Philip Braham
Philip Braham is a Scottish artist whose paintings recall the Northern Romantic tradition in which the landscape reflects aspects of the human condition. His own experiences of observing and being immersed in the landscape in central to his work.
Philip graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 1980, and completed a Postgraduate at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Holland the following year. He then undertook a year of research as visiting artist at the University of California at Los Angeles before returning to his native Scotland. In 1989 he joined the stable of Raab Gallery (London and Berlin) before evolving into BCA Gallery, London. His career includes 25 solo exhibitions to date, in addition to numerous group shows both nationally and internationally. Braham’s paintings and photographs are held in many public and private collections and art foundations. Among the awards received are the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy Guthrie Award for painting and the Royal Scottish Academy Morton Award for lens-based work. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Perth Museum & Art Gallery, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Raab Gallery Berlin, and at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. As well as his painting practice, he currently holds the position of Programme Director for Art & Philosophy at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee.
Born in Glasgow, 1959
EDUCATION
1976-80 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. DA Painting
1980-81 Royal Academy of Fine Art, The Hague, Holland
1981-82 University of California at Los Angeles, Visiting Artist
2000 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, DJCAD, University of Dundee
2013 Programme Director for Art & Philosophy, DJCAD, University of Dundee
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
North. South. East. West, Beaux Arts Bath
Solo Exhibition, Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth
Solo Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2020
‘Great Scots’ The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2019
‘Confluence: Tradition in Contemporary Art’ Moncler State University, New Jersey
‘Fully Awake’ Edinburgh College of Art for Edinburgh Art Festival
‘Back to the Drawing Board; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2018
‘Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art from 1549 to Now’ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2017
‘Through the Woods’ Jagged Art, London
‘The Vigorous Imagination Revisited’, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
‘Critics Choice’ Bohun Gallery, Henley upon Thames
2016
Solo Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
‘Flora Depicta’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Reunion’, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2014
Royal Scottish Academy 188th Exhibition, Edinburgh
2013
‘Tender and Savage’, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway
2011
Raab Gallery, Berlin
‘7 European Artists in Yemen’, Royal Geographical Society, London
Solo Exhibition, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2010
Royal Scottish Academy 184th Exhibition RSA Morton Award
2006
Solo Exhibition, Osborne Samuel, London
2003
Solo Exhibition, BCA Gallery, London
40th Anniversary Exhibition, Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh
2000
Solo Exhibition, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Solo Exhibition, BCA Gallery, London
1999
Solo Exhibition, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
1998
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo
‘Scotland the Brave’, Forbes Galleries, New York
1996
Christies, London
Galerie Tobias Hirschmann, Frankfurt, Germnay
1995
Solo Exhibition, Raab Boukamel Gallery, London
1993
Solo Exhibition, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1990
Philip Braham, Martin Kane, Barbara Rae, Midlands Contemporary Art
1988
Solo Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1987
Solo Exhibition, The Glasgow Arts Centre
1984
Solo Exhibition, Main Fine Art, Glasgow
AWARDS
2009
Royal Scottish Academy Morton Award
2003
Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy Research Bursary
1994
Guthrie Award, RSA
1989
Scottish Arts Council Award
1985
Educational Institute of Scotland Award
1981
Greenshields Awards
COLLECTIONS
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum
McManus Art Gallery, Dundee
Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Lillie Art Gallery, Glasgow
Sunderland Art Gallery
BBC London
Contemporary Art Society, London
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Educational Institute of Scotland
Life Association of Scotland
The Fleming Collection, London
Standard Life, Edinburgh
The City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
The Richard Demarco Archive, Edinburgh
University of Dundee Collections
Stirling University Collections
Pallant House, Chichester