PETER THOMSON

Born 1962.
1980-84 Studied Drawing and Painting at Glasgow School of Art.

Solo exhibitions
1990 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
1995 Compass Gallery, Glasgow.
1997 Compass Gallery, Glasgow.
2000 Piccadilly Gallery, London.
2002 Cricket Hill Gallery, New York. Compass Gallery, Glasgow.
2004 Piccadilly Gallery, London.
2005 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
2006 Lemon St Gallery, Truro
2007 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2008 Portal Gallery, London
2009 Portal Gallery, London
2010 Lemon Street Gallery, Truro.

Selected group exhibitions
1985 ‘Iconoclasm’, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
1986 ‘War of Images’, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow.
1990 Inverclyde Biennial, Maclean Art Gallery and Museum, Greenock.
1992 ‘Figure in the City’, Mia Joosten Gallery, Amsterdam.
‘Figure in the City’, Y’Art Galleries, Utrecht, Holland.
‘Figure in the City’, Music Cultural Theatre, Maastricht.
‘Figure in the City’, BP Gallery, Brussels.
Maastricht Art Fair, Mia Joosten Gallery.
1993 ‘Figure in the City’, Oriel Gallery, Cardiff.
1994 BP National Portrait Gallery Competition, London and Glasgow.
1995-2004 London and Glasgow Art Fairs, Compass Gallery,
Rebecca Hossack Gallery and Piccadilly Gallery.

1996 ‘Pride and Passion – The National Burns Exhibition’, The Royal Museum of
Scotland, Edinburgh.
1998 The Singer FriedlanderWatercolour Competition, The Mall Galleries, London.
1998 The Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow.
Noble Grossart Painting Prize, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1999 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, RSA Building, Edinburgh.
The Singer FriedlanderWatercolour Competition, The Mall Galleries, London.
2000 ‘Mary Stuart’, Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh.
2001 The Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow.
2002 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, RSA Building, Edinburgh.
2003 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, RSA Building, Edinburgh.
2009 Selected Artist RSA Edinburgh

Awards and prizes
1990 Scottish Arts Council Assistance Grant.
1995 Paper Boat Award (Awarded by Scotland on Sunday newspaperduring
Mayfest, Glasgow).
1996 Purchase Prize, Brave Art Exhibition, Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling.
Noble Grossart Painting Prize, Second Prize.
1997 John Murray Thomson Award, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2001 Fellowship of Glasgow Art Club Award.
2002 Personal Development Award, Scottish Arts Council.
2003 Fellowship of Scottish Art Club Award.
2008 Scottish Prize, Discerning Eye, London

Collections
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow.
Scottish Arts Council Collection.
The Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling.
Collins Collection, Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
Huntarian Collection , Glasgow University
Flemings Bank, London

Numerous private collections