

- 8th March 4:30 - 6:30pm - Portraits of Peruvian Weavers for The BP Travel Award '11, The Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh
- 21st June - 23rd September 2012BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012, National Portrait Gallery, London

- Nov 2011 - Jan 2012BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2011, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
- Sept - Nov 2011BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2011, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
- Aug - Sept 2011 Edinburgh Jungle City : Hornbill sculpture designed and painted in aid of The Elephant Foundation and sponsored by Harvey Nichols, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
- June - Sept 2011BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2011, National Portrait Gallery, London
- June 2011 Annual Edinburgh Academy exhibition, Henderson Row, Edinburgh
- April 2011Dundee Collected, The Nicole Porter Gallery, 88 King Street, Aberdeen
- Feb - Mar 2011HUNTED PROJECTS Launch, Hawke + Hunter, Edinburgh
- Aug 2010YA Exhibition 2010, Kilrie Granary, Kirkcaldy
- Feb 2009'New Faces', The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
- Nov 2008'New Blood', 108 fine Art, Harrogate, Yorkshire
- Jul 2008'New Generation', Compass Gallery, Glasgow
- May 2008Degree Show 2008, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
- Apr 2008Boundary Gallery Figurative Art Prize 2008, Boundary Gallery, London
- Feb 2008RSA Annual Student exhibition, Edinburgh
- Jan 2008Degree show preview, student show, Rosangle Gallery, Dundee
- Dec 2007WALL Projects, Montrose
- Apr 2007New Works 2007, Art De Caf, Brunswick Street, Glasgow

- Jun 2007'Seduction and Solitude', The Braemar Gallery, Aberdeenshire

- 2011BP Portrait Travel Award Winner
- 2011BP Portrait Award Exhibitor, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2011Artist In Residence, Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh
- 2010Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award and Grant
- 2008Ian Eadie Award, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
- 2008Short-listed for The Boundary Gallery Figurative Art Prize
- 2006ITV Scotland, 'A Brush With Fame: The search for Britain's best portrait painter'
- 2004Senior Bursary Award in The Creative Arts, Edinburgh
- 2004The Robert Paterson Prize, GWC
- 2003The John Gray Memorial Prize, GWC
- 2002The London Watsonian Club Prize, GWC
- 2001The Robert Merson Prize, GWC
Tuesday, 14th February 2012
The Inspiration to Write Essays
I'm writing some essays for a couple publications here on the leather bucket couch under some hopeful cranked up dimmer spots. Somehow I feel like the brighter thery are, the more likely I am to want to write. Previous BP Travel Award essays are strewn open around me too, like,…