Joan Gillespie

Joan Gillespie studied at the Duncan Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1972-75 under Alberto Morrocco and at Edinburgh College of Art 1975-76 under Sir Robin Philipson.  For the next seven years she was a graphics and exhibitions designer with the Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh before leaving to paint full time.

Exhibitions:

• Royal Scottish Academy
• Royal Glasgow Institute
• Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours
• Society of Artists and Artist Craftsmen
• Galerie Brigitte Schehade, Paris
• Richard Hagen Gallery, Broadway, 2006

Awards:

• Finalist in the Morrison Portrait Competition at the Royal Scottish Academy
• Finalist in the Laing Landscape Competition

Private and Corporate Collections:

• City of Edinburgh Art Collection
• Trinity International Holdings
• Watson Phillips
• Honeyman Mackie
• Lord Laing
• Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden
• Lord Booth
• Sir Alistair Grant
• Private collections in the USA, France, Italy, Spain and Australia