Qualifications
- 2009-2011: MA Fine Art Printmaking, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
- 2005-2009: BA (Hons) Fine Art Printmaking, Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- 2004-2005: Foundation Degree in Art and Design, Stevenson College Edinburgh.
Solo and collaborative shows
- 2018: Adam Linklater: Mythopoeia, Edinburgh Art Festival, Maritime Lane Collective, Edinburgh
- 2016: Maritime Lane Collective, inaugural exhibition, Leith, Edinburgh
- 2015: Secret Arcade, Brunswick Hotel, Glasgow
- 2013: Reality and the Prescribed Alternative, joint exhibition with Dr Dulux, The Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh
- 2012: Gold Sheep, joint exhibition with Lucie Hrnickova, The Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh
- 2010: Air, Studio CO2, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
- 2009: Trance Bender, Project Space, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
- 2009: Degree Show, Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- 2007: Summer Festival Show, Favorit, Edinburgh
Group Exhibitions
- 2015: Saatchi Street Art Collection, curated by Katherine Henning; featured on the Saatchi homepage
- 2015: Spring Exhibition, La Galerie 1940, Edinburgh
- 2013 : Edinburgh Printmakers at ROSL, Royal Over-Seas League, Edinburgh
- 2012 : RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2012: Mixed Winter Exhibition, Gallery Hienzel, Aberdeen
- 2012: 151st Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow
- 2012: BITE: Artists Making Prints, Mall Galleries, London
- 2011: Scottish Printmakers, Gallery Hienzel, Aberdeen
- 2010: Culturelabel Online Shop Launch, Idea Generation Gallery, London
- 2010: Scottish Arts Council exhibition in partnership with the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2010: Quote Marks, Art Complex, St Margaret's House, Edinburgh
- 2010: New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2010: Old Masters...New Masters, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
- 2009: First-Year MFA Exhibition, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
- 2009: e-Creative London: Inclusive Innovation - Future Scenarios, London Design Festival; selected by art-s-talker and presented at the London Design Embassy, V&A Sackler Centre
- 2009: Lois Carson, Andy Cumming, Bruce Shaw and Bridget Steed, Gallery Hienzel, Aberdeen
- 2008: Aberdeen Artists' Society 74th Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen
- 2007: Aberdeen Artists' Society 73rd Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen
- 2007: Best Practice, BP Gallery, Aberdeen
- 2006: Aberdeen Artists' Society 72nd Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen
Collections
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University of Stirling Art Collection, Stirling, Scotland
Residencies/Scholarship
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2013 - Shortlisted for RSA Residencies for Scotland
Awards/Grants
- 2010 - Royal Scottish Academy Printmaking Prize
- 2010 - Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh Printmakers Award
Projects Undertaken
Adam Linklater: Mythopoeia - 2014-2018
A four-year multidisciplinary project culminating in Adam Linklater: Mythopoeia, presented as part of Edinburgh Art Festival in 2018 at Maritime Lane Collective, Edinburgh.
The project centred on the creation of Adam Linklater, a fictional occult artist, shaman and alternative researcher. I developed and inhabited the persona over several years through costume, performance, photography, film, mixed-media artworks and an online presence, presenting the resulting body of work as though Linklater were an independent artist.
The project explored the artist as mythmaker and the ways images, narratives and apparent evidence can construct identity, meaning and belief. Through social media, Linklater developed a following, with members of the audience engaging with the persona as though he were a real individual.
The project culminated in an exhibition bringing together Linklater's supposed artworks, video and sound performances, alongside the first public screening of my experimental film Origins. During an artist talk held as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival programme, I revealed that Linklater was a constructed persona and discussed the four-year process behind the project and the ideas surrounding mythmaking, identity and belief that informed it.
Gray’s School of Art Final-Year Print Portfolio - 2009
Selected print portfolio exhibited at Inverness Museum and toured to venues throughout the Highlands and Islands. The portfolio was also shown in connection with the Southern Graphics Council conference in Chicago and at Dekelb Gallery.