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Solo Exhibitions
2022 |
Points of Departure, City Art Centre, Edinburgh |
2018 |
Narratives, Fine Art Society, Edinburgh |
2016 |
Simon Lewty/Will Maclean, Charting a Decade II, 2006 – 2016, Art First, London
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2015-16 |
Veering Westerley / Fiaradh Gun Iar:
An Lanntair Stornoway
Iona Gallery. Kingussie
St. Fergus Gallery, Wick
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
An Tobar, Mull |
2014 |
Gleaned and Gathered, Art First, London |
2013 |
Reliquaries, Art First, London |
2012-13 |
Reliquaries, School of Art History, University of St Andrews
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2011 |
Lead and Line, New Work, Art First, London |
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Collected Works, 1970 - 2010 , The Fleming Collection, London |
2008 |
Different Meridians, Art First, London |
2007 |
Works with Poets, Stanza Poetry Festival, St Andrews |
2006 |
Sea Room, Pittenweem Festival, Scotland, Guest Artist |
2006 |
Simon Lewty and Will Maclean: Charting a Decade,
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2005 |
North Sea Archives, David Krut Projects, New York, with Art First |
2004 |
New Work, Art First, London |
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Will Maclean, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull |
2002 |
Driftworks, Art First, London |
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Driftworks, St Magnus Festival Exhibition, Pier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney |
2001 |
Driftworks, Dundee Contemporary Arts |
2000 |
Seaways, Art First, London |
1999 |
Cardinal Points, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Johns, Newfoundland. |
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Landmarks-Seamarks, Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh |
1998 |
Atlantic Messengers, Art First, London |
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Cardinal Points, Museum of North Dakota, USA |
1995 |
Voyages, Art First, London. |
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Professorial Exhibition, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. |
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State University of New York at Binghampton, "Scottish Festival", Invited Artist with John Bellany. |
1994 |
New Hall, St Andrews University |
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Comnairle Nan Eilean, Harris Festival |
1993 |
Kelvingrove Art Glasgow |
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Tour to Wick, Thurso, Kingussie, Inverness |
1992 |
Retrospective Exhibition, Edinburgh Festival |
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Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; Art Space, Aberdeen |
1991 |
Runkel-Hue-Williams, London |
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Cyril Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow |
1990 |
Runkel-Hue-Williams, Old Bond Street, London |
1987 |
Claus Runkel Fine Art, London |
1986 |
Ring-Net, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art |
1984 |
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Retrospective Loan Exhibition |
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Downing College, University of Cambridge |
1983 |
Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh |
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Landmark Centre, Carrbridge |
1979 |
Compass Gallery, Glasgow |
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Gilbert Parr Gallery, London |
1978 |
The Ring-Net. Third Eye Centre, Glasgow and Richard |
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Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Leeds Art Gallery, Inverness Art |
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Gallery, Campbeltown and Tarbet |
1971-73 |
Loomshop Gallery, Lower Largo |
1970 |
Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh |
1968 |
New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh |
1967 |
British School, Rome |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 |
Art First London, Celebrating 30 Years! |
2022 |
Time and Tides, Fine Art Society, Edinburgh |
2021 |
Owners of the Soil, Will Maclean and Shaun Fraser, Fine Art Society, Edinburgh |
2020 |
Archipelago: Academicians Gallery, RSA, Edinburgh |
2019 |
Water, Colour & Life on Earth, The Art Box, Vicenza, Italy |
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Our Infinite Land, RSA, Edinburgh |
2018 |
Ages of Wonder, Scotland’s Art 1540 – Now, 2018, RSA, Edinburgh |
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Assem Blage: Sculpture, Found Objects and Boxed Reliefs, Fine Art Society Edinburgh |
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Paper Matters II: Christopher Cook, Simon Lewty, Will Maclean, Bridget Macdonald, Jack Milroy (Art First in residence at the Eagle Gallery) |
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Shelter Stone: The Artist and the Mountain, DCA Dundee, and RSA, Edinburgh |
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Maritime Perspectives, Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine |
2017 |
Paper Matters: Christopher Cook, Simon Lewty, Bridget Macdonald, Will Maclean, Jack Milroy, Simon Morley. (Art First in residence at the Eagle Gallery) |
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Notable: Highlights from the Year, Fine Art Society, Edinburgh |
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Between Tides, Fine Art Art Society, Edinburgh |
2015 |
The Moon, Art First, London |
2014 |
The Power of the Sea, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol |
2013 |
Waterlines, with Marian Leven, Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen |
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Mathematical Beauty, the Science of Art and Form, Gateway Galleries, University of St Andrews |
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Scottish Connections: The Art of Marian Leven & Will Maclean, Galerie Herold, Hamburg, Germany |
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Sea Fever, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock |
