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Short Statement
My work is greatly influenced by the landscape in which I live and is based on specific themes often influenced by a particular place or experience. I am interested in creating images that reflect the ever changing qualities of the cycles of nature, symbolising the rich and varied aspects of human experience.
Recent paintings are inspired by water and plants taken from a variety of sources - looking closely at both real and imaginative experiences, exploring a range of ideas on an environmental theme that suggest fragility, harmony, invention and faith.
My chosen mediums are oil, mixed media and pastels on paper.
Qualifications
1981-85 Glasgow School of Art, studied Drawing and Painting - B.A. Hons. In Fine Art
1985-86 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art - MA in Public Art and Design
Awards/Scholarships/Grants
2008 Hi-Arts Visual Artists Development Grant
2003 Faroe Islands Lithographic Workshop and Smyril Line Award to produce colour stone lithograph for the MV Norona.
2002 Shetland Arts Trust Grant
2002 John Goudie Printmaking Prize, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2001 Scottish Arts Council Visual Artists Development Grant
1997 Ruth Davidson Memorial Scholarship - award to work in the S. France for 3 months
1996 Shetland Arts Trust Grant
1994 The Laing Art Competition - awarded Scottish Prize and National Highly Commended
1990 The Laing Art Competition - First Prize of £5000
1988 Strathclyde Regional Development Grant
Forthcoming Shows
The Scottish Contemporary Art Sale -2008, Glasgow - 22 November 2008
Solo show of New Landscapes with Compass Gallery, Glasgow in March/April 2009
Exhibition History
Solo Shows
2006 "New Paintings", House For An Art Lover, Glasgow, in association with Cyril Gerber Fine Art
"Inner Outer Landscape", Glasgow Buddhist Centre
2001 "Frost and Dew", Prints and paintings, Glasgow Print Studio
1999 "French Landscapes", Gilbert Bain Hospital, Shetland
1998 "Autumn Wind South", Shetland Museum
"French Landscapes", Aberdeen Art Gallery Café
"Landscapes", Royal Academy of Music and Drama) with Compass Gallery), Glasgow
1996 "Bird of Passage" Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
"Shetland Paintings", McRobert Arts Centre, Stirling University
1995 "Heart of an Island", Compass Gallery, Glasgow
New Work, The Shetland Museum, Lerwick
The Original Print Shop, Glasgow Print Studio
1994 "Dawn to Dusk" Sumburgh Airport, Shetland
Two Person and Group Exhibitions
2008 Painting Venice, with Glasgow Girl artists Alison Harper and Rosemary Beaton at Vaila Fine Art, Shetland
2007 New Paintings, with Clare McNiven, Spinnaker Café, Oban
New Work, with Gillian Goodheir, the Archway Gallery, Lochgilphead
2004 "Love", Vaila Fine Art, Lerwick (with Alison Harper and Rosemary Beaton)
2002 "Glasgow Girls", Boundary Gallery, London
"Glasgow Girls", The Shetland Museum, Lerwick
2000 Da Hatchery Printmakers, Shetland Museum
1999 "Tongues of Diamond" (Myth, Metaphor and Storytelling in Painting) at Collins Gallery, Glasgow. (With artists Rosemary Beaton, Helen Flockart, Alison Harper and Debbie Lee)
Touring to Leicester City Art Gallery and Smith Museum and Art Gallery.
1997 "Glasgow Girls", Boundary Gallery, London
1993 Yield - 8 artists from WASPS - Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
1993 "China Paintings", Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath (with June Carey)
1990 "Five Girls From Glasgow", Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Works on Paper, WASPS Gallery, Glasgow (with Alison Harper)
Art From the Billiard Room, Glasgow
Selected Exhibitions (include)
Glasgow Art Fair 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007
Elemental Arts Festival Argyll 2006, 2007
2008 RGI at Crinan Hotel, Argyll
RGI, Mitchell Library, Glasgow
2007 Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition 2007
The Argyll Boxed Collection, touring show with Mull An Tobar to Calmac Terminal Building Oban, the Dochas Centre, Lochgilphead, Luckenbooth Gallery, Tarbert, the Hill House
2006
Open Eye Gallery
Rivers, Lochs and Still Waters, Compass Gallery
The Archway Gallery, Lochgilphead
The Aspect Prize 2006
2005
Paisley Drawing Competition
RGI at The Crinan Hotel, Argyll
Glasgow Art Fair
Ardfern and Craobh Arts Festival 2005
2004
10 x 10 Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2002
The Line Gallery, Linlithgow
Dundee Print Open, Dundee Contemporary Arts
RSW, McManus Galleries, Dundee
2001
Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery
Castle Gallery, Inverness
Cabinet paintings, Glasgow Print Studio
2000
Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery
1999
Six Shetland Artists, Shetland/Vagsoy Twinning Association, Maloy, Norway
1998
Scottish Show, Thompson Gallery, London
Four Seasons. Peacock gallery, Aberdeen
1997
A Patch of their Own, Compass Gallery Touring Show
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
1996
Second Sightings" touring show with Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Island Artists, Crawford Museum and Arts Centre
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
1995
The Continuing Tradition, Glasgow School of Art
1994
Open eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1993
Yield - 8 artists from WASPS - Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
1992
Scottish Figurative painting, Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath
1990
A View of the New, Royal Overseas League, London
The Compass Contribution - 21 Years of Contemporary Art, Tramway, Glasgow
Public Commissions
2002 Sugar Kelp Painted Mural, West Side Leisure Centre, Shetland. Commissioned by Shetland Recreational Trust
1998 Pavement Mosaic, Scalloway Art Trail, Shetland
1996 Painted tiles and mosaic, Burrastow House Hotel, Shetland
1993-4 Hand Painted Tiles on the theme of the four seasons. Four panels (4m x1m) installed to gable of flats in Kittoch St, East Kilbride, project commissioned by East Kilbride District Council
1992-3 Mosaic and Hand Painted Tile Marine Shapes. Six freeform panels fixed to form wall decoration in interior of Rutherglen Swimming Pool, Glasgow. Commissioned by Glasgow City Council.
