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NAN MULDER

Nan Mulder was born in Leiden, the Netherlands. She studied painting and printmaking at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (1967-’72) and the Art College of Kraków, Poland (1972-’73). In 1996 she also graduated from Edinburgh University with a MA (Hons) in English Literature. She taught printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art and Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design in Dublin. In the 1990th she was a regular resident artist at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland.

As the pioneer of the mezzotint in Scotland, she has been a visiting lecturer at the Art Colleges of Glasgow, Belfast, Amsterdam and Groningen. In her more recent prints on copper, she often combines the mezzotint with itaglio and relief printing, photo gravure, chine collé and gold leaf. This is resulting in larger, quite complex prints.

In both her paintings and prints she explores a borderless country, where different parts of the world share the same space. Travels to South America, Asia and New Zealand have influenced her work. In her paintings there is often an unusual interplay between inside and outside. As a lover of literature her prints can play with the notion of books, make pages for it, or suggest unexpected connections. They tell about things hidden, either because they are precious or sacred, or because they are too personal to reveal. Tibetan prayer boxes, buried Buddhas, closed temple doors, small objects, sacred landscapes or the traces of footsteps, become metaphors for hidden memories or emotions, but offer no explanation; that is up to the viewer.

Since 1977 Nan Mulder has been living and working in Scotland (with the exception of the period 1982-1987 when she was living in Dublin). She is an elected professional member and council member of the Society of Scottish Artists, a professional member of Kunstenaars Vereniging De Ploegh in the Netherlands, a member of Edinburgh Printmakers and of CPCANZ, the Central Print Council of New Zealand.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2004 Royal Netherlands Consulate, Edinburgh – A Retrospective.
2000 24 Royal Circus, Edinburgh. Festival Exhibition
1986 Grafton Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1985 Grafton Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1985 Printmakers Workshop Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1983 Galerie Merlo, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1982 Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews, Scotland
1982 Polytechnic Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1981 Maclauring Gallery, Ayr, Scotland
1980 Printmakers Workshop Gallery, Edinburgh
1978 Galerie Harmen, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
1977 Galerie JM, Gouda, the Netherlands
1977 Galleria Forni, Amsterdam
1973 Kriterion, Amstedam

Small Group Exhibitions
2008 Double Vision, Siddharta Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal – with Gea Karhof (Netherlands), Ragini Upadhuay and Seema Sharma Shah (Nepal).
2008 Double Vision, Kunstcentrum, Haarlem, the Netherlands – with Gea Karhof (Netherlands), Ragini Upadhuay and Seema Sharma Shah (Nepal).
2007 Double Vision, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) – with Gea Karhof (Netherlands), Ragini Upadhuay and Seema Sharma Shah (Nepal).
1998 Caledonian Hall, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh - Dutch Artists living in Scotland
1989 Knapp Gallery, London – Links of Affinity - Dutch artists in Britain
1989 Glasgow Arts Club - Links of Affinity - Dutch artists in Britain
1988 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh – Six Women Artists
1986 Carroll Gallery, Longford, Ireland – Four Women Show

1968 onwards Group Exhibitions
Participant in many major group exhibitions in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, England, Germany, Ireland, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Taiwan and the USA

