1963 Born in Dundee, Scotland
1987 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
1987 B.A. (Hon’s) Fine Art.
1988 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Post-Graduate, Fine Art. (Commended)
1996 Northern College of Education, Aberdeen, Post-Graduate Certificate Secondary Education, Art and design. (Distinction)
1997 - Present Part-time Lecturer in Art and Design, Dundee College

1986 Hospitalfield House Art College Scholarship
1987 Scottish Education Department Minor Travelling Award
1987 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, Canada
1988 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Post Graduate, Fine Art (commended) Scholarship
1990 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Second Award, Canada
1995 Royal Scottish Academy Latimer Award, Edinburgh
1995 Elected Member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours
1996 Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship, Travel Award and Exhibition.
1996 Travel to China-July to October
1999 Alexander Graham Munro Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, Edinburgh

1990 Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven
1992 Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire
1994 Gallery 41, Edinburgh- “Country of the Mind”
1996 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh- “Alastair Salvesen Travelling Scholarship”
1997 Leith Gallery, Leith, Edinburgh- “Icons”
1997 Le Mur Vivant Fine Art, London- “Chinese Whispers”
2000 Leith Gallery, Leith, Edinburgh

1993 River Spirits Exhibition – toured Scotland
1995 / 96 / 97 / 98 / 99 The Courtyard Gallery, Crail
1995 Uprising Exhibition, The Meffan Institute, Forfar
1995/96 Leith Gallery, Leith, Edinburgh
1996 The Sea - The Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
1997 The Natural World, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Hampshire
1997 Princeton International Art Exhibition, New Jersey, U.S.A
1998 Scotfest Exhibition , Manhattan, New York, USA
1998 Two – man show; Angus McEwan & Jack Morrocco Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
1999 Ten Years On – The Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship 1989-1998
1999 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours comes to Richmond, The Richmond Hill Gallery, Surrey.
1999 Two – man show, Angus McEwan & Robert Saunders, Leith Gallery Edinburgh
2000 The Courtyard Gallery
2000 The Frames Contemporary Gallery

1988 / 89 / 90 / 91 / 94 Aberdeen Artists Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen
1988 / 99 Scottish Society of Artists, Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
1988/98 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, Glasgow
1990/95 Royal Scottish Academy Summer Show, Edinburgh
1991 / 94 / 95 / 96 / 97 / 98 / 99 / 00 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, The Mound, Edinburgh
1990 / 92 Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen, The Mound Edinburgh
1994 / 95 Society of Scottish Artist, Edinburgh
1993 / 94 / 96 / 97 / 98 / 99 / 00 Bilcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
1994 / 95 / 96 Gallery Lauritzen, Frederickstad, Norway
1995 / 96 / 97 / 98 / 99 Courtyard Gallery, Crail
1994 / 97 Gallery 41, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh

1989 Finalist Hunting Group Art Awards Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, Birmingham, Great Yarmouth.
1990 Finalist Scottish Drawing Competition 1991, Paisley Art Institute
1992 "A Decade of Fine Art 1982-1992", Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Best Graduates, McManus Galleries, Dundee
1993 Guardian "Art for Sale" Show, April 1993, October 1993 and December 1993, London
1993 "Tall Ships" Exhibition, Clayton Gallery, Newcastle, England
1993/99 Finalist, The Morrison Scottish Portrait Award Exhibition, R.S.A. Galleries, Edinburgh.
1996 New York Arts Fair, U.S.A.
1997 / 00 Artexpo, New York Arts Fair, U.S.A.
1997 / 00 British Consulate, New York, U.S.A.
1997 / 00 Exhibition of R.S.W painters, Bilcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
1998 Le Mur Vivant, London
1998 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours; Bankside Gallery, London
1998 Queens Road Gallery, Aberdeen
1998 Celebration of Scottish Contemporary Art, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow
1998 Finalist Noble Grossart Painting Prize, R.S.A Edinburgh & Glasgow School of Art

“Evolution – a gradual change in the characteristics of living things to a more complex form.”

I have chosen this title for my new work because I feel it describes the development that my work has currently taken. This new work is exciting and challenging and alters the emphasis in my paintings from the obvious to the mysterious, the traditional to the contemporary.


Symbolism has always been an important element in my work, and I have used it extensively over the past few years giving objects in my paintings 2 or 3 meanings.

My interest in symbolism has developed further by my research into the world of Alchemy. I have often been intrigued by the rich symbolism, the use of imagery, secrecy and mythology surrounding this mystical Art. By taking these symbols literally rather than imbuing objects with meanings I will have simplified and directed myself and the viewers attention towards a more focussed vision.

There has also been a shift in the way I work, as I began to produce these paintings I began experimenting with watercolour and acrylic paint. Using texture and surface pattern enmeshed together to create a worn, concealed, obscured, esoteric feeling to some of the pieces, I feel I am getting closer to describing the subject matter in a visual sense. These paintings were enjoyable to create and I hope this has been transmitted to the viewer.

For a long time I have been pushing the boundaries of still life painting and this has evolved a step further by the introduction of new compositions and pictorial solutions. I have also been doing a lot of figure drawing/painting; this will eventually be pulled into my work to give it an added human dimension.
Angus McEwan, R.S.W.

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