Born: 1962 Ellon, N.E. Scotland, UK
1982-1986 – BA Honours Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art
1986-1987 – Post Graduate Diploma (Distinction), Edinburgh College of Art
1987-1988 – Studio for one year, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1992-1996 – Part-time Lecturer in Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art
1996-2000 – Monbusho Award, Masters in Woodcut, Tama Art University, Tokyo
2018 – Between Moments, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 – Cabinet Exhibition, John Martin Gallery, London
2017 – Yellow and Blue, Pittenweem Art Festival (invited artist)
2016 – Borrowed Light, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 – Outside: Inside, William Road Gallery, John McAslan + Partners, London
2015 – Mokuhanga, Meffan Galleries and Museum, Forfar, Angus
2014 – Japanese Woodcut Prints, Printmaking Studio, Academy of Fine Arts, DKO, Gent
2014 – Inside: Outside, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 – Pause, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow
2012 – New Works (with Niamh Flanagan), Dublin Graphic Studio Gallery
2011 – Paul Furneaux: Mokuhanga, Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery
2009 – Notes on a Landscape, i2, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2005 – Blue Flowers: Red Shadows, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
2003 – New Works: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA
2002 – Graphics, The Honran Gallery, Falun, Sweden
2001 – Stone Cut: Woodcut, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
1999 – Strange Rain: Woodcut Prints, Gallery Saoh & Tomos, Tokyo
1995 – Colours of a Strange Autumn, Anglo-Mexican Institute, Mexico City
1991 – Works on Paper, Todd Gallery, London
2019 – Breaking Boundaries: 9 International Mokuhanga artists, Walla Walla Foundry Gallery, USA
2019 – Art + Identity: An International View, Browngrotta Arts, Connecticut, USA
2019 – Mokuhanga: Cross Culture Europe + Japan, CfSHE Gallery, Tokyo
2019 – Imprint: new prints and multiples by Royal Scottish Academicians, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2019 – 369 Remembered – The Men, Summerhall Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 – Conversations with Paolozzi, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2018 – Depth of Field (four person exhibition), Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
2018 – Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2018 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2018 – From Paper to Gold: 50 years of printmaking excellence, Edinburgh Printmakers
2017 – Cut: a celebration of the woodcut technique, Glasgow Print Studio Gallery
2017 – Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art from 1540 to now, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2017 – Contemporary Perspectives on Printmaking, Mall Galleries, London
2017 – Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2017 – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2017 – Summa: an exhibition of recent RSA Residency for Scotland Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2016 – Assortment VIII, Jagged Art Gallery, London
2016 – Pulling the Print, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
2016 – Converge: Visual Art Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2015 – Cornucopia, Jagged Art Gallery, London
2015 – Annual Exhibition Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2015 – International Printmaking Exhibition, Xiaoxiang International Printmaking Center, China (invited artist)
2015 – National Open Art Exhibition, The Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
2015 – Seeing Through The Abstract, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
2015 – Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2015 – Masters: Relief Prints, Bankside Gallery, London
2015 – Form/Fragment, West Yorkshire Print Workshop
2014 – Crossflows: five international artists interpret Japanese woodcut printing, Gallery Saoh & Tomos, Tokyo
2013 – New Bridges: work from 11 Slovakian artists and 11 Scottish artists, Nitra State Gallery, Slovakia
2012 – Prints 21: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo (invited artist)
2011 – In Japan: Mokuhanga by 39 invited international artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2010 – Japanese Wave: New Shores, Northern Print, Newcastle upon Tyne
2007 – 40 Years of Original Prints: Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery
2006 – Crossflows: six international artists interpret Japanese Woodcut Printing, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok
2016 – Royal Scottish Academy Residence Programme on Isle of Lewis with support from The Barns-Graham Charitable Trust and An Lanntair
2015 – National Open Art Exhibition, London, Orrin Trust Award
2015 – Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition: Deloitte Prize
2014 – Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition: Roy Wood Print Prize
2014 – National Open Art Exhibition, London: The Turtleton Trust Award
2013 – Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibit: Richard Coley Award for Sculpture
2012 – Mokuhanga Innovative Laboratory: International Artist-in-Residence Programme, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan.
2012 – The Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition: House for an Art Lover Award
2010 – Royal Scottish Academy: Gilles Bequest Award to attend the First International Conference of Mokuhanga
2010 – Visual Art Scotland Annual Exhibition: PF Charitable Award
2011 – Hope Scott Trust Award: grant towards the exhibition and publication of ‘Paul Furneaux: Mokuhanga’
2011 – Great Britian Sasakawa Foundation: grant towards the exhibition and publication ‘Paul Furneaux: Mokuhanga’
2009 – Edinburgh Visual Arts Assistance Award: Dublin Graphic Studio Residency
2009 – Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop: Micro Residency
2007 – SSA North Sea Project Award: Residency Studio Sandnes, Norway
2006 – Elected Royal Scottish Academician
2004 – Scottish Arts Council: Professional Development Award to travel to Japan
2003 – First Artist-in-Residence, Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage Studio, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA
2001 – Year of the Artist Residency, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
1994 – British Council Assistance Award: travel and exhibit in Mexico
1987 – Miller Homes Award: Young Scottish Artist of the Year (studio and support for one year), Cite International des Arts, Paris
1985 – Elected professional member Society of Scottish Artists
For 20 years I have regularly led workshop and given demonstrations in Mokuhanga, Japanese watercolour woodcut printing, in a number of venues in UK including: Edinburgh Printmakers; Glasgow Printmakers; Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen; Annlantair, Island of Lewis; Solisquay Printmakers, Island of Orkney; Eton College; National Museum of Scotland; Northern Print Studios, Newcastle; Yorkshire Printmaker; Modern Art Gallery 2, Edinburgh; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; and in my WASPS studio, Patriothall, Edinburgh.
I have also led workshops and given demonstrations in several European countries, and in the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA.