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Higher Education

2008   MA Fine Art Printmaking, Royal College of Art
2002   BA Hons Design (Illustration), Glasgow School of Art (2:1)                     
1999    Diploma in Foundation Studies, Art and Design University of Wales, Institute Cardiff (Merit)

Solo Shows

2023 In Concrete, RIAS/Gallery TEN – Edinburgh, UK
2021
Form Follows, Custom Lane – Edinburgh, UK
Cross Section, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
2018
   Prospect, The Scottish Gallery – Edinburgh, UK
2016
   Manic Cinq, Chez Arthur et Janine – Arles, FRANCE
2015   Northern Form, Cydonia – Dallas, Texas, USA
2014   Re-Construct, & Collective – Bridge of Allan, UK
Glasgow Print Studio Gallery III – Glasgow, UK
2013   Construct, Edinburgh Printmakers – Edinburgh, UK
2011    Eye Two – Edinburgh, UK
2010   Edinburgh Printmakers – Edinburgh, UK
2009   Castle Gallery – Inverness, UK
2007   New Ground, Calgary University – Calgary, Canada                                  
2006   Nigg, Riggs and the Cromarty Firth, Highland Print Studio at Cromarty Courthouse – Cromarty, UK
2005   Natural Progression, at Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK

Selected Group Shows

2023 RSA Christmas Show - Royal Scottish Academy - Edinburgh, UK
The Colour and The Shape - Graystone Gallery – Edinburgh, UK
Place in Parallel - Moray Art Centre - Findhorn, UK
Edgelands, Tatha Gallery – Newport on Tay, UK
Confluence, Printroom Studio – Suffolk, UK
Collaboration in Practice: British Lithography 1880 - 2022:
Bankside Gallery – London, UK
oriel DAVIES Gallery – Newtown, Powys, UK
2022
The Love of Print, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum – Glasgow, UK
Collaboration in Practice: British Lithography 1880 - 2022 – Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
Kinship, Edinburgh Printmakers – Edinburgh, UK
SSA 130 Years - Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, UK
NORTH - Visual Arts Scotland, Inverness Creative Academy – Inverness, UK
Under Pressure 2, Bevere Gallery –Worcester, UK
The Land as Other, Island Gallery – Bristol, UK
Intercity Prints, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts – London, UK
We Live with the Land, Aberystwyth University – Aberystwyth, UK
make:connections, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, UK
Incoming: New acquisitions, City Art Centre – Edinburgh, UK
2021 Wish You Were Here, Yorkton Workshops – London, UK
Lowlands, Oxford House – Glasgow, UK
123rd Annual Exhibition SSA, The Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, UK
Constant Stars – Online Show, The Violet Hour – UK
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts – London, UK
Here and Now, SSA at Tatha Gallery – Newport-on-Tay, UK
Summer Show, Sculpture Lounge – Holmfirth, UK
RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy – Online, UK
2020
REDUCT, Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, UK
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts – London, UK
No Borders – Onliine Show, ArtThou – UK
Glossary of Etching, Northern Print – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Printmakers Exhibition, Bircham Gallery – Norfolk, UK
From Alba to Arabia, touring exhibition – Highland Print Studio:
Stal Gallery, Muscat – Oman
Alserkal Avenue, Dubai – UAE
Art Jameel House of Traditional Arts, Jeddah – KSA
2019  OPEN SSA + VAS, Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, UK
The Great Print Exhibition, Rheged Centre – Penrith, UK
RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, UK
INTAGLIO: In Print Glasgow, Print Studio – Glasgow, UK Hidden Door Festival – Edinburgh, UK
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts – London, UK
The James Watt Print Show, Trongate 103 – Glasgow, UK
What do you see? How do you feel? NoPlaceArt – London, UK
What do you see? How do you feel?, NoPlaceArt – London, UK
2018
   From Gozzoli to Kara Walker, The British Museum – London, UK
Drawing and Etching Place UWE – Bristol, UK
Urban Landscapes, Pallant House Gallery – Chichester, UK
Glasgow in Print, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts – London, UK
OPEN, SSA & VAS Together, RSA – Edinburgh, UK
A Fine Line, Touring exhibition, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery – Inverness, Gracefield Art Centre – Dumfries, UK
2017   A Fine Line, Touring exhibition, City Art Centre – Edinburgh, UK
Cultivating Landscape, Printroom Studio – Suffolk, UK
Invited Artist, RGI – Glasgow, UK
Made Up, Glasgow Art Club – Glasgow, UK
Guest Artist, Gallery 8, Coates & Scarry – London, UK
First, The Scottish Gallery – Edinburgh, UK
Critic’s Choice, Bohun Gallery – Henley-on-Thames, UK
2016   Parallel//Paysage, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
VISTA, Gallery 8, Coates & Scarry – London, UK
Die Gegend Um Xero, Kunsthaus Palais Thurm und Taxis – Bregenz, Austria
CONVERGE, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition – Edinburgh, UK
2015   Xiaoxiang, Exhibition Mei Lun Gallery, Hunan Fine Art Institute – Changsha, China
Brilliant Creatures, The Violet Hour at the Strand Gallery – London, UK
Abstraction From Architecture, Edinburgh Printmakers – Edinburgh, UK
The Future of the Past, Cydonia – Dallas, Texas, USA
Connections North: Mirror Images, Touring Exhibition – England, Scotland, Finland, Sweden
2014   Multiple//Parallel, Engramme – Quebec, Canada
Bronwen Sleigh & Rachel Duckhouse, Trongate 103 – Glasgow, UK
Unfamiliar Ground, Art Unpacked touring exhibition – Grimsby, Accrington, Scarborough, Barrowford, UK
Hidden Door Festival – Edinburgh, UK
7th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro – Portugal
2013   The Drawing Room, Open Eye Gallery – Edinburgh, UK
Unfolding Colour, Northern Print– Newcastle, UK
40/40 Anniversary Suite, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
Provas Dadas, Centro Portugues de Serigrafia – Lisbon, Portugal
Paper Exchanges, Lake Country Art Gallery – BC, Canada
Print Process, Glue Factory – Glasgow, UK
2012   Portcullis House Jubilee Series, Portcullis House – London, UK
Prints Tokyo 2012, International Print Exhibition – Tokyo, Japan
Images of The City, Printroom – London, UK
British Printmaking in Japan, Kyoto City Art Museum/Kitakyushu City Art Museum – Japan
Big Print/Small Print, Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art – Poland
2011   Painted Words, Open Eye Gallery – Edinburgh, UK
2010   …and then again…, Museu da Cidade – Lisbon, Portugal
Hazard Perception, Charlie Dutton Gallery – London, UK
2009   Northern Print Biennale, Northern Print – Newcastle, UK
Architectura, Sumarria Lunn – London, UK
Salon, Whitecross Gallery – London, UK
Hot Off The Press, Curwen & New Academy Gallery – London, UK
From Blackadder to Borland: Scottish Women Printmakers, Pallant House Gallery –  London, UK
2008   New Prints from the Royal College of Art, Royal Academy – London, UK
Original Print, Highland Print Studio – Wick, Inverness, Kingussie, Thurso, UK
Postgraduate Printmaking in London, Clifford Chance – London, UK
Landslide Café Gallery Projects – London, UK
2007   Scottish Printmakers, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
2006   Contemporary Scottish Art, The Chambers Gallery – London, UK
Selected Show, Town Hall Gallery, Victoria – Australia
Urban Landscapes, Eye Two – Edinburgh, UK
2005   Places Seen, Glasgow Print Studio – Glasgow, UK
Work selected by Volume for Glasgow Art Fair – Glasgow, UK
2003   Selected Winter Show, Compass Gallery – Glasgow, UK
Selected Show, Gallery Heinzel – Aberdeen, UK
2002   Members Show, Transmission – Glasgow, UK
Visual Communication Graduate Show, The Pentagon – Glasgow, UK

