ALEX MALCOLMSON
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    • Previous exhibitions >
      • Godfrey & Watt 2021
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall, 5 September - 30 October 2021
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Magnetic North 1 - 21 June 2021
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. On a Small Scale, 1 - 23 Dec 2020
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 14 -28 Nov 2020
      • Twenty Twenty Gallery, 18 July - 22 August 2020
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Festival Spirit. 4 - 29 August 2020
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 30 Nov - 8 Dec 2019
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall, 8 September - 26 October 2019
      • Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay 31 August - 28 September 2019
      • Fry Art Gallery 16 - 17 November 2019
      • Aldeburgh Gallery. 7 - 12 June 2019
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 1 - 9 December 2018
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Sea Room 2 - 19 Nov 2018
      • Bircham Gallery, 16 June - 18 July 2018
      • Aldeburgh Gallery. 8 - 13 June 2018
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 25 November - 3 December 2017
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. On a Small Scale, Nov 29 - Dec 23 2017
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Christmas Show Nov 25 - Dec 23 2017
      • Yew Tree Gallery, 3 September - 30 October 2017
      • Twenty Twenty Gallery, 12 August - 16 September 2017
      • A Collector's Exhibition. Aldeburgh. 9-14 June 2017
      • Sea Winds, Shetland 25 May - 4 June 2017
      • Bircham Gallery, 3 December - 11 January
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 10 - 14 December 2016
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Christmas Show Nov 28 - Dec 23 2016
      • St Judes in The City, London 23 Nov - 4 Dec 2016
      • Ship to Shore, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh May 14th - June 1st 2016 Solo Show
      • Fry Art Gallery 12 - 13 November 2016
      • Venice Observed. Aldeburgh. 9-15 June 2016
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, 35th Anniverary Exhibition January 9 - 27 2016
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Studio Selection Nov 28 - Dec 23 2015
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 20 - 29 November 2015
      • 108 Fine Art, North base, 24 October - 14 November 2015
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall. Sept 5 - Oct 31 2015
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Invited Artists June/July 2015
      • Galleri Allmenningen, Bergen 18 April - 16 May 2015
      • Bircham Gallery November 2014 - January 2015
      • Fry Art Gallery November 2014
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh July 2014
      • Aldeburgh Gallery June 2014
      • St Judes in The City, London May 2014
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2013
      • Bircham Gallery Christmas 2013
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2013
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall 2013
      • Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock 2013
      • Ainscough Gallery Dartmouth 2013
      • Open Eye Gallery
      • Bircham Gallery Christmas 2012
      • St Judes Gallery 2011
      • The Scottish Gallery
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Alex Malcolmson

I was born in Shetland in 1955 and studied drawing, painting and printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art. I worked in the Northern Isles for several years teaching, painting and exhibiting and then moved back to Edinburgh to work as curator of the Scottish Crafts Collection, now part of the collection of The National Museum of Scotland. 

In 1985 I established Godfrey & Watt in Yorkshire, a gallery exhibiting and promoting some of the finest work by artists and makers from throughout the UK. After twenty-five years I closed the original gallery in Westminster Arcade in Harrogate, but Godfrey & Watt lives on. I continue to represent and exhibit work by a small group of artists and makers through the Godfrey & Watt on-line gallery and the occasional exhibition.

My own work has frequently been exhibited at Godfrey & Watt and in exhibitions elsewhere around the UK. Sailing trips, the Northern Isles and marine folk art provide much inspiration for the work. ​

About my work

Most of the work I have done over the past ten years or so has been in the form of box constructions made mainly from wood; carved and painted, sometimes using found materials. Perhaps in common with other artists making 'boxworks', Joseph Cornell is an unavoidable influence as is that lovely period of Picasso's work when he seemed to find everything he needed lying around on the studio floor, but another strand of interest for me lies in ship dioramas and other marine folk art. The slatted birds started with the idea of an upturned boat, which is a motif I have often used in other ways, they also draw on the tradition of decoy making. Folk, naïve and primitive art; the kind of objects made for use and ornament, often by unnamed makers, is probably the main source of ideas for the work.
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Featured articles - click to view
'An Antidote to Indifference' by Jorden Ogg for Caught by the River website
Living North Magazine  'Sea to Shore to Studio'
Country Living magazine article 'Coastal Artist'
Coast Magazine article 'An artist of the floating world'
Homes & Antiques 'Antiques of the Future - From Sea to Shore'

CONTACT DETAILS

Alex Malcolmson
www.alexmalcolmson.co uk
mail@alexmalcolmson.co.uk
​+ 44 07702 801379

ABOUT ME

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  • Home
  • About
  • Works
  • Exhibitions
    • Previous exhibitions >
      • Godfrey & Watt 2021
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall, 5 September - 30 October 2021
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Magnetic North 1 - 21 June 2021
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. On a Small Scale, 1 - 23 Dec 2020
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 14 -28 Nov 2020
      • Twenty Twenty Gallery, 18 July - 22 August 2020
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Festival Spirit. 4 - 29 August 2020
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 30 Nov - 8 Dec 2019
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall, 8 September - 26 October 2019
      • Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay 31 August - 28 September 2019
      • Fry Art Gallery 16 - 17 November 2019
      • Aldeburgh Gallery. 7 - 12 June 2019
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 1 - 9 December 2018
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Sea Room 2 - 19 Nov 2018
      • Bircham Gallery, 16 June - 18 July 2018
      • Aldeburgh Gallery. 8 - 13 June 2018
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 25 November - 3 December 2017
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. On a Small Scale, Nov 29 - Dec 23 2017
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Christmas Show Nov 25 - Dec 23 2017
      • Yew Tree Gallery, 3 September - 30 October 2017
      • Twenty Twenty Gallery, 12 August - 16 September 2017
      • A Collector's Exhibition. Aldeburgh. 9-14 June 2017
      • Sea Winds, Shetland 25 May - 4 June 2017
      • Bircham Gallery, 3 December - 11 January
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 10 - 14 December 2016
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Christmas Show Nov 28 - Dec 23 2016
      • St Judes in The City, London 23 Nov - 4 Dec 2016
      • Ship to Shore, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh May 14th - June 1st 2016 Solo Show
      • Fry Art Gallery 12 - 13 November 2016
      • Venice Observed. Aldeburgh. 9-15 June 2016
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, 35th Anniverary Exhibition January 9 - 27 2016
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Studio Selection Nov 28 - Dec 23 2015
      • Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate 20 - 29 November 2015
      • 108 Fine Art, North base, 24 October - 14 November 2015
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall. Sept 5 - Oct 31 2015
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Invited Artists June/July 2015
      • Galleri Allmenningen, Bergen 18 April - 16 May 2015
      • Bircham Gallery November 2014 - January 2015
      • Fry Art Gallery November 2014
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh July 2014
      • Aldeburgh Gallery June 2014
      • St Judes in The City, London May 2014
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2013
      • Bircham Gallery Christmas 2013
      • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2013
      • Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall 2013
      • Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock 2013
      • Ainscough Gallery Dartmouth 2013
      • Open Eye Gallery
      • Bircham Gallery Christmas 2012
      • St Judes Gallery 2011
      • The Scottish Gallery
  • Contact
  • Links