Claire Paterson

Claire Paterson graduated from the Glasgow School of Art Painting and Printmaking department in 2008, winning the inaugural Steven Campbell Hunt Medal for Poetic Creativity, the School of Fine Art Dissertation Prize, and the British Airways Travel Bursary. Her first solo show, Unsign, was held at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in 2008. In 2009, she used the British Airways Travel Bursary to fund a trip around California, New Mexico, Mexico, Arizona and Texas, doing research into the symbolism and iconography of various religious groups in these states, with the trip culminating in a stay at the Lama Foundation in New Mexico. In 2013, Paterson spent a month at the Cornaro Institute in Cyprus, where she worked towards a group exhibition with other residents. Other notable exhibitions include the group show Gradients and Thresholds, Contemporary Perspectives on the Figure, which was held at the Royal Institute of the Fine Arts Kelly Gallery, Glasgow.


Paterson’s most recent body of work, The Arbitrary Ritual, was inspired by collaborations she undertook while on the 2016-17 Steven Campbell New York Scholarship, which was funded by Creative Scotland, The Saltire Society and The Steven Campbell Trust. Paterson’s 3 month residency a...

Glasgow School of Art
2004-08
Painting and Printmaking Department
BA(Hons) with Distinction in Historical and Critical Studies

15th November – 20th December 2019

The Arbitrary Ritual
Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art


Thurs 14th November 2019
6-8pm

Preview of The Arbitrary Ritual
Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art


1st August – 5th August 2019

The Glasgow Group’s Annual Exhibition
New Glasgow Society
1307 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow


29th October – 3rd November 2018

The Glasgow Group’s Annual Exhibition
New Glasgow Society
1307 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow


13th January – 4th March 2018

Sixty Years of the Glasgow Group
Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr


24th August – 2nd September 2017

The Glasgow Group’s 59th Annual Art Show
New Glasgow Society
1307 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow


17th January 2017 6.30 – 8pm

International Studio and Curatorial Programme / Salon Talk: Claire Paterson and Olaniyi R.Akindiya
1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Iscp-nyc.org


13th – 28th May 2016

Glasgow Group Annual Exhibition
Exhibition Space Cass Art
65-67 Queen Street, Glasgow


12th December 2015

Glasgow Group Show
Exhibition Space Cass Art
65-67 Queen Street, Glasgow


30th October 2015

Glasgow Group Annual Exhibition
By Distinction Art
100 Byres Road, Glasgow

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