Awards and Prizes

2016   The Leith School of Art Prize – VAS open Exhibition
Roy Wood Prize for Printmaking – RSA open Exhibition
2015   The Leith School of Art Prize – VAS open Exhibition
2014   Creative Scotland ‘Professional Development’ award for solo show – Cydoina
The Bet Low Trust funding award for research trip in – Quebec
2013   Murray Beith Murray Prize – SSA annual open exhibition
2010   Printmaking Today Award
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Purchase Prize
2009   V&A Print Prize – Northern Print Biennale
2008   Alf Dun Award – Royal College of Art
Davis Langdon Award – Royal College of Art
RCA Society/Thames & Hudson Book Prize
2007   Tim Mara Calgary Exchange – Royal College of Art
Short-listed for 20/21 British Art Fair Print Prize
2005   Strathclyde University Purchase Prize – Glasgow Print Studio
2002   On site drawing prize – Glasgow School of Art

Collections

British Museum
V&A
National Galleries of Scotland
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Royal Academy School
Royal College of Art
The Parliamentary Art Collection
Aberystwyth University
Glasgow Print Studio
Edinburgh Printmakers
Highland Council Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Strathclyde University
University of Calgary
Pallant House Gallery
Aberdeen Asset Art Collection
Hatton Gallery
City of Edinburgh
Stirling University
80 The Strand

Residencies and commissions

2020  Glossary of Etching – Commissioned to make two etchings for exhibition focussing on etching techniques, Northern Print – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2017
   Printmaking Residency, Cove Park – Helensburgh, UK
2017   BAiR Spring Intensive Residency, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity – Banff, Canada
2017   Record cover designed for for Ultramarine. Project run by St Jude’s – UK
2012   Residency at Scottish Sculpture Workshop, funded by Edinburgh Printmakers  – Aberdeenshire, Scotland
2012   Jubilee Series – Print commissioned to be based on Portcullis House – London, UK
2010   Centro Portugues de Serigrafia – Lisbon, Portugal
2007   University of Calgary – Fine Art Printmaking department, producing new work for a solo show - Calgary, Canada
2006   Residency with Highland Print Studio, producing new work and running a project in Inver Primary School – Inverness, Scotland