Alastair Mack

Born: 1995 in Edinburgh.

Background & Exhibitions

Education

1983-88 Edinburgh College of Art (BA and Post Graduate Diploma).
Member of Society of Scottish Artists and since 1988 the Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop.
Study trips to Spain 1987, Amsterdam ’91, ’92 Brussels, Utrecht ’94-95, Copenhagen ’96.
Since 1993 Lecturer in Fine Art Printmaking, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Arts, Dundee

Commissioned works and collections

The City Hospital, Edinburgh 1992
St. Johns Hospital, Livingston, West Lothian 1993
Banner Design for ‘Discover Dundee’.
Sold to many Scottish institutions and companies as well as private collections in France, Spain, Holland, Germany, USA, Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, Switzerland and Austria.

Exhibitions

Selected Group exhibitions
1987 Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition – Royal Scottish Academy Annual
         Exhibition (and 1988-89, 1991-95)
         Aberdeen Artists
         New Contemporaries, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
         Scottish Print Open IV, Glasgow Print Studio
         New Scottish Contemporaries, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh & London
1988 Open Two Print, national travelling exhibition
         “An Edition of VI” and
         “Undercurrents, Edinburgh College of Art, festival exhibition
          New Acquisitions, The City Art Centre, Edinburgh
          Arthouse, London
1989 Society of Scottish Artists (and 1990-95)
         Aberdeen Artists (and 1990-92)
         Eight Artists, Edinburgh College of Art, festival exhibition
         ArtEvent, London
1990 Finalist in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall commission
1991 Royal Scottish Painters in Water Colour
         Scottish Contemporary Art, Simon Gallery, Toronto.
1992 Contemporary Scottish Screen Prints, Glasgow Print Studio
         Paper Works III, Seagate Gallery, Dundee
         Print Makers Workshop – Franco-Scottish Art, Montpellier, France
         Work + Image, Edinburgh College of Art, festival exhibition
1993 The Printed Image, The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
         Society of Scottish Artists in Glasglow
         The Bradford Print Open, England
1994 stimulant, Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
         Day Baltic Conference, Dundee
         Times Ten, Dumfries Art Festival – Tin, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1995 Society of Scottish Artists online gallery
         Common Ground, Grafisch Atelier, Utrecht
         Gathering – a celebration of Scottish Print Making, Beeldspraak Galerie, Amsterdam
1996 A Sense of Place, Stirling Museum & Art Gallery
         Brave Art, SSA, Glasgow
         The Slade School of Art, London
         Networking, Edinburgh College of Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1989 Into the Light, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (silk screen, linocut)
1990 The Rhythm of Life, Edinburgh College of Art, festival exhibition
1991 Discovery, Seagate Gallery,
Dundee Print Makers-Scottish television arts program “NB”.
1991 Facts of Life, Edinburgh Print Makers (traveling exhibition)
1992 Facts of Life, Galerie Beeldspraak, Amsterdam (prints, paintings, drawings)
1995 Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh – Life signs, Higland Print Makers, Inverness
1997 Galerie Beldspraak, Amsterdam
1997 Edinburgh International Science Festival

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