Awards

  • 2013: Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Richard Coley Award for Sculptors
  • 2013: Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition: John Gray Award
  • 2012: Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory (MI-LAB) Lake Kawaguchi International Artist-in-residence Program for mid-career print artists. Supported by the Government of Japan
  • 2012: House for an Art Lover Award: the Royal Glasgow Institute Annual exhibition
  • 2011: The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Grant towards costs of the exhibition and publication ‘Mokuhanga’
  • 2011: Hope Scott Trust towards costs of the exhibition and publication ‘Mokuhanga’
  • 2011: Royal Scottish Academy William Gilles bequest fund to attend the First Mokuhanga Symposium in Kyoto and Awaji, Japan
  • 2011: Visual Arts Award to research and make etching plates in combination with Mokuhanga at Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop for exhibit in Dublin Graphic Studio Gallery
  • 2010: PF Charitable Award, Visual Arts Scotland, Annual Exhibition
  • 2009: City of Edinburgh Council, supporting residency at Graphic Print Studio, Dublin
  • 2009: Visual Arts Award, Edinburgh, support for researching a new work
  • 2009: Micro Residency, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
  • 2007: SSA North Sea Project Award, for residency at K. Studios, Sandnes, Norway
  • 2007: Elected Royal Scottish Academician
  • 2006: Edinburgh Visual Arts award to research, make and exhibit large-scale digital prints combined with mokuhanga
  • 2004: Scottish Arts Council, professional development award to travel and exhibit in Kyoto, Japan, as part of ‘The Year of Print’
  • 2003: First Artist in Residence at Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage Studio, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA
  • 2003: Scottish Arts Council, professional development, travel and exhibit at the Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA
  • 2003: Hope Scott Trust Assistance Award
  • 2002: Dundee Contemporary Arts Technical Training Award (funded by Scottish Arts Council)
  • 2002: Aberdeen Artists Annual Exhibition Shell Expro Award
  • 2001: Year of the Artist Residency, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (funded by Scottish Arts Council)
  • 1998: Monbusho Award to undertake the Masters in woodblock printing, Tama Art University, Tokyo
  • 1996: Monbusho Award for research into woodblock printing at Tama Art University
  • 1994: British Council Assistance to travel and exhibit in Mexico
  • 1994: Royal Scottish Academy Ireland Alloys Award
  • 1991: Royal Scottish Academy Meyer Oppenheim Prize
  • 1990: Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship, for three months travel in Japan
  • 1987: Young Scottish Artist of the Year, studio for one year in Cite des Arts International, Paris
  • 1989: Sunday Times Scotland Mayfest Award for Visual Arts
  • 1989: Royal Overseas League Annual Exhibition, Scottish Prize
  • 1987: Elected Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists
  • 1987: Clason-Harie Bursary for Post Graduate Exhibition, for travel to Norway
  • 1987: Edinburgh College of Art Largo Award for Distinguished Work