John Kingsley was born in Glasgow in 1956 and studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1973 – 77 under James D. Robertson RSW., RGI., RSA., Geoffrey Squire D.F.A., R.S.W., R.G.I., R.S.A. and Dr David Donaldson R.S.A., R.P., R.G.I., L.L.D., D. Litt. (formerly Artist and Limner to the Queen in Scotland).

John Kingsley has exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Paisley Art Institute of which he is a council member.

Competition and Awards

1989 Finalist, Hunting Art Prizes, London

1991 William Bowie Landscape Prize, Paisley Art Institute

1992 Mary Armour Award, Paisley Art Institute

1993 Finalist, Hunting Art Prizes, London

1996 Highly commended, Hunting Art Prizes, London

1998 Finalist, Hunting Art Prizes, London

Arnold Clark Prize, Paisley Art Institute

1999 Awarded the Diploma of the Paisley Art Institute

Finalist, Hunting Art Prizes, London

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

Works in Collections

HRH the Duke of Edinburgh

Argyle and Bute District Council

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow

Albert Fisher plc

Sara Lee UK

Glenisla Group

Tommy Hilfiger

And in Belgium, France, Holland, the Lebanon, Luxembourg, Sweden, Canada, USA and throughout the UK

Bibliography

‘Scottish Painters, 1600 to the present’ by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby