Dorothy Black

Visual Artist

An established artist working in mixed media from a studio in rural Fife, employing a range of techniques with powerful draughtsmanship always at the core.

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Widely exhibited with work held in many private and public collections in the UK and beyond.Edinburgh College of Art 1981-86BA Hons Drawing & Painting
Post graduate Diploma Painting & PrintmakingSelected group showsNew Talent – 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
Works on Paper – Academy of Arts, San Francisco
Inverclyde Biennial – Young Artists Prize
Edinburgh”Spring Fling” – Prizewinner
Contemporary Scottish Painting – Turbeville Smith, London
“The Vigorous Line” – New Scottish Drawing, Turbeville Smith, London
The Scottish Print Open
WASPS National Touring Exhibition
Glasgow Garden Festival Competition – winner
Artists Choice, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
Contemporary Portraiture, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
“Face to Face” – Two Woman Show, Step Gallery, Edinburgh
Contemporary Scottish Art, Los Angeles
“Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot” – Commissioned by Edinburgh Council
“For A’ That” – Twelve Contemporary Artists’ views of Burns – commission and international touring exhibition
“Sea and Shore” – The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
“The Decade Ahead” – The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Three Scottish Artists – Renton Williams Fine Art, London
“Burns Country” – Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
SSA Centenary Exhibition
Glasgow Print Studio Retrospective, Barbican Gallery, London
“Through Women’s Eyes” – City Art Centre, Edinburgh
"Art in Bloom" - Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery
“Strongwomen” – Two Woman Show, Clayton Gallery, Newcastle
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Fierce Nature, Art@47, Pittenweem. Two woman show, Dorothy Black/Kate DownieSolo Exhibitions1989/92 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1989 Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
1991 The Loomshop Gallery, Fife
1993/97 John Stevens Fine Art, Edinburgh
1994 East Kilbride Arts Centre
1998 Pittencrieff House Museum, Dunfermline
2005 Eastgate Arts Centre, Peebles
2025 Smith Museum and Art Gallery, StirlingCollections
Jean F Watson Bequest, Edinburgh Council
Glenrothes Development Corporation
Arts in Fife
BBC Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Stirling Universty
Fife Council
Borders Council
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery
Standard Life
Thomson Cooper Accountants
Dunfermline Building Society
Aaron Rosen, Los Angeles

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Subject matter can vary from natural forms, still life, pattern and print but predominantly figure and portrait. I love to work large scale and continuously endeavour to capture the figure in movement, creating power, drama and impact in a pose. I apply the same approach with large scale botanical studies, where I see similarities in the lines, shapes and structure of organic forms and the figure. I am fascinated in capturing these twists and turns and how they change over time from bud to withered form.I explore contrasts in my work - this may be the solid structure of a pose alongside freer painterly handling in other areas. I am fascinated with print and pattern, particularly vintage colour schemes and motifs, and use these as inspiration. I employ a range of printing techniques and often combine these with drawn and painted elements. Again, contrasts between print, detail and more free abstract treatments can be evident.

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