Michael Youds

MICHAEL YOUDS GRADUATED IN 2005 WITH A FIRST CLASS DEGREE IN FINE ART AND INTEGRATED MEDIA FROM LANCASTER UNIVERSITY WHERE HE WON THE AGNES ECCLES AWARD FOR THE MOST PROMISING ARTIST. HE IS NOW BASED IN EDINBURGH, WHERE HIS PAINTINGS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SELECTED FOR EXHIBITIONS AT THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY AND VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND. HE HAS RECEIVED COMMISSIONS FROM MP JACK STRAW AND JOHN LEIGHTON, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD FROM THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATION, AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS’ ANNUAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON. HE ALSO HAS PAINTINGS IN SEVERAL PRIVATE COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE WALTER SCOTT INVESTMENT COMPANY’S ART COLLECTION.
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Blackburn collage, Lancaster University

1982 Born in Blackburn, Lancashire

2005 Graduated from Lancaster University with a first class BA Hons degree in Fine Arts and Integrated Media- awarded the Agnes Eccles award for most promising artist

2007 Moved to Edinburgh

2009 Royal Scottish Academy Annual exhibition

2011 Visual Art Scotland exhibition

2012 Royal Scottish Academy Open exhibition

2014 Royal Scottish Academy Open exhibition

2014 Two paintings added to the Walter Scott investment company’s art collection

2015 Group exhibition at Marchmont Gallery, Edinburgh

2016 Visual Art Scotland Fly Exhibition, Edinburgh

2017 Selected for The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition, London

2017 Received a Highly Commended Award from the De Laszlo Foundation

2017 Royal Scottish Academy Open exhibition

2018 Selected for The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition, London

2018 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition