Annette Edgar was born, brought up
and educated in the East End of Glasgow. After raising her family and doing a
wide variety of jobs, she went on to study Drawing and Painting at Glasgow
School of Art where her tutors included David Donaldson, Duncan Shanks, Barbara
Rae and Sandy Moffat.
On graduating BA(Hons) in 1980, she went on to teacher training and thereafter
worked in various teaching posts to ensure a regular income for her family.
Since 1990 she has been painting full time and has shown extensively in the UK
with paintings in many private, corporate, and public connections.
Her influences range from Post Impressionism to American Abstract Expressionism
as well as Bomberg, Auerbach, Hitchens and Hodgkins. Annette Edgar draws
continually and often works on several paintings concurrently so that one idea
is usually developed in different ways within a series. She has a strong
ongoing body of work which has resulted in her contributing to many group and
solo shows at home and abroad.
ANNETTE EDGAR SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
1982 Arches Gallery, Edinburgh
1988 Wasps Gallery, Glasgow
1989 Joan Hughson, Glasgow
1990 Wasps Gallery, Glasgow Cormund Gallery, Glasgow
1991 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
1992 90sGallery, Glasgow
1993 The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh
1994 Physicians Hall, Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh
1996 Glasgow Museum of Transport Cowgate Arts, Edinburgh
1997 Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
1998 Stenton Gallery, Stenton, East Lothian
1998 Garden Gallery, Glasgow
1999 Garden Gallery, Glasgow
2000 Stenton Gallery,
Stenton, East Lothian
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1982 Woman Live - Netherbow Arts Centre, Edinburgh
1987 Paisley Art Institute Drawing Competition, Paisley
1988 Vigorous Scots - Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles; Compass Gallery,
Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow Jazz in June - 90s Gallery, Glasgow; Contemporary
Art Fair, Bath
1990 Woman 2000 of Woman Exhibition, Glasgow; Contemporary Art Fair, Bath; Jazz
in June - 90s Gallery, Glasgow; Contemporary Scottish Painters - Cormund
Gallery, Glasgow
1991 369 Gallery, Edinburgh; 90s Gallery, Glasgow; De Vorzon Gallery, Los
Angeles
1992 CCA Salon, Glasgow; Edinburgh Contemporary Art Fair; Glasgow Connections -
Glasgow School of Art
1993 Creation - 90s Gallery, Glasgow; Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow;
Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
1994 Burnside Gallery, Glasgow; Summer Exhibition Society of Scottish Artists,
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Impromptu - Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
1995 Paisley Art Institute, Paisley Society of Scottish Artists; Royal Scottish
Academy, Edinburgh
1996 Paisley Art Institute, Paisley; Glasgow Art Fair with Compass Gallery and
Art Exposure; Art Exposure Open Mayfest Society of Scottish Artists, RSA,
Edinburgh Art from the Attic - Wasps, Glasgow
1997 Glasgow Art Fair with Compass and Art Exposure "A Patch of their
Own", touring exhibition with Compass Gallery; Riverside Gallery,
Stonehaven; Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
1998 London Contemporary Art Fair with Compass; Stenton Gallery, East Lothian
Frames Gallery, Perth; Art Exposure, Glasgow; Lost Gallery, Strathdon,
Aberdeenshire; Glasgow Art Fair with Lost Gallery, Riverside Gallery, Compass
Edinburgh Festival with Stenton & Scottish Gallery at TSB; Strathearn
Gallery, Crieff, Perthshire; R.G.I. McLellan Galleries, Glasgow; SAAC, Royal
Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1999 The Big Picture - Stenton Gallery, East Lothian; London Contemporary Art
Fair with Compass Gallery; RSA Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh; Glasgow Art Fair
(with Stenton Gallery and Compass Gallery), Stenton Gallery, East Lothian,
Summer Exhibition; Leith Gallery, Edinburgh, Summer Exhibition; Fosse Gallery,
Gloucestershire; Summer Exhibition Beaux Arts, Bath; Summer Exhibition Bohun
Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
COLLECTIONS
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; East Lothian District Council,
Edinburgh; Arthur Andersen, Edinburgh; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh; Esk
Holdings Ltd, Edinburgh; Michael Kelly Associates, Glasgow; Wright, Johnston
& Mackenzie, Glasgow; Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow; Laing
Jewellers, Glasgow and Edinburgh; Concept Group, Livingston; Salon Services,
Glasgow; MacRoberts Solicitors, Glasgow; James Lloyd Associates, London;
Cinetel Films, Los Angeles; Rosestar Films, Los Angeles; Mika Corporation
America, Los Angeles; Serico Corporation America, Los Angeles
AWARDS AND
FELLOWSHIPS
1992 Member of Royal Glasgow Institute of FineArts
1993 Elected Professional Member of Society of Women Arts
1994 Elected Professional Member of Society of Scottish Arts 1995 Professional
Member of Paisley Art Institute
1996 MacRoberts Purchase Award, 1St Prize in Art Exposure Open Exhibition -
Mayfest
1999 Elected Professional Member of SAAC
BROADCAST
1990 McGregor's Gathering, BBC Radio Scotland
REVIEWS IN PUBLICATION
1988 Alice Bain, Glasgow Herald
1989 Claire Henry, Glasgow Herald Clare Flowers, Scotland on Sunday
1990 Hugh Cochrane, Glasgow Herald Andrew McLintock, Culture City
1991 Claire Henry, Glasgow Herald W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday W. Gordon
Smith, Review of the Year, Scotland on Sunday
1992 W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday
1993 (April) Claire Henry, The Herald W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday
(June) W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday (October) Scotland on Sunday
(October) Cockburns Diary, Sunday Times
1994 (May) Claire Henry, The Herald (May) W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday
(May) W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday
1995 (May) Claire Henry, The Herald
1996 (May) The Herald (November) Michael Kelly, Scotsman
1998 (January) Scottish Field
1999 (April) Pete Irvine, Sunday Times, Review of Glasgow Art Fair (April)
Claire Henry, The Herald, Review of RSA, Edinburgh
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