Ron O’Donnell
Exhibitions
1982 Seven Photographers in Scotland, Stills Gallery Edinburgh.
1983 Contemporary Camera, Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
1984 City Arts Centre, Aberdeen.
1984 Make them Laugh, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
1985 Image and Exploration, The Photographers Gallery, London.
1985 British Council, Touring Exhibition.
1985 Constructed Narratives, The Photographers Gallery, London.
1986 Masters of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1987 True Stories and Photofictions, The Ffotogallery, Cardiff.
1987 The Vigorous Imagination, Scottish Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
1987 Photography in the 1980s, British Council, Touring Exhibition.
1987 Mysterious Coincidences, Photographers Gallery, London.
1987 Cross References Sculpture into Photography, Walker Arts Centre,
Minneapolis Exhibition and Installation.
1987 Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington DC.
1987 Sanders Gallery, New York.
1988 Impressions Gallery, York.
1988 Olympus Gallery, Amsterdam.
1988 The British Council, Barcelona.
1988 The Rampant Scots, Art Space, San Francisco.
1989 The Raab Gallery, Berlin
1989 Betzalel, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1989 Scottish Art since 1900, National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh,
1989 Lucas Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
1989 Anima Mundi, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
Exhibition and Installation. Montreal.
1989 Through the looking glass, Barbican Centre, London.
1989 L’Invention D’un Art,Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
1989 Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, Photo Sculpture.
1989 Museum Nardowe, Cracow, Poland.
1990 Camera Art in Scotland, Houston Photofest, Houston Texas.
1990 The Great British Art Show, McLennan Galleries Glasgow.
1990 The New North, Tramway, Glasgow.
1990 The New North, Tate Gallery, Liverpool.
1990 5000 Years of Scottish Art and Design, McLennan Galleries, Glasgow.
Installation.
1900 California State University ,Los Angeles.
Exhibition and Installation
1991 Northern Centre of Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Exhibition and Installation.
1991 Out of Order, McLennan Gallery, Glasgow.
1991 De Composition, Constructed Photography in Britain. Touring.
1991 Kunst Europa, Frankfurt, Germany.
1991 Centro Insular de Cultura, Las Palmas, “Otro Colour”.
1991 Images en Miettes, Centre Georges Pompidou,
Museum National D’ Art Modern, Paris.
1992 Addressing the Forbidden. Brighton, Edinburgh.
1992 Fotografie Biennale, Rotterdam.
1992 De Composition, Madrid Spain.
1992 II International, Foto Triennial, Esslingen, Germany.
1992 Centre George Pompidou. Paris.
1993 I.D. International, Edinburgh.
1993 Billboard Art BBC London.
1993 Northern Centre of Contemporary Art, Touring.
1993 Scottish National Portrait Gallery,.Edinburgh.
Photographs from the Collection.
1993 Art on the Underground, Photographers Gallery, London.
1994 The Bigger Picture, McLennan Gallery, Glasgow.
1994 Revisions, Scottish Photography, Munich.
1995 The Last Most Recent Thing That Happened. Touring
1995 Harewood House. Bradford.
1995 The National Museum Of Photography film and Television, Bradford
1995 Houston Photofest, Texas USA.
1995 Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City.
Exhibition and Installation.
1995 Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Scottish Academy,
Light from the Darkroom.
1995 De Composition, Kingston, Jamaica.
Exhibition and Installation.
1996 Centro de EstudosFotograficos, Vego Spain.
1996 Braga Portugal.
1996 Endangered Spaces, Christies, London.
1997 De Composition, Museum Sztuki Lodz, Poland.
1997 Museo d’ Arte Moderna di Trento, Italy.
1997 The Vigorous Imagination 10 years on, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
1997 Neue Gesellschaft, Kunst, Berlin, Germany.
1998 Flesh and Fell, Art Kiosk, Brussels, Belgium.
1998 Scottish Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 Fictions Intimes, Miro Foundation, Barcelona.
1999 The Mus’ee National d’art Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou.
1999 Leverhume Scholarship Award To study the Day of the Dead in Mexico.
2000 National Museums Scotland “Day of the Dead Installation”
Centro De La Imagen Mexico City, “Day of the Dead”
2000 Travel to Mexico City, for the National Museums of Scotland Collecting artefacts
From Dayas de Mertos
2000 Scottish Gallery, Art in Scotland.
2000 Vigo Visions Coleccion Fotografica do Concello de Vego Exhibition and
Publication.
