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John Kingsley DA PAI


Born in Glasgow in 1956, John studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1973-77 under Dr David Donaldson, James D. Robertson and Geoffrey Squire.

Since that time he has exhibited with the RSA, RGI, RSW and PAI and served as a council member Paisley Art Institute for 15 years. In 1999 John was awarded the Diploma of the Paisley Art Institute.

He was a finalist at the Hunting Art Prizes in London on 5 occasions, his work receiving the award of being Highly Commended in 1996. Among other awards he won the Paisley art Institute Prize in 2003, the Reid Kerr College award for Painting in 2006 and the CFAG award in 2008 at the PAI.

John has exhibited widely throughout the UK, in particular in London where he is represented by Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts and with the Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh and most recently with the Fraser Gallery, St Andrews as well as at many art fairs.

His work features in the collections of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Tommy Hilfiger, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Dundas & Wilson and Sara Lee UK among many others and internationally in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg, Sweden, Lebanon, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, and USA.


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John Kingsley DA PAI

1956        Born Glasgow, Scotland
1973-77   Glasgow School of Art Graduated DA in Drawing and Painting

One man Shows

1987        Inn on the Green, Glasgow
1989        Inn on the Green, Glasgow
1991        Inn on the Green, Glasgow
1993        The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
1994        Macauley Gallery, Stenton
1995        The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
1998        The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2000        Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London, The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2000        The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2004        Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London, The John Davies Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
2005        The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2006        Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
2007        The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, Edinburgh Festival, English Speaking Union.
2008        Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
2010        The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton Fraser East, Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews

Two Man Exhibitions

1995        John Kingsley / Anne Gordon
               Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
1998       John Kingsley / Clive McCartney
               Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London

Selected Exhibitions

1985        3 Viewpoints, Strathclyde University, Glasgow
1987        Metro Gallery, Glasgow
1988        McLellan Gallery, Glasgow
               Christmas exhibition, Kingfisher gallery, Edinburgh
1989        Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie
1990        Group Exhibition, Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
               Solstice Gallery, Edinburgh
1992        A Colourful Tradition RGI artsists,
               Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
               Mixed Exhibition, Macauley Gallery, Stenton
               Group Exhibition, Edinburgh gallery, Edinburgh
1993        Hung Expo, Budapest International Contemporary Art Fair
               with Richard Demarco Foundation
1994        Art 94, Business Design Centre, London
               Art Expo, Jacob Javits Centre, New York
2006        Three Scottish Painters, The John Davies Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
2009        Not the Chelsea Flower Show, Gullane Art Gallery, Gullane
               Cowal Open Studios, Argyll

John E. Kingsley also exhibits with the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Paisley Art Institute and at Art Fairs in London, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow (through galleries).

Awards and Prizes

1991       William Bowie Landscape Prize, Paisley art Institute
1992       Mary Armour Award, Paisley Art Institute
1998       Arnold Clark Prize, Paisley Art Institute
2003       Paisley Art Institute Award
2006       Reid Kerr College Award for Painting
2008       Contemporary Fine Art gallery Eton Award, Paisley Art Institute
              Finalist Hunting art Prizes, London: 1989, 1993, 1999 and 2000
              Highly Commended in 1996
1999       Awarded the Diploma of Paisley Art Institute

Teaching (1978 – 97)

Full and part-time teacher of art at North Kelvinside Secondary School, Glasgow and King’s Park secondary School, Glasgow

Works in Collections

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Tommy Hilfiger, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Argyll and Bute District Council, Dundas and Wilson, Albert Fisher PLC, Sara Lee UK, Glenisla Group, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow.

Works in Private Collections

Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg, Sweden, Lebanon, Australia, Canada, Malaysia and USA.

Bibliography

Scottish Painters, 1600 to the present, by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby, pp117