BIOGRAPHY
Born in1964, Peter McLaren studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1982-1987. It is there that he honed his distinctive style of expressionistic painting, which has subsequently seen him exhibit with the likes of Bellany, Lupertz and Baselitz. He is a regular contributor to The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. He has had solo exhibitions in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Belgium and Chicago and has taken part in many group exhibitions.
Solo Exhibitions:
1998 The Portland Gallery, London
1996 The Scottish Gallery, Aitken Dott, Edinburgh
1996 The Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh
1993 The Portland Gallery, London
The Scottish Gallery, Aitken Dott, Edinburgh
1991 The Scottish Gallery, Aitken Dott, Edinburgh
1990 The Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago, USA
The Eva Cohon Gallery, Highland Park, USA
1989 Lineart, Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium. The Sophie Van Moerkerke Gallery
De Keignaert, Oudenburg, Belgium, The Sophie Can Moerkerke Gallery
1988 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Homage to Velasquez, Scottish Artists, Edinburgh
1987 Richard Ford Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art
Two John Kinross Scholars, Scottish Artists Edinburgh
Awards and Scholarships:
1988 British Airways Most Promising Artist Award. £10,000 Travelling Scholarship
John Murray Thomson Award, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1987 Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship to New York, ECA
Andrew Grant Major Award, ECA
David Cargill Trust Award, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Glasgow
1986 Richard Ford Award. Travelling Scholarship to Madrid. Royal Academy, London
John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence, Royal Scottish Academy
Jean F Watson Bequest, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
Adam Bruce Thomson Award, Royal Scottish Academy Students Competition.