Shelagh Atkinson
Edinburgh and South Lanarkshire
My work is primarily concerned with journeying and pathways, creating these travels through the medium of screenprinting and paint and other art platforms.l
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She is a multi disciplinary artist interested in the natural environment, politics, the human condition. Her work contains topical themes related to the environment, politics and language, reflections on the human condition, and poignant subjects of grief, memory and transformation. Her practice incorporates a range of media including paint, photography, video, print, drawing and sound. Coming from a left leaning political household, could be said to be integral to Atkinson’s artistic practice. She did not take a conventional route into art, her story acts as an inspiration to a younger generations who are likely to feel an affinity with her experience, especially in the current socio-economic climate.
‘Life is about learning which are the questions we should ask, not as we are taught, seeking answers.’ Atkinson also investigates the visual possibilities of language through a range of mediums.
Career On Being human Leith School of Art Edinburgh
Commuincation Studies Napier University Edinburgh
Community Studies Crewe And Alsager College Chesire
Work experience:
2022 Curatorial conversations with Wendy Law
2019/020/21/23 working with Art360 Foundation archiving my collection, digitising the works, archiving the papers, cataloguing .
Current: pop up art retail experience Edinburgh
Current: portraiture developments
2008 /2010 Studio practice and research
2006/7 The Drawing Group WASPS Studio Edinburgh
2003/05 Leith School of Art, Drawing and Painting
2000/01 Painting and Life Drawing Courses, Newmilne Studios, Perthshire
1996 Non-toxic Print Workshop, Prof K Howard , Edinburgh Print makers, Edinburgh
1996/97 Community Art Workshops, Edinburgh
Areas of work: printmaking, painting, drawing, project making, photography
Collections:
- NBC MeshTech Inc Tokyo Japan
- Royal Bank of Scotland art collection
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh
- Newhall Art Collection Cambridge University England.
- Royal Scottish Museum Edinburgh
- Glasgow Womens Art Library
- Scottish Poetry Collection Edinburgh
- The BalticPlus archive Newcastle upon Tyne England
- Royal Scottish Museum Edinburgh
- Commissions:
- 2018 Bailey family: Portaiture in paint
- 2015 A family dog: Portraiture in print
- 2011 Reproduction of my screenprint My Ties with Mick Luathe Press Never Mind the Captions Alasdair Findlay
- 2007 Found Sound CD Reichstag Wrap [self financed]
- 2004 CD cover image, Scottish Music Industry .www.weedramrecords.co.uk/business.html
- 1995/96 Circle The City, Mural Project, Edinburgh, Funded by LEEL Edinburgh Council
- 1995 Book Cover, Heirts Bluid, Chapman Publication
- Prizes and awards:
- 2023 Creative Scotland open Fund Award
- 2018 Karen Scopa memorial prize Paisley Arts Institute Annual Exhibition
- 2017 Two screenprints purchased Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- permanent collection
- 2013 Flora Wood [best original art piece in show] Visual Arts Scotland Exhibition
- 2009 Richard Demarco prize Edinburgh Peoples art Show Edinburgh Festival Edinburgh Scotland
- 2009 Royal Scottish Museum Edinburgh purchase print for the Scottish Industries permanent collection
- 2003/05 Two screenprints purchased Scottish National Portrait Gallery permanent collection
- 1999 Peacock Editioning Prize, Aberdeen Society of Artists exhibition
- 1998 British Council Award, for Berlin Residency and exhibition
- 1998 Overseas Exhibition Fund (for Berlin) Edinburgh City Council
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