2001 Scottish Photography, Art kiosk, Brussels, Belgium.
2001 Photographic Art in Scotland Museo de Arte Trento.
2002 A tribute to Edwin Morgan Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh.
2002 Scottish gallery Photo Works.
2003 Still Life is Alive and Kicking, Barbican Arts Centre London.
2004 The Big Draw National Galleries of Scotland.
2004 Day of the dead National Galleries Education Dept.
2005 Op & Pop 108 Fine Arts Harrogate.
2006 Taigh Chearssabhagh Museums & Art Centre North Uist.
2006 Kelvingrove Museum and Art gallery
2007 Digital VD.
Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Court
Crane Arts The Ice Box Philadelphia
Gallery Weissraum Kyoto Japan
Groenhazengracht Gallery Liden Netherlands
2007 Work from the Collection
Museo De Art Contemporanea De Vigo Spain
2008 Scottish National Portrait Gallery
2008 The Scottish Show University of Las Vagas USA
2009 The Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery Las Vagas USA
2010 Invited Artist Royal Scottish Academy Summer Show
2012 Romantic Camera | Scottish Photography & the Modern World. Scottish National Portrait Gallery
2013 A Silvered Light; Scottish Art Photography McManus Art Gallery Dundee
2014 Frames: Projecting International Photography, Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA)
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2014 “All the worlds a stage” King’s Theatre Edinburgh.
2014
Bibliograph
December 1985 Creative Camera.
Article by Susan Butler, Interview by Douglas Young.
April 1986 Photoart, Hong Kong, Photographs & Articles.
June 1986 Constructed Narratives Essay, The Scotch room, by David Britain.
November 1986 Vanity Magazine, Milan, Italy.
Photographs and articles by Mariuccia Cassadio.
May 1987 True Stories and Photofiction – Ffoto Gallery.
Essay by David Coleman.
May 1987 Insertion & Inventions.
British Council.
Article by Brett Rodgers.
June 1987 Artscribes.
Article by John Stathos.
1989 Vanity Magazine.
Article Maria Cassadio, Italy.
1989 Apperture Magazine.
Article and Photographs.
May 1990 Future Tense.
Robert Hewison.
1990 The Face Magazine.
Stuart morgan, Article and Photograph.
1990 Katalog.
Article, Photographs, Sweden.
Article by Ian Jeffry.
1991 Kodak International.
Article and Photographs.
1991 Portfolio Magazine.
Article David Mellor, Title in Thompsons Forge.
1992 Radio Times.
Article David Johnstone. Photograph.
1992 Scotland on Sunday Magazine, Report Sally Kinnes, Photograph.
1994 Independent Magazine, Picture of the Week.
Scotsman, BLAST OFF Edinburgh International Festival.
1999 Article – “ Scotland on Sunday “ Alistair Mckay.
2002 Article Scotsman Feb 2002
2002 Article The Metro March 2002
2002 Article and Photograph Sunday Times October 2002
2004 Article Constructed Photography The Guardian September 2004
2006 Article and Photograph Tribute to Edwin Morgan June 2006
2007 Article Scotsman Edwin Morgan Poet with Photograph May
2010 Article Scotsman Royal Scottish Academy
BOOKS
Bring Back England 1994.
The Body William Ewing 1994.
Future Tense. Robert Hewison. 1997.
BBC. Front Cover “ The Bigger Picture “
Erotica William Ewing Themes and Hudson 1999.
A Dream of England John Taylor.
History of Art and Design Manchester Metropolitan University.
Scottish Photography a History Tom Normand 2007.
Studies in Photography, The Scottish Society for the History of Photography. 2011
RADIO INTERVIEWS
Kalidiscope – B.B.C. Radio 4.
Radio Valencia.
Scottish Art – B.B.C. Radio Scotland.
Radio Cyprus – Interview.
Barcelona Local Radio.
Valencia – Local Radio.
Interview with Colin Ford, B.B.C. Radio 3.
Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation.
Usual Suspects B.B.C. Scotland.
FILMS TELIVISION
20mins film for TV, B.B.C. Scotland.
20mins film for Excess B.B.C. Scotland
40mins film for British Council, London – Dir. Sir John Bowden.
