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Jacqueline Mair

Jacqueline Mair studied fine art at Bristol Polytechnic and took her M.A. in printmaking at the Royal College of Art, London. Over the last decade she has combined lecturing at various art colleges with her work as an artist. Her work has been exhibited on three continents. She lives on the south coast of England with her daughter.

Education and Career

1975-78

B.A. (First Class Hons) in Fine Art

Bristol Polytechnic, England

1978-81

M.A. in Printmaking

Royal College of Art, London, England

1979

Visiting Scholar

Ecole d'Art et Architecture, Luminy, Marseille, France

1981-83

Lecturer in Printmaking

Falmouth School of Art, England

1983-84

Craft Fellowship

Welsh Arts Association

1984-85

Visiting Artist

Lalit Kala Akademi, Calcutta, India

1987-89

Part Time Lecturer

Kingston Polytechnic, England

1987-95

Part Time Lecturer

University of Portsmouth, England

1996-01

Associate Senior Lecturer

University of Portsmouth, England

Solo Exhibitions

1983

Works on Paper

Les Arcenaulx, Marseilles, France

1985-86

Touring Exhibition

Calcutta, Madras, Delhi, Bombay, India

1986

Works on Paper

The Thumb Gallery, London, England

1989

Works on Paper

Marseilles, France

1994

Works on Paper

The First Gallery, Southampton, England

1997

Retrospective

Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, England

1998

Works on Paper

The British Council, Mexico City

1999-00

Touring Exhibition

Ramsgate, Bradford, Ashton under Lyne, Lymington

Group Exhibitions

1981

New Contemporaries

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England

1983

Camden Annual

Camden Arts Centre, London, England

1985

Works on Paper

Athena International, The Mall Gallery, London, England

1986-

Surveying the Scene

Bracknell Park/Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, England

   

Rank Xerox ,London, England

1987

Masques d’Artistes

Musées de Cannes, France

1988-

Works on Paper

Thumb Gallery, London, England

 

Fish Exhibition

Bracknell Park Arts Centre, England

1990

Animals in Art

Royal Exchange, Manchester, England

1992

Works on Paper

The First Gallery, Southampton, England

1993

Art for a Fairer World

Oxfam, London, England

1994

Works on Paper

Portsmouth City Museum & Art Gallery, England

1995

Works on Paper

C.S.K. Gallery, Eton, England

1996

Works on Paper

University of Portsmouth, England

1998

Print Exhibition

Havant Arts Centre Gallery, England

2000

Secrets

The Hague, Holland

Awards

1978

French Government Scholarship

1981

Madame Tussaud’s Figurative Drawing Prize

1982

Havant Arts Centre Award

1983

Southern Arts Purchase Award

1984-

West Glamorgan County Council Commission

 

British Council Travel Grant

1985

Arts Council Retraining Bursary

1985-86

British Council Travel Grant

1998

British Council Travel Grant

 

Public Collections

Southern Arts, West Glamorgan County Council

Private Collections

Barclays Bank, Feliks Topolski, Madame Tussauds, Peter de Savary, Rank Xerox, Max Hunt Ltd., British Rail Property Fund

Commissions for Books & Illustrations

Roger La Borde Ltd, Cadbury Schweppes plc, Marks and Spencer plc, British Film Institute, Reed Publishing, Michael Peters Ltd, Telecall Ltd. Microsoft Inc., Toy Works Ltd.

Publications

1994

I Have a News

Albion Press (UK) and Shephard Books (USA)

1995

The Ocean of Story

MacDonald Young Books, UK

1996

The Bottle Imp

Clarion Books, New York, USA

1997

Meditations

Running Press, Philadelphia, USA

1997

Jacqueline Mair, Catalogue of Exhibition

Aspex Visual Arts Trust, Portsmouth, UK

1997

Book of Destinies

Collins & Brown, London, UK

1998

Heartfelt Mini-Books

Lion Publishing , Oxford, UK

1999

Stockings of Buttermilk

Clarion Books, New York, USA

2000

Irish Names

Cima Books, London UK

2000

Little Book of Love Spells

Cima Books, London, UK

 

Agents

Central Illustration Agency, London +44 207 240 8925
Bernstein & Andriulli, New York +1 (212) 682-1490

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