Charlene Scott is a Scottish artist living and working in East Lothian who graduated in Intermedia from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2023.
Working primarily with the extraction, material and research of botanical pigments, Scott creates non-representational works on paper that are characterised by simplicity, quietude and repetition. Through botanical colour, nuance and the exploration of mark making, her work is embedded with time and persistence and is a subtle reflection on the interwoven connectivity of nature, the built environment and the human psyche.
Following her recent graduation from The Edinburgh College of Art in 2023, Scott has been awarded the RSA John Kinross Travel Scholarship to Florence, the Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award and shortlisted for The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024.
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Charlene Scott
b. Edinburgh, Scotland
education
2023 BA(hons) 1st Class Intermedia Art, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
2020 HND Contemporary Art Practice, Edinburgh College
2018 UAL Art and Design Foundation Diploma, Edinburgh College
exhibitions
2024 Artists at Glenfiddich, Glenfiddich Gallery, Dufftown
Brush & Beyond, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh
Now & Then, Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Show (Part 2), Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
Quiet, duo exhibition with Roanne O’Donnell, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh
Bookmarks Showcase, ECA Library, Evolution House, Edinburgh
RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Then & Now: 100 Years of VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2023 Graduate Show, Edinburgh College of Art
Escalate, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art
2022 SSA 130 years | Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy
Fourth Year Artists in Your Area, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art
Cartography of Care, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh Palette
Barnacle Dust and Amber Rocks, Edinburgh College of Art
Library of Ideas, BOOKMARKS and the University of Edinburgh’s online exhibition platform
Three, Edinburgh College of Art
2021 tides that bind, tides that break, pop-up gallery, Aberdour
CRTL-ART-DEL, Edinburgh College of Art online exhibition
residencies & awards
Shortlisted Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024
The Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award 2024
RSA John Kinross Travel Scholarship 2023
Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation New Contemporaries Award
Glasgow Print Studio Award
NHS Lothian Charity Tonic Arts Award (Purchase Prize)
VAS Lily McDougall Award
The Bookmarks Prize, Edinburgh College of Art
Winner of the Astaire Art Prize 2023
Selected Artist for the RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition 2024
RSA James Cumming Award for Draughtsmanship
