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Portrait Commission: The Royal College of Surgeons, London 2007 - 2008.

Portraits: Reflections on the Veil. Jane Brettle: Beyond Black.
Tulu Bayer: Confluence. Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery.
28 September to 7 November 2007.

View from the Inside: Interiors in Scottish Art.The City Art Centre, Edinburgh. (Group) 30th June – 21st October 2007.

Force: a Contemporary Portrait of Scotland’s Police: Commission The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. (solo). 4th May – 15th July 2007. Publication. Duff House, Nairn. 1st September – 28th October 2007. Kirkcaldy Museums and Art Gallery. 26th January  - 16th March 2008.

Deutsche Bank VIP Lounge exhibition of works on paper from the collection. Frieze Art Fair: September 2006

Venus Rising: The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. (Group)
13th April – 28th May 2006.

Everything is Wrong: Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland. (Group) 26th August  - 6th October 2006: Publication.

Modern Women: The Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Edinburgh. (Group) August 19th 2004 – 13th February 2005

airside: Contemporary Portraits: The City Art Centre: Edinburgh. (Solo) 4th July – 27th September 2003: Publication.

The Fine Art of Photography: The Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Group) September 2001 – January 2002: Catalogue:

il camino astratto: CHANGE - studio d’arte contemporanea: Rome, Italy: video documentation of artists’ installations: (Group). November1999:

Swift: Three Artists in the City: Visual Art Projects - Year of Architecture and Design. Commissioned Video installation. The Procurator's Library, Glasgow: (Three artists): September/October 1999: Catalogue:

Fallen: Photo 98: Commission for The Year of Photography and the Electronic image: Film projection: The facade of The Henry Moore Institute: Leeds. November 1998: (solo) Catalogue: June 1999:

History: Image Based Art in Britain in The Late 20th Century:
The Ferens Gallery, Hull. (Collection). November 1997/January 1998:
Touring nationally and internationally through 1998/2000: Publication:
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh: January - March 1998:
The Cartwright Hall, Bradford: March-May 1998:
Orleans House, Twickenham: May-June 1998:
Towner, Eastbourne: August-October 1998:
York City Art Gallery: February-March 1999:
Laing Gallery, Newcastle: April - June 1999:

Luminous: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland.
Visual Arts UK: Commissioned installation. Three artists. November-January1996/1997: Catalogue:

Visual Art Projects: Glasgow: Commissioned proposal for integrated artwork, Paisley University Library.1996.

Women’s Art Magazine: Cover Commission.1996.

Diver’s Memories: Pielisen Museum, Lieska, Finland. Artist’s Collaborative Project. 1996. Catalogue:

Overexposing: Sitework Commission in association with Independent Public Art and Central Regional Council. (solo). Stirling Town Centre: 1995:

Allegorical Blueprint: Sitework and White Space installation, in association with Independent Public Art, The French Institute and The National Galleries of Scotland. The National Monument and City Observatory, Edinburgh:(solo).1995.

Shadows in the Water: Fotofeis Contemporary Photography from Scotland. Installation The Tatranska Gallery, Popard, Slovakia, Cooper Gallery, Dundee. (Group). 1996,1997. Catalogue:

Light from the Dark Room: work selected for Scottish National Galleries Edinburgh Festival Exhibition of Photography. July-October,1995. Catalogue:

Untitled: Cambridge Darkroom, Eastern Arts Commission in association with The Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University. Site Specific Projection. (1995). (solo)

From Locate: Public Bodies –Private States: Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, Installation. In collaboration with Nottingham Castle Museum, Site Specific Installation, The Council House Nottingham: (solo).1995.

Diver’s Memories: Installation,The Pitt River’s Museum, Oxford. Artists’ collaborative Project. (Group). 1994.

Fotodiffusione ’94: National Museum of Photography, Turin, Italy. Contemporary Photography from Scotland. (1994).

Portfolio Selection, Contemporary Photography From Scotland: Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.

LOCATE: Public Bodies - Private States: Collins Gallery, Glasgow: Co-ordinating, contributing artist. Major project including, Exhibition, Site Specific Installation, Publication, Conference and Workshops: Glasgow. (Group). 1993. Publication:

Collaborative Artist Portfolio: Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews. 1992.
Collaborative Artist Portfolio: The Printmaker's’ Workshop, Edinburgh. 1992.
Re-Current Allegories: 369 Gallery, Edinburgh (Solo). 1991.
Re-Current Allegories: Street Level Photography Gallery: (Solo). Glasgow. 1991.
The Fruitmarket Open: The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. (Group). 1988.
Untitled: The Third Eye Centre, (Solo) Glasgow.1987.
New Work: Edinburgh College of Art.1986, 1987 and 1993.

