About the Artist

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