Owen Normand

Owen is a Scottish contemporary painter who was winner of the prestigious BP Portrait Young Artist Award in 2013. Owen's style can be described as expressive realism, where both observation and creativity play key roles. He paints figurative work and still life; the key focus of his work is to explore an awareness of impermanence and an empathy towards the inevitable passing of all things.

Owen has had solo exhibitions in Berlin and Lisbon, and has exhibited in group shows in London, New York, Berlin, Edinburgh and Glasgow. His work is held in private collections in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, USA, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong.

Edinburgh College of Art 2004 - 2008
Leith School of Art 2003 - 2004

Solo exhibitions:

2023
Still Moving, Summerhall, Edinburgh

2022
Sleeper in Metropolis, www.mothflower.com, online

2019
'Moving On', St Margaret's House, Edinburgh

2019
'The Cut', Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, UK

2017
'All Towers Fall', Giftraum, Berlin

2015
'Spüren', Das Badhaus, Kulmbach

2014
'Still Worlds', Adamastor Studios, Lisbon


Group exhibitions:

2020
'Summer Exhibition' Royal Academy of Arts, London

2020
'Still', Sugar Lift, New York

2018
'Affordable Art Fair', Art Now Gallery, Hamburg.

2018
'Fleeting Truths', Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh.

2018
'Lived on the Bone', GPS, Glasgow.

2017
'L.S.A Auction', Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh

2017
'Macmillan Art', Bonhams Auction House, Edinburgh

2017
'Untitled', Felix and Spear, London.

2016
'Untitled', Felix and Spear, London.

2016
'Royal Institute of Oil Painters', The Mall Galleries, London.

2016
'Open Contemporary Portrait Award', The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle.

2014
'Leith Alumni Exhibition', Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh

2014
'BP Portrait Award', Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhamption

2013
'BP Portrait Award', National Portrait Gallery, London

2013
'BP Portrait Award', Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen

2013
'No Cash Bar', 10 Octobe...