Briony Anderson
Born 1982, Aberdeen

Briony Anderson’s practice ranges from studio-based work to collaborative projects, often seeking a reinvestigation of the cultural significance of landscape. Current work responds to 18th and 19th century portraiture, but only to its backgrounds (backdrops of landscape). The resulting paintings are limited solely to the landscape elements of each full image. Past projects include Studies for Raeburn at Edinburgh Art Festival (2009), The Melancholy Thistle and Other Works at Aberdeen Art Gallery (2008), Dances for Landseer at Peacock Visual Arts (2007) and Two at AirSpace Gallery, (2007).

Anderson completed her MA at The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art in 2005. In 2008 she was awarded a five year live/work residency at Acme Fire Station in London. Anderson currently lives and works in London.

To view a slideshow of Briony’s recent exhibition at the Piccadilly Arcade click HERE, to see pictures from opening night click HERE.

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Education
2000-2005
MA (Hons) Fine Art, The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art

Solo Exhibitions
2010
Briony Anderson, Piccadilly Arcade, London
2009
Studies for Raeburn, The Royal Society of Edinburgh/Edinburgh Art Festival

2008
AndersonMacgee The Melancholy Thistle and Other Works, Aberdeen Art Gallery

2007
AndersonMacgee Two, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

2006
AndersonMacgee (AM01:III), Limousine Bull, Aberdeen

2005
6:1, 15-17 Strait Path, Banff, Aberdeenshire
Video Documentation 2 (14/13/05), Ivy Blanchard’s, Banff, Aberdeenshire

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Old Masters Reinterpretation, Rollo Contemporary Art, London
RSA Spring Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Home Grown Talent, Duff House, Banff, Aberdeenshire

2008
PlayTekne, Etcetera Gallery, London
Winter Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

2007
Textual Healing, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
The RGI 146th Exhibition, Glasgow
Summer Exhibition, Hicks Gallery, London
Briony Anderson, Kirstie Cohen and Alan McGowan, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

2006
Winter Exhibition, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
The RGI 145th Exhibition, Glasgow
Dance Everyday/Everyday Dance, Atopia projects; Icelandic Academy of the Arts,
Reykjavik, Iceland; Arts Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (AIRL), Tbilisi, Georgia
Pro qm, Berlin, Germany
Transpositions, AndersonMacgee collaboration, Seven Seven Gallery, London
Salon des Refuses, Art Cup, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen Artists Society 72nd Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery

2005
Winter Exhibition, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Artist’s Book Project, School of Art, Media and Design, UWE Bristol
by leaves we live: artists’ books and small presses, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh

2004
The Other Slide, Djinniditto Arts, Edinburgh

Awards
2010
Five Year Acme Studios Live/Work Fire Station Residency, London

2008
Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council

2007
Creative and Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council

2006
The Mabel Mackinlay Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute
Aberdeenshire Visual Artists’ Award

2005
Cove Park Residency

Andrew Grant Bequest Travel Bursary
Peacock Visual Arts Moving Image Award


2004
Barnson Bequest Award

Projects and Residencies
2008
Artists in Schools Residency, Cove Park, Argyll and Bute
Symposium: Hidden Ontologies – Reinterpretation of a Collection, Aberdeen Art Gallery

2007
Cove Park Residency, Cove Park, Argyll and Bute

2006
AndersonMacgee: Contributor to “Dance Everyday/Everyday Dance” within Atopia
Journal MANIFESTO: Osaka Posters (Osaka & Northampton: Atopia Projects)
AndersonMacgee: Peacock Visual Arts produced video documentation series, Aberdeen

2005
AndersonMacgee direction and production on Sigrid Sandström’s video Greyhope

Publications and Artists Book
Gavin Morrison (ed), The Melancholy Thistle and Other Works, 2007/08
Dave Beech (ed), AndersonMacgee Two, 2007
Jack Mottram (ed), AndersonMacgee, 2006
AndersonMacgee, and she was still dancing. . ., 2005