Barry McGlashan b. 1974, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Lives and works in Aberdeen.
EDUCATION
1992-1996 BA Hons (First Class), Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Distant Ideal, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK
2023 Up You Go, Little Smoke, Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy
2022 Living Memory, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2022 Night Music, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay, UK
2021 Between The Dream And Waking, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2020 Natura Naturata, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2018 Line Of Beauty, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2017 The Glass Mountain, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2016 Mudlarks and Connoisseurs, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2014 The Burning Heart, John Martin Mayfair, London, UK
2014 The Sunken Dream, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2013 That Howling Infinite, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2012 We Are Stardust, Smart Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2012 Quiet Please, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2011 The Secrets, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2010 The Whiteness Of The Whale, Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2009 Somewhere In The North, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2009 Wonderland, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2004 Between Journeys, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2004 There And Back Again, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow, UK
2003 Recent Works, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2002 Small Town Continuation, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2001 The Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship, Small Town, The Royal Scottish Academy - The Fettes Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2000 New Lands, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
1999 Work on Paper, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
1999 Recent Work, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
1998 New Works, The Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Soulscapes - curated by Uwe Henneken, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
2023 Hinterland - curated by Jane Neal, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2022 The Power to Dream - curated by James Bolton, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2022 Moon Child, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022, invited artist, Royal Academy, London, UK
2021 Here Come The Suns - curated by Uwe Henneken, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2021 PPP On Paper - curated by Danny Lamb, Painters Painting Paintings in coalition with Gallery Climate Coalition, online
2021 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy, London, UK
2021 Postcards - curated by Brit Pruiksma & Magnus Karlsson, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
2021 The John Moores Painting Prize 2020, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2018/19 Rubenshuis, Antwerp, 4 month loan to the studio of Rubens
2016 Figurative Art Today, Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2015 Spring Masters Park Avenue Armory, New York, USA
2012 Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2011 Edward Cutler Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009 The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2008 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
1996 - 2014 Chelsea Gallery, Palo Alto, California, USA
The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
John Martin Gallery, London, UK
John Martin Chelsea, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, New York, US
20/21 British Art Fair, London, UK
New Acquisitions, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
20 Years Of The Alastair Salvesen Scholarship, The Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The Alastair Salvesen Scholarship, Reunion Show, Royal Scottish Academy, UK
The Festival Show, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The Coaster Project, Transcultural Exchange, 98 global venues
The Morrison Portrait Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy
The Islington Art Fair, London, UK
Frame of Mind, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
New Blood, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Recent Works, A.R.I. Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
On a Small Scale, The Open Eye Galley, Edinburgh, UK
Artists Alphabet, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Compass Gallery Christmas show, Glasgow, UK
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Christmas Show, Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen, UK
Northern Exposure, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Silver, Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen, UK
The Royal Glasgow Institute, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, UK
Contemporary Scottish Art, Napier Gallery, St. Helier, , UK
New Generation, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Viewmount Graduates Show, Stonehaven, UK
1995 - 2011 Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery, UK
AWARDS
2019 The Tatha Gallery Award, Society of Scottish Artists/Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy
2018 The Scottish Gallery Award (Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy
2018 The W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2015 The Open Eye Gallery Award, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy
2011 The Cuthbert Award, Royal Glasgow Institute
2011 Commendation, Aberdeen Artists Society
2009 First Prize, The Meffan Winter Exhibition, Meffan Museum, Forfar
2006 The Meyer Oppenheim Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2005 The James McBey Travel Award
2005 Aberdeen Visual Arts Awards Scheme Grant Commendation, Aberdeen Artists Society
2003 The Shell Expro Award, Aberdeen Artists Society
2001 The Alastair Salvesen Travelling Scholarship - three months study in the USA, Royal Scottish Academy
2001 The Shell Premier Award, Aberdeen Artists Society
2000 The Shell Expro Award, Aberdeen Artists Society
1998 The Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy
1996 The MacAllan Award, Royal Scottish Academy
1996 The John Kinross Scholarship - three months study in Florence, The Royal Scottish Academy
1995 The Steele-Cornwall Scholarship, Grays School of Art
1995 Grays Former Pupil Award, Grays Former Pupil Society
1994 The Hector Memorial Prize, Grays School of Art
1994 The Wood Group Purchase Prize, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust