Alison Harper

Alison Harper studied at Glasgow School of Art in the mid-eighties and as one of “The Glasgow Girls” was part of the resurgence in figurative painting emerging at that time. In 1993 she won a Commonwealth Scholarship to paint in India for two years. She was a part-time lecturer in Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art from 1995 - 2002. Selected exhibitions include The National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Leicester City Art Gallery, Stirling Museum, The Graphic Museum of Tokyo, The India Today Gallery, New Delhi. She is the recipient of many awards and prizes. She lives and works in London. She is included in Who’s Who in Art 2006, 2010, 2014 and Who’s Who of Women in the World 2011

1981- 1985 BA (Hons.) (First Class) in Drawing & Painting, Glasgow School of Art.
1984 International Summer Academy of Fine Art,Salzburg.
1985-1986 Post graduate Studies in Fine Art at Oslo Academy of Fine Art, Norway.
1993-1995 Post-diploma in Fine Art (First Class) at M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India.
2001-2002 “The Drawing Year” A year of part-time study in drawing at the Prince of Wales Drawing Studio, London