Stenton Gallery - Annette Edgar

   
   

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Annette Edgar was born, brought up and educated in the East End of Glasgow. After raising her family and doing a wide variety of jobs, she went on to study Drawing and Painting at Glasgow School of Art where her tutors included David Donaldson, Duncan Shanks, Barbara Rae and Sandy Moffat.
On graduating BA(Hons) in 1980, she went on to teacher training and thereafter worked in various teaching posts to ensure a regular income for her family.
Since 1990 she has been painting full time and has shown extensively in the UK with paintings in many private, corporate, and public connections.
Her influences range from Post Impressionism to American Abstract Expressionism as well as Bomberg, Auerbach, Hitchens and Hodgkins. Annette Edgar draws continually and often works on several paintings concurrently so that one idea is usually developed in different ways within a series. She has a strong ongoing body of work which has resulted in her contributing to many group and solo shows at home and abroad.

ANNETTE EDGAR SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1982 Arches Gallery, Edinburgh
1988 Wasps Gallery, Glasgow
1989 Joan Hughson, Glasgow
1990 Wasps Gallery, Glasgow Cormund Gallery, Glasgow
1991 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
1992 90sGallery, Glasgow
1993 The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh
1994 Physicians Hall, Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh
1996 Glasgow Museum of Transport Cowgate Arts, Edinburgh
1997 Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
1998 Stenton Gallery, Stenton, East Lothian
1998 Garden Gallery, Glasgow
1999 Garden Gallery, Glasgow
2000 Stenton Gallery, Stenton, East Lothian

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1982 Woman Live - Netherbow Arts Centre, Edinburgh
1987 Paisley Art Institute Drawing Competition, Paisley
1988 Vigorous Scots - Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles; Compass Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow Jazz in June - 90s Gallery, Glasgow; Contemporary Art Fair, Bath
1990 Woman 2000 of Woman Exhibition, Glasgow; Contemporary Art Fair, Bath; Jazz in June - 90s Gallery, Glasgow; Contemporary Scottish Painters - Cormund Gallery, Glasgow
1991 369 Gallery, Edinburgh; 90s Gallery, Glasgow; De Vorzon Gallery, Los Angeles
1992 CCA Salon, Glasgow; Edinburgh Contemporary Art Fair; Glasgow Connections - Glasgow School of Art
1993 Creation - 90s Gallery, Glasgow; Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow; Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
1994 Burnside Gallery, Glasgow; Summer Exhibition Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Impromptu - Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
1995 Paisley Art Institute, Paisley Society of Scottish Artists; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1996 Paisley Art Institute, Paisley; Glasgow Art Fair with Compass Gallery and Art Exposure; Art Exposure Open Mayfest Society of Scottish Artists, RSA, Edinburgh Art from the Attic - Wasps, Glasgow
1997 Glasgow Art Fair with Compass and Art Exposure "A Patch of their Own", touring exhibition with Compass Gallery; Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven; Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
1998 London Contemporary Art Fair with Compass; Stenton Gallery, East Lothian Frames Gallery, Perth; Art Exposure, Glasgow; Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire; Glasgow Art Fair with Lost Gallery, Riverside Gallery, Compass Edinburgh Festival with Stenton & Scottish Gallery at TSB; Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Perthshire; R.G.I. McLellan Galleries, Glasgow; SAAC, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1999 The Big Picture - Stenton Gallery, East Lothian; London Contemporary Art Fair with Compass Gallery; RSA Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh; Glasgow Art Fair (with Stenton Gallery and Compass Gallery), Stenton Gallery, East Lothian, Summer Exhibition; Leith Gallery, Edinburgh, Summer Exhibition; Fosse Gallery, Gloucestershire; Summer Exhibition Beaux Arts, Bath; Summer Exhibition Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames

COLLECTIONS
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; East Lothian District Council, Edinburgh; Arthur Andersen, Edinburgh; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh; Esk Holdings Ltd, Edinburgh; Michael Kelly Associates, Glasgow; Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie, Glasgow; Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow; Laing Jewellers, Glasgow and Edinburgh; Concept Group, Livingston; Salon Services, Glasgow; MacRoberts Solicitors, Glasgow; James Lloyd Associates, London; Cinetel Films, Los Angeles; Rosestar Films, Los Angeles; Mika Corporation America, Los Angeles; Serico Corporation America, Los Angeles

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
1992 Member of Royal Glasgow Institute of FineArts
1993 Elected Professional Member of Society of Women Arts
1994 Elected Professional Member of Society of Scottish Arts 1995 Professional Member of Paisley Art Institute
1996 MacRoberts Purchase Award, 1St Prize in Art Exposure Open Exhibition - Mayfest
1999 Elected Professional Member of SAAC

BROADCAST
1990 McGregor's Gathering, BBC Radio Scotland

REVIEWS IN PUBLICATION
1988 Alice Bain, Glasgow Herald
1989 Claire Henry, Glasgow Herald Clare Flowers, Scotland on Sunday
1990 Hugh Cochrane, Glasgow Herald Andrew McLintock, Culture City
1991 Claire Henry, Glasgow Herald W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday W. Gordon Smith, Review of the Year, Scotland on Sunday
1992 W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday
1993 (April) Claire Henry, The Herald W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday (June) W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday (October) Scotland on Sunday (October) Cockburns Diary, Sunday Times
1994 (May) Claire Henry, The Herald (May) W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday (May) W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday
1995 (May) Claire Henry, The Herald
1996 (May) The Herald (November) Michael Kelly, Scotsman
1998 (January) Scottish Field
1999 (April) Pete Irvine, Sunday Times, Review of Glasgow Art Fair (April) Claire Henry, The Herald, Review of RSA, Edinburgh