Artist statement
Briony Anderson’s practice ranges from studio-based work to collaborative projects, often seeking a reinvestigation of the cultural significance of landscape. Current work responds to 18th and 19th century portraiture, but only to its backgrounds (backdrops of landscape). The resulting paintings are limited solely to the landscape elements of each full image - studying the act of looking rather than direct observation. Past projects include Studies for Raeburn (Edinburgh Art Festival 2009), The Melancholy Thistle and Other Works (Aberdeen Art Gallery, 2008), Dances for Landseer, (Peacock Visual Arts 2007) and Two (AirSpace Gallery, 2007).
Anderson completed her MA at The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art in 2005. In 2010 she was awarded Acme Studio's five year Fire Station live/work residency.
Qualifications and training
- 2005 MA (hons) Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 Briony Anderson, Meredith Gunderson Projects, London
- 2009 Studies for Raeburn, Royal Society of Edinburgh/Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh
- 2007 The Melancholy Thistle and Other Works, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
- 2007 AndersonMacgee: Two, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent (more info)
- 2006 AM01:III, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen (more info)
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Fabric of the Land, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen
- 2012 Works on Paper, Eb&Flow, London
- 2011 Sum Parts, Acme project Space, London
- 2011 Since Tomorrow, Eb&Flow, London
- 2011 RSA Annual Exhibition (invited artist), Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2010 Young Masters, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London
- 2010 The Scottish Summer Exhibition, The Fleming Collection, London
- 2009 Old Masters Reinterpretation, Rollo Contemporary Art, London
- 2008 PlayTehkne, Et Cetera Gallery, London
- 2006 Dance Everyday / Everyday Dance, Atopia projects, Icelandic Academy of the Arts,Reykjavik;, Arts Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (AIRL), Tbilisi; Pro qm, Berlin
- 2006 Transpositions, Seven Seven Gallery, London
- 2006 Art Cup, Deveron Arts, Aberdeenshire
- 2005 Artist's Book Project, School of Art, Media and Design, UWE, Bristol
- 2005 by leaves we live: a celebration of artists books and small presses, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
Residencies
- 2012 Cill Rialaig Residency, Cill Rialaig, Ireland
- 2008 Live/Work Fire Station Residency, Acme Studios, London
- 2005 Cove Park Springboard Residency, Cove Park, Scotland
Projects
- 2006 Contributor to "Dance Everyday / Everyday Dance", Atopia projects, Atopia Journal MANIFESTO
- 2005 Grey Hope, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, US (more info)
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2011 RSA Guthrie Award for Painting, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2008 Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council, Scotland
- 2007 Creative and Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council, Scotland
- 2006 The Mabel Mackinlay Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow
- 2006 Aberdeenshire Visual Artists' Award, Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh
- 2005 Andrew Grant Bequest Travel Bursary
- 2005 Peacock Visual arts Moving Image Award
Publications
- 2007 The Melancholy Thistle and Other Works (ed. Gavin Morrison)
- 2007 AndersonMacgee: Two (ed. Dave Beech)
- 2006 AM01:III (Dances for Landseer) (ed. Jack Mottram)
- 2005 and she was still dancing...(ed. AndersonMacgee)
Other
- 2008 Artists in Schools Project, Cove Park, Scotland
- 2008 Symposium: Hidden Ontologies-Re-interpretation of a Collection, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
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