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The Glasgow School of Art continues to dominate Scotland’s contribution to the Venice Biennale as five of the six artists selected to represent their country studied at the GSA.

Henry Coombes (Drawing and Painting, 2002), Louise Hopkins (MFA, 1994), Rosalind Nashashibi (MFA, 2000), Lucy Skaer (Environmental Art, 1997), and Tony Swain (Drawing and Painting, 1990) were chosen to represent Scotland in 2007.

In 2005, all four artists chosen to represent Scotland were GSA graduates – Cathy Wilkes (Sculpture, 1988), Joanne Tatham (MFA, 1995), Tom O’Sullivan (MFA, 1994), and Alex Pollard (Drawing and Painting, 1999) whilst Peter Finnemore (Fine Art, 1985), represented Wales.

In 2003, 70% of the artists chosen to represent Scotland were GSA graduates including Jim Lambie (Environmental Art, 1994), Simon Starling (MFA, 1992) and Claire Barclay (MFA, 1993).