Colin Dunbar

 

 

1969 Born in Aberdeen

1992-93 Studied Art at Aberdeen College

1995 Placement at Peacock Printmakers

1995-98 Studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee

1998 Awarded the Crighton Bequest

-- Membership of the Association of Illustrators

1999 Artist in Residence, Edinburgh Printmakers

-- Membership of the Society of Scottish Artists

2000 Membership of the Collective

Published Work / Illustration Commissions

1998 Painting, ‘Life Drawing’, for the 1998 MacAllan Short Story Prize Winner

(Scotland on Sunday)

1998-99 Illustrations for the Scottish Executive commissioned by Tactica Solutions

1999 ‘Images 23’, book showcasing the best of British Illustration

‘Boxer’, painting used for a nationwide postcard promotion by Boomerang Media

Portrait for book cover of ‘Pursuit’, poems by George Bruce (Scottish Cultural Press)

Etchings for the 1999 finalists of the MacAllan Short Story Prize (Scotland on Sunday)

Drawing of George Bruce for the Glasgow Herald

2000 Cover for ‘Wild Women Of A Certain Age’ by Magi Gibson

Featured artist in Chapman Magazine ( Spring 2000 )

2001 Work featured in ‘Bite Me’ magazine, issue 4

Featured in ‘Literary Review Magazine’ Iowa, U.S.A.

2001 Portrait for book cover of ‘Today, Tomorrow’, poems by George Bruce

(Polygon)

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

1998 ‘Deepfrieze’, group show in Qaqortoq, Greenland

‘Images 23’, group show at the Royal College of Art, London

1999 ‘Thermal Facets’, group show at the Bellevue Gallery, Edinburgh

‘The Morrison Portrait Award’, at the R.S.A., Edinburgh

Unknown’, group show, Edinburgh

Society of Scottish Artists, annual exhibition, R.S.A., Edinburgh

Visual Artists Society, R.S.A., Edinburgh

2000-2001 ‘Writers Of Our Time’, Scottish National Portrait Gallery

2001 New York Expo, mixed show with ‘The Leith Gallery’

 

Public Collections

1998 Arthouse, Qaqortoq, Greenland

2000 The Scottish National Portrait Gallery

 

Selected Portraiture Commissions

1998 Lucina Prestige, (Editor)

1999 George Bruce O.B.E., (Poet)

2000 Edith MacArthur, (Actress)

-- Magnus Linklater, (Scottish Arts Council Chairman)

-- David Buchan, (Poet)

2002 Commissioned by Mme. Fernandez

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