Alastair Strachan

1959 Born Glasgow
2003–4 PGCPSE Strathclyde University
1977–81 Edinburgh College of Art BA(Hons) Drawing and Painting

Residencies

Artist in Residence, Grizedale Forest
Hospitalfield Alumni Residency, Arbroath
Artita, Piran, Slovenia

Scholarships/Awards

William Grant and Sons Ltd. Charitable Trust Prize,
Paisley Drawing Competition Prize Winner
Patrick Allan Fraser Scholarship, Hospitalfield, Arbroath
Jolomo Painting Prize, Joint Third Prize winner

Collections

Scottish Arts Council
BBC
Hospitalfield Trust
Various private collections in Britain, Canada, Hong Kong and Germany

Additional

1989–2008 Part-time, job-share now full-time lecturer, North Glasgow College
2003–2004 Assistant Professor of Painting, NSCAD University. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2004 Part-time lecturer, Glasgow School of Art
1986–89 Part-time lecturer, Cardonald College, Glasgow
Founding member of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow and committee member 1983–85
Artists Representative on the WASPS Studios Board, 1987–95
Organiser of the Scottish Young Contemporaries, 1984
Guide, British Art Show, 1984
Film, 6 Painters, Life’s Rich Tapestry, 1987
Exhibitions Assistant, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1983–90
1981–2006 Studio in WASPS, King Street, Glasgow