Peter Thomson

Born in 1962, Peter studied Drawing & Painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1980 – 84.

Since graduating, he has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and abroad in solo and group exhibitions including Transmission Gallery, Glasgow; Maclean Art Gallery,Greenock; Y’Art Gallerie, Utrecht, Holland; Music Cultural Theatre, Mastricht; BP Gallery, Brussels,Belgium; Oriel Gallery,Cardiff; BP National Portrait Gallery Competition, London & Glasgow; London & Glasgow Contemporary Art Fairs with Compass Gallery; The Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

He is the Recipient of numerous Awards and Grants including Scottish Arts Council Assistance Grant, Paperboat Award by Scotland on Sunday Newspaper, Purchase Prize –The Smith Museum & Art Gallery, Stirling, Nobel Grossart 2nd Prize, John Murray Thomson Award- R.S.A. Edinburgh.

His work is held in the following collections : Gallery of Modern Art, Scottish Arts Council Collection, The Smith Art Gallery & Museum Stirling and Collins Gallery Collection, Strathclyde University Glasgow.

Born Glasgow 1962
1980-1984 Studied Drawing and Painting at Glasgow School of Art

One Person Shows

1990 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
1995 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1997 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
2000 Piccadilly Gallery, London
2002 Cricket Hill Gallery, New York
2002 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
2004 Piccadilly Gallery, London

Selected Group Shows

1985 Iconoclasm, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
1986 War of Images, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
1990 Inverclyde Biennial, Maclean Art Gallery and Museum, Greenock
1992 Figure in the City, Mia Joosten Gallery, Amsterdam
Figure in the City, Y’Art Galleries, Utrecht, Holland
Figure in the City, Music Cultural Theatre, Maastricht
Figure in the City, BP Gallery, Brussels
Maastricht Art Fair, Mia Joosten Gallery
1993 Figure in the City, Oriel Gallery, Cardiff
1994 BP National Portrait Gallery Competition, London and Glasgow
1995-2004 London and Glasgow Art Fairs, Compass Gallery, Rebecca Hossack Gallery and Piccadilly Gallery
1996 Pride and Passion – The National Burns Exhibition, The Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
1998 The Singer Friedlander Watercolour Competition,
The Mall Galleries, London
1998 The Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition,
Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow
Noble Grossart Painting Prize,
Royal Scottish Academy,
Edinburgh 1999 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition,
RSA Building, Edinburgh
The Singer Friedlander Watercolour Competition,
The Mall Galleries, London
2000 “Mary Stuart”, Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh
2001 The Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition,
Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow
2002 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition,
RSA Building, Edinburgh 2003 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition,
RSA Building, Edinburgh

Awards and Prizes

1990 Scottish Arts Council Assistance Grant
1995 Paper Boat Award (Awarded by Scotland on Sunday
Newspaper during Mayfest, Glasgow) 1996 Purchase Prize, Brave Art Exhibition,
Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
Noble Grossart Painting Prize, Second Prize
1997 John Murray Thomson Award, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2001 Fellowship of Glasgow Art Club Award
2002 Personal Development Award, Scottish Arts Council
2003 Fellowship of Scottish Art Club Award

Collections

Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Scottish Arts Council Collection
The Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
Collins Gallery Collection, Strathclyde University, Glasgow
Numerous Private Collections