CATHARINE DAVISON BA (HONS) MA (DIST) RSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Forthcoming
2013
2000
May 2015. The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
March 2016. The Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
TBC. The British Embassy, Bratislava
The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, This Land Ate my Heart
Laphroaig Whisky Distillery, Islay, Argyll
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS, AWARDS & ILLUSTRATION
2015
Invited Artist The Lynn Painter- Stainers Award for creative representational painting, Mall Galleries; London
The City Art Centre, Calton Hill; Site of Memory
2014
The Lynn Painter- Stainers Award First Prize for creative representational painting, Mall Galleries; London
BP Atrium Gallery, Aberdeen; Group Exhibition, Beyond Land
2013
Edinburgh Visual Artists Award; funding towards creation of new work at The Edinburgh Printmakers Studios
RSA Open Exhibition; Award RSA Scottish Arts Club Prize of a Solo Exhibition in 2016
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition; Prize of a Solo Exhibition British Embassy in Slovakia
Shortlisted for The Jolomo Foundation Award for Scottish Landscape Painting
2014,13,10,08
Aberdeen Artists’ Society Exhibition. (2013 awarded a ‘commendation’)
2015,14,13,12,10,08 Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh
2015,13,12,10,09,08 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh
2013,12
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries; London
2014,13,12, 11,08
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh
2013,12,11,10,09,08 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, The Mitchell Library
2012,11,10
Panter and Hall, London; Scottish Show
2007- 2014
Open Eye Gallery On a small scale; Edinburgh
2012
Shorlisted for RSA William Littlejohn Award for Innovation in water based media
2011
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Inside Outside
2010
William J Macaulay/ Scottish Gallery Award, Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Studio Selection
2009
Cuthbert Award; Most Distinguished Painting by a New Young Artist, Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition
Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition, Paisley Museum and Art Galleries
2008
Langside College Watercolour Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition
2007
(2007 moved to Edinburgh)
Group Exhibition Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, Larnaca, Cyprus
2007/06
Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Mall Galleries, London
2002
Federation of British Artists Scholarship to The British School, Rome
National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries
Launch of Laphroaig Whisky Web Site, www.laphroaig.com
Allied Domecq commission Illustrations for 2 sets of labels with Laphroaig Whisky for the Erskine 2000 Appeal
Allied Domecq commission 12 colour & 12 black and white illustrations for Ltd Laphroaig Whisky calendars
1995
Vogue/ Sotheby’s/ Beaton Award for Illustration
Group show at the Hanover Galleries, Liverpool
1993
Original Art Works commissioned to market productions throughout 1993/94 at The Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool
Laing Open Art Competition
Exhibition of Irish Artists, Bluecoat Chambers; Liverpool
COLLECTIONS
Edinburgh City Council; The City Art Centre
Aberdeen Asset Management Contemporary Art Collection
Allied Domecq Wines and Spirits
Liverpool Maritime Museum
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
1997- 2001
1990- 1993
1989- 1990
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College of Art and Design; MA Illustration: Distinction.
Sponsorship from Allied Domecq, major project at Laphroaig Distilleries, Islay
Liverpool John Moores University; BA (Hons) Graphic Design (Illustration): 2:1
Manchester Polytechnic; Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CURRENT
2010- 2011
2009-2010
2008
2007
2002- 2007
2004-Current
2002
2001
1996- 2002
1993- 1994
Edinburgh College of Art; Department of Illustration; Location Drawing Tutor (sessional)
The University of Edinburgh; Art and Design Studies Tutor, Office of Life Long Learning
Loretto School; evening art sessions for A Level and GCSE students
Lathallan School; Head of Art
The Edinburgh Academy; Teacher of Art (Maternity)
Loretto School; Head of Art (Maternity)
Resident artist Cyprus College of art, Larnaca Studio
Shiplake College, Henley-on-Thames; Teacher of Art
Edexcel Examinations Moderator for GCSE Art and Design
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell; Resident Printmaker
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College; Printmaking Assistant (voluntary)
Halton General Hospital, Runcorn; Workshop leader for ‘The Life at Halton’
Heathfield School, Ascot; Resident Artist (96-98) Teacher of Art (98-2002)
Liverpool John Moores University; Teaching assistant with life drawing and location based projects (voluntary)
TRAINING/ WORKSHOPS/ TALKS
March 2015
October 2014
August 2014
April 2014
June 2014
September 2011
May 2011
February 2011
February 2010
September 2009
July 2009
April 2009
January 2008
Photo- Plate Lithography, Tutor Alastair Clark; The Edinburgh Printmakers
Monoprinting Masterclass, Tutor Nicholas Devison; Edinburgh Printmakers
Invited Artist on selection panel; Fabric of the Land, Aberdeen
Etching Weekend Course. The Edinburgh Printmakers
McLaren Digital Animation Workshop. The Talbot Rice Gallery; Edinburgh
Making Applications & Proposals workshop, Cultural Enterprise Office, Sierra Metro, Edinburgh
Painting Pictures, Tutor Derrick McGuire; Art and Design Studies, University of Edinburgh
Gathering’s, practical painting course for teachers investigating Joan Erdley, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
Ideas Defined, open drawing workshop for adults; Talbot Rice Gallery
Experimentum Mundi, open theatre workshop with the composer, Giorgio Battistelli
Robert Chum, open workshop; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
The Drawing Room, experimental drawing sessions, Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Passion and Structure, weekend practical painting course investigating Euan Uglow; Leith School of Art