Alan Macdonald
About
Biography
1962 | Born in Malawi, Central Africa |
1984 | BA Hons. Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland |
1985 | Post Diploma in Fine Art, Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, Cyprus |
1985-88 | WASPS Studios, Forebank and Meadowmill, Dundee, Scotland |
1988-03 | Living and working in London |
2003-2022 | Living and working in Carnoustie, Scotland |
2022-present | Living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland |
solo exhibitions
1995-98 | The Bruton Street Gallery, London |
1996 | Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Den Haag, Netherlands |
1999 | Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York |
2000 | England & Co., London |
2001 | England & Co., London |
2003 | England & Co., London |
2005 | Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Den Haag |
2008 | Galerie Rademakers, Amsterdam |
2009 | Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA |
2010 | Galerie Rademakers, Amsterdam |
2013 | Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA 'Playground of the Mind' |
2016 | Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA 'Mind Games' |
2019 | October 2019, Solo exhibition Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
2021 | December 2021, ‘Beyond Reason’, KP Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA |
2022 | September 2022 Solo exhibition Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire |
2023 | October 2023, ’Where Two Worlds Collide’, KP Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA |
group exhibitions
1985 | Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus |
1986 | Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland |
1987 | Stirling Biennial, Stirling, Scotland |
1988 | Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland |
1989 | Hunting Group Prizes Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London |
1992 | 'Far Horizons' with Campbell Sandilands, Kyoto, Japan |
1993 | Joint show with Campbell Sandilands, Gallery Forty-Seven, London |
1994 | Whitechapel Open Studios, London |
1995 | The Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, London and Swansea |
1996 | Royal Overseas League 13th Annual Open Exhibition, London |
1997 | The Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, London and Bath |
1998 | 'Animal Tales and Pet Confessions' The City Gallery, Leicester |
1999 | Summer Exhibition, The Bruton Street Gallery, London |
2000 | England & Co. at Art 2000, Business Design Centre, London |
2001 | England & Co. at Art 2001, Business Design Centre, London |
2002 | England & Co. at Art 2002, Business Design Centre, London |
2003 | England & Co. at Art 2003, Business Design Centre, London |
2004 | England & Co. at Art 2004, Business Design Centre, London |
2005 | England & Co. at Art 2005, Business Design Centre, London |
2006 | Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA. |
2007 | Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 07, Amsterdam |
2008 | Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 08, Amsterdam |
2009 | Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 09, Amsterdam |
2010 | Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 10, Amsterdam |
2011 | Stewart Gallery at Dallas Art Fair |
2012 | Stewart Gallery at Dallas Fair and San Francisco Fine Art Fair @Fort Mason |
2013 | Stewart Gallery at Dallas Fair |
2014 | Stewart Gallery Summer Exhibition |
2015 | 'Realised' Exhibition at The Royal Scottish Academy of Arts, Edinburgh |
2016 | W Gordon Smith Award Exhibition, Dovecot Studios Gallery, Edinburgh |
2017 | Curiouser and Curiouser Auction, The exceptional to the eccentric, Marion Harris Curator, Rago auction, New York |
2018 | Curiouser and Curiouser Auction, Eccentric Art and Extraordinary Objects, Marion Harris Curator, Rago auction, New York |
2019 | Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019, Mall Galleries, London |
2020 | Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019, Mall Galleries, London Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Winter Exhibition Stone Sparrow NYC, ‘Persistence of Time’, February, New York Stone Sparrow NYC, ‘False Face’, November, New York December - Mixed Winter Exhibition, Fidra Gallery, Gullane, East Lothian |
2021 | Art Sablon, September, Brussels Art Square, Brussels, Belgium Stone Sparrow NYC, ‘Small Works’, December, New York |
2022 | Jonathan F. Kugel Galerie, Group show, March, Brussels, Belgium Stone Sparrow NYC, ‘Spring Surreal’, April, Stone Sparrow NYC, New York Galerie da End, ‘Medusa’, May, Paris, France KP Projects Gallery, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, August, Los Angeles, California, USA |
2023 | ‘Medusa/Scyphozoa, Galerie da End, Paris, France ‘Inspired’ Fidra Fine Art, East Lothian ‘Exuberance’ Jonathan F. Kugel Galerie, September, Brussels, Belgium |
a note on collectors
Alan Macdonald’s paintings are in public, private and corporate collections worldwide, including: EMI London, Corinthia Hotel London, Kayley Hong Kong, WorldCom UK, Old Mutual London, Artemis Artforms Leeds, The Prudential London, Ampersand Hotel London, Scion Los Angeles.