June Carey

Artist Biography

Drawing lies at the root of everything I create, but I have a need to express myself in various media, which includes Printmaking (mainly etching): Drawing (mainly in Pastel): painting in water based media and working in three dimension (using mixed media) I would describe my work as figurative and autobiographical. It deals with my personal thoughts and feelings, some of which are subconscious. I usually don't know what my pictures are about until they are finished. The desperate need to “express” and “expel” deep personal thoughts and feelings by means of a visual language instead of words drives my passion for creating Art. It is something I need to do, it keeps me “sane” for the want of a better word. When I see or feel something which takes my breath away, I can only fully express how I feel in a visual way. My images are usually of a solitary human being who is unable to speak. I therefore have to convey his/her thoughts using a symbolic language. This sometimes takes the form of written words and images on the body. I try to make these thoughts visible, which are of course, invisible. Whilst I am trying to explain to the viewer what the picture is about, I am also trying to conceal part of this message. For whatever reason, it is important to me that something is still hidden, left unsaid. Foreign travel and experiencing different cultures inspires my work. When I am in another country or in a very different environment, I always “see” an object, building or landscape which I am immediately drawn to. If it is an object, I will bring it back to my studio. I never understand why something fascinates me, but it stays in my head and eventually appears in my work in a symbolic way.

EDUCATION

1959 – 1961 Glasgow School of Art

1981 – 1985 Edinburgh College of Art

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Elected to the register of Diplomates of the Paisley Art Institute

Elected member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art

Elected member Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour

Elected member Society of Scottish Artists

Elected member Aberdeen Artists Society

Selected Exhibitions

AWARDS

2017 Elected to the register of Diplomates of the Paisley Art Institute

2014 RGI (Elected to the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art)

2013 Visual Artist Award: Forth Valley & Creative Scotland

2012 RSW Glasgow Art Club Award

2011 Angus Council Purchase Prize

2010 RSW (Elected to the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour)

2008 Glasgow District Council Award: Residency in Quebec

2004 Scottish Arts Council grant for research in India

2004 Connell & Connell Sponsorship Award

2002 BP Aberdeen Assistance Grant

1996 Anne Redpath Award

1993 MacDonald Orr Ltd

1993 Scottish Arts Club Award

1993 The Hope Scott Trust Award

1992 British Council Assistance Grant for research in Mexico

1991 Dundee District Council: Paper works Purchase Prize x

1990 European City of Culture, “Woman 2000” Award

1989 McGrigor Donald Trust Award

1988 Scottish Arts Council Grant

PRIVATE & INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIONS INCLUDE

Lady Thynne Teachers Whisky

Peter Gabriel (musician) Thomas Agnew, Bond Street, London

BBC Television Highland Region

Royal Bank of Scotland Edwins Gallery Jakarta

Engramme, Quebec Barclay Lennie Fine Art, Glasgow

McDonald Orr Ltd Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh

Scottish Arts Council Arts in Fife

Dundee District Council Stirling Smiths Art Gallery & Museum

Eaton College, Windsor MacTaggart & Mickel Ltd

Oxford University Amateras Foundation, Sofia.

MacTaggart & Mickel Ltd Angus Council

Stirling University

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

(2018 Two Artists Collaborate: Eaton College, Windsor: Glasgow Print Studio)

2017 Invited Artist, Linlithgow Burgh Halls

2016 Glasgow Print Studio

2016 Tolbooth Exhibition, Stirling. Invited Artist

2016 Fidra Fine Art

2013-14 Touring Exhibition: Meffan Museum & Art Gallery, Forfar:

House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow

Stirling Smiths Art Gallery & Museum

2012 Glasgow Print Studio

2010 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow

2008 Castle Gallery, Inverness

2007 Stirling Smiths Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling

2004 Castle Gallery, Inverness

1996 Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow

1994 Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh

1993 Glasgow Print Studio

1991 Seagate Gallery, Dundee

1988 Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen

1987 Edinburgh Printmakers

INVITATIONS, & GROUP EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE

2017 John Martin Gallery, Mayfair, London.

2017 Invited RGI Artists “Alusion” Exhibition Tatha Gallery, Fyfe

2017 Invited RSA & RSW Artists Gallery Q, Dundee

2017 Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames (eight invited Scottish Artists)

2017 Gallery Q, Dundee (Invited RSA & RSW artists)

2016 Eaton College, Windsor (collaboration / Ade Adesina)

2015 RGI “Allusion” Exhibition

2015 “The New RGI’s” Kelly Gallery, Glasgow

2015 RSW selector Scottish Art Colleges “Invited students”

2013/15 Invited Artist: Pastel Master Class, ‘House for an Art Lover’ Glasgow.

