Born 1959, Wolverhampton, UK
Lives and works in Edinburgh

EDUCATION

2015 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, Master of Fine Art in Art, Society & Publics, Scotland
1997-1999 Art Therapy Diploma, Edinburgh, Scotland
1983-83 Monbusho Scholar, Tama University of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1980-83 Winchester School of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art Honours. England.
1979 Maidstone College of Art, Foundation. England

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Firestation Creatives, Dunfermline, Scotland
2011 ‘Body of Work’ Amber Arts. Edinburgh, Scotland
1997 Passage Mostingshus, Copenhagen, Denmark
1990 Studio 1-2. Herning, Denmark
1990 Skovehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988 Gallery Gari, Copenhagen, Denmark

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Firestation Creatives, Dunfermline, Scotland
2026 ‘Common Ground; The Living Landscape’ VAS, Kirkcubright Galleries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
2025 ‘Our Shared World’, Edinburgh Printmakers Members Show
2025 Visual Arts Scotland, Biannual Show RSA, Edinburgh
2025 VAS Borders Art Fair, Kelso, Scotland
2024-25 ‘Hope/Dochas’ Edinburgh printmakers members Show
2024 Borders Art Fair 30×30 from VAS 100-year Show
2024 ‘Then & Now’ Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
2023/2024 ‘Journey’ Edinburgh Printmakers Members Show
2022 ’Kinship’ Edinburgh Printmakers Members Show
2022 Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Outer Hebrides
2021 ‘Solace’ Edinburgh Printmakers Members Show
2018 Deluge, Edinburgh Printmakers
2018 Limited Edition, Edinburgh Printmakers Members Exhibition
2015 Hearts and Minds, LifeSpace, Dundee
2015 Visual Arts Exchange, Raliegh. North Carolina, USA
2015 Dundee Printmakers, Bremis Gallery, Dunfermline
2015 Society of Scottish Artists, RSA, Edinburgh
2014 Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Society of Arts, Edinburgh
2014 In a Jiffy, Meffan Gallery, Forfar
2013 Harvard University, Boston, Massachusets, USA
2013 Visual Arts Scotland, Gracefields Arts Centre, Dumfries
2012 Hidden Edinburgh, Edinburgh Print Workshop, Edinburgh
2009 Society of Scottish Artists, Vision Building, Dundee

COLLABORATIONS

2026 SeedSisters ‘Elemental’ Curtis Centre, Denver, Colorado, USA
2025 SeedSisters ‘Gatherings’ Dr Neils Garden, Edinburgh
Also recognised as an official Edinburgh Fringe Festival venue.
2024 SeedSisters ‘Cultivar’ Art & Crafts Library, Edinburgh, Scotland
2023 SeedSisters, ‘Terroir’ Monflanquin, France
2022 SeedSisters, Aberglasney, Camarthern, Wales
2022 SeedSisters, Rude Gallery Denver, Colorado USA
2022 SeedSisters, Amano Gallery Osaka, Japan
2019 ‘Bastide’ two person show in Monflanquin, France
2014 20:20 Print Portfolio, selected from printmaking workshops around
Britain. Print Workshop, Dundee, Scotland
2012 Bell/Murray, Cockenzie House, National Heritage Festival, East Lothian. Scotland
2011 Bell/Murray, selected artists for Cupar Arts Festival, Fife, Scotland.
2011 20:20 Print Portfolio, selected from workshops around Britain. Print Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland
2010 Bell/Murray, Kale and the Looking Glass, Glasite Meeting House, Edinburgh, Scotland
2009 Bell/Murray, Paper Works and so does Print, Patriot Hall, Edinburgh,
Scotland
2007 Three Piece Suite, Patriot Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland

INVITED SPEAKER

2021-22 Art and Printmaking Edinburgh Printmakers Video series, Edinburgh, UK
2021 The Role of Art in Art Therapy, Hollywood Art Club, Edinburgh, UK
2021 Art and Wellbeing, Mental Health Month, Finance Company, online, UK
2020 Can Art be Good for You, National Galleries of Scotland, internal video network. Edinburgh, UK

PRESS

1983 Artists Newsletter, Ingrid Bell, Japan April and May Issues 1983

CURATING

2009-25 Co-curator of collaborative exhibitions as named above
1988-1992 Director and Curator of BellFree Gallery Copenhagen, Denmark

RESIDENCIES

2022 2 week research residency on Shetland, Scotland, UK
2019 Studio Ramon, Salles, France
2017 Studio Ramon, Salles, France

AWARDS

2023 VACMA – Visual Arts and Craft Makers Award, East Lothian.
2022 VAS – Visual Arts Scotland, EWAF Artists Emergency Fund
2022 Luminate Bursary for Older Artists, supporting a two week Residency on Shetland
2017 Shortlisted for Society of Scottish Artists ‘Engramme’ Exchange between Canada and Scotland Printmaking award.
2014 John Purcell Paper Prize for ‘Bleeding Brain’ Blind embossed print, at Society of Scottish Arts, Edinburgh, UK
1985 Monbusho, Japanese Government Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan to study traditional woodblock printmaking

COLLECTIONS

Works held in private collections in Britain, Denmark and United States

MEMBERSHIP

2025 Artist Member of Society of Scottish Artists
2024 Elected Professional Member of Visual Arts Scotland
2000-2020 Professional Member of Society of Scottish Artists
1999-Ongoing Member of Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop