Painter and Printmaker
contact: ciaobabymia@yahoo.com

Born in Scotland

Education

1977-81 Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons)/Drawing and Painting
1981-82 Edinburgh College of Art, Post Graduate Diploma/Printmaking
1994-95 Moray House Institute, Post Graduate Certificate of Education/Art and Design

Recent Residency 2003

Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, Artist-in Residence

Awards

2003 Visual Arts Award, DCA, Dundee
2000 Shortlisted/J.D.Fergusson Trust Travel Award
2000 Printmaker of the Month, Leicester City Gallery
1981 Travelling Scholarship, ECA
1981 Photography Bursary, ECA
1980 Hospitalfield Summer Scholarship, ECA

Solo Exhibitions

2000 ‘Curiosities’ Leicester City Gallery, Leicester
1989 ‘Myths and Dreams’ Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden, London
1988 ‘Relic’ Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

Recent Group Exhibitions (selected)

2004
‘Etching in Dundee’ Contemporary and Historical prints
‘Mixed Metaphors’ Byre Theatre St Andrews
2003
‘Journeys’ Discovery Point, Dundee
‘Glasgow Art Fair’ Glasgow
‘London Art Fair’ London
‘23rd Mini print International Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Open Bienniale,Dundee
‘Glasgow Art Fair’ Glasgow
‘Small Graphic Forms’ Miejska Galeria, Lidz, Poland
‘Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints’ Japan
2000
‘Exhibition of Prints’ Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop
‘Dundee Open Exhibition of Prints’ Dundee
‘Birth of the Spirit’ Peterborough Arthouse
‘Scottish Smalls’ Glasgow Print Studio
‘Earagail Arts Festival’ County Donegal
‘C.D. Exhibition Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop
1999
i ‘All So Diverse’ Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop
‘London Contemporary Print Fair’ London
12#12 Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop
‘Miniprints’ Artlink Exchange, Hull
‘Sapporo International Print Biennale’ Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan
‘Prints for Sale’ Morley gallery, London
‘Printmakers’ Council Biennale’ Whiteleys Galley, London

Publications

:Druk met Kunst –Belgium 2003
:Goedendag –Belgium, 2003
:Printmaking Today, 2003
:The List, 2002
:The Scotsman, 2001

Public Collections

Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Museum of Fine Art, Brussels
Edinburgh College of Art

The content of my work as a painter and printmaker derives its inspiration from many sources, which include literature, poetry, theatre and the art of Giotto, Piero della Francesca, Goya and Simone Martini.
I like to begin with an image or a piece of text which has ‘spoken’ to me and explore its possibilities. It is always an organic process, never linear, which means I am not working towards a previously visualized outcome. The end result is often a long way away from the starting-point. For me, this constant revision is an essential part of the work.
I work on prints and paintings, sometimes at the same time, or in separate blocks. I find the two disciplines complement each other. I can be working on the same theme in both, but find that the alchemy of each technique creates completely different images.
I like the notion of the ‘I do not seek, I find’ approach.