UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Fri 23 AugLochgilpheadArtmap Argyll Open Studios – open 23rd – 26th August 2024
Sat 18 NovThe Art Pavillion40 years of painting and friendship!
Tue 21 JunRoyal Academy of ArtsAn explosion of colour in the galleries, drinks in the courtyard and artist-designed flags flying down London’s iconic Piccadilly – it’s summer at the RA.
Fri 20 AugLesley's StudioArtmap Argyll is a network and membership organisation open to professional and aspiring artists alike. We help artists network with each other and to share their work and experience with a wider audience. https://artmapargyll.co.uk/directory-artmap_artis/listing/lesley-burr/
SELECTED AWARDS
2019 Royal Scottish Academy (W. Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Award and Maud Gemmell Hutchison Bequest prizes)
2019 Arctic Artist in Residence, Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute
2017 Artist in Residence, Moine Mhor National Nature Reserve (NNR), Scottish Natural Heritage
2003 Faroe Islands Lithographic Workshop and Smyril Line commission
2002 John Goudie Printmaking Prize, Shetland
1997 Ruth Davidson Memorial Scholarship, Languedoc, France
1993 The Laing Art Competition – Scottish Prize and National Highly Commended
1992 The Laing Art Competition – National Prize
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Polar North, Shetland Museum
2023 ‘Arctic Paintings’, Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
2023 ‘Arctic Paintings’, Dunoon Burgh Hall, Dunoon
2022 Arctic monoprints – featured artist, Glasgow Print Studio
2016 New Paintings, Crinan Gallery, Argyll
2015 Luminous Places, Crinan Gallery, Argyll
2009 New paintings, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
2006 The House for an Art Lover, Glasgow
2006 Inner Outer Landscape, Glasgow Buddhist Centre
2001 New Prints and Paintings, Glasgow Print Studio
1999 French Landscapes, NHS Trust Hospital, Shetland
1998 Autumn Wind South, Shetland Museum
1998 Landscapes, Royal Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
1998 French Landscapes, Aberdeen Art Gallery Café
1996 Bird of Passage, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
1996 Shetland Paintings, MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling University
1995 Heart of an Island, Compass Gallery Glasgow
1995 New paintings, Shetland Museum, Lerwick
1995 Monoprints, The Original Print Shop, Glasgow Print Studio
1994 Dawn to Dusk, Sumburgh Airport, Shetland
1990 ‘Five Girls from Glasgow’, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
TWO PERSON & INVITED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Colinton Arts Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2022 Featured Artist, Glasgow Print Studio
2022 RSA Annual Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh
2021 Artmap Argyll Open Studios, Lochgilphead
2020 Creating Connections, The RGI, Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
2018, 2019 The Winter Show, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
2015 Earth, Land, Sea - Three Argyll artists,
Leiper Fine Art, Glasgow
2014 20:20 - Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2013 McGill Duncan Gallery, Castle Douglas
2010-12 400 Women, London, Amsterdam,
Edinburgh International Festival
2011 Mystical Landscapes, Tighnabruich Gallery
-Crossing Watter, 8 Shetland artists to
Kunsthus Farum, Denmark
-Islay Landscapes, Outback Art Gallery, Isle of Islay
2009 Earra Ghaideal), Artmap Argyll,
Pentagon Business Centre, Glasgow
2008 Crossing Water, Shetland Museum and Inverness Museum Gallery
- Painting Venice, Vaila Fine Art, Shetland, with Alison Harper and Rosemary Beaton
2007 New Paintings, Archway Gallery Lochgilphead with Gillian Goodheir
2004 “Love” Vaila Fine Art, Lerwick Shetland, with Alison Harper and Rosemary Beaton
2002, 1997 “The Glasgow Girls” Boundary Gallery, London and 1992
1999 Six Shetland Artists, Maloy, Norway
1993 China Paintings, Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath
(with June Carey)
1992 Scottish Figurative Painting, Cleveland Bridge Gallery,
Bath
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 - 22 Regular exhibitor with RSW RoyaL Scottish
Watercolourists, RGI Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts,
RSA - Royal Scottish Academy and Compass Gallery.
2009-19 Argyll landscapes, Outback Art Gallery, Isle of Islay.
2010 ‘Lyrical’, An Tobar, Isle of Mull
2009‘ Argyll Landscapes’ Outback Art Gallery and Kilchoman
Distillery, Isle of Islay
2008 Scottish Contemporary Art Sale, McTears, Glasgow
2007 Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition
-Argyll Boxed Collection, touring show, An Tobar, Mull
2006 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
-Rivers, Lochs, Still Waters, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
-The Aspect Prize, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery
2005 Paisley Drawing Competition, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery
-Solas, Glasgow Print Studio
2002 Dundee Print Open exhibition, Dundee Contemporary Arts
2001 Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery
-Castle Gallery, Inverness
-Cabinet paintings, Glasgow Print Studio
2000 Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery
1998 Scottish Show, Thompson Gallery, London
1997 The Royal Academy Summer Show, London
1996 The Royal Academy Summer Show, London
-Second Sightings- Inverness Museum and Gallery
-Island Artists, Crawford Museum and Arts Centre
1995 The Continuing Tradition, Glasgow School of Art
1990 A View of the New, Royal Overseas League, London
-The Compass Contribution – Tramway, Glasgow
SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC ART
2016 8 Tanks, painted murals, Gleaner Oil Works, Ardrishaig
2015 Skylark, galvanized steel sculpture (0.6 x 1.2 m), Blarbuie Woodland,
2010 Threshold coat of arms mosaic, The George Hotel, Inveraray
2007 Fisherman’s Garden, pavement mosaic, with Scalloway pottery, Scalloway Art Trail
2002 Sugar Kelp, hand-painted wall mural, West Mainland Leisure Centre, Shetland
1994 Four Seasons, hand-painted tile gable panels, Kittoch Street, East Kilbride
1993 Hand-painted fired tiles, mosaic step, Burrastow House, Shetland
1992–3 Six Marine Forms, freeform mosaic/painted fired tiles, Rutherglen Swimming Pool
1990 Five panels, painted, fired porcelain tiles, East Kilbride housing project
1988 Whale tile mural, manufactured tiles, Dundee Leisure Centre,
1988 Hand-painted tiles for interior of renovated jute mill, Hillcrest Housing Projects, Dundee
1987 Tay Water Course, hand-painted tile arches, former Dens Works, Hillcrest Housing Projects
Smith Art Gallery & Museum
Shetland Amenity Trust
St Andrews College
NHS Stobhill Hospital
The Royal Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow
The Public Catalogue Foundation
Dundee Public Art Programme
Glasgow City Council