James McDonald (artist)

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Scottish artist James McDonald was born in Stirling in 1956. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, award winning artist James McDonald has painted full time since 1989. Exhibited widely, his quixotic, meticulously observed still lives feature in many public and corporate collections worldwide.

Educated from 1974 - 78 at Edinburgh College of Art and thereafter taking on a Certificate of Post Graduate Studies (Edinburgh), he has held the following one man shows:

1985 - Rijkscentrum Frans Masareel, Belgium

1989 - Glasgow Print Studio

1991 - The Cormund Gallery, Glasgow

1992 - Ewan Mundy Fine Art, London

1993 - The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

1994 - Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow

1994 - The Academy Club, London

1998 - Glasgow Print Studio

1996 - Long & Ryle Art International, London

1997 - Beak Gallery, Dublin

1997 - Beaux Arts, Bath

[1] Touch Has A Memory, 39" x30", oil on panel, 2007. [2] Three Towers, 42" x 30", oil on wood 1998 [3] Artist and Model, 6' x 4', oil, 2002

Mr. McDonald has been awarded the following:

1978 - Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship, 1985 - British Council Travel Grant, 1986 - I.B.M. Purchase Prize (SSA), 1987 - The Falkiner Award for Printmaking, 1990 - The N.S. McFarlane Charitable Trust Award (RGI), 1992 - Nominated for City of Glasgow/Lord Provost Prize, 1992 - Alexander Stone Foundation (RGI), 1991/98 - Included in Noble Grossart Painting Prize Exhibition, Edinburgh.

James McDonald’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections in Great Britain and abroad including:

Victoria and Albert Museum, The Hunterian Gallery, The Clydesdale Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, The Bank of Scotland, Arthur Andersen & Co, A:M. Transport, Hove Museum, Scottish Arts Council, The Arts in Fife, Ross Harper Murphy, I.B.M., BBC Scottish Television, Harper McLeod Solicitors, John Rae Audio Visual, Motorola, The Commonwealth Institute.