Gillian Murray
Gillian Murray was born in Perth, Scotland in 1970. She studied Fine Art (Printmaking) at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen and graduated with a BA Honours degree in 1993.
For over 20 years Gillian ran the screenprinting department at Edinburgh Printmaker’s workshop. This involved working on print projects with a number of artists and teaching courses in printmaking. She now work full time on her own practise as well as freelance teaching and printing editions for other artists.
Ultimately, discovering raw, elemental and often beautiful landscapes is my true inspiration and what draws me away from the busyness of the city where I live and work. The experience of drawing outdoors restores my energy and calms my thoughts - a feeling of tranquility that I hope is conveyed in my prints.
In the sketches I make the line is of prime importance. The line becomes the link between me physically being in a place drawing, to it appearing in the my final screenprint. It is the constant in my work around which planes of colour and textures develop through the printmaking process. Making layers, trying to get the colours just right and mixing subtle blends all add to the anticipation in revealing the final image from the press. A combination of method and intuitiveness that keeps me intrigued by the printmaking medium.
Exhibitions
2020
Society of Scottish Artists/Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition (2019/20).
Frames Gallery, Perth (with Fife Dunfermline print workshop).
2019
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition.
Sutton Gallery, Edinburgh. Resipole Gallery A5 Exhibition.
ArTay & Frames Gallery, Perth. Meffan Gallery, Fife (SSA members exh).
Dockside Gallery, Tweedmouth.
2018
‘Deluge’ Exhibition, Edinburgh Printmakers. St Columba’s Hospice Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Impact Printmaking conference, Santander, Spain.
‘Salon collection’ Exhibition, Edinburgh Printmakers.
‘Kaleidoscope’, Sproson Gallery, St. Andrews.
Gallery Ten, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Art in Healthcare Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Lime Tree Gallery, Fort William.
Resipole Studio’s Fine Art Gallery, Resipole, Acharacle.
‘Limited Edition’, Edinburgh Printmakers. Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh.
2017
Dancing Light Gallery, Lamancha, West Linton.
The Great Print Exhibition, Rheged Centre, Penrith.
Edinburgh Printmakers 50th Anniversary Exhibition.
St Columba’s Hospice Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Lochcarron Gallery, Lochcarron.
Marchmont Gallery, Edinburgh.
‘No Woman is an Island’ Exhibition, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh.
30x30 prints, Edinburgh Printmakers. Sutton Gallery, Edinburgh
2016
Society of Scottish Artists ‘spotlight member’ Annual Exhibition.
St Columba’s Hospice Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Macmillan Art Exhibition, Edinburgh
Lochcarron Gallery, Lochcarron
2015
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh.
St Columba’s Hospice Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Macmillan Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Gallery Four, St Abbs.
WASPS exhibition, Patriothall, Edinburgh.
2014
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Royal Overseas League, London.
Edinburgh Art Fair.
Macmillan Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Royal Over Seas League, Edinburgh.
Gallery Ten, Edinburgh.
St Columba’s Hospice Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Golden Hare, Edinburgh
2013
Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Printmakers & Scottish Poetry Library Exhibition, Edinburgh.
St Columba’s Hospice Annual Art Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Gallery Ten, Edinburgh.Dancing Light Gallery, Lamancha, West Linton.
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London.
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh.