Blair Thomson, Artist

CURRICULUM VITAE


Born Scotland, U.K. 1980


STUDY:


Hamilton College Art Department, studying under Alan Wilson, developing landscape and neo-romantic artwork
Glasgow School of Art Painting Department 1998 - 2002, BA(hons) Fine Art
Japan, Osawano: apprentice of Master Wakabayashi (Sho calligraphy, markmaking) 2002 - present


AWARDS, CURATING AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:

April 2011 Curating 'The Way to Northern Cherry Blossoms’ Japan Charity Exhibition, RGI Kelly Gallery and Blair Thomson’s Studio, Glasgow
May 2010 Representing U.K. at ART/X/TOYAMA International Exhibition and participating in the International Art Symposium and Artist Talks
March 2010 Curating for Royal Glasgow Institute: ‘Artist’s Statement’ section at Glasgow Art Fair
May 2008 Curating for Glasgow Art Club ‘New Faces to Glasgow Art Club’, mixed exhibition
October 2007 RGI Langside College Watercolour Award; Glasgow Art Club Fellowship
January 2004 Awarded RSW Residency at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath for October ‘04
October 2002 Awarded Fairbairn Residency at Cove Park on the West coast of Scotland
November 2001 Royal Glasgow Institute Scholarship; RGI Exhibitionship
June 2001 3rd Year Prize, Glasgow School of Art

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2011 April 'The Way to Northern Cherry Blossoms’ Japan Charity Exhibition, RGI Kelly Gallery and Blair Thomson’s Studio, Glasgow
May Showing with Cove Park Print Portfolio, Boisdale Gallery, London Curated by Fleming Collection
2010 March Participating in RGI’s ‘Artist’s Statement’ section at Glasgow Art Fair, also represented by John Green Fine Art, Glasgow
March Hospitalfield Artist Resident Exhibition at Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
April - May ‘ART/X/TOYAMA’ (four-yearly public show in Japan) selected to represent the UK
August Collaboration with Designworks, Interior Design Showcase at SECC, Glasgow
November RGI Annual Exhibition
2009 February Postcards 2009, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
April RSA Spring Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
April Glasgow Art Fair, showing with Scotlandart.com
May ‘Trailing the North Wind’, Glasgow Art Club solo exhibition
July Aspect Exhibition, Paisley Art Museum
July Wakabayashi Shujo 90th  Sho Exhibition, Toyama, Japan, showing 8 works & collaborating with him and clothes designer Madam Chizuko
November RGI Annual Exhibition
2008 March Glasgow Art Fair, representing Scotlandart.com and John Green Fine Art, Glasgow
April Sophie Montgomery Art, London (featured artist)
May
‘New Faces to Glasgow Art Club’, mixed exhibition
June ‘Offshore’, Scotlandart.com, three-man show
November RGI Annual Exhibition
December ‘Box of Delights’, Ricefield Gallery, Glasgow
2007 May Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, 'Highland'
July New York Affordable Art Fair representing Flying Colours Gallery, London
October RGI Annual Exhibition, prizes for 'Rhythms Kilcreggan'
November Mixed Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Invernessshire
December Christmas Exhibition, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow
2006 January Scotlandart.com, Edinburgh, ‘Abstract Exhibition’
April Sophie Montgomery Art London, wall of six works
April Glasgow Art Fair, representing John Green Fine Art, Glasgow
May Two man show at Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
October Third Step Gallery solo show ‘In Time with the Wind’, Glasgow
2005 March London Affordable Art Fair, representing Baillie Gallery, London
May/June ‘Selected Scottish Graduates – Past & Present’ at Scotlandart.com
September Three man show at Baillie Gallery, London
October RGI Annual Exhibition
2004 March London Affordable Art Fair, representing Scotlandart.com
April Glasgow Art Fair, representing Scotlandart.com, John Green Fine Art and GSA
August ‘Scottish Art Today’, Lloyds TSB, Edinburgh
Sept-Nov One of six selected artists for Royal Concert Hall Exhibition ‘Internationalism’
November Mixed show at Baillie Gallery
2003 Jan-Feb ‘Different Degrees’, group show at Queen’s Gallery, Dundee
April Glasgow Art Fair, representing Scotlandart.com, Stenton Gallery and GSA
May Three man show at Full Circle Gallery, Glasgow
August ‘Scottish Art Today’, Lloyds TSB, Edinburgh
Sept-Oct Solo show at the Stenton Gallery, East Lothian (near Edinburgh)
November RGI Annual Exhibition, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
2002 April Glasgow Art Fair, representing GSA
June Glasgow School of Art ‘Degree Show’ Exhibition, Main Gallery Space, Mackintosh Building
July-Sept ‘Terra Nova’ Degree Show Selection. Main Gallery Space, Mackintosh
July-Sept Compass Gallery ‘Next Generation’ and large work in the Pentagon Centre, Glasgow
October Solo exhibition at the Kelly Gallery, Glasgow (RGI Exhibitionship)
November Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, McLellan Galleries
December Solo Exhibition at Studio 24, West Kilbride, Scotland
2001 June Solo Exhibition at ‘Gallery Cossachok’, Glasgow
October ‘Camp Transformation’ joint installation, with Kristian Korner and Jim Ramsay
November RGI Annual Exhibition, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, prizes for 'Coruscating'
2000 April 30th Laing Landscape Painting Annual Competition, Mall Galleries, London

TUTORING:


Workshops for the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Hamilton College, Largs Academy, the Drawing and Painting Studio (Glasgow), and at ART/X/TOYAMA (Japan)

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