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