Born                                     Rochester, Kent, England, 1950

Education and Qualifications

2003-06                               Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University: PhD

2000-01                               Gray’s School of Art: MA Art & Design

1992-93                               Northern College of Education: PGCE Art & Design

1989-92                               Gray’s School of Art: BA (Hons.) Fine Art    

Selected Exhibitions

2011                                      Insights into British Art Today, Kreuzgang von St. Jakob, Regensburg, Germany

1992-2014                            Aberdeen Artists’ Annual Exhibition

2009                                      The Gaelic Connection, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen

2004-2005                             (ex)position, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen

2001                                       Bridge,  Lemon Tree Theatre, Aberdeen

                                               Homecoming(s),  Duff House, Banff

                                              Chosen,  Rootstein Hopkins Space, London College of Fashion

2000                                       RSA Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh

1999                                       Morrison Portrait Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

1998                                       Noble Grossart Painting Competition, RSA Edinburgh and Glasgow School of Art

1997                                       A Month in Tuscany (Ruskin – Colle Verde Award, Graves Gallery, Sheffield)

1995                                       Morrison Portrait Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

1994                                       Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

                                               Scottish Society of Artists and Craftsmen, RSA, Edinburgh

1992                                       New Generation Artists, Compass Gallery, Glasgow

Awards

2005                                       Peacock Printmakers Visual Arts Prize

2002                                       Aberdeen Artists’ Exhibition (Commended)

2001                                       John Kinross Florence Scholarship, RSA

2000                                       Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Award

1995                                       Morrison Portrait Award, RSA,  (Commended)

1994                                       Guild of St. George, Ruskin – Colle Verde Bursary Award

Published Academic Papers

The Illumined Mind: Education, Ethics and Art. In: Buschkuhle, K-P., Atkinson, D., Vella, R., eds. Art - Ethics - Education. Leiden / Boston: Brill Sense. 2020. From the series Doing Arts Thinking: Arts Practice, Research and Education, Baldacchino, J., ed. Volume 7.

Alterities. In: International Encyclopedia of Art and Design Education, Volume 1, Histories and Philosophies. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 2019. [read abstract online / puchase download]

Dream and Semblance: The Play of Art and Life. In: Tymienecka, A. T., / Trutty-Coohill, P., eds. Analecta Husserliana (Volume 119), The Cosmos and the Creative Imagination. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2016. [read abstract online / purchase download]

The Sky’s the Limit: Art and the Idea of Infinity. In: Tymienecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Volume 115), From Sky and Earth to Metaphysics. Dordrecht: Springer. 2015. [read abstract online / purchase download]

The Ideal and the Real: Bridging the Gap. In: Tymienecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Volume 110, part 2), Phenomenology / Ontopoiesis Retrieving Cosmic Horizons of Antiquity. Dordrecht: Springer. 2011. [read abstract online / purchase download]

Speaking Without Words: Art and Self-Knowledge.  In: Phenomenological Inquiry – Aesthetics and Art, Vol. 34, October 2010. Hanover, NH, USA: World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning.

Measure and Excess. In: Tymieniecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Vol. 97), Beauty’s Appeal: Measure and Excess. Dordrecht: Springer. 2008. [read extract online / purchase download]

Beyond Cause and Effect: Beauty, Truth, Alterity. In: Tymieniecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Vol. 97), Beauty’s Appeal: Measure and Excess. Dordrecht: Springer. 2008.

Beyond Knowledge: Questioning the Episteme through Art’s Alterity. In: Tymieniecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Vol. 95), Education in Human Creative Existential Planning. Dordrecht: Springer. 2008. [read extract online / purchase download]

Art as a Narrative of Alterity (Doctoral Thesis). 2006. [read abstract online / apply for download]

Alterity, Art, and the Language of the Soul. In: Tymieniecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Vol. 94), Phenomenology of Life: From the Animal Soul to the Human Mind. Dordrecht: Springer. 2006.

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Art, Alterity, and Logos: The Spaces of Separation. In: Tymieniecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Vol. 91), Logos of Phenomenology and Phenomenology of the Logos. Dordrecht: Springer. 2006.

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Reality, Illusion and Alterity: The Advent of the Other. In: Tymieniecka, A. T., ed. Analecta Husserliana (Vol. 87), Human Creativity Between Reality and Illusion. Dordrecht: Springer. 2006.

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