HELEN FLOCKHART
Born - Scotland 1963
ART EDUCATION
1980-85 Studied painting at Glasgow School of Art
1984 Awarded BA(hons) FIRST CLASS
1985 Awarded Diploma in Postgraduate Studies HIGHLY COMMENDED
1985-86 Studied painting at the State Higher School of Fine Art in Poznan, Poland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Arusha Gallery, London, "In Elysian Fields"
2020 Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, "Beasts"
2018 Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, "Linger Awhile"
2018-19 Linlithgow Burgh Halls, "Linger Awhile"
2017 Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, "In the morning it is green"
2015 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, "Nocturne"
2013 Compass Gallery, Glasgow, "Swan Like"
2011 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, "Fire and Fauna"
2009 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London "Back to the Garden"
2006 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London "Marigold"
2003 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London "Dryland, Wetlands"
2001 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London "Maze"
2000 Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow
1999 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1997 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London "Flock"
1995 Compass Gallery, Glasgow "Sweetness and Darkness"
1993 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London "Base weed in bloom"
1991 Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews
1991 Ash Gallery, Edinburgh "A Scottish Siren"
1990 Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh "New Paintings"
1986 Galeria A.T., Poznan, Poland
SELECTED GROUP AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2023 Scottish Women Artists: 250 Years of Challenging Perceptions, Dovecot Studios and Gallery
2023 Eye of the Collector, Two Temple Place, London with Arusha Gallery
2023 Hawthorn and the Feast of Julian, High Line Nine Gallery, New York with Arusha Gallery
2022 I Take What Is Mine, High Line Nine Gallery, New York with Arusha Gallery
2022 Masterpiece Art Fair, London with Arusha Gallery
2022 RSA Annual Exhibition
2021 Bearded with Moss, Arusha Gallery, London
2021 Cruel Intentions, Arusha Gallery, London
2020 21st Century Women, Backdoor Gallery, Glasgow
2019. Allusion IV, RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
2018 Columbia Threadneedle Prize Exhibition: Figurative Art Today, Mall Galleries, London
2017 INK: Public Archive - Five Decades of Printmaking at Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow Print Studio
2017 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, The Mitchell, Glasgow
2016 Discerning Eye Triforium Exhibition, The Temple Church, London
2016 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2016 "The Scottish Endarkenment": Art and Unreason - 1945 to the present, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 Paisley Art Institute 128th Annual Exhibition, Paisley Art Gallery and Museum
2016 "Women's Work: Artists in the collection of Terri Lipman", Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
2016 W Gordon Smith Award Exhibition, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, The Mitchell, Glasgow
2014 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exbibition 2014
2014 "Strut: The Peacock in Beauty and Art", Hudson River Museum, New York
2013 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exbibition 2013
2013 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition 2013, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
2013 "An Intimate Relationship: Women Artists in the Collection of Terri Lipman", Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
2013 "At Land", Market Gallery, Glasgow
2012 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2012
2012 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, Glasgow, The Mitchell, Glasgow
2012 "Londinium - a London Pageant", Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2011 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, Glasgow, The Mitchell, Glasgow
2010 "Spectators", Helen Flockhart, Peter Thomson and Heather Nevay, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2009 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, invited artist - invited by John Byrne
2009 "Inspired" - Scottish Art from the Fleming Collection, the Fleming Collection, London
2008 Helen Flockhart, Peter Thomson and Heather Nevay, Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
2008 "The Glasgow School of Painting", Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2006 "Divided Selves" - the Scottish self portrait from 17th Century to the present day, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Fleming Collection, London
2006 "The Discerning Eye", Mall Galleries, London, invited artist - invited by Helena Kennedy
2002 Helen Flockhart and Peter Thomson, Cricket Hill Gallery, New York
1999 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, invited artist - invited by Duncan Shanks
1997 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, Glasgow, MLlellan Galleries, Glasgow
1997 Royal Overseas League 14th Annual Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
1993 "Through Women's Eyes", City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
1993 "Reflections", exhibition by the Spectator, Mall Galleries, London
1991 Helen Flockhart and Amitae Ben David, Galerie Het Veem, Rotterdam
1989 Helen Flockhart and Kay Maclean, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2021 Elected RSA
2021 Marchmont /Wasps Residency at Marchmont House
2016 Concept Fine Art Award, Paisley Art Institute
2014 Elected RGI
2012 Royal Scottish Academy Maude Gemmell Hutchinson Prize
2012 Lyon and Turnbull Award, Royal Glasgow Institute
2006 Humphreys Prize, Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2000 First prize, Noble Grossart/Scotland on Sunday painting competition
1997 Armour Award, Royal Glasgow Institute
1997 Fellowship of Glasgow Art Club
1997 Royal Overseas League Award for an artist living and working in Scotland
1996 Purchase prize, Smith Art Gallery and Museum Stirling for their Brave Art exhibition
1992 Grant from the Pollok-Krasner Foundation, New York
1992 Second prize, Inverclyde Biennial, Maclean Museum and Art Gallery, Greenock
1991 Scottish Arts Council assistance grant
1989 Scottish Arts Council Bursary
1985 British Council Scholarship to study at the State Higher School of Fine Art, Poznan, Poland
1984 Emmy Sachs Prize for Drawing
COLLECTIONS
Glasgow Museums, Fleming Collection, London, Scottish Arts Council, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Aberdeen Asset Management, The Lillie Collection
PAINTINGS IN PUBLICATIONS
Catalogue of "Linger Awhile" available from Arusha Gallery with 28 colour images and an essay by Louisa Elderton, 2018
"Scottish Artists In An Age of Radical Change, 1945 to the 21st century" by Bill Hare 2019 with image of "Suffer Or Strike" and "Crooked Rib" plus an essay and interview by Bill Hare.
"Londinium", book to accompany the exhibition published by Rebecca Hossack Gallery with image of "Tyger"
"Inspired", published by The Fleming-Wyfold Foundation, 2010. Image of "Canute" 1997 and essay by Matthew Sturgis.
"Divided Selves", published by The Fleming-Wyfold Foundation, 2006, written by Bill Hare and Polly Bielecka. Image of "Self Portrait" 1999.
"A History of Scottish Art", published by Merrel Publishers Ltd, 2003, written by Selina Skipwith and Bill Smith. Image of "Canute" 1997.
"Scottish Art in the 20th Century", published by Mainstream Publishing, 1994, written by Duncan Macmillan. Image of "Woman holding flower" 1992.
"Transmission", published by Black Dog Publishing, 2000. Image of Untitled Sculpture 1985.