Robert Macmillan is an Broughty Ferry based artist inspired in part by the magnificent landscape along the Fife Coast. Inspired by many artists whose work is tonal and atmospheric, Robert captures the light and colour of the east coast using soft, built up layers of oil paint. Reworking and relayering these intimate pieces creating a wonderful luminosity that reflects Tay Country.
Robert Macmillan (born 1974, Glasgow, Scotland)
Education
1993-1997 BA(Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
2005-2006 Masters of Design, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Small works, The Fraser Gallery, St Andrews
2017 PaintingSilence Before It Disappears, The Fraser Gallery, St Andrews
2016 Approaching Light, 108 Fine Art,Harrogate
2015 Refining Light, Fraser Gallery, StAndrews
2013 New Work, Fraser East Gallery, StAndrews
2012 In the Stillness of Light, The ScottishGallery, Edinburgh
2010 New Work, The Fraser East Gallery,St Andrews
2009 Light in the Darkest of Places,The Fraser Gallery, St Andrews
2004 New Work, The Edinburgh Gallery,Edinburgh
2003 Lighter Shades of Darkness, TheKelly Gallery, Glasgow
2002 New Work, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate
2000 Out of Darkness, 108 Fine Art,Harrogate
Group Exhibitions
2015 Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 Eduardo Alessandro Studios, LondonArt Fair
2014 Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh
2014 The Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 April Showers, Scottish Gallery,Edinburgh
2012 The Lemond Gallery, Bearsden,Glasgow
2008 The Aspect Painting Prize, Gallery27, Cork Street, London
2008 Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
2007
Tracy McNee Fine Art, Islington ArtFair, London
Roger Bilcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
Paisley Art Gallery, Aspect PaintingPrize
Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh FestivalGroup Show
2006
Masters Show, The Cooper Gallery,Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
The Edinburgh Gallery
Fraser and Son, Dundee
Tracy McNee Fine Art, Dublin Art Fair
Tracy McNee Fine Art, Christmas Show,Glasgow
2005 New Works, Fraser and Son, Dundee
2004
Summer Show, The Open Eye Gallery,Edinburgh
New Works, Fraser and Son, Dundee
2003 Summer Show, The Edinburgh Gallery
2002
Royal Glasgow Institute AnnualExhibition (Prize Winner), McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Fine Art Auction, Philips theAuctioneers, Harrogate
2001 Noble Grossart Painting Prize(Finalist), Glasgow School of Art and Lloyds TSB Building, Edinburgh
2000
Summer Show, The Edinburgh Gallery
Festival Exhibition, The EdinburghGallery
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park,London
Christmas Show, The Edinburgh Gallery
1999
Artists for the Millennium, TheEdinburgh gallery
Summer Show, The Edinburgh Gallery
1998
Aberdeen Group Show, Aberdeen RoyalInfirmary, Grampian Hospital Trust
Scottish Gallery Summer Show, TheScottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Art for the Festival, Henry DuncanHouse, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
Peacock Printmaking Gallery, ChristmasShow, Aberdeen
Christmas Show, Rendezvous Gallery,Aberdeen
1997
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Degree Show, Duncan of JordanstoneCollege of Art, Dundee
Art for the Festival, The ScottishGallery, Edinburgh
1995
Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow
Keepers, an exhibition of fivefigurative artists, Discovery Point, Dundee
Awards
2009 International Artist Finalist,International Artist Magazine Dec/Jan
2007 Aspect Painting Prize Winner (1 of4 awarded)
2002 Royal Glasgow Institute of theFine Arts Exhibition Award
2001 Noble Grossart Painting PrizeFinalist
1997 John Eadie Award for Painting
1997 John Kinross TravellingScholarship
Private Collections
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art,Dundee
J.K Rowling
Andrew Strauss
Collections in the USA, Egypt, SouthAfrica and Norway
Publications
2010 The Dictionary of ScottishPainters: 1600 to the Present
Nov 2010 Scottish Field
Sept 2010 Homes and Interiors ScotlandMagazine
Dec/Jan 2009/10 International ArtistMagazine
Oct 2009 Vogue Magazine
Oct 2009 Homes and Interiors ScotlandMagazine
Oct 2008 Homes and Interiors ScotlandMagazine
Feb 2008 Homes and Interiors ScotlandMagazine
Feb 2008 Dundee Courier
June 2007 Glasgow Herald
July 2007 Bishopbriggs Herald
July 2007 Dundee Courier
Sept 2003 Scotland on Sunday
Nov 2002 The Yorkshire Post
Jan 1999 The Glasgow Herald
April 1997 The Scotsman