Selected Group Exhibitions and Biennales
2007/2008 Small Print/Big Impression – International Mini Print Exhibition. Showing at:
LCB Depot, Leicester; Avenue Gallery, University of Northampton; Aberystwth Arts Centre; Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk; The City Gallery, Leicester
2007 SAC Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2007 VAS Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2007 St. John’s Hospital Gallery – Baths and Beds. EP at St.John’s.
2006 Open Eye Gallery Chrismas Exhibition- Edinburgh
2006 BIMPE IV – Vancouver, Canada
2006 Scottish Society of Artists –Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2006 First International Mini Print Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada
2006, 07 Grafiek Manifestatie – Galerie de Ploegh, Soest, NL.
2005 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition – Edinburgh
2005 Castle Gallery, Inverness – Christmas Show
2004 British Contemporary Art Exhibition – Millinery Works Gallery, London
2003 Mansfield Gallery Glasgow – Christmas exhibition
2003 Affordable Art Fair – London. Gallery: Maria van Mastright.
2003,04,05 Cambridge Contemporary Art – Summer and Christmas Show
2003 Royal Scottish Academy 177th Annual Exhibition – The City Art Centre, Edinburgh
02,03,04 Kunstenaars Vereniging De Ploegh – Veluws Museum Nairac, Baarn, NL.
02,03,04 Amersfoortse Grafiek Manifestatie – Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, NL.
02,03,04,05,06 Edinburgh Printmakers Christmas Exhibition
2002 Visual Arts Scotland – The Forum, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh
2002 Art Exhibition – Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
2002 C21 – Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2002 Dundee Print Open, Dundee
2001 Small Prints for Christmas – Printmakers Workshop Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 10th International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms - Lødz, Poland
1992 Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1989 The 20th Century Scottish Print - Huntarian Art Gallery, Glasgow
1989 Third Scottish Drawing Competition - Paisley Museum and Art Galleries
1988 Scottish Society of Artists - Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
1988 III International Biennal Print Exhibiton - ROC, Taiwan
1987 Celebration of the Bog - Carroll Gallery, Longford and Dublin;
Ireland
1987 SSA exhibition, Edinburgh
1986 IV International Miniature Print Exhibition – South Korea
1986 International Exhibition of Miniature Art - Toronto, Canada
1986 Annamakerrig’s Big Day - The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
1986 Tradition and Innovation in Printmaking Today - Rank Xerox travelling exhibition
1986 Central Academy of Fine Art Gallery, Beijing and Shejian, China
Irish Prints - Academy of Fine Art Gallery, Hanggshon, China
1985 Black Picture Art - Kelvingrove Museum & Art Galleries, Glasgow
1984 X International Miniature Print Competition - New York (Pratt Inst.)
1984 Scottish Light Exhibition - Travelling show of Scottish Art Council
1984, 1985 Claremorris Print Open - Ireland
1984 EVA, Limerick, Ireland
1984 Listowel National Exhibition of Graphics - Ireland
1983 Scottish Art, 2 Generations - City Art Centre, Edinburgh
1983, 1985 Independent Artist Exhibition - Dublin, Kilkenny, Limerick; Ireland
1983 Graphic Studio Dublin, Travelling Show
1983, 1985 International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms - Lødz, Poland
1981 Print Annual II - Festival Exhibition Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
1981 II National Exhibition of Modern British Prints - Blackpool, England
1981 Royal Scottish Academy - annual exhibition, Edinburgh
1980 Lothian Printmakers - City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
1979 Graphic Arts of our European Neighbours - Germany
1979, 1981 International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms - Lødz, Poland
1978 IV Norwegian International Print Biennale - Fredrikstad, Norway
1977, 1980 Scottish Print Open I and II
1976 IV Internationale Grafik Biennale - Frechen, Germany
1975, 1977 VII and VIII Biennale Internationale de l’Ex-libris Moderne - Malbork, Poland
1973 First British International Drawing Biennale - Middlesborough, England

Prizes and Awards
2007 Intaglio Printmakers’ Prizewinner at Small print / Big impression- international mini print exhibition organised by Leicester Print Workshop.
2005 Awarded place on Mezzotint Masterclass by Katsunori Hamanishi at Northern Print Studio, England
1993 Logie Robertson Memorial Prize
Class Prize English Literature 1, University of Edinburgh
1981 Smith Art Gallery & Museum Stirling - First Prize , Biennial Art Competition
1980 Scottish Arts Council Award
1978 Karel Klinkenberg Award for Printmaking - the Hague, the Netherlands

Sponsorship
2007 Morton Fraser Solicitors – funding towards the costs of the exhibition Double Vision, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – funding toward cost of catalogue for the exhibition Double Vision at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh
2000 Rabobank International – toward cost of solo exhibition East<>West, during the Edinburgh Festival in 24 Royal Circus, Edinburgh.
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – funding toward cost of catalogue for the exhibition East<>West 24 Royal Circus in Edinburgh.
1986 Philips Electrical (Ireland) Ltd. – funding towards the cost of a solo exhibition in the Grafton Gallery in Dublin

Public Collections
Scottish Art Council
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Tayside Regional Council
St.John’s Hospital, Howden, Midlothian
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
City of Amsterdam
Art Council of the Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Gouda
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
Castle Museum, Malbork, Poland
Art Exhibition Bureau, Lødz, Poland
Philips Electronics Ireland Ltd
Ranx Xerox Art Collection
Power’s Hotel, Dublin
Humard, Stockholm Sweden

Selected Bibliography
Brian Morton Show, BBC Radio Scotland, ‘Highlights of the Edinburgh Festival’ Interview, 28 August 2000
All the Colours of the World, The Scotsman, 23 August 2000, Duncan Macmillan
The Usual Suspects, BBC Radio Scotland, January 1998, Review by Diane Hope
Shells of Charcoal, Scotland on Sunday, 6 November 1988, Yvonne Baginsky
What Nanny did in Annaghmakerrig, The Irish Times, 11 February 1986,
Tom O’Reilly
Evening Press, 3 October 1986, John Boland
Sunday Independent, 12 October 1986, Kate Robinson
The light of Inspiration, The Scotsman, 1 March 1985, Yvonne Baginsky.
The Irish Times, 17 April 1985, Brian Fallon
Nanny Mulder Mezzotints. 1982 Catalogue introduction by Edward Gage
The Scotsman, 8 December 1980, Edward Cage
The Glasgow Herald, 17 December 1980, Clare Henry
The Times Educational Supplement, 19 December 1980, William Ferguson
NRC Handelsblad, Cultureel Supplement, Prent van de Maand November 1979
Het Parool, 20 August 1977, Fanny Kelk
Nanny toont Gouda haar fluwelen dromen, Goudse Courant,
31 Augustus 1977, Lia Thorborg