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Joyce Cairns, RSA, RSW  

 
QUALIFICATIONS
1975-1976 Art Teacher's Certificate, Goldsmith College, University of London
1974-1975 Fellowship, Gloucester College of Art and Design (Cheltenham)
1971-1974 Master of Art, Royal College of Art, London
1970-1971 Post Diploma Certificate (Highly Commended), Gray's School of Art
1969 Summer School, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath
1966-1970 Diploma of Art, Gray's School of Art
   
HISTORY  
1976-2004 Lecturer in Drawing & Painting, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
1998 Elected Royal Scottish Academician
1994 External Examiner to Architectural students on Experimental Aesthetics Course,
  Strathclyde University, Glasgow
1998   Visiting Lecturer; Lithographic Academy, Tidaholm, Sweden
1985 Elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy
1985-1988 Elected President, Aberdeen Artists Society (1st woman to hold post)
1984-1995  Visiting Lecturer; Glasgow School of Art and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
1980 Elected Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists
1979 Elected, Member Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
1974-1975 Part-Time Lecturer, Gloucestershire College of Art & Design, Stroud Art College
 
AWARDS  
2002 2nd Prize, Shell Expro, Aberdeen Artists Society
1997 Gillies Travel Bursary (Royal Scottish Academy) for trip to Poland
1995 Research Award (Robert Gordon University) One Year's Sabbatical
1995 Research Award (RGU) Travel
1994 Premier Award, Shell Expro, AAS
1993 The May Marshall Brown Award, Royal Scottish Society for Painters in Watercolour
1993 W & J Burness Award, RSA
1989 1st Prize, Morrison Portrait Competition, RSA
1985 Scottish Arts Council Bursary
1982 2nd Prize, Shell Expro, AAS
1978 Latimer Award, RSA
1974 EQ Henriques Gift, Royal College of Art
1973 First Prize, Shulton's Competition, RCA
1972 English Speaking Union Scholarship to USA
1972 Anstruther Award, RCA
1972 1st Prize Arbroath Art Competition
1971 Carnegie Travelling Scholarship, RSA
1970 Robert Brough Scholarship, Gray's School of Art
1970 RSA Student Prize
1969 Hospitalfield Prize
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Mélange, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
2006 War Tourist, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
2005 MonoprintsFriends Room, The Royal Scottish Academy
2004 Postcards From Fittie, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
2003 Monoprints, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
2003 Sea Sirens, The Weem Gallery, Pittenweem Arts Festival
1998 Works on Paper, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
1995 Footdee Ikons, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
1993 The Guilding Light, Elektra Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
1992 To The Lighthouse: Andrew Lamount Gallery, London
1991-1992 Ship to Shore: Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh & tour; Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen;
  Odette Gilbert Gallery, London; Kirkcaldy Art Gallery & Museum; An Lanntair, Stornaway;
  Inverness, Wick, Skye & Thurso
1986 New Paintings: 369 Gallery, Edinburgh & tour ; The Third Eye Centre, Glasgow;
  Artspace, Aberdeen; Perth Museum & Art Gallery (Perth Arts Festival)
1984 Recent Paintings, Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen
1982 Senior Common Room, Aberdeen University
1981 Paintings & Watercolours, English Speaking Union, Edinburgh
1980 Recent Paintings, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
   
Exhibited extensively in Group Exhibitions in UK and abroad
   
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aberdeen Art Gallery, BBC Television, Edinburgh City Arts Centre, Fife Regional Council, Fleming’s Bank,
The Scottish Arts Council, Glasgow City Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art,
Grampian Television, Graves Art Gallery & Museum Sheffield, Gray’s School of Art Aberdeen,
Lanarkshire County Council, Manchester City Art Gallery, McMaster Museum Hamilton Ontario, Mobil,
Perth City Art Gallery & Museum, Shell UK, Tidaholm Government Office Sweden,
The Contemporary Arts Society, The Royal Scottish Academy, University of Aberdeen,
University of Strathclyde, Unilever, Aberdeen Asset Management, The National Museums of Scotland,
The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Asset Management, Singapore
 

'Fritzi Meets a Sailor'

gouache

10" x 12"

sold

 

'Mothers Jug'

'My Village'

'Pusser's Rum'

oil on panel

oil on MDF

oil on panel

18.5" x 9"

9.75" x 19"

48" x 36"

sold

sold

£7,500

   

 

'Regimental Lament'

'Remember The Footdee Fishing Nets'

'The Red Dress'

'Through the Porthole'

oil on MDF

Drawing

mixed media

oil on panel

48" x 36"

7.5" x 9"

29" x 21"

18" x 20"

£6,500

sold

sold

£3,250

 

     

'Behind the Red Curtain'

'Wedding Guest'

oil on MDF

oil on paper

48" x 36"

38.5" x 17.25"

£6,500

sold

   
   

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