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Lesley Finlayson
b. Glasgow, Scotland.

Education

1989 Master of Fine Art, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
1986 Aberdeen College of Commerce, Aberdeen, Scotland
1984 Cyprus College of Art
1982 Bachelor of Fine Art (honours), Glasgow School of Art

Awards

1989 Alberta Art Foundation Scholarship
1989 Graduate Assistantship (teaching), University of Calgary
1987 Graduate Assistantship (Research), University of Calgary
1983 Elizabeth Greenshields Scholarship
1981 Hospitalfield School of Art Summer Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2007 "The Appearance of Disappearance"
Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2006 "Whistler", Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2005 "New Paintings", Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2003 "Fraser River Series", Phthalo Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002 "New Works", Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2001 "Still Water", Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2000 "Coast", Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
1998 "The Boundary Series", Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
1995 "The Alaska Series", Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 "Loci Familia", Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991 "The Scottish Paintings", Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Group Exhibitions (selected)

1997 "Five Canadian Artists", Galerie Not, London, UK
1996 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
1995 "By Example", Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
1995 "Anne Campbell and Lesley Finlayson", Fife, Scotland
1990 "New Gallery Artists", Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary
1989 "The Work", Edmonton, AB
1989 The MFA Graduating Exhibition, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary
1986 "Romance, Risk and Realism", Artspace Gallery, Aberdeen
1985 "Artists from Cyprus", Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
1984 Paphos Gallery, Cyprus
1983/84 Scottish Society of Arts Annual, Edinburgh, Scotland

Collections

Esso Petroleum Canada (Calgary)
Sceptre Resources Ltd. (Calgary)
Public and private collections in Britain, Cyprus, Canada and the United States.