Scottish Photography: A History published by Luath Press Ltd.  November 2007

Portraits: Reflections on the Veil. Published by Belfast Exposed
Photography Gallery. 2007.

Force: a Contemporary Portrait of Scotland’s Police: published by The National Galleries of Scotland: 2007.

PORTFOLIO: The Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain: Issue: 45, June 2007:

Everything is Wrong: Published by Kunsthalle Palazzo: Switzerland2006:

Studies in Photography: The Annual Photographer's Lecture
(published October 2005):

airside: Contemporary Portraits: Published by The City Art Centre, Edinburgh 2003:

PORTFOLIO: The Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain: Issue: 37, June 2003:

The Deutsche Bank Art Collection Catalogue: London 2003.

EXIT:Media and Culture. Madrid: Spain: Issue 9 Feb: Espacios del arte: Spaces for Art: 2003:

Fotografi Som Offentllig Kunst, Forbundet Frie Fotografer: Oslo, Norway, 2001.

The Companion Guide to Photography in the Collection of The Scottish National Galleries of Scotland: published by NGS, 2001.

PORTFOLIO The Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain: Issue 32, 2000

SWIFT: three artists’ projects in the city: Published by Visual Art Projects: (1999)

PUBLIC SITINGS: The Public Art Programme of the UK Year of Photography and the Electronic Image: Published by Photo 98: 1999.

HISTORY: Image Based Work in Britain in the Late 20th Century: Published by The Ferens Gallery, Hull. 1997/98.

LUMINOUS, Jane Brettle, Dalziel and Scullion, David Ward: Catalogue. The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. Sunderland. 1996/97.

Light from the Dark Room: published by the Scottish National Galleries: Edinburgh Festival exhibition of Photography. 1995.

Shadows in the Water: Fotofeis International Tour of Contemporary
Photography from Scotland. Catalogue (1996, touring - 1998).

publications:  

selected writing:  

Portfolio, The Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain: Issue 34, 2001. Essay, A Certain Self Control, Christina Kolaiti.

Catalogue essay, A Wonderful Illusion: Wendy McMurdo, Henry Moore Fellow, (Printmaking) Sheffield Hallam University. Site Gallery, Sheffield. 1995.

Portfolio The Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain: issue 22. Essay, A Wonderful Illusion, Wendy McMurdo: 1995.

Remembering Jo Spence: Women’s’ Art magazine.1995 Final Year Degree Show student Bookwork. Department of Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art. Essay, 1995.

Liquid Crystal Futures, Contemporary Japanese Photography. Paper/Review, Transcript Arts Journal. (1994).

The Scottish Society for the History of Photography Bulletin: Interview with Ruth Stirling: 1991.

selected reviews of work:  

The National Galleries of Scotland: Lecture May 2007

Edinburgh City Libraries: Festival of Scottish Writing: Artist’s Presentation; May 2005.

The Scottish Society for the History of Photography Annual Photographer’s Lecture. November 2004.

Woman’s Hour: BBC Radio 4: Interview on airside. September 2004.

Engender Dialogues: Lecture, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh.1999.

The MAG Collection HISTORY: Image Based Work in Britain in the Late 20th Century: Lecture on own work in the exhibition, The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh. 1998.

Gender, The City and Representation. Lecture: Curators’ Forum, Liquid Crystal
Futures, Contemporary Japanese Photography, The Fruitmarket Gallery
Edinburgh. 1994.

Recorded Passage: The Artist and the Community. A one-day Seminar Street Level Gallery in association with The Arts and Cultural Development Office, South East Area: Chair: Glasgow. 1994.

Chair, Seminar, Photography and Disability, The National Photography
Conference. 1991.

Associate Senior Lecturer .5 Contemporary Photographic Practice, Northumbria University: Responsible for final year programmes in Theory and practice. 1993 - present. Contemporary Art Practice and MA Fine Art: 1993 -1996.

Lecturer The School of Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art: 1991-2002.

Established Portfolio Gallery/Photography Workshop Edinburgh, Co-Director, special responsibility for Education: Organised major Conferences, Workshops, Lectures, Events and Darkroom Facilities. 1987-1991.

Lecturer Photography: Edinburgh College of Art. 1985-1990.

Education Officer, Stills gallery, Edinburgh. Established Education Programme:
Organised major Conferences, Workshops, Lectures and Events, Darkroom and
slide making facilities. 1985-1988.

In service training in photography for Heads of Art Department, Lothian Region
Schools. 1987.

Workshop organiser, the Women’s training Roadshow. 1985.

Established Arts-based project in Glasgow, (creative training for 16 -18 year olds in photography and combined arts - MSC funded). 1982-1985.