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Andrew Mackenzie, 'Quarry 4, Blue', oil on panel (The Scottish Landscape Awards)
Andrew Mackenzie, 'Quarry 4, Blue', oil on panel (The Scottish Landscape Awards)

Title:
Scottish Landscape Awards

Times:
Daily 10:00 - 17:00

From: 4 Nov 2023

To: 3 Mar 2024

Venue:
City Art Centre
2 Market St
Edinburgh
Edinburgh & the Lothians
EH1 1DE

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The inaugural Scottish Landscape Awards at City Art Centre Edinburgh is the country’s newest open call in contemporary art: open to artists born, living or studying in Scotland and for landscapes in any medium, including painting, drawing, sculpture, animation, photography, installation, film and video, multimedia and virtual reality, it reflects all dimensions of natural or man-made environments. Whether imaginary, surreal, abstract, documentary, ecological or realistic, the selected works push the boundaries of contemporary landscape.

The prize-winners were announced on 3rd November, and congratulations go to Kate Davis and David Moore for their first prize entry for their large work BASS ROCK (pictured below), made of thousands of strips of inter-weaved scores from Scottish folk songs.

Pic Greg Macvean
Pic Greg Macvean
Kate Davis and David Moore, 'BASS ROCK', detail
Kate Davis and David Moore, ‘BASS ROCK’, detail

The Awards, which were judged by Barbara Rae RA CBE (Chair), David Mach RA, Jane and Louise Wilson RA, Ade Adesina RSA and Marian Leven RSA, comprise a number of prizes, which were also announced:

Lennox Dunbar is the recipient of the second prize and £5,000 donated by the Robert Haldane Smith Foundation for his mixed media piece ‘Island Storm’ – a reflection on recent storms and changing weather systems and the impact they have on our coasts.
Lennox Dunbar is the recipient of the second prize and £5,000 donated by the Robert Haldane Smith Foundation for his mixed media piece ‘Island Storm’ – a reflection on recent storms and changing weather systems and the impact they have on our coasts.
Kiera Walsh, a student at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen is the winner of the third prize and £1,000 donated by the Scottish Arts Trust for her sculpture L.U.C.A. The sculpture of felt, beads and thread was completed whilst she was studying an HND at West Lothian College, with the artwork submitted as her exam piece. 
Kiera Walsh, a student at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen is the winner of the third prize and £1,000 donated by the Scottish Arts Trust for her sculpture L.U.C.A. The sculpture of felt, beads and thread was completed whilst she was studying an HND at West Lothian College, with the artwork submitted as her exam piece. 
Robbie Bushe has collected the City of Edinburgh Award and £5,000 donated by the City of Edinburgh for his painting ‘Towards St James and Calton Hill (reimagining the Civic Survey and Plan for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh)'
Robbie Bushe has collected the City of Edinburgh Award and £5,000 donated by the City of Edinburgh for his painting ‘Towards St James and Calton Hill (reimagining the Civic Survey and Plan for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh)’
Lindsay Robertson is the winner of the Scottish Landscape Photography Award and £1,000 donated by the Friends of the City Art Centre and Edinburgh Museums for his dramatic work ‘Dialbeag – Isle of Lewis’ taken in homage to his father who lived in Stornoway.
Lindsay Robertson is the winner of the Scottish Landscape Photography Award and £1,000 donated by the Friends of the City Art Centre and Edinburgh Museums for his dramatic work ‘Dialbeag – Isle of Lewis’ taken in homage to his father who lived in Stornoway.
Magi Sinclair is the recipient of the Scottish Landscape Award for Environmental Art and £3,000 donated by the Cruden Foundation for her work ‘Flow Mist Rising’. Using the Flow Country has been a theme in Maggi’s work since she was a student at Edinburgh College of Art 10 years ago. In her award-winning work the artist used carbon and the ashes from burned pieces of peat to convey an area transformed by changing seasons, weather and play of light.
Magi Sinclair is the recipient of the Scottish Landscape Award for Environmental Art and £3,000 donated by the Cruden Foundation for her work ‘Flow Mist Rising’. Using the Flow Country has been a theme in Maggi’s work since she was a student at Edinburgh College of Art 10 years ago. In her award-winning work the artist used carbon and the ashes from burned pieces of peat to convey an area transformed by changing seasons, weather and play of light.
Lorna Fraser has been named winner of the Scottish Landscape Sculpture Award and £2,000 commission to create the sculpture to be awarded as first prize for the 2025 Scottish Landscape Awards. Her work ‘Rising From The Cracks’ made from porcelain is a new work inspired by the tiny mosses and lichens that grow in abundance all around us, but largely go unnoticed.
Lorna Fraser has been named winner of the Scottish Landscape Sculpture Award and £2,000 commission to create the sculpture to be awarded as first prize for the 2025 Scottish Landscape Awards. Her work ‘Rising From The Cracks’ made from porcelain is a new work inspired by the tiny mosses and lichens that grow in abundance all around us, but largely go unnoticed.
And a virtual reality work has earned Daira Ronzoni Young Landscape Artist Award (16-25 years) and £1,000 donated by Irene Adams OBE. ‘A land of ethereal fruits, colours, and shapes – Corazón de Pachamama’ is a unique experience inspired by the Pachamama deity and the artist’s Mesoamerican and Andean heritage, described as an experience unlike any the judges had seen before. 
And a virtual reality work has earned Daira Ronzoni Young Landscape Artist Award (16-25 years) and £1,000 donated by Irene Adams OBE. ‘A land of ethereal fruits, colours, and shapes – Corazón de Pachamama’ is a unique experience inspired by the Pachamama deity and the artist’s Mesoamerican and Andean heritage, described as an experience unlike any the judges had seen before. 

A free-admission programme of talks by participating artists will begin on 12th December at 11am with Philip Braham, and will continue into January.

Also showing is Shifting Vistas – 250 Years of Scottish Landscapes (until 2nd June 2024), featuring works drawn from the City Art Centre’s permanent collection by artists such as Alexander Nasmyth, John Lavery, S J Peploe, William Gillies, Joan Eardley, Victoria Crowe, Frances Walker and Kate Downie.

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