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GWYNETH LEECH
70 Barrington Drive
Glasgow G4 9ET
0141 339 5295
BIOGRAPHY
Born 1959, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA
Resident in Britain since 1981
B.A. 1981, University of Pennsylvania, USA Anthropology and French
B.F.A. 1984, Edinburgh College of Art, UK Drawing and Painting
Postgraduate Diploma 1985, Edinburgh College of Art, Drawing and Painting
1988
Elected Professional Member, Society of Scottish Artists
1989-91
Mural Commission, St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow, UK
1990
Artist in Residence, Scottish Opera, Glasgow
1991-93
Travelling and Painting in Africa, India, Pakistan, China
1994
Elected to Council, Society of Scottish Artists
1994-95
Artist in Residence, St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, UK
1995-98
President, Society of Scottish Artists
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1998
Peterborough Cathedral, England Peterborough Cathedral Arts Festival
1995
Boundary Gallery, London, UK
1994
Compass Gallery, Glasgow, UK
1990
Rozelle House, Ayr Art Gallery and Museum, UK
Dick Institute, Kilmarnock Art Gallery and Museum, UK
1989
Crawford Art Centre Gallery, St. Andrews, UK
Edinburgh Printmakers' Workshop Gallery, UK
1988
"Selective Breeding", multi-screen video installation, Aberdeen Art Gallery
and Museum, UK
1987
Queen's Hall, Festival Fringe exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
1986
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
1985
Corner's Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, UK
AWARDS
1981-83
Thouron Anglo-American Exchange Fellowship
1984
Andrew Grant Postgraduate Fellowship
1985
John Kinross Scholarship, from the Royal Scottish Academy, to travel and
paint in Tuscany
1986
Elizabeth Greenshields Memorial Award
1987
Painting Residency, Institut d'Education Populaire, Marly le Roi, France
1987
BP Purchase Prize, Humberside Print National
1988
Scottish Arts Council Video Bursary
1989
Scottish Arts Council Small Assistance Grant
1990
Glasgow District Council, "European Capital of Culture" Project Grant
1994
Scottish Arts Council Time Based Media Award
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998
Continental Shift, Six American Artists from Scotland, Peterborough Museum
and Art Gallery, England
Scottish Spirit, Scottish Artists at the Arthur Ross Gallery, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and US tour
The Big Picture, Works from the Collection, Edinburgh City Art Galleries
1997
BP Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, London and British
tour
The Society of Scottish Artists 103rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish
Academy, Edinburgh
Scottish Printmakers, Houston North Gallery, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Introductions, Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Double Exposure, the Society of Scottish Artists, Peacock printmakers,
Aberdeen, and the Gallery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
A Patch of their own, Compass Gallery, Glasgow Mayfest Exhibition and
Scottish tour
1996
The Society of Scottish Artists 102nd Annual Exhibition , Royal Scottish
Academy, Edinburgh
African Themes, Surya Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Celebrating Robert Burns, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, UK
McLaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, UK
A Sense of Place III, the SSA at MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling University,
UK
Brave Art, the SSA at Mayfest, 18 King Street Gallery, Glasgow
1995
Society of Scottish Artists 101st Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy
Galleries, Edinburgh
S.S.A. on Tour., Pier Art Gallery, Stromness, Orkney, UK
S.S.A. at Saint Mary's Cathedral, Mayfest, Glasgow
1994
Xylon 12 Triennale, Gewerbemuseum, Switzerland and European tour
Spectator/Adam Award Exhibition, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and Sotheby's,
London
Drawing Near, Arts in Fife touring exhibition, UK
Gallery Artists, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
1993 Society of Scottish
Artists 100th Exhibition, Edinburgh
1991
Society of Scottish Artists Centenary Exhibition, Edinburgh
1990
Duffin, Leech and Roberts, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
Fossil, G.Leech and K.Waters, Dundee Museum of Natural History, UK
An Expanse of Never Ending Blue, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury and
British tour
St. Mary's Commission, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
1989
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, 8 commissioned artists, Edinburgh
City Art Galleries Open II, Fruitmarket Art Gallery, Edinburgh
1988
Allotment, London Ecology Centre, London Mummery, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia,
USA
International Prints II, John Szoke Gallery, NYC, USA
European Block Print, Xylon Museum, Schwezingen, Germany
Society of Scottish Artists Annual, multi-screen video installation, Edinburgh
1987
Two Painters' Travels, Metro Gallery, Glasgow Xylon 10 Triennale, Gewerbemusem,
Switzerland and European tour
Humberside Print National, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and tour of Latvia
International Prints I, John Szoke Gallery, NYC, USA
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts 126th Exhibition, McLellan Galleries,
UK
1986
American Color Print National, Philadelphia, USA Mercury Gallery Artists,
Middlesborough Art Gallery, UK
1985
Artists Offshore, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, UK
The People's Pictures, Jean Watson Bequest to the Edinburgh City Art Centre,
Scottish Arts Council Travelling Exhibition, UK
Points of View, Edinburgh Printmakers' Workshop Festival Exhibition
New Paintings, G.Leech, W.McMurdo, M.Scott, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington,
UK
1982
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
COLLECTIONS
American Museum, Bath,
UK
British Broadcasting Corporation
Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council, UK
Edinburgh City Art Galleries
Motherwell District Council, UK
Scottish Television Company
Royal Bank of Scotland
Strathclyde University, Glasgow
Strathclyde Water Board, UK
Stirling Shipping Company, UK
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
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