2012 |
Seeing in a Wilder Sense, A Dialogue with Art and Anthropology, Museum of St Andrews |
2011 |
McTaggart’s Scottish Shorelines, St Andrews Museum |
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The Call of the Sea, Lamb Gallery University of Dundee |
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A Window to the West: The Rediscovery of Highland Art. With Arthur Watson, City Art Centre, Edinburgh |
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Poetry Beyond Text, Edinburgh Poetry Library and DCA, Dundee |
2010 |
Window to the West: the Rediscovery of Highland Art, City Art Centre, Edinburgh |
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Jake Harvey/Will Maclean, From The Studio II, Art First, London |
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Retrospective, Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland |
2009 |
A Field Guide to Observing Art, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario |
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ZOOM – Looking Back/Looking Forward, Art First, London |
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The Collector’s Art, Hunterian Gallery, Glasgow University |
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Inspired; Scottish Art, Fleming Collection, chosen by John Burnside and Michael Russell |
2008 |
The Post Card Project, Art First, London |
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Will Maclean/Marian Leven, Cupar Arts Festival invited Artists |
2006 |
Translations, Art First, London |
2001 |
St. Kilda/Islands of Isolation, Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Centre, and Museum, Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy, Western Isles |
2000 |
Expressions of Scottish Art 1976-1989, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Dundee Contemporary Arts |
1998 |
Transistors, Hashimoto Museum of Art, Morioka, Japan; Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; Kunstforeinf, Trondheim, Norway |
1997 |
Back to Nature, Art First, London |
1996 |
Calanais/The Atlantic Stones - Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh University |
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The Day of the Dead, Galeria Otravez, Los Angeles, USA |
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Will Maclean and Jake Harvey: Constructions and Sculpture, Art First |
1995 |
Recent Scottish Art, McManus Gallery, Dundee |
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Contemporary Scottish Art in Print, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and Yale Centre for British Art, Newhaven, USA |
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Prints From Paragon, Talbot-Rice Gallery, Edinburgh |
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Scandex – Scottish Sculpture in Scandanavia, Aberdeen Art Gallery; Kulturhus, Stavanger, Norway; Konstans Hus Lulea, Sweden; Kemin Taidemuseo, Finland |
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Invited Artist, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin |
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Selected Affinities, Inaugural Solo Exhibition, Duncan of Jordanstone College |
1994 |
Worlds in a Box, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, and touring. |
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Artists Responses to Beuys, The Demarco European Foundation, Edinburgh Festival Exhibition |
1992 |
The Line of Tradition – watercolours, drawings, prints from the Collection, Scottish National Galleries, 1700 – 1990, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh |
1991 |
The Artist and the Whale, Dundee Art Gallery |
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Towards a New Decade, 20th Century Scottish Art, The Fine Art Society, Glasgow and Edinburgh |
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Will Maclean, A Night of Islands, Runkel-Hue-Williams, London |
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Myth and Symbol, Highland Regional Council, touring exhibition |
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20th Century Scottish Art, North-West Academy of Arts, Bristol |
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Virtue and Vision, Sculpture and Scotland, National Gallery of Scotland in the Royal Scottish Academy |
1990 |
Scotland Creates - 5000 Years of Scottish Art and Design, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow |
1988 |
Scottish Art Since 1900, Exhibition and Barbican Gallery, London |
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Homage to MacDiarmid, Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, Richard Demarco Gallery |
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Clean Irish Sea, Greenpeace, Dublin, Cardiff and touring England and Germany |
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State of the Art, Fine Art Society in Edinburgh and Glasgow |
1986 |
Group exhibition Simon/Neuman Gallery, New York |
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From the Land, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Royal Scottish Museum Edinburgh |
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Contemporary Art from Scotland, Leinster Fine Art |
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From the Land, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Royal Scottish Museum Edinburgh |
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Contemporary Art from Scotland, Leinster Fine Art |
1985 |
Focus on Landscape, Freemantle, Australia |
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Hallaig, works for the film on the work of Sorley Maclean directed by T. Neat, touring exhibition |
1983 |
Six Scottish Artists, Cavallino Gallery, Venice |
1982 |
Inner Worlds, Arts Council of Great Britain, touring exhibition |
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Mise en Boite, touring exhibition, Belgium |
1981 |
Art and the Sea, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow and tour to Wales and England |
1976 |
The Need to Draw, Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition |
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