Alison Dunlop
Alison Dunlop RSW is a contemporary realist painter, who lives and works in Scotland. Formerly, she was the vice president of Royal Scottish Society of Painters. She is director of Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artist. She is best known for her paintings “Inner Sound” and “Dance”.
Early Life and Education
Born in Canada in 1958, Dunlop graduated in 1980 with an Honours B.A. from the University of Guelph, Canada, having spent an undergraduate year studying at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and L'Universite de Franche-Comte, in Besancon, France.
Career
In 1982-83, following the award of the first of two Scholarships from the Elizabeth T Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Canada, Alison Dunlop undertook postgraduate studies at Edinburgh College of Art, where she was later to become a founder member of its Alumni Association in 2004.
In 1989, she was elected as a Professional Member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, serving twice as its Vice President. In 1995, Dunlop was elected as a Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen, and was later President of the Society in 1997-99, when it was re-named Visual Arts Scotland, and was accorded Honorary Membership in 2003.
She was the co-founder and a director of the Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists .
In 2016, she mounted a multi-venue exhibition in the Highlands of Scotland, in conjunction with a conference being held at Sabhal Mor Ostaig to celebrate the centenary of the American Abstract Expressionist painter, Jon Schueler, who also lived in, and whose work was influenced by, the North-West Highlands. Dunlop's oils and watercolours are widely held in public and private collections.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
- McLaughlin Gallery, University of Guelph, Canada
- Galerie Rochon, Toronto
- Edinburgh Gallery
- Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
- Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeen
- Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh
Duo Exhibitions
- Kingfisher Gallery, Edinburgh
- Bruton Gallery, Bath
Group Exhibitions
- Bruton Gallery, Bath
- Compass Gallery, Glasgow
- Courtyard Gallery, Crail
- Frames Gallery, Perth
- Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews
- Gullane Art Gallery, Gullane
- Henshelwood Gallery, Newcastle
- Morrison Scottish Portrait Exhibition
- Noble Grossart Painting Prize Exhibition
- Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
- Piccadilly Gallery, London
- Panter and Hall, London
- Roger Bilcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
- Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
- Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
- Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
- The Scottish Gallery
- Society of Scottish Artists
- Stenton Gallery, East Lothian
- Thackeray Gallery, London
- Thompson’s Gallery, London and Aldeburgh
- Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeen
- Tracey McNee Fine Art, London and Glasgow
- Visual Arts Scotland (formerly S.A.A.C.)
- Wade Gallery, Elie
Awards
- Printmaking Award, University of Guelph
- Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation (Montreal) Scholarship
- Alexander Graham Munro Award, RSW
- The John Gray Award, RSW
- The Kelty Art Centre and Derek Robertson Artists Residency Award, RSW