Stuart Duffin
Printing & Painting
Stuart Duffin RE RSA
Artist’s statement
In 1996 I was invited to work in Jerusalem at the Jerusalem Print Workshop for a month as part of an international artists exchange with the Glasgow Print Studio. Although Jerusalem is the closest that we can get to heaven of our own accord, nowhere more than in the Holy City did I experience the loss of paradise, or our separation from God in a more painfully obvious way. This is a loss or a searching that I believe remains deep within the make up of each one of us. All my work since then has been a result of the experiences, thoughts and memories of Jerusalem.
The work is, on one hand, a simple still life of familiar (to me) everyday objects. But on the other hand there is symbolism attached to them. It is a personal symbolism but not so personal that the viewer cannot enter in to it. The old maps and modern views of Jerusalem, central to the whole body of my work, represents the view that the welfare of Jerusalem is a barometer to our own spiritual welfare, not only as individuals but of society as a whole.
CV
| 1959 | Born in the United Kingdom |
| 1982 | Graduated in fine art printmaking from Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
| 1984-present | Member of Staff at the Glasgow Print Studio. Currently working primarily in mezzotint, digital printmaking, etching and painting as the Studio's Master Etcher. |
Awards and elections
| 2006 | Gillies Bequest Award (RSA) for research in Belfast. |
| Elected Academician of the RSA (Royal Scottish Academy) | |
| 2004 | Artist in residence, Belfast Print Workshop |
| Invited artist British International Miniature Prints exhibition | |
| 2000 | Award winner at the SSA (Society of Scottish Artists) annual exhibition |
| 1996 | Elected an associate of the RSA (Royal Scottish Academy) |
| Exchange artists to the Jerusalem Print Workshop | |
| 1995 | Elected Fellow of the RE (Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) |
| Elected professional member of the SSA (Society of Scottish Artists) | |
| 1992 | Exchange artist to the Senej Print Workshop Moscow, Russia |
| 1991 | Elected associate of the RE (Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) |
| 1989 | Award winner, Scottish drawing exhibition, Paisley Museum |
| Award winner, 2nd Irish miniature print exhibition, Dublin | |
| Award winner, 1st British miniature print exhibition, Bristol (touring UK) | |
| 1987 | Scottish Arts Council award to travel and study in Italy |
| 1986 | Award winner, 1st Irish miniature print exhibition, Dublin |
Selected exhibitions
| 2011 | Invited artist, Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh. |
| 2010 | Pop goes the Easel, Glasgow Print Studio |
| 2008 | National Print Open, Mall Galleries, London |
| 2007 | Tabula Rasa - Solo exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2006 | New York - Glasgow Print Studio group exhibition |
| 2005 | London - Royal Academy summer exhibition. |
| 2004 | Glasgow - Out of darkness (international mezzotints) Glasgow Print Studio Gallery I |
| 2003 | Seattle - Two international mezzotint artists, Davidson Galleries |
| Edinburgh - Between paradise and the Abyss, solo exhibition, Leith School of Art | |
| 2002 | London - National Print Open, Mall Galleries |
| 2001 | Glasgow - Sacred Science, solo exhibition Glasgow Print Studio |
| 1999 | India - Glasgow Print Studio in India, (Mumbai, Barroda Jaipuri, Madras, Hyderabad) |
| 1998 | Jerusalem - Dreaming of Jerusalem, solo exhibition, Gallery of the Jerusalem Print Workshop |
| 1997 | Glasgow - Dreaming of Jerusalem, solo exhibition, Glasgow Print Studio Gallery III |
| 1995 | London - National Print Open, Mall Galleries |
| Glasgow - The Colour of ashes, solo exhibition, Glasgow Print Studio Gallery I | |
| 1993 | Ukraine - International exhibition of graphic art, Kharkov Museum, |
| 1991 | Moscow - Contemporary Scottish Printmaking, USSR Union of Artists Hall, |
| New York and touring USA - International miniature prints (also in 89 and 85) | |
| 1990 | Bradford and London - 11th International Print Biennale |
| 1989 | Glasgow - Nostalgia, solo exhibition, Glasgow Print Studio Gallery |
| Edinburgh - Laughter and Forgetting, solo exhibition, Scottish Gallery, | |
| 1988 | Berlin - Ka De We exhibition of Scottish Printmaking |
| 1986 | Los Angeles - International Contemporary Art Fair, |
| 1985 | Spain - International miniature prints Cadaques, |
Stuart Duffin regularly lectures on his own work and Scottish printmaking to a wide range of arts groups. He regularly teaches specialist printmaking classes at the Glasgow Print Studio and at colleges and universities world wide. He has been a selector for many exhibitions and arts programs such as the National Print Open at the Mall in London, Glasgow City Council international exchange program and the Royal Scottish Academy. He has work in many public and private collections including the BBC, Glasgow University, The Jerusalem Foundation, Kharkov Museum and in the USA, Canada, Japan, India, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the Middle East.
