Jennifer McRae

EDUCATION:

1991 - Grays School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen:
Fine Art (drawing and painting): 1st class honours

1992 - Higher Diploma in Post-graduate Studies

1998-2000 - Lectured part-time at Grays.

EXHIBITIONS:

1992 - Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Hunting Art Prizes, London
Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath (solo)

1993 - Morrison Scottish Portrait Award, RSA Edinburgh
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)

1994 - Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath (solo)

1995 - Berkeley Square Gallery (solo)
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London

1996 - Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh Festival Exhibition (solo)
BP Portrait Award, NPG, London

1997 - Gomez Gallery, Baltimore USA (solo)
Heritage Group Project, Ernst & young, Cambridge
Beaux Arts, Bath

1998 - BP Portrait Award, NPG, London
Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Exhibition, London
Beaux Arts, Bath (solo)

1999 - RSA Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
BP Portrait Award, NPG, London
Self Portraits, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Morrison Scottish Portrait Award, RSA, Edinburgh

1999 - Painting in Scotland, Glasgow Printmakers Gallery
Art & Business, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Curwen Gallery, London (solo)

2000 - BP Portrait Award, NPG, London
Visual Arts Scotland, RSA, Edinburgh
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
Richmond Hill Gallery
Scottish Gallery Summer Show, Edinburgh
Adam Gallery, London (solo)

2001 - Narcissus: Self Portraits of the 20th Century, SNPG
Royal Scottish Society of Watercolours, Edinburgh
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
New English Arts Club, London
Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Exhibition, London
Mirror, Mirror: Self Portraits of Women Through The Centuries, NPG, London

2002 - Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Richmond Hill Gallery
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Bohun Gallery, Henley (solo)

2003 - Beaux Arts, Bath: joint show with John Bellany
Richmond Hill Gallery
Beaux Arts, Cork Street, London
Bohun Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Henley
New English Arts Club, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Langham Fine Arts, Surrey
Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Exhibition, London
Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2004 - Beaux Arts Summer Exhibition
Hunting Arts Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
Richmond Hill gallery
Being Present: 8 Painters, Jerwood Space (Jerwood Foundation), London
Long & Ryle, London
Bohun Gallery, Henley

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AWARDS:

1989-90 & 1990-91 - Cornwall Steele Award for Painting

1991 - Runner up, Morrison Scottish Portrait Award

1992 - 2nd Prize, Hunting Art Prizes

1998 - 1st Prize, Hunting Art Prizes

1999 - 1st Prize, Morrison Scottish Portrait Award

2000 - Arts Club award, Royal Scottish Academy

2001 - Regional Prize, Hunting Art Prizes
2nd Prize, Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Award

2002 - 2nd Prize, Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Award
Glasgow Arts Club Fellowship Award

2003 - Kathleen Tronson Award, New English Arts Club

Judging panel: Hunting Arts Prizes (2002), Singer & Friedlander (2003, 2004)

TRAVEL AWARDS/ SCHOLARSHIPS:

1990 - Cite des Artes Internationale, Paris

1991 - John Kinross Travel Scholarship, Florence

1999 - Hogeschool, Sint Lukas, Brussels (BP Travel Award)

2000 - Verrocchio Arts Centre, Tuscany (scholarship place)

2002 - Chateau Balleroy, France (Prince’s Foundation)

Bursary Drawing Year placement, Prince’s Foundation, London.

TELEVISION & RADIO:

Portraiture Today - BBC Radio Scotland

Mirror, Mirror - Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio Four 4.

Kirsty Wark - BBC Scotland

Lecture at National Portrait Gallery, London: Mirror, Mirror (discussing ten favourite pieces).

PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS:

Leonard Manasseh, R.A. - Architect
Stephen Thomas - Writer
Jane Ridley - Historian & writer
Kay Bourne - Poet
Viscount Weir - Weir Group
Julie Volk - Media Co-ordinator
Colin Ross - Edinburgh Fund Managers
Dr & Mrs Meijer
Dame Prof. Gillian Beer - Retiring Principal, Clare Hall, Cambridge
Robin Jenkins - Writer (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Thelma Holt - Theatre Producer (National Portrait Gallery)
Kathleen Soriano - Exhibitions & Collections Management, NPG
David Workman - Tuscan Energy, Aberdeen
Margaret Smith - Lady provost, Aberdeen City Council
Paul Anderson - Musician (Aberdeen Art Gallery)
Alan Caiger-Smith - Ceramicist (Reading Museum)
Tony Hall - Director, Covent Garden
Michael Frayn - Playwright & author (National Portrait Gallery)
Richard Smethurst - Provost, Worcester College, Oxford
Dr Alison Elliott - Moderator for the Church of Scotland

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

National Portrait Gallery, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Reading Museum, Singer & Friedlander London, Aberdeen Arts Gallery.

Distribution of work: UK, USA, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain.