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Biography  
1959 Born in Glasgow
1976-80 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. DA (Painting)
1980-81 Royal Academy of Fine Art, The Hague, Holland
Postgraduate scholarship in painting (Special commendation)
1981-82 University of California at Los Angeles
Visiting Artist
1989 International exchange workshop, Valencia, Spain
  “Il Gioco Dell’Oca” Project with international artists, Sardinia
1993-94 Part-time lecturer in Painting, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
2000-      Part-time lecturer in Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
   
  Painting full-time since 1985, lives and works in Edinburgh
   
Awards  
1980 British Council Scholarship
1981 Greenshields Award
1985 Educational Institute of Scotland Award
1989  Scottish Arts Council Award
1994 Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2003 Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy Research Bursary
   
Solo exhibitions  
1984 Main Fine Art, Glasgow
1985 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1987 The Glasgow Arts Centre
1988 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1989 Raab Gallery, London
1992 Raab Gallery, London
1993 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1994 Raab Boukamel Gallery, London
1994 Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen
1995 Raab Boukamel Gallery, London
1997 Boukamel Contemporary Art, London
1998 Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo
1999 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
2000  BCA Boukamel, London
2000 Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2003 BCA Gallery, London
2005 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2006 Osborne Samuel, London
 
Selected group exhibitions
1985 The Smith Biennial, Stirling
“Networking” O,Kane Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Portraits on Paper” Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition
1986 “Double Vision” with Ian Hughes, Main Fine Art, Glasgow
“The Human Touch” Fischer Fine Art, London
“Scottish Art Today” Edinburgh International Festival
1987 “The Vigorous Imagination” Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh Festival
“20th Century Scottish Masters” The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1989 “CITAC” Sala Parpallo/Deputation Ce Valencia, Spain
“Il Giocco Dell’Oca” Cagliari, Sardinia
1990 “Scottish Art:Philip Braham, Martin Kane, Barbara Rae” Midlands Contemporary Art
1991 “New Scottish Painting” Galerie Bureaux et Magazins, Ostend, Belgium
“20th Century Scottish Painting” Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
1992  “Visions of Albion- Aspects of British Landscape” Collyer-Bristow, London
“150th anniversary exhibition” The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1993 “Visions of Albion II” Collyer Bristow, London
1994 “The Glory of the Garden” Art Space, London
“Visions of Albion III” Collyer-Bristow, London
1995 Royal Scottish Academy 169th exhibition, Edinburgh – 1st Prize-winner, Guthrie Award
1996 “Die Kraft Der Bilder” Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
“Liebe und Poesie”, Galerie Tobias Hirschmann, Frankfurt, Germany
“Endangered Spaces”, Christies, London
1997 “International Kunst” Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998  “Artaid” City Art Centre, Edinburgh
“Scotland The Brave”, Forbes Galleries, New York
“Art and Nature” The Botanic Gardens, Cagliari, Sardinia
1999 “Mountain” Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Museum
2000 “Artaid” Vinopolis Gallery, London
2001 “New European Artists” exhibition and book launch, Sotheby’s, Amsterdam
2002 “Adapt” Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
“ArtAid” Bloomberg Space, London
2003 “40th Anniversary Exhibition” Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh
2004 “Pressing Forward” Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop at Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews
Chicago Art Fair, Berkley Square Gallery in association with BCA Gallery, London
London Contemporary Art Fair, BCA Gallery, London
2005 “The Call of the Sea” Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
   
Collections  
  Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum
  Dundee Art Gallery
  Lillie Art Gallery
  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
  Sunderland Art Gallery
  BBC London
  Contemporary Art Society, London
  Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
  Educational Institute of Scotland
  Life Association of Scotland
  Fleming’s Bank Collection
  Standard Life
  The City Art Centre, Edinburgh
 
Memberships and committees
1986   Founder member and Artists Representative, WASPS, Edinburgh
1987 Professional Member, Society of Scottish Artists
1988-91 Member of Council, Society of Scottish Artists
1994-97 Artistic Adviser, Eastern General Art Fund
1995-98 Member of Council, Society of Scottish Artists
1997 External Assessor for the Scottish Arts Council
2004 Member of the Advisory Board for the Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh
   
  Bibliography
Articles  
  Clare Henry: “Double Vision – Philip Braham and Ian Hughes”, Main Fine Art, Glasgow. in Glasgow Herald, 1 April 1986

Nigel Frank: ”The Human Touch”, Fischer Fine Art, London, in Arts Review, No.38 18 July 1986

Gerry McCann: Interview with Philip Braham and Ian Hughes in: Switch  magazine, 3 August 1987

Clare Henry: Review “The Vigorous Imagination”, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, in Studio International, 20 August 1987

