Printmakers’ Workshop Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
International Textiles Exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium (representing UK)
1979 Three Person Exhibition, Arts Centre, City University, London, England
Scottish Tapestry Artists’ Group, The Fruitmarket Gallery (Scottish Arts
Council), Edinburgh, Scotland and The Warehouse Gallery, Covent Garden,
London, England
Society of Scottish Artists’ Annual Exhibition (catalog)
1978 Recent Purchases, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh,
Scotland
Printmakers’ Workshop Group Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
1977 The Way Ahead (Loose Ends, Close Ties and Other Structures), group
exhibition , Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scottish Print Open, Scottish Arts Council Gallery and touring UK
Atmosphere Group Show, Regents Park Road, London, England
Society of Scottish Artists’ Annual Exhibition (catalog)
Scottish Tapestry Artists’ Group, Collins Exhibition Hall, University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland and The Fruitmarket Gallery (Scottish Arts
Council), Edinburgh, Scotland and The Royal College of Art, London
Printmakers’ Workshop Group Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
Works on Paper, New ‘57 Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1976-77 Printmakers’ Workshop Christmas Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
Small Tapestries, Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition (opened Aberdeen
Art Gallery and toured Norway
1976 Trees, Multi-visual Exhibition, The Stirling Gallery, Stirling,
Scotland
Printmakers as Photographers, The Printmakers’ Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland
Young Scottish Artists, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
New Acquisitions, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Great British Crafts, Heals, London, England Second International
Exhibition of Miniature Textiles (tapestries), British Crafts Centre in
London and touring the UK and Europe (catalogue)
Amnesty International Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
English-Speaking Union Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
Original Print 5, Travelling Exhibition, Printmakers’ Workshop, Edinburgh,
Scotland
Society of Scottish Artists’ Annual Exhibition
Selected Group Opening Exhibition, Sheila David Gallery, Berkeley Square,
London, England
1975 Scottish Tourist Board Group Exhibition, Birmingham, England
Society of Scottish Artists’ Annual Exhibition
1974 Among the Quiet Fibres, Weaver’s Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland
Stowells Trophy, The Mall Gallery, London, England
S.T.V. Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland (Festival Exhibition)
Society of Scottish Artists’ Annual Exhibition
1973 Scottish Young Contemporaries
Royal Scottish Academy Competition (Prizewinner)

AWARDS AND HONORS

1999 Elected member of Visual Arts Advisory Council, The College of Santa
Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1984-85 Elected Member to the Artists Gallery (a cooperative), Santa Fe, NM
1979-82 Elected Council Member of the Printmakers’ Workshop, Edinburgh,
Scotland
1978 Scottish Arts Council Bursary (grant) for Edinburgh Arts Journey:
France, Switzerland, Italy, Malta, Gozo, and Sardinia
1977 Elected Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists
1976 Secretary and Founder Member of the Scottish Tapestry Artist’ Group
1974 Scottish Arts Council Awards to Artists Bursary (grant)
Awarded travelling scholarship to Morocco and South Spain

TEACHING POSITIONS

Full-Time Positions Include:
1986 University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, Continuing Education, Life
Drawing, Los Alamos, NM
1983-84 University of Texas at El Paso, Part-time Lecturer in the Art
Dept. 1982-83 Sabbatical Year, travelling to Greece, Canada, USA and
Mexico 1978-81 Glasgow School of Art, Lecturer in the Murals Dept. (Mixed
Media)
1978-79 Edinburgh College of Art, Acting Head of the Tapestry Dept.
1976-82 Edinburgh College of Art, Lecturer in Drawing and Painting,
Foundation Studies and Design
Visiting and Summer Positions Include:
1998 Edinburgh College of Art, Visiting Lecturer, School of Drawing and
Painting, Edinburgh, Scotland
1986 Painting in the Landscape Workshop, Fine Arts Program, Summer
School, Pilar, NM
1982 Europe/China Association Summer School, The Chinese Arts, Lady
Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, teaching T’ai Chi
Chuan (other invited lecturers included Sir Joseph
Needham), Oxford, England
1981 Newcastle Polytechnic, Visiting Lecturer, Fine Arts Department,
Newcastle, England
Falmouth School of Art and Design, Visiting Lecturer, Fine Arts Department,
Falmouth, England
1980/81 The Open University, Part-Time Tutor, Art and Environment
Course, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS include:

Aberdeen Art Gallery, ScotlandBank of
ScotlandCity University, LondonEdinburgh College of ArtScottish Arts
CouncilTayside Loan Scheme, ScotlandYork University, York, England

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS include:

United KingdomUnited StatesCanadaEurope

OTHER WORK

1995/96 Photographs in Designer/Builder, Vol. I#6 & Vol. III#2, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Grey Edge (poem) Permaculture Drylands Journal, Issue #22, Santa
Fe, NM
Artist’s writings on art (including reviews and critiques of others’ work)
have appeared in Another Edinburgh, The New Edinburgh Review, and the
Festival Times for the Edinburgh Festival.

SELECTED BIOGRAPHY

Pasatiempo, Los Alamos Monitor, Taos News, numerous articles and books in
Europe

The Society of Scottish Artists,
The Society of Scottish Artists -- The First 100 Years, Edinburgh, UK, 1991

Oliver, Cordelia, “Catalogue Introduction”, Seven Scottish Artists, Third
Eye Center, Glasgow, Scotland 1981

Greene, Lesley, “Catalogue Introduction”, Aberdeen Art Gallery Exhibition,
Aberdeen, Scotland 1979

Irene Waller, Fine Art Weaving in Britain, Batsford, New York and London,
1978-79

Dingwall, Kenneth, “Catalogue Introduction”, New Work”, New 57 Gallery,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1977

Fionna Buck is represented in Scotland by the Edinburgh Printmakers
Workshop Gallery , Edinburgh.

Fionna Buck’s ceramics are represented by San Acacia Gallery, San Acacia, NM.

Fionna Buck is a professional member of the Society of Scottish Artists and
has her work on their website at http://www.s-s-a.org.

Her work is also on http://www.foca-mfa.com

REFLECTIONS

My work expresses the interconnectedness of life. It has to do with energy, dance, movement, spirals, time, weather and light. Some of my pieces characterize opposing forces and the effort to harmonize them.

Although I see everything as related, I remain open in order to let the material have its say. I allow the materials to teach me rather than my trying to impose my will. The process itself becomes the art, and the viewer continues this process.

I merge drawing, painting, and printmaking and have always tended to break down the parameters of disciplines. One of my recent mixed- media series is dark with metallic colors added to the encaustic layers to lighten the work. The paintings have many layers with subtle graduations of color and texture. In another series I allow the paper to come through.

I strive for purity and simplicity, always honing my work to its essence.

2817 Calle Princesa Juana, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
(505) 438-6069 Phone
505-988-2289 Fax
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