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
Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Amsterdam

2001

England & Co., London

2003

England & Co., London
Davis, Langdon & Everest, London

2005

Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Den Haag

2008

Galerie Rademakers, Amsterdam

2009

Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA

2010

Galerie Rademakers, Amsterdam
Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA

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
Kyklos Gallery, Paphos, Cyprus
Dundee Printmakers, Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland

1986

Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Aberdeen Artists Exhibition, Aberdeen, Scotland
Dundee Printmakers, Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland

1987

Stirling Biennial, Stirling, Scotland
Dundee Printmakers, Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland

1988

Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

1989

Hunting Group Prizes Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

1992

'Far Horizons' with Campbell Sandilands, Kyoto, Japan
Whitechapel Open Studios, London

1993

Joint show with Campbell Sandilands, Gallery Forty-Seven, London
Merz Contemporary Arts, London
Open Studios, Deptford, London

1994

Whitechapel Open Studios, London
'3 + 3', The Bruton Street Gallery, London
William Jackson Gallery at The 20th Century British Art Fair, London
The Blue Gallery, London

1995

The Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, London and Swansea
William Jackson Gallery at Art 95, Business Design Centre, London
Smelik & Stokking Galleries at KunstRai International Art Fair, Amsterdam
'Elemental', The Blue Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Den Haag, Netherlands
Summer Exhibition, The Bruton Street Gallery, London
The Discerning Eye Competition, Mall Galleries, London
Christmas Exhibition, The Blue Gallery, London

1996

Royal Overseas League 13th Annual Open Exhibition, London
The Discerning Eye Competition, Mall Galleries, London
The Blue Gallery, London

1997

The Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition, London and Bath
John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 20, Walker Gallery, Liverpool

1998

'Animal Tales and Pet Confessions' The City Gallery, Leicester
'Miniatures' Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Den Haag, Netherlands

1999

Summer Exhibition, The Bruton Street Gallery, London
'Grand Opening Exhibition', Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, USA
'Continuation', England & Co., London

2000

England & Co. at Art 2000, Business Design Centre, London
'Modern Figuration', Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2001

England & Co. at Art 2001, Business Design Centre, London
Art Miami, Florida, USA
Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2002

England & Co. at Art 2002, Business Design Centre, London
Old Mutual, London
'Animal', The Market, London
England & Co. 'Summer in the City'
Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Den Haag, Netherlands, Joint show with Kevin Hendley

2003

England & Co. at Art 2003, Business Design Centre, London
Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Amsterdam, Netherlands, joint show with Chris Stevens

2004

England & Co. at Art 2004, Business Design Centre, London
Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Den Haag, Netherlands, 35-Year Anniversary Exhibition
St Andrews Museum, Cathedral Project, Pilgrims Exhibition

2005

England & Co. at Art 2005, Business Design Centre, London
Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA.

2006

Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA.

2007

Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 07, Amsterdam
Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA.
PM Gallery, Ealing, London. 'Beyond the Narrative'
Galerie Rademakers, at Art Fair 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

2008

Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 08, Amsterdam
Kowalski Gallery at DACS, London. 'Romance'
Galerie Rademakers, at Art Fair 'S-Hertogenbosch, & AAF Amsterdam
De Queeste Art, Watou, Belgium, jointly with Chris Stevens and Eve Servent

2009

Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 09, Amsterdam
Stewart Gallery at LA Art Show 09 & International Art Fair, Pasadena
Galerie Rademakers, at Art Fair 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
De Queest Art, Quest 21, Brussels, Belgium
Royal Scottish Academy of Arts, Edinburgh, 183rd Annual Exhibition

2010

Galerie Rademakers, at Realisme 10, Amsterdam
Stewart Gallery at LA Art Show 2010, Los Angeles
Stewart Gallery at Art Chicago
Galerie Rademakers, at Art Fair 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
'Palate' curated by Zio Fulcher at Scion Art Installation Space, Culver City, Los Angeles, California

2011

Stewart Gallery at Dallas Art Fair
Stewart Gallery at Art Chicago
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, showing with James Hawkins and Charles MacQueen

2012

Stewart Gallery at Dallas Fair and San Francisco Fine Art Fair @Fort Mason

2013

Stewart Gallery at Dallas Fair
'The Dark Art Of Humour', Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Beaux Arts, Bath, Summer Exhibition, (24th June to 31st August)
Beaux Arts, Bath at the 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
Beaux Arts at Strarta Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
Royal Scottish Academy of Arts, Edinburgh
Stewart Gallery at Houston Fine Art Fair
2013 Open Exhibition Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Winter Exhibition

2014

Stewart Gallery Summer Exhibition
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Summer Exhibition
'REALITY, Modern & Contemporary British Painting', Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.

2015

'Realised' Exhibition at The Royal Scottish Academy of Arts, Edinburgh
'REALITY, Modern & Contemporary British Painting', Walker Gallery, Liverpool

2016

W Gordon Smith Award Exhibition, Dovecot Studios Gallery, Edinburgh
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Sring/Summer Exhibition
'Yours Sincerely', at Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland

2017

Curiouser and Curiouser Auction, The exceptional to the eccentric, Marion Harris Curator, Rago auction, New York
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, May Exhibition, with Fionna Carlisle, Sam Cartman, Kirstie Cohen
Stewart Gallery Summer Exhibition

2018

Curiouser and Curiouser Auction, Eccentric Art and Extraordinary Objects, Marion Harris Curator, Rago auction, New York
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland,Christmas Exhibition
Winter Show', at Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland

2019

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019, Mall Galleries, London
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Winter Exhibition
June 2019 - A Taste of Sparrow, Stone Sparrow NYC, New York
September 2019- Exhibition with Paul Ried, Harry Holland and Robert Macmillan, Fidra Gallery, Gullane, East Lothian
October 2019 - Solo exhibition Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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.

© 2022 Alan Macdonald