Biography 

In 2017 she had her big break by being accepted as a Contemporary Artist of Scotland in the Luciano Benetton Imago Mundi International Directory, after exhibiting her work at the Art Village Scotland Gallery, in Shawlands, the Glasgow Gallery run by the art impresario Patrick Evans. After that, she gained a subsidized place at the Dazzling Spark Art Foundation retreat in 2019, where she was invited to share her work in a talk and exhibit some pieces there. The event was so inspiring it led to her creating 5 more works after the event. These pieces of landscapes of her childhood where her Sutherland grandfather was brought up near Ullapool in the Highlands of Scotland, lead to her submission and acceptance to the Open Exhibition 2021, of the famous Harbour Art Gallery in Kirkcudbright, the Artist Town. This led to a commission from the renowned Glasgow Galloway Association to paint illustrations for a booklet on the Wild Flowers of Galloway. She hopes it will only be a matter of time before these works are seen in other Galleries in the rest of Scotland and even abroad.

 

Exhibitions and Art Projects

 

2008 July Farm shop Gallery, Waterside, Devon, England

 

2011-12 May Private Exhibition in Thuile, France by Amis Artists

 

2016-17 Art Village Scotland Gallery, Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland

 

2019 July Dazzling Spark Foundation Retreat, Burnlaw, Northumbria, England

 

2019 May to Oct Jewellery Exhibition and Sales at Port Logan Fish Pond Shop, Rhins of Galloway.

 

2019 -20 'Artists in the Spiritual Realm' Virtual Zoom Exhibition Space for artists in the Pandemic

 

2021 July 6th to 17th Open Exhibition Harbour Gallery, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

 

2021 Illustrator of The Wild Flowers of Galloway booklet, work in progress.

 

Artworks also available online at www.saatchiart/mairisutherland.co.uk

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