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Biography |
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1939 |
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Born, Liverpool |
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1957 - 1962 |
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University of St Andrews |
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1963 - 1966 |
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Courtauld Institute, London |
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1974 |
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Arts Council Award |
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1980 |
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Arts Council Major Award |
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1981 |
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Emma Lake Workshop, (guest artist) University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
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1981 |
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British Council Travel Award |
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1984 |
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British Council Travel Award |
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1985 |
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Artist in Residence, University of Edinburgh |
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1987 - 1989 |
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Lived in New York |
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1993 |
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British Council Travel Award |
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1993 |
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Lorne Award |
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1994 |
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Critics Award, Edinburgh Festival |
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1995 |
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Shortlisted for Jerwood Prize |
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2000 |
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Emma Lake Workshop, (guest artist) University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
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2000 |
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British Council Travel Award |
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2002 |
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Art Crazy Nation, Milton Keynes |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Poussin Review 2008: Form and Space, Poussin Gallery, London |
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2007 |
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John McLean: Paintings, Poussin Gallery, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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Broadbent, London |
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2006 |
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Poussin Review 2006: Recent British Abstract painting and sculpture, Poussin Gallery, London |
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2006 |
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Seventies Abstract Painting: Part II, Poussin Gallery, London |
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2003 |
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Flowers Central, London |
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2001 |
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British Abstract Painting 2001,Flowers East, London |
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2001 |
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Flowers East, London |
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2000 |
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Flowers East, London |
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2000 |
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Flowers Graphics, London |
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2000 |
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Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh |
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2000 |
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Artists’ Choice, Flowers East, London |
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2000 |
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Small is Beautiful: Self Portrait, Flowers East, London |
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2000 |
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Flowers Three, Flowers Central, London |
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1999 |
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Scotland's Art, Edinburgh City Art Centre |
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1999 |
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Small is Beautiful, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California |
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1999 |
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Flowers East, London |
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1999 |
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Richard Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1998 |
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Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London |
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1998 |
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Small is Beautiful: Music, Flowers East, London |
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1994 |
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Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh |
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1994 |
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Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London |
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Literature |
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Four Abstract Artists, The Fruitmarket Gallery, catalogue introduction, Duncan Macmillan, catalogue essay (Four Scottish Painters), Clement Greenberg, 1977 |
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Critic's Choice, ICA, London, catalogue, John McEwen, 1978 |
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John McLean, House Gallery, London, catalogue introduction, Tim Hilton, 1978 |
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Contemporary British Artists, Saranjeet Walia, (Bergstrom and Boyle Books Ltd), London, 1979 |
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The New Generation: A Curator's Choice, catalogue introduction, Kenworth Moffett, (Rhineberg Press), New York, 1980 |
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The Hayward Annual, catalogue introduction, John Hoyland, catalogue essay (A Force Against the Basilisk), Tim Hilton, 1980 |
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The British Art Show, Arts Council of Great Britain touring exhibition, catalogue essay, William Packer, 1980 |
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The Heritage of Jack Bush, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Ontario, catalogue, Ken Carpenter, 1981 |
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John McLean, Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen, Tim Hilton, 1981 |
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Freeing the Spirit, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, catalogue, Catherine Wallace, 1987 |
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Interview with John McLean, Bill Hare, ALBA, Winter 1987 |
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The Presence of Painting, South Bank Centre touring exhibition, catalogue, Michael Tooby, 1988 |
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Scottish Art since 1900, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, catalogue, Keith Hartley, 1989 |
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