SHARON QUIGLEY | CURRICULUM VITAE
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, B.A (Hons) Fine Art – Painting (First Class), 1986 – 1990
M.A European Fine Art, Barcelona, Winchester School of Art, 1994 -1995
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Elected Professional Member, Visual Art Scotland (VAS) 2022
Elected President, Society of Scottish Artists (SSA), 2017 – 2020
Board Member, Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists, 2014 – 2020
Elected Vice President, Society of Scottish Artists (SSA), 2014 – 2017
Elected Council Member, Society of Scottish Artists 2013
Scottish Contemporary Art Network 2019
ENGAGE, National Association for Gallery Education 2019
Scottish Artist Union (SAU), 2009
Society of Scottish Artists, Professional Member (SSA), 1998
AWARDS
RSA MacRobert Award for Painting (Shortlisted Artist)
W Gordon Smith Award for Painting
Hope Scott Trust Award
Edinburgh Printmakers Visiting Artists Printmaking Prize (SSA)
Hope Scott Trust Award
Royal Glasgow Institute Exhibitionship Prize
Royal Scottish Academy Latimer Award
James Guthrie Orchar Award for Painting
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Bank of Montreal
The Buccleuch Collection
University of Stirling’s Art Collection, Anne Frank Trust Commission
Cardiology Department, Forth Valley Royal Hospital,
Baillie Gifford Headquarters
Mastercard International
Bank of Scotland
University of Dundee
International Centre for Cultural Development, India
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Window Manifestations Commission, Tonic Arts, 2025
Renal Dialysis Unit, Western General Hospital, Window Manifestations Commission, Tonic Arts, 2025
Cancer Assessment Unit, Western General Hospital, Window Manifestations Commission, Tonic Arts, 2024
The Unity Art Project Commission, Trussell Trust, 2021
Edinburgh Haematology Centre Commission, Western General Hospital, Round Table Projects, 2021
‘Hail and Rain’ Commission, Artreach, Artlink Central, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, 2019
‘Memory Bower’ Commission, Inverclyde Royal Hospital, 2018
University of Stirling | Anne Frank Trust Commission, 2017
‘Cultural Crofting’, Dualachas Chroitearachd Cairt-Chluiche | ATLAS Arts Commission, 2016
‘Bring the Outside in’, Public Art Commission, Stirling Community Hospital, 2016
Rohallion Commission, Murray Royal Hospital, Art in Healthcare, 2016
Artist in Residence Commission, University of Stirling Archive Department, 2014 – 2015
Children’s X-Ray Department Commission, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, 2015 – 2016
‘Children’s Space’, Artist in Residence and Public Art Commission, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, 2015
SELECTED RESIDENCIES, COLLABORATIVE AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
Hugo Burge Foundation | Old Squash Court Residency, Marchmont Estate, Feb–March 2025
‘Artreach & Abrupt Encounters’, Development Artist, Artlink Central, Stirling, 2010 – 2022
‘Our Connected Neighbourhoods’, Dementia Research Project, University of Stirling and Artlink, 2019
Ladysbridge Research Project and Publication, Project Ability and NHS Grampian Archives, 2018 – 2019
‘Beatha air an Fhearainn, Atlas Arts Residency, Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Gallery and Museum, 2014
Stirling District Asylum Records, Artist in Residence and Commission, University of Stirling Archive, 2015
‘Let your Day Blossom’, Dementia Research Residency, Gartnaval Hospital, Glasgow, 2017
Living Lab, Atlas Arts, Artist in Residence, Taigh Chearsabaigh, 2014
‘The Words of Birds’, Artist in Residence, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, 2012 – 2014
‘Abrupt Encounters’ Development Artist, for Artlink Central, Stirling, 2012 – 2013
‘Survivarts’, Open Secret, Development Artist, West Lothian Arts Services, Livingston, 2009 – 2014
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
‘Strata’, Visual Art Scotland, WASPS Creative Academy, Inverness, June – August 2026
‘A Quiet Place’, Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright, May 2026
‘Frontiers: Painting in Scotland Now’, Royal Scottish Academy, August – September 2024
‘Tender Light | Sharon Quigley’, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, April–June 2023
‘Royal Scottish Academy’, Edinburgh, March–July 2022
‘Beyond Boundaries’, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, February–April 2022
‘Not as it Seems’, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, January–March 2019
‘Luminal’, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, October–January 2017
‘Tender Buttons’, Seeing Sound, Bath Spa University, April 2016
‘Staring at the Ceiling Staring at the Stars’, University of Stirling Art Collection, January–March 2016
‘Dreaming of Sleeping II’, East Kilbride Art Centre, East Kilbride, October–December 2015
‘GARAGE’, Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh, August 2011–2015
‘The Cut of Your Jib’, Gallery Rosalux, Minneapolis, May–June 2015
‘Bridges’ Piešťany, Pállfy Castle, Bratislava, January–March 2015
‘Bridges’ Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia, April–May 2015
‘Dreaming of Sleeping’, Bedroom, GARAGE, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, July – August 2012
‘Strata’, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London, July 2009
Contact: Sharon Quigley
Studio: Albion Art Spaces, Studio 107, Unit 7A, Albion Business Centre, 78 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QX
Mobile: 07719837998