Graeme Swanson is an abstract visual artist and an art tutor based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Born in Aberdeen, Swanson graduated from Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and in 1981 he achieved a
Post Graduate Teaching Qualification.. He won the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Latimer
Award in 1985. He was also awarded professional memberships of the Aberdeen Artists Society
(1981), The Society of Scottish Artists (SSA, 2008) and in 2020 he became an Artist Member of the
Paisley Art Institute.
Swanson has exhibited extensively in Scotland with several solo exhibitions at the 369 Gallery Edinburgh, Peacock Visual Arts,The Lemon Tree and Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, The Meffan Institute, Forfar, and Woodend Barn in Banchory, Aberdeenshire.
He has shown in collaborative group shows including the Compass Gallery Glasgow, the City Arts Centre, 369 Gallery;Traverse Theatre and Summerhall in Edinburgh, Aberdeen Art Gallery, as well as in mixed exhibitions at Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen University , Coast at Banfff / Macduff; Dundee, Stirling, Ayr and more including annual open exhibitions of RSA, SSA, RSW, AAS, PAI
His work has featured in Europe, including at Florence as a prizewinner at Premio Firenze and at Galleria 360, in USA at the Chicago International Art Fair (369 Gallery) and at Agora Gallery , New York Australia at the Sydney Art Fair (Peacock Visual Arts0
He also has work in private and public collections including Aberdeen Art Gallery, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen and the ( former )Scottish Arts Council..
Born in Aberdeen, Swanson graduated from Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and in 1981 he achieved a
Post Graduate Teaching Qualification.. He won the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Latimer
Award in 1985. He was also awarded professional memberships of the Aberdeen Artists Society
(1981), The Society of Scottish Artists (SSA, 2008) and in 2020 he became an Artist Member of the
Paisley Art Institute.
Swanson has exhibited extensively in Scotland with several solo exhibitions at the 369 Gallery Edinburgh, Peacock Visual Arts,The Lemon Tree and Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, The Meffan Institute, Forfar, and Woodend Barn in Banchory, Aberdeenshire.
He has shown in collaborative group shows including the Compass Gallery Glasgow, the City Arts Centre, 369 Gallery;Traverse Theatre and Summerhall in Edinburgh, Aberdeen Art Gallery, as well as in mixed exhibitions at Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen University , Coast at Banfff / Macduff; Dundee, Stirling, Ayr and more including annual open exhibitions of RSA, SSA, RSW, AAS, PAI
His work has featured in Europe, including at Florence as a prizewinner at Premio Firenze and at Galleria 360, in USA at the Chicago International Art Fair (369 Gallery) and at Agora Gallery , New York Australia at the Sydney Art Fair (Peacock Visual Arts0
He also has work in private and public collections including Aberdeen Art Gallery, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen and the ( former )Scottish Arts Council..