Artist CV
Artist's statement
(b 1975GB. Lives and works in Dundee)
Taking landscape as a starting point, Cruikshank’s paintings seek to reflect the emotive qualities of place. He uses colour as a vehicle to reveal the picture plane’s underlying point of reference, with a palette tied to the Scottish landscape. The surface of Cruikshank’s work does not tend to immediately reveal its full range of hues and gradations. This encourages a concentrated engagement with the qualities of paint and painting itself. Through adding and removing layers of paint he manages to produce subtle shifts between glowing undertones and rich overtones.Solo exhibitions
- 2021
- Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo (with Michael Craik), Barcelona. The Skies Window, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas.
- 2019
- Reductive in Nature, Schacky Art & Advisory, Dusseldorf. A Stillness that Contains Movement, The Briggait, Glasgow.
- 2018
- Paper Skies, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas.
- 2017
- Clear Light Day – Soft Dark Night, DAS ESSZIMMER, Bonn. The Relative Medium (with Michael Craik), Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg. Trace, Press, Bleed, Blend (with Laura Campbell), Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh.
- 2016
- Continuum (with Ian Kane), RAUMX, London. Repetition Takes Form, AIS Gallery, Shibukawa.
- 2015
- Ways of Seeing (with Michael Craik), Howden Park Centre, Livingston. Plus | Minus | Repeat, Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh.
- 2013
- Malerei (with Michael Craik), Galerie Albrecht, Berlin. Colour as Subject, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh.
- 2012
- The Solo Project – Basel with Galerie Albrecht.
- 2010
- When I Was Small I Didn't Work Big, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin. Dalcross Project Space (with Ian Kane), Dalcross, Inverness shire. The Colour of Home, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe. Moments of Absence, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen. En Forme (with Cecilia Vissers), ParisCONCRET, Paris.
- 2009
- Colour | Light | Space, Highland Institute for Contemporary Art, Inverness-shire.
- 2006
- Pembroke Mews, London.
- 2003
- Paintings for Green Walls, Marie Currie House, Edinburgh.
- 2001
- Five, Deutsche Bank, Edinburgh.
- 2000
- Colourfields, Iona Gallery, Kingussie.
Group exhibitions
- 2021
- Landschaft – Abstrakt - Figuarativ, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin.
- 2020
- A Selection for Art Cologne, Schacky Art & Advisory, Dusseldorf. IDENTITIES, Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo, Barcelona. Drawer Project, PHOEBUS Galerie, Rotterdam. Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe. No Borders – online exhibition – curated by Art Thou. Paint vs Colour, Five Walls Gallery Melbourne. Art Palm Beach with Schacky Art & Advisory.
- 2019
- Beneath the Surface, City Art Centre, Edinburgh. "Zwischen Ausgängen - Pending Issues", Galerie Weisser Elefant, Berlin. Summertime Blues, Holly Johnson Gallery Dallas. Hybrid Madrid with WASPS. Should I Stay or Should I Go?, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London. Anonymous Drawing Archive, Kunsthaus Kannen, Munster.
- 2018
- TWO x TWO For Aids and Art, The Rachofsky House, Dallas. Anonymous Drawings, Galerie im Kornerpark, Berlin. Somewhere Over the Interconnected Rainbow, Drawing Rooms, New Jersey. Artists at Work, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
- 2017
- Fault Lines, EIF exhibition curated by The Drawing Works, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh. FAR OFF Cologne with DAS ESSZIMMER. Extended Process, Saturation Point Projects, London.
- 2016
- DAS ESSZIMMER goes Weltraum, Weltraum, Basel. 2015 Anonymous Drawings, Kunstverein Tiergarten|Galerie Nord, Berlin - (then travelling to Galerie ARTQ13, Rome
- Galerie GEYSO20, Braunschweig & Kunstverein Russelsheim). Artbox Postcard Exhibition, Fold Gallery, London.
- 2013
- Kunst Zurich with Galerie Albrecht. Poste Concret2, ParisCONCRET, Paris. Anonymous Drawings, Kunstverein Tiergarten|Galerie Nord, Berlin - (then travelling to Galerie Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig & Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven).
- 2012
- Three Gallery Artists, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin.
- 2011
- Anonymous Drawing Archive, Sihlquaiss Offspace, Zurich. Poste Concret, ParisCONCRET, Paris. Dallas Art Fair with Gebert Contemporary.
- 2010
- Anonymous Drawing Archive, Uferhallen, Berlin. Art Chicago with Galerie Albrecht.
- 2009
- Anonymous Drawings, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanian, Berlin. Kunst Zurich with Galerie Albrecht. CGP Open, Cafe Gallery Projects, London.
- AAS, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen.
- 2008
- Aspect Prize, Paisley Art Gallery and Museum, Paisley.
- 2005
- Tercet Space, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow. Beauty and Order, Marie Currie House, Edinburgh. Art for Life, Christies, London.
- 2004
- Proximity, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh.
- 2003
- 12 x 12, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- 2002
- Obscured, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh. Aphelion, art.tm, Inverness.
- 2001
- 14 x 14, Mafuji Gallery, London. Art House Studios, Musselburgh. Highland Open, Travelling Exhibition.
- 2000
- New Highland Graduates, Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly.
- 1999
- art.tm Biannual Open, Inverness.
Awards & residencies
- 2020
- Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund.
- 2016
- Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust Award.
- 2014
- Edinburgh Council Visual Artist Award.
- 2013
- Hope Scott Trust (joint award with Michael Craik).
- 2012
- Mustarinda Residency, Finland.
- 2010
- Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, USA.
- 2009
- Pollock-Krasner Award. Hi-Arts Exhibition Grant.
- 2008
- Hope Scott Trust. Edinburgh Visual Arts & Crafts Artists Award.
- 1999
- art.tm Young Artists Prize.
Press & publications
- 2021
- Glasstire – review of The Skies Window at Holly Johnson Gallery.
- 2019
- The Scotsman - review of Beneath the Surface at City Art Centre. Studio International - review of Beneath the Surface at City Art Centre. The Edinburgh Reporter – review of Beneath the Surface at City Art Centre. Catalogue to accompany Beneath the Surface at City Art Centre. Widewalls – review of Should I Stay or Should I Go? at Patrick Heide Contemporary Art. Catalogue to accompany Hybrid Madrid.
- 2018
- Catalogue from Clear Light Day – Soft Dark Night at DAS ESSZIMMER.
- 2017
- The Scotsman – review of Fault Lines at Patriothall Gallery. Catalogue to accompany Fault Lines at Patriothall Gallery.
- 2015
- Interviewed by Eileen Budd for Redbird Review.
- 2014
- Catalogue covering all exhibitions and projects at ParisCONCRET.
- 2013
- Catalogue to accompany Malerei at Galerie Albrecht.
- 2012
- Catalogue to accompany The Solo Project - Basel. Catalogue from exhibition at Dalcross Project Space.
- 2010
- Herald – preview of exhibition at Dalcross Project Space. Pamphlet to accompany When I Was Small I Didn’t Work Big at Galerie Albrecht. Santa Fe Art in Review - review of Colour of Home at Gebert Contemporary. Interviewed by Bob Ross for KSFR Radio Santa Fe.
- 2009
- Catalogue to accompany Anonymous Drawings at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanian. Catalogue to accompany Colour Light Space at Highland Institute for Contemporary Art.
Collections
Art in Healthcare, Scotland.
City of Edinburgh Art Collection.
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe.
U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
Education
- 1993 - 1997
- BA (Hons) Painting and Drawing, Edinburgh College of Art.