1990 Five Painted Tile Panels installed on house gable in East Kilbride new housing development. (One of eight Glasgow artists commissioned by East Kilbride Development Corporation.)
1988 Ceramic Tile Mosaic Mural (16m x 3m) Toddler swimming pool. Dundee Leisure Centre.
1988 Hand Painted Ceramic Tiles for window surrounds and stair dado detail of former jute mill, now converted to housing in Dundee. Commissioned by Hillcrest Housing Association
Community Based Commissions/Projects
I have gained a wide range of experience over the last 20 years working with community art based projects involving children and adults of all ages and abilities.
2007-08 The Big Draw - Visual Artist in Schools, leading a programme of drawing workshops with 9 primary schools over 9 days. Co-ordinated by CAST (Creative Arts School Team), Oban Education Office, with schools within Rothesay and Helensburgh clusters as part of the National Initiative, The Campaign for Drawing.
2007 Half Life - Visual Artist for the creative "Journeys" aspect of the project. Led visual journeys to Carnassarie Castle with Mid Argyll Primary children and their teachers (13 schools in all), allowing the children to experience and interpret the landscape, history and visual aspect of the area using discussion and drawing. Co-ordinated by CAST - Education Office Oban and NVA.
2005 Our Past - Their future Scotland - research art project in Campbeltown to produce artwork with young peoples to develop ideas and understanding about the Second World War, using the above exhibition as a resource. Ran drawing and printmaking workshops with S 4, 5 and year 6 pupils at Campbeltown Grammar.
2002-3 Arts-Play- project funded by Hi- Arts, art workshops with pre-school children in Shetland.
2002 Painted "paper cut" mural of Shetland birds and fauna, Quarff School, Shetland
2001 Playground Mosaic - Olnafirth Primary School, Voe, Shetland
2000 Painted mural for waiting room at west Burrafirth Pier, with local schools from Sandness and Papa Stour, Shetland
1999 Exterior Wall Mosaics - Lunnasting Primary School, Shetland
1997 Two Mosaic Panels, for Happy Hansel Primary School, with children from walls Nature Club
1996 Mosaic Panel for entrance to Baltasound School, with Unst youth Group
1991 Mosaic Mural (24 m long) with artist Helen Maclean decorating playground wall in Maryhill, Glasgow
1990 Mosaic Mural (45ft x14ft) a community project to celebrate the centenary of the Forth Railway Bridge. Sited on platform of North Queensferry Railway Station.
Residencies and Consultancy
2008 Arts Co-ordinator for Dalriada Project, Argyll - managing planned programme of art projects within local schools and the community.
2002-3 Acted as Community Agent with Shetland Islands Partnership to produce Shetland's first public art strategy with a view to encourage the adoption of a more formal public art strategy.
1996 Acted as public art consultant for Scalloway Public Art Trail, Shetland
1988 Scottish Arts Council Artist in Residence (p/t) in Easterhouse Glasgow for 6 months.
Teaching Experience includes
2004-08 Tutor for Art and Ceramic community classes with Argyll College.
2005-06 Established Argyll Artist Workshops, running Painting Courses in Lochgilphead area
2005-07 Kilmartin House Museum - painting and ceramic workshops
2004 Glasgow School of Art Summer School - taught "Glasgow Girls" painting workshop
1998-94 Part time lecturer on Design and Contemporary Textiles Course, Shetland College and Additional Learning Support
1994-97 Visiting lecturer at Glasgow School of Art Painting Dept.
1996 Visiting lecturer - MFA Course, Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee.
Enhanced Disclosure Scotland - for schools within Argyll & Bute and Lochgilphead Resource Centre, valid until October 2008
Work in Public Collections
Glasgow Development Agency
Smith Museum & Art Gallery
The Shetland Museum
St Andrews College
Paintings in Hospitals, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow
Shetland Arts Trust
Professional Membership
Founder member of Veer North, Shetland Visual Artists Group
Founder member and secretary of ArtMap Argyll
Listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART 2008
Contact Details
Tel: 01546 600267
Email: lesleyburr@zetnet.co.uk
Web: www.lesleyburr.co.uk
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