James McDonald

Born 1956. Studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1974-78, and completed his postgraduate year there in 1979. McDonald has painted full-time since studying at Edinburgh, and his work has won numerous awards including the Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship, British Council Travel Grant and the Alexander Stone Foundation Award. He has exhibited widely throughout the U.K. and overseas, and is in private and public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; BBC; STV and all major Scottish banks. In 2004 he established Naked Eye Fine Art, publishing cards and limited edition prints by contemporary Scottish artists. Also exhibits regularly with the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.

Solo Exhibitions

1989 Paintings and Prints – Glasgow Print Studio
1991 Paintings and Prints – Graeme Mundy, Glasgow
1993 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1994 Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow The Academy, London
1996 Long & Ryle Art International, London
1997 The Beak Gallery, Dublin Beaux Art, Bath
1998/02 Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, Glasgow
2000/05 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
2005 The Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow
2006 The Hallion Club, Glasgow Compass Gallery (with Neil MacPherson)

Selected Group Exhibitions

1990 New Scottish Prints, Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
1991 The John Moores Competition, Liverpool
1993 James McDonald & Neil MacPherson, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1995 Triple Vision with Neil MacPherson & Douglas Thomson, Glasgow Print Studio
1996-2001 Noble Grossart, Scotland on Sunday
1998 25 Years, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames Glasgow Art Club Touring Exhibition, Europe Art From Scotland, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 Anniversary Exhibition, Bourne Gallery, Reigate Small Paintings, Beaux Arts, Bath
2002 2 Man Show (with Neil MacPherson), The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
2003 Royal Glasgow Institute, Glasgow
2000-06 London Art Fair
2000-06 Glasgow Art Fair