Title: Winter’s Gift
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Medium: Oil on Board

Price: £6750

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About the Artist


1956 Born Glasgow, Scotland

1973-77 Glasgow School of Art Graduated DA in Drawing and Painting

One man Shows

1987   Inn on the Green, Glasgow
1989   Inn on the Green, Glasgow
1991   Inn on the Green, Glasgow
1993   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
1994   Macauley Gallery, Stenton
1995   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
1998   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2000   Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
2000   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2003   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2004   Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
2004   The John Davies Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
2005   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2006   Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
2007   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2007   Edinburgh Festival, English Speaking Union, Edinburgh
2008   Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
2010   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2010   Fraser East, Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews
2010   John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh
2011   Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews
2012   The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
2013   Duncan R. Miller Fine Art, London
2016   Fraser Gallery, St Andrews
2017   Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London

Two Man Exhibitions

1995 John Kingsley / Anne Gordon
1995 Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
1998 John Kingsley / Clive McCartney
1998 Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
2014 John Kingsley / Nael Hanna
2014 Coucoux and Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hampshire
2018 John Kingsley / Charles Jamieson
2018 Red Rag Gallery, Bath
2018 John Kingsley / Scott Drysedale
2018 Lemond Gallery, Glasgow

Selected Exhibitions

1985   3 Viewpoints, Strathclyde University, Glasgow
1987   Metro Gallery, Glasgow
1988   McLellan Gallery, Glasgow
1988   Christmas exhibition, Kingfisher Gallery, Edinburgh
1989   Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie
1990   Group Exhibition, Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1990   Solstice Gallery, Edinburgh
1992   A Colourful TraditionRGI artsists,
1992  Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London
1992  Mixed Exhibition, Macauley Gallery, Stenton
1992  Group Exhibition, Edinburgh gallery, Edinburgh
1993   Hung Expo, Budapest International Contemporary Art Fair with Richard Demarco Foundation
1994   Art 94, Business Design Centre, London
1994.  Art Expo, Jacob Javits Centre, New York
2006   Three Scottish Painters, The John Davies Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
2009   Not the Chelsea Flower Show, Gullane Gallery
2009   Cowal Open Studios, Argyll
2010   Gullane Masters, Gullane Gallery
2012   John Kingsley and Michael Clark, Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol
2013   New Scottish Colourists, Courcoux and Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hampshire
2014   Cartman, Jamieson and Kingsley, Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol
2016   Artist in Residence, Fraser East, St Andrews

John E. Kingsley also exhibits with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Scottish Society for Painters in Watercolour, Paisley Art Institute and at Art Fairs in London, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow (through galleries).

Currently serving on the Council of the RSW.

Awards and Prizes

1991   William Bowie Landscape Prize, Paisley art Institute
1992   Mary Armour Award, Paisley Art Institute
1998   Arnold Clark Prize, Paisley Art Institute
2003   Paisley Art Institute Award
2006   Reid Kerr College Award for Painting
2008   Contemporary Fine Art gallery Eton Award, Paisley Art Institute
2011   Plein Air Prize, Paisley Art Institute
2011   Glasgow Art Club Award, Paisley Art Institute
2013   Watermark Award, Royal Scottish Society for Painters in Watercolour
2016   Charles Jamieson Award, Paisley Art Institute
2017   May Marshall Brown Award, RSW
Finalist Hunting art Prizes, London: 1989, 1993, 1999 and 2000
Highly Commended in 1996
1999   Awarded the Diploma of Paisley Art Institute
2015   Elected member of Royal Scottish Society for Painters in Watercolour

Teaching  (1978 – 97)

Full-time and latterly part-time teacher of art at North Kelvinside Secondary School, Glasgow and King’s Park Secondary School, Glasgow

Works in Collections

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Bedford, Tommy Hilfiger, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Argyll and Bute District Council, Ricoh, Ota, Tokyo, CMS (formerly Dundas and Wilson), Mactaggart & Mickel, Albert Fisher PLC, Sara Lee UK, Glenisla Group, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club

Works in Private Collections

Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg, Lebanon, Australia, Canada, Malaysia and USA.

Publications

CD Album cover Oil  Painting: ‘On the Wire’ Ardentjohn 2009 www.slowtrainrecords.co.uk

Bibliography

Dictionary of Scottish Scottish Painters, 1600 to the present, by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby, pp117