near beauly
inverness-shire
iv4 7al
01463 783 230
art@kilmorackgallery.co.uk
Blair Thomson

Ishite-Ji Pagoda - oil on canvas - 20cm x 19cm

CURRICULUM VITAE

• Born Scotland 1980

STUDY:

• Glasgow School of Art Painting Department 1998-2002, BA(hons) Fine Art

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2004

• March – London Affordable Art Fair, representing Scotlandart.com
• April – Glasgow Art Fair, representing Scotlandart.com, John Green Fine Art (Glasgow) and GSA
• August – ‘Scottish Art Today’, Lloyds TSB, Edinburgh
• September-November – One of six selected artists for Royal Concert Hall Exhibition ‘Internationalism’
• November – Mixed show at Baillie Gallery (London)
• Throughout 2004, mixed shows at the following galleries,
     John Green Fine Art,Glasgow
     Scotlandart.com, Glasgow and Edinburgh
     Sophie Montgomery Art, London
     Stenton Gallery, East Lothian (near Edinburgh)

2003

• January – London Art Fair
• January/February – ‘Different Degrees’, group show at Queen’s Gallery, Dundee
• April – Glasgow Art Fair, representing Scotlandart.com, Stenton Gallery and GSA
• May – Mixed show at Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
• August – ‘Scottish Art Today’, Lloyds TSB, Edinburgh
• September/October – Solo show at the Stenton Gallery, East Lothian (near Edinburgh)
• November – RGI Exhibition, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
• Throughout 2003, mixed shows at the following galleries,
     Broadway Modern, Worcestershire
     Full Circle Gallery, Glasgow
     Scotlandart.com, Glasgow
     Sophie Montgomery Art, London
     Stenton Gallery, East Lothian (near Edinburgh)

2002

• April – Glasgow Art Fair, representing GSA
• June – Glasgow School of Art ‘Degree Show’ Exhibition, Main Gallery/Museum Space, Mackintosh Building
• July-September – ‘Terra Nova’ Degree Show Selection. Main Gallery/Museum Space, Mackintosh
• July/August-September – Compass Gallery ‘Next Generation’ Show, Glasgow In association with above      exhibition, showing large work in the Pentagon Centre, Glasgow
• October – Solo exhibition at the Kelly Gallery, Glasgow (RGI Exhibitionship)
• November – RGI Exhibition, Mclellan Galleries
• December – Studio Exhibition / Opening, West Kilbride, Ayrshire coast

2001

• June – Solo Exhibition at ‘Gallery Cossachok’, King Street, Glasgow
• October/November ’01 – Royal Glasgow Institute Exhibition, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
     Work 'Coruscating' collected by Stenton Gallery, Edinburgh, awarded scholarship and RGI Exhibitionship

AWARDS AND PRIZES:

• June 2001 – 3rd Year Prize, GSA
• November 2001 – RGI Scholarship, RGI Exhibitionship
• October 2002 – Awarded Fairbairn Residency at Cove Park on the West coast of Scotland
• January 2004 – Awarded RSW Residency at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath for October ‘04