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-present | Living and working in Carnoustie, 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 |
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 |
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.