helen macalister  
         
 

 

1969

Born Edinburgh

1987-1991

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee BA (Hons) 1st Class, Fine Art, Drawing & Painting



Prizes and Scholarships

1988

Pat Homes Prize

1989

Ian Eadie Award

1990

Hospitalfield Scholarship

1991

John Kinross Scholarship, Florence

 

Miller Homes Young Scottish Artist, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

1992

The Arthur Andersen Prize for Best Young Artist

1993

Bursary to study Italian at Siena University

 

The Rome Scholarship in Painting at the British School at Rome

 

John Murray Thomson Award for A Work by a Promising Young Artist

1995

The Prince’s Trust European Grant, Madrid & Barcelona, Spain

1995

Hope Scott Trust

1995/6

Scholarship/Residency at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

1995

Putnum Travel Fellowship

1996

Scholarship/Residency at the Vermont Studio Centre, USA

 

Latimer Prize, Royal Scottish Academy

1996/7

Italian Government Scholarship, Rome

1996/7

Scottish Arts Council, Small Assistance Grant

1999

Scottish Arts Council, Small Assistance Grant

2000

Research Assistance, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

2001

Hope Scott Trust Award

 

The Whitehall Trust Award

 

Research Assistance, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

 

Edinburgh Visual Arts Award Scheme

2003

Edinburgh City Council Artists Award Scheme

2004

Edinburgh City Council Artists Award Scheme

2005

Edinburgh City Council Professional Development Bursary

2006

Hope Scott Trust Award

 

Edinburgh City Council Artists Award Scheme



Residencies and Foreign Studies

1990

Three months, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, Scotland

1991/2

One Year, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

 

Université de Paris, Sorbonne

1993

Eight months, Università per Stranieri di Siena, Italy

1993/4

One Year, British School at Rome, Italy

1995

MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

1996

Vermont Studio Center

1997/9

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

2000

Bellagio Study + Conference Centre, Italy (established by the Rockefeller Foundation, New York)



1991-2004

Part-time lecturer, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

2001-2004 Part-time lecturer, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh