Alasdair Gray: CV

• Info
• Exhibitions
• Works
• CV
• Press

Born: 1934, Glasgow

Based: Glasgow

Represented by: Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow

Education

1952–1957	Diploma in Design and Mural Painting, Glasgow School of Art

Current & Forthcoming Exhibitions

2008	Now and Then, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow (a Glasgow International Commission) 12th Apr–17th May
	Printed Works, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow 2nd Oct–8th Oct
	Alasdair Gray/Alasdair Taylor, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (two person show) 27th Nov–10th Jan

Solo Exhibitions

2008	Now and Then, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow (a Glasgow International Commission)
2007	Solo, Cafe Cossachock, Glasgow
2006	Solo, Smith Gallery, Stirling
2003	Solo, Oran Mor, Glasgow (commissioned murals, ongoing)
1995	Solo, Abbot’s House Local History Musuem, Dunfermline, Scotland (commissioned mural on Dunfermline’s history)
1980	Arcadia, The Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow (commissioned mural)
1978	The Continuous Glasgow Show, People’s Palace, Glasgow
1974	Solo, Collins Gallery, Glasgow (retrospective)
	Solo, Palacerigg Nature Reserve, Glasgow (commissioned mural around an oak tree on the ecological cycle)
	The Book of Ruth, Greenbank Church, Glasgow (commissioned mural)
1972	Solo, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
1968	Solo, Cuthbertson’s Music Shop, Glasgow
1964	Solo, Duffy’s Gallery, Glasgow
1962	The Days of Creation, Greenhead Church, Glasgow (commissioned mural)
1959	Solo, Belleisle Street Synagogue, Glasgow (commission for ceiling painting of firmament)

Group Exhibitions

2006	Group Exhibition, The Embassy, Edinburgh (with Stuart Murray)
1995	The Two Alasdairs Show, Nancy Smilie Gallery, Glasgow
1986	The Five Artists Show, McLellan Gallery, Glasgow (with Alan Fletcher, Carole Gibbons, John Connelly and Alasdair Taylor. Touring : 369, Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Aberdeen Municipal Gallery)
1961	KOK Group, Paisely Art Gallery and Museum, Paisley (with Charlie and Sheila Anderson, Ian Fleming, Bob Methven, Ian Noble, Alan Auld and malcolm Hood)
1960	Group Exhibition, Blythswood Square Gallery, Glasgow (with Malcolm Wood)
	Scottish Artists Against the Bomb, Various Venues, Scotland

Press

2008	Alexander Kennedy, ‘Shades of Gray’, The List, 24th April 2008
	Laura Cumming, ‘Glasgow makes a show of itself’, The Observer, 20th April 2008
	Duncan MacMillan, ‘Floored by the Festival’, The Scotsman, 11th April 2008
	Kirstin Innes, ‘Local Heroes’, The List, April 2008
	Paul Dalgarno, ‘Making Up For Lost Time’, Sunday Herald, 23rd March 2008
	Phil Miller, ‘Now a home is where the art is’, The Herald, 12th February 2008
2007	Jennifer Higgie, ‘Alasdair Gray and Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation’, frieze 111, November 2007
	Julia Stuart, ‘Francesca Lowe and Alasdair Gray’, The Independent, 26th October 2007
	James Campbell, ‘Clydeside Michaelangelo’, The Guardian, 20th October 2007
	Peter John Meiklem, ‘Pearls of Gray’, The Big Issue Scotland 652, 11th October 2007
	Alexander Kennedy, ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, The List, 4th October 2007
	‘Picture Making - Infancy To Art School, 1937 - 1954’, Free Association, October 2007