2013-2014 Invitation to paint Mural for Stirling Smiths Art Gallery & Museum

2013 Invited Artists: Glasgow Print Studio 40th Anniversary Exhibition

2012 Invited Selector: ‘Prize Winners’ Meffan Art Gallery & Museum

2011 Invited Artists June Carey, Adrien Wiszneski & Jo Ganter

Olsztyn Castle, Poland

2011 I.R.I.S. Book Publication & Touring Exhibition

1984 - 2017 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art

2009 - 2011 Mall Galleries, London, Pastel Society Exhibition:

2010 Mall Galleries, London “Originals 10” New English Art Club (featured in catalogue)

2010 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow ‘Fantastic Beasts’

2010 Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan ‘Figures in Scottish Art’

2009 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester ‘Scottish Women Printmakers’

1998 – 2007 Exhibitions and International Art Fairs; Glasgow, Berlin, London, Bath, Iceland, Madrid, Los Angeles

2002 Glasgow Print Studio Anniversary Exhibition, ‘Alive and Printing, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum,

2002 Roger Billcliffe, Anniversary Exhibition

2001 ‘New Work from Scotland’, Bohun Gallery, Oxford

1998 – 2000 ‘Scottish Spirit’ USA Touring Exhibition

1999 Vanessa Deveraux Gallery, London

1994 – 1996 ‘Alter Ego’ Exhibition Glasgow Print Studio, Touring Iceland & Madrid

1995 Nancy Roach Gallery, Singapore

1996 Royal Academy of Art, Burlington House, London

1994 Stirling Castle Exhibition – Invited Artist, Historic Scotland

1993 McLellan Galleries ‘Alive & Printing’ 21 Years of Glasgow Print Studio

1989 – 1993 Mercury Gallery, Cork St, London

1992 – 1993 Franco Scottish Exhibition, Montpellier, France

1992 Barbican Centre, London ‘Unique and Original’, Major Retrospective Glasgow Print Studio

1992 Hunt – Jennings Gallery, London, ‘Artists with Attitude’

1991 East West Gallery, London, ‘Exhibition of Portraits’

1991 Seagate Gallery, Dundee ‘Paper works’ (Prize-winner)

1990 Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow (Prize-winner)

1988 – 1989 ‘Fruit market Open’ Touring Exhibition, London

1987 – 1990 Thomas Agnew, Bond Street, London

1987 – 1990 New Academy Gallery, London

1987 Mercury Gallery Edinburgh – Printmakers Drawings

WORK EXPERIENCE INCLUDES

2015/16 Committee Member H.A.L. (House for an Art Lover) Arts Strategic Group.

2015 RSW selector Scottish Art Colleges “Invited students”

2013/15 Invited Artist: Pastel Master Class, ‘House for an Art Lover’ Bellahouston Park, Glasgow

2015 Invited Artist Drawing Class RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow.

2012 Invited Selector: Prize winners: Meffan Art Gallery & museum, Forfar

2011 Invited Artist: GPS Monathon.

2010 Invited Artist: Eduardo Paulozzi Exhibition Children’s Sculpture Workshop, Glasgow Print Studio

1989-2016 Served as Vice-President: Council member: Selector for major Scottish Art Societies

1994 Invited Artist to lecture in the Fine Art Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia

1993 Invited Artist to lecture on work in Iceland ‘Alter Ego Exhibition’

1992 Invited Selector for ‘Paper works III International, Seagate Gallery, Dundee

1990 Arts Council Approved Visiting Artists for Schools in Fife

1990 Invited Artist to assist with selection of Art Works for Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh

1989 Invited Artist to lecture on work at Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh

2014 ‘The Art of June Carey, Seeing Through the Dreams’ Autobiography

Available at The National Galleries of Scotland & www.junecarey.com)