Alastair Maclennan b. 3 February1943 Blair Atholl, Scotland
CV
Web Site: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/maclennan/index.html
Education
1960-65 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland DA and Post Diploma.
1965-66 Teacher Training, College of Education, Dundee, Scotland Specialist Art Teaching Certificate
1966-68 School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USAMFA Degree
Exhibitions
Numerous solo and group from 1964 through to the present, including the 1976 Sydney Biennanle - Terry Reid's Sydney Secret Exchange
see: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/maclennan/biography.htm
Collections
Work in private collections in America, Canada, Italy, Poland, Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.
Work in public collections of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, The Arts Council of England, and Limerick City Art Gallery
Awards
2008 Emeritus Professorship of Fine Art, University Of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, From Trace, Cardiff Art in Time, Cardiff, Wales, UK
2002 AHRB Grants for the Creative and Performing Arts (£5000)
1998 Winner in the Visual Art Category of the 1998 Belfast Arts Awards, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Nothern Ireland
1996 Honorary Fellowship for contribution to Visual Performance conferred by Dartington College of Art, Dartington, England
1991-97 Research Awards from the University of Ulster to conduct visual research and present art performances abroad
1988 Recipient of a London Dance and Performance Award for 'outstanding creative achievement' in Performance Art from the National Organisation for Dance and Mime, in association with Dance Umbrella and Time Out magazine.
1980-83 Research Awards from Ulster Polytechnic for Art Exhibitions, Performances and Installations and communicating information regarding the Belfast MA Fine Art programme in North America and Canada, etc.
Granted Travel Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to present 'Alientegration' at Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York, USA
1979 Awarded Carroll Prize in Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin, Ireland
Awarded Research Grant from Ulster Polytechnic to study developments in live art in European Colleges and Galleries
1972 Received $4,000 Canada Council Arts Award for Painting, Writing and Performance Member of Halifax-Vancouver, Canadian Artist Exchange Programme, sponsored by $7,000 Canada Council Award
1971 Received $4,000 Canada Council Arts Bursary award for Painting
1967 Year's tuition scholarship, plus $1,000. Van De Grift Fellowship, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1966 Major Travel Scholarship granted by the Scottish Education Department for graduate study in Fine Arts abroad.
Alexander Cross Trust Foundation Scholarship for graduate study in Fine Arts abroad. Granted by Cross Trust Foundation, Edinburgh, Scotland
Year's tuition scholarship granted by the School of Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1965 David Murray studentship from The Royal Academy of London, England (Work taken at Hospitalfield College of Art, Arbroath, Scotland)
Web Site: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/maclennan/index.html
Education
1960-65 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland DA and Post Diploma.
1965-66 Teacher Training, College of Education, Dundee, Scotland Specialist Art Teaching Certificate
1966-68 School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USAMFA Degree
Exhibitions
Numerous solo and group from 1964 through to the present, including the 1976 Sydney Biennanle - Terry Reid's Sydney Secret Exchange
see: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/maclennan/biography.htm
Collections
Work in private collections in America, Canada, Italy, Poland, Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.
Work in public collections of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, The Arts Council of England, and Limerick City Art Gallery
Awards
2008 Emeritus Professorship of Fine Art, University Of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, From Trace, Cardiff Art in Time, Cardiff, Wales, UK
2002 AHRB Grants for the Creative and Performing Arts (£5000)
1998 Winner in the Visual Art Category of the 1998 Belfast Arts Awards, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Nothern Ireland
1996 Honorary Fellowship for contribution to Visual Performance conferred by Dartington College of Art, Dartington, England
1991-97 Research Awards from the University of Ulster to conduct visual research and present art performances abroad
1988 Recipient of a London Dance and Performance Award for 'outstanding creative achievement' in Performance Art from the National Organisation for Dance and Mime, in association with Dance Umbrella and Time Out magazine.
1980-83 Research Awards from Ulster Polytechnic for Art Exhibitions, Performances and Installations and communicating information regarding the Belfast MA Fine Art programme in North America and Canada, etc.
Granted Travel Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to present 'Alientegration' at Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York, USA
1979 Awarded Carroll Prize in Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin, Ireland
Awarded Research Grant from Ulster Polytechnic to study developments in live art in European Colleges and Galleries
1972 Received $4,000 Canada Council Arts Award for Painting, Writing and Performance Member of Halifax-Vancouver, Canadian Artist Exchange Programme, sponsored by $7,000 Canada Council Award
1971 Received $4,000 Canada Council Arts Bursary award for Painting
1967 Year's tuition scholarship, plus $1,000. Van De Grift Fellowship, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1966 Major Travel Scholarship granted by the Scottish Education Department for graduate study in Fine Arts abroad.
Alexander Cross Trust Foundation Scholarship for graduate study in Fine Arts abroad. Granted by Cross Trust Foundation, Edinburgh, Scotland
Year's tuition scholarship granted by the School of Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1965 David Murray studentship from The Royal Academy of London, England (Work taken at Hospitalfield College of Art, Arbroath, Scotland)