Mary Rose Beaumont: Review “The Vigorous Imagination”, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, in Financial Times, 11 August 1987

Douglas Hall: Review “The Vigorous Imagination”, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, in The Scotsman, 10 August 1987

David Thompson: Review “The Vigorous Imagination”, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, in The Independent, 12 August 1987

Bill Hare: Review “Fractured Landscape”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, in Alba, 1988

Mary Rose Beaumont: “Philip Braham”, Raab Gallery, London, in Arts Review, 24 March 1989

Hugh Cummings: Review “Philip Braham”, Raab Gallery, London, in Modern Painters, Vol.II, No.1, 1989

Keith Patrick: “Romanticism and Modernism: Towards a British Tradition” in The Green Book, Vol.III, No.2, 1989

Cordelia Oliver: “Landscape as Symbol: the work of Philip Braham” in: The Green Book, Vol.III, No.5, 1990

James Hamilton: Review “Scottish Art: Philip Braham, Martin Kane and Barbara Rae”, Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham, in : Arts Review, 5 October 1990

Giorgio Pellegrini: “Expressionist notebook from a far island” in: L’Unione Sarda, 19 February 1991

Richard Jaques: Review “WASPS with CALA 91” Edinburgh College of Art in: Scotland on Sunday, 24 February 1991

W. Gordon Smith: Review “WASPS with CALA 91”, Edinburgh College of Art, in Scotland on Sunday, 24 February 1991

Geraldine Norman: “Fergie, Duchess of Modern Art”, Report on Art London 91 in: The Independent, 20 April 1991

Clare Henry: “Intimate Meets Universal” in: The Glasgow Herald, 12 February, 1993

W. Gordon Smith: Scotland on Sunday, 4 September 1994

Clare Henry: “Praise for Colour of New Blood” in: The Glasgow Herald, Monday 24 April 1995

Sue Hubbard: “Philip Braham” in: Time Out, 2 August 1995

Giles Sutherland: “Visual Arts Scotland” in: The Times, December 15 1999

Ian Gale:” Noble Grossart Painting Prize” in: Scotland on Sunday, 16 January 2000

John Russell Taylor: “Philip Braham” in: The Times, 1 March 2000

Giles Sutherland: “Philip Braham” in: The Times, 4 October 2000

Neil Cameron: “Philip Braham” in: The Scotsman, 3 October 2000

 
Catalogues and books
  “The Human Touch”, Fischer Fine Art London. Foreword by Mary Rose Beaumont, 1986

“Scottish Art Today, Artists at Work”, Edinburgh International Festival/Edinburgh College of Art. Forewords by Frank Dunlop, Ian Henderson, Clare Henry, Keith Hartley, 1986

“The Vigorous Imagination”, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Forewords by: R. Reid, Frank Dunlop, Timothy Clifford, Richard Calvocoressi, Keith Hartley, Clare Henry, Henry Meyric Hughes and Prof. Anthony Jones, 1987

“Philip Braham”, Raab Gallery, London. Text by Eugene Patron and Philip Braham, 1988

“New Scottish Painting”, Galerie Bureaux et Magasins, Ostend. Text by Hugo Brutin, 1991

“20th Century Scottish Painting”, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. Text by Duncan MacMillan, 1991

“Philip Braham”, Raab Gallery,London. Introduction by Keith Patrick. Interview with Clare Henry 1992

“Philip Braham: Between Worlds” Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen. Introduction by Keith Patrick, 1994

“Die Kraft der Bilder (The Power of The Image)”, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, 1996

“Philip Braham: The River’s Source. Paintings 1994-1997”, The Boukamel Gallery, London, 1997

“Philip Braham: The Mirror’s Surface” Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo, 1998

“Artaid ‘98” Crusaid at The City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 1998

“Philip Braham: Cloud and Memory” Compass Gallery, Glasgow. Introduction by Helene Brunerie, 1999

“Philip Braham: Border Crossing” The Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. Text by Prof. Duncan McMillan, 2000

“Scottish Art in the 20th Century” by Prof. Duncan McMillan, 2001

“New European Artists” by Edward Lucie Smith et al, 2001

“40th Anniversary Exhibition”  Demarco European Art Foundation, 2003

 
Television and radio interviews
  BBC Radio Scotland, “The Jimmy Mack Show”, interview, 1986

BBC2, “Newsnight”, interview, 1986

BBC Scotland, “Reporting Scotland”, interview, 1986

STV, “Festival at One” interview, 1986

BBC Radio Scotland, “Taking Issue With Colin Bell” interview, 1987

BBC Scotland, “Scotland 2000”, interview, 1987

Channel 4, “Box Office”, feature, 9 February 1990

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