“My working process involves a range of materials including acrylic and oil paints, collage, glazes and varnishes. The paintings are created on wood panels and utilise more urban colours than the colours of nature. Ultimately they aim to celebrate the spirit of modern culture, the pleasure of finding and using, and the Dada-ist ideal of looking at society in fragments.”

Education

• 1987 Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting)

• 1986 BA Honours Degree in Fine Art (Painting)

• 1982–1987 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

PRIZES AND AWARDS

• The John Kinross Scholarship 1987 Awarded by The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

• Studied in Florence, Italy

• The Pollock-Krasner Award 1996 Major Artist’s Grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York

Artist’s Assistance Grants

• 1998–2001 Awarded by The Scottish Arts Council

• 2003–2006 Aberdeenshire Visual Arts Award

• 2005 Aspect Painting Prize Finalist, Runner up Award

PAST EXHIBITIONS
Solo (selected)

• 2020 ‘Days in Europa’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

• 2019 ‘Love Letter to Europe’, Kilmorack Gallery, Scotland

• 2018 Lemond Gallery, Glasgow; Fraser Gallery, St Andrews

• 2017 ‘New Work’, Kilmorack Gallery, Scotland

• 2016 The Marlin Project, Gallery Different, London

• 2014 Fraser East, St Andrews

• 2013 Icon Gallery, Singapore

• 2011 Fraser East, St Andrews

• 2010 Panter and Hall, London

• 2008 ‘Yesterday is Here’, John Briggs Gallery, Stonehaven

• 2007 ‘Heroes and Icons’, Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow ‘New Paintings’, Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen

• 2004 Urban Dada, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen Woodend Barn Art Centre, Banchory

• 2003 Circle Gallery, Edinburgh

• 2000 Woodend Barn Art Centre, Banchory

• 1999 Nord/LB Galerie, Braunschweig, Germany

• 1998 Galerie Bongartz & Partner, Hanover, Germany

• 1997 Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness Carron Works, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen

Exhibitions Group
(selected)

• 2020 Cameron Contemporary Art

• 2019 Stafford Gallery, London. Union Gallery, Edinburgh. Modern Artists Gallery, Reading. Fidra Fine Art, Gullane

• 2018 Art Salon, Bath. Thompson’s Gallery, London. Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh. 2017 Panter & Hall, London (Scottish Show)

• 2016 Union Gallery, Edinburgh Richard Hagen, Broadway. Visual Arts Scotland, Converge at RSA, Edinburgh

• 2015 Panter and Hall, London. Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow. Velvet Easel Gallery, Edinburgh. Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow. Group 13 at Smithy Gallery, Blanefield. Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly

• 2014 Group 13 Collective, Union Gallery, Edinburgh. Icon Gallery, Singapore. Modern Artists Gallery, Reading. Fraser Gallery, St Andrews. Richard Hagen, Broadway. Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly. Urbane Art, Edinburgh

• 2013 ‘Mind the Gap’, touring exhibition, Korea. Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh

• 2012 ‘On a Grand Scale’, Gallery 27 Cork Street, London. VAS at RSA, Edinburgh. The Scottish Show, Panter & Hall, London. Fraser Gallery, St Andrews. McAuley Fine Art, Edinburgh. Stafford Gallery, London

• Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory. Saffron Gallery, Battle, East Sussex. Lightbox Museum (Ingram Collection), Woking, Surrey

• 2011 Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow. Richard Hagen Gallery, Broadway. Union Gallery, Edinburgh

• 2010 ‘The Scottish Show’, Oakham Contemporary, London. Richard Hagen Gallery, Broadway. JHW Fine Art, London Paisley Art Institute

• 2009 ‘Chasing Flames’, Turn-Berlin Galerie, Berlin Panter & Hall, London. ‘Paintwork’, Galerie Borchardt, Hamburg. ‘The Scottish Show’, Oakham Contemporary, London. London Art Fair (with Panter & Hall). ’The Painted Word’, Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory

• 2008 100 Years of Scottish Painting, Panter & Hall, London Art London (with Panter & Hall). Latitude 57°, A Line of Thought, Aberdeen 2008. 20/21 British Art Fair, London. ‘Progressive Transformations’, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen Affordable Art Fair, London

• 2007 Panter & Hall, London Adam Gallery, Bath. Art London (with Panter & Hall), Fraser Gallery, Dundee. ‘Home Grown Talent’, Duff House, Banff Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

• 2006 ‘One Love Football Art Prize’, The Lowry, Salford

• 2005 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London. Galerie Excentrisk, Aarhus, Denmark

• 1997/1995 The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

• 2003–2004 Paisley Art Institute, Paisley

• Society of Scottish Artists, RSA, Edinburgh

• 2000/1996/1994 Highland Open, Touring Exhibition, Scotland

• 2002–2003 Scottish Art Today, International Festival, Edinburgh

• 2001–2004 Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow

• 2004 Thompson’s Marylebone, London

• 2003 Godfrey and Watt, Harrogate

• 2003 Tower Foyer Gallery, University of Dundee

• 2003 Lennox Gallery, London.

• 2003 South Street Gallery, St Andrews

• 2002 The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne

• 2002 MVAC Gallery, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA

• 2002 Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art, London

• 2002 Arndean Gallery, London Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

• 2001 Musee d’Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City

• 2001 Broadway Modern, Worcestershire

• 1997 Noble Grossart Painting Prize, Glasgow and Edinburgh

COLLECTIONS

Work represented in private collections in Scotland, Ireland, England, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, USA, New Zealand, Japan, and in the Public Collections of Highland Regional Council (Scotland), Norddeutsche Landesbank (Germany), Grampian Arts Trust (Scotland), Hibernian Football Club (Edinburgh).

Publications

Major publications have been prepared to accompany the following projects:

• 2006 The Aspect Painting Prize. Award Winners Exhibition, Adam Gallery, London

• 2000 Art for EXPO. Curated International group exhibition, EXPO

• 2000 Touring Show, New York, Singapore, Germany

• 1998 Colin Brown, Paintings and Constructions. Solo Exhibition, Galerie Bongartz & Partner, Hanover, Germany

• 1998 Nord/LB Forum. Curated Exhibition of British and German Artists, The Messe Showgrounds, Hanover, Germany

• 1997 Colin Brown, Recent Paintings. Solo Exhibition, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland

• 1994 Kunst fur Dubrovnik. Selected International Group Exhibition. Landes Museum Volk und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf, Germany

• 1994 Kunstraum Kempen, Colin Brown, Malerei. Site-specific Installation, The Stadt Kramer Museum, Kempen, Germany

Video

2003 Colin Brown in conversation with Lorraine Grant. Filmed by Aberdeenshire Media Unit