Video McLennan Gallery, Glasgow. Short Computer Animation.
Billboard Art Project B.B.C.
The Bigger Picture, B.B.C. Scotland Instillation Front of Programme.
Interview Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation.
The Late Show. B.B.C. Scotland.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Photography, Film, T.V. Bradford.
The Victoria & Albert Museums, London.
The Walker Arts Centre, Minniapolis, U.S.A.
The Scottish National gallery of Modern, Edinburgh.
Kelvingrove Museum & Art Galleries, Glasgow.
Contemporary Art Society, London.
University of Southern California Art Gallery, Los Angeles.
Musee National d Art Moderne, Centre Georges, Pompidou, Paris.
Scottish Sculpture Trust.
Atlanta Museum of Photography
Market Street Gallery Edinburgh.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh.
Scottish Arts Council, London.
British Arts Council London.
Collins Gallery Glasgow.
Earl of Harwood, Harwood House, England.
B.B.C. Scotland, Glasgow.
Centro De La Imagen, Mexico City.
Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow.
University of Southern California
London Underground
Barbican London
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Walker Art Centre, Minniapolis.
Art Space, San Francisco.
Batzalel University, Jerusalem.
Photographers Gallery London.
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Montreal.
5,000 Year of Scottish Art Mclellan Gallery, Glasgow.
California State University, Los Angeles.
B.B.C. Scotland “ Mr & Mrs Scotland “.
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland.
Fotografie Biennally, Rotterdam.
Centro De La Imagen, Mexico City.
Edna Manley School of Art Kingston Jamaica
COMMISSIONS
Nigel Coates, Architect,
Photowork for Bar Restaurant,
Café Bongo, Tokyo, Japan,
Moose Head Beer Advertisement,
Face Magazine, 100th Edition,
Valencia Spain 3 Works.
B.B.C. Billboard Art Project.
Blackfriers and Victoria Station,
Commission: 3 Works on National Identity
European Union
E.E.C. National Identity,
Commission Vigo Spain (Fotobina) Three works
Art on the Underground,
Poster Commission London Underground, Go to the Pictures by Tube.
Photographers Gallery London.
B.B.C. The Bigger Picture
Six part programme on Scottish Art Introduced by Billy Connolly.
Southampton City Council Film Theatre
Six Works for the Main Foyer Southampton Film Theatre.
Album Cover and world tour tee-shirt WET WET WET
National Museums of Scotland
Travel to Mexico to collect artefacts from Day of the Dead
To construct an installation for the exhibition Heaven and Hell
Roslyn Chapel Trust a banner of the Apprentices Pillar
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edwin Morgan
WORKSHOPS
Stills Gallery Edinburgh
Photographers Gallery London
Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
Barbican Arts Centre, London.
Barcelona University of Plastic Arts.
Betzalel University, Jerusalem.
Tramway, Glasgow.
Tate Gallery, Liverpool.
Mclellan Galleries Glasgow.
Projects UK, Newcastle.
Glasgow School of Art.
Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh.
Kilmarnock, Strathclyde Region.
Centro De La Imagen, Mexico City,
Falmouth College of Art.
National Gallery’s of Scotland
National Museums of Scotland
Kelvingrove Museums and Art Galleries
LECTURES
Photographers Gallery London.
Walker Art Centre, Minniapolis, U.S.A.
Barcelona, University of Plastic Arts.
Art Centre, San Francisco.
Art Space, San Francisco.
Betzalel University, Jerusalam.
Barbican Art Centre, London.
Mclellan Galleries, Glasgow.
Glasgow Scool of Art.
Edinburgh College of Art.
California State University, Los Angeles.
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art Sunderland .
Out of Order Mclennan Galleries, Glasgow.
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.
Newcastle Polytechnic
Project UK Newcastle.
Nicosea Art Centre, Cyprus.
British Council, Cyprus.
Concordia University, Montreal.
Centro De La Imagen, Mexico City,
Edna Manly School of Art, Kingston, Jamaica.
Expo Exhibition Centre Thessaloniki Greece
Sunderland University
Falmouth College of Art
University of Nottingham
Vigovisions Vego Spain
Scottish Society for the History of Photography National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
AWARDS
Scottish Arts Council Award for Photography
Sun Life award for Photography
Fox Talbot Award for Photography
Leverhume Scholarship for Photography