Graeme Wilcox Artist
Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1993, Graeme has continued to practise as a painter based in WASPS Southblock Studios, Glasgow. He exhibits regularly in solo shows and group exhibitions throughout the UK and Europe.
Recent work depicts people and events experienced in public spaces around the city. These paintings show figures engaged in ambiguous actions in half-remembered spaces. These situations and scenes have lodged in the memory due to some resonance or poignancy that can't quite be dismissed. The resulting paintings are partly an attempt to balance a sense of stillness with a sense of movement; a tension intended to generate a heightened awareness of the strangeness of everyday life and those around us.
His portrait work has been included in the BP Portrait Award, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibitions, The Scottish Portrait Awards and the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Exhibition.
Graeme recently completed a portrait commission for Stirling University which will join their permanent collection this year. He was also commissioned to make a portrait of Mr & Mrs Conway which hangs in the reception area of Conway Hall in London.
Education
1989-1993 Glasgow School of Art. BA(hons) Fine Art
Exchange to Brighton College of Art 1992
Awards
2023
2021
2019
2016
2015
2013
2012
2009
2008
2006
2004
1999
1998
1997
1995
Houghton Prize. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
Upright Gallery Exhibition Prize. Society of Scottish Artists, Edinburgh
GAC Prize, Scottish Portrait Awards, Edinburgh.
Walter Scott Purchase Prize. Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition.
Prince of Wales Drawing Award. Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London.
Stern Prize. Visual Arts Scotland. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
Prizewinner. Paisley Institute of Fine Art.
Towry Award for best painting at National Open Art Competition.
Royal College of Art, London.
Prizewinner. Visual Arts Scotland. RSA, Edinburgh
Prizewinner. Paisley Institute Fine Art Annual Exhibition.
Prizewinner. Visual Arts Scotland, City Art Centre. Edinburgh.
Prizewinner. Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition.
Prizewinner. Paisley Institute of Fine Art
Finalist. Celeste Art Prize, London
Glasgow Art Club Fellowship Award. RGI Annual Exhibition.
Prizewinner. Black Swan Publisher's Prize, London.
Arthur Andersen Prize. RGI Annual Exhibition, Glasgow
Cross Trust Award to finance new work.
Hope Scott Trust. Grant awarded to support exhibitions.
Exhibitions (selection)
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Looking Out. Artist Showcase at Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
Art Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe, Germany.
Royal West of England Academy Annual Exhibition. Bristol
Passing Figures. Upright Gallery prize solo exhibition, Edinburgh
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Mall Galleries, London
Summer in the City. VCRB Gallery, Antwerp
Art Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe, Germany
Scottish Portrait Awards. Edinburgh, Kirkudbright and Glasgow
Looking out. Solo exhibition, VCRB Gallery, Antwerp
On paper. Drawing exhibition, Thompson's gallery, London.
40th Anniversary Exhibition. Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition. RSA, Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition. RSA, Edinburgh.
The Male of the Species. Arcadia Gallery, New York, USA.
Seeing Things. Solo exhibition, VCRB Gallery, Antwerp.
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
Royal Scottish academy Open Exhibition. RSA, Edinburgh.
WOMAN. Group exhibition, James Baird Gallery, Newfoundland, Canada.
Only Human. Figurative group exhibition, Fidra Fine Art, Gullane.
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
RSA Annual Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
Scottish Portrait Awards, Scottish Art Club, Edinburgh.
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
Two person show. Galerie van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke-Heist, Belgium.
Back to the Drawing Board. Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow.
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Open. The Mound, Edinburgh.
Group Show, Thompson's Gallery, London.
Solo Exhibition. Galerie van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp.
Columbia Threadneedle Prize Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
Scottish Portrait Awards Exhibition, Edinburgh.
RSA Annual Open. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
Group Show. Galerie van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp.
Group Show. Thompson's Gallery, London.
Discerning Eye Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
Group Show. Galerie van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp.
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition.
Visual Arts Scotand. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
W. Gordon Smith Award Exhibition. Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh.
Society Scottish Artists Open. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
Discerning Eye. Mall Galleries, London.
Society of Portrait Painters. Mall Galleries, London.
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
Visual Arts Scotland. RSA Edinburgh.
Discerning Eye. Mall Galleries, London.
In Transit(solo show) Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
Society of Portrait Painters. mall Galleries, London.
BP Portrait Award exhibition. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Visual Arts Scotland. RSA, Edinburgh.
Collections
Work held mainly in private collections in the UK, USA, Canada and Europe.
Commissioned portrait of Mr&Mrs Conway displayed in Conway Hall, London.
Commissioned portrait of the Joint Senior Partners, Turcan Connell Headquarters, Edinburgh.
Recently completed portrait commission for Stirling University which will become part of the permanent collection in 2024.
Corporate collections include: Royal Bank of Scotland Collection, Edinburgh.
Walter Scott & Partners Collection, Edinburgh. Aberdeen Asset Management, Edinburgh. Standard Chartered Bank, London. Prudential Collection, London.