Ian Ritchie RSW

IAN RITCHIE RSW writes,

I am married to Norma and have three daughters. I live in the heart of Angus, one of the four Ancient Pictish Kingdoms, sandwiched between the Grampian Mountains and the River Tay. I am lecturer at Dundee and Angus College. My main area of teaching is in Art and Design with specific subject specialism in drawing and painting.

I am also a practicing contemporary artist working in Mixed media, acrylic paint and box construction. I am interested in a variety of subjects including Scottish Legends, The Highland Clearances and Scottish Emigration. The artists who have had most influence on my work are Will MacLean and Andrew Wyeth.

New works I am currently working on are based on Neo Victoriana and specifically investigating themes around Victorian Poisoners and the effects of Arsenic on Victorian Society. This has also spawned into Southern Gothic femme fatales. My current mixed media pieces include photographs, image transfers, wallpaper, and photocopies.

AWARDS FOR PAINTING

Ian Eadie Award for Painting DICA. 1987Exposure Gallery Prize Royal Glasgow Institute. 2009Turcan Connell Prize RSW, Edinburgh 2015Elected Member of the RSW 2018J&W Gordon Smith Award SSA. Edinburgh. December 2022John Gray Award RSW, Edinburgh January 2023

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and COMPETITIONS

Hunting Group Art Awards, Mall Galleries, London Finalist 1988, 1989.1990The Chosen Few Contemporary Scottish Painters at The Open Eye Gallery, EdinburghRegular exhibitor at Aberdeen Artists Society, Royal Scottish Academy, Visual Arts Scotland, Scottish Society of ArtistsSociety of Arts, Royal Society of Artists in Watercolour and Royal Glasgow Institute since 1987The First Morrison Portrait Awards, Exhibition, RSA Edinburgh 1988Cornerstone Gallery Dunblane Solo exhibition and with Jonathan Hood 1994Finalist in the Laing Seascape/Landscape Competition Talbot Rice Edinburgh and Mall Galleries, London 1995Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld mixed exhibitions since 1988 and with Malcolm Cheape 1998The Leith gallery. Solo Exhibitions, group shows. Since 1997Finalist, The Noble Grossart Painting Prize, RSA Edinburgh and GSA.Scotland team member, Fabriano paper international Watercolour Exhibition ,Fabriano Italy.2017Aberdeen Artists Society, SSA 130th Exhibition and RSW 2022RSA, RSW and SSA Exhibitions 2023Smithy Gallery Strathblane, Summer and Winter Shows 2023/24RI Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London. April 2024

COLLECTIONS

Private collections in Scotland, Norway, Ireland and USA. National Trust for Scotland and Dundee United Football Club.