Contact:

ellen_munro@yahoo.co.uk

Education

2002 – 2004
Master of Fine Art (Painting), Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.

1998 - 2002
BA(Hons) Fine Art (Printmaking), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Perth Road, Dundee.

Solo Exhibitions

28th March – 27 April 2008
Parthenonandonandon, Schaufenster Kunstverein, Neustraße 10, 40213 Düsseldorf.

July - August 2007
Folklore, Market Gallery, 334 Duke Street, Glasgow.

March – April 2004
From sea to shining sea, Round Room, Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, Edinburgh.

Group Exhibitions

March – June 2009
The Associates, DCA, Nethergate, Dundee.

February – June 2009
Desire Lines: Art On Campus, Talbot Rice Gallery, Potterrow Student Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

January – March 2008
Reveal, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, 23 Union Street, Edinburgh.

10th September - 18th November 2007
Destroy Athens, The 1st Athens Biennial 2007: DESTROY ATHENS Technopolis, Athens.

October 2006
The Embassy at Zoo, Zoo Art Fair, London Zoo, Outer Circle, Regents Park, London.

October – November 2006
Young Athenians, The Royal Scottish Academy , The Mound, Edinburgh.

May – June 2006
Rock Ridge, The Embassy, 76 East Crosscauseway, Edinburgh.

September – October 2005
Take It Furthur! (Part2), Andrew Mummery Gallery, Studio 1.04, Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London.

September 2005
Gang Show, The Embassy, 76 East Crosscauseway, Edinburgh.

May – June 2005
Some Measured Curiosities, The Changing Room, 35 The Arcade, King Street, Stirling.

May – June 2005
Dr Skin, Perth and Kinross Council Arts Development Service Project, Perth.

April – May 2005
Campbell's Soup, Macintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow.

February 2005
Conquests and Techniques: A Synthesis, The Ship, 387 Cable Street, London, E1.

December 2004 – February 2005
Meeting Room1#1, Round Foundry Media Center, Foundry Street, Leeds.

August – October 2004
The Birthday Party, Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh.

April – May 2004
Edinburgh – Korea, SM Gallery, Dae-Gu, Korea.

April 2004
The Visitation: an Illustrated History, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.

January – February 2004
No-How, Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh.

November 2003
A Tonic to the Nation, Lower Foyer Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee.

September 2003
Exhibition 2, Starboardhome, Flat 3, 180 West Gate Road, Newcastle.

July – August 2003
Past Standing, The Changing Room, 35 The Arcade, King Street, Stirling.

June 2003
They Had Four Years, Generator Projects, 25/26 Mid Wynd, Dundee.

November 2002
Brie on the Knee, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.

Projects and Commissions

Summer 2006 - Spring 2007
Collaborative Commission with Space 44, One Mile Project, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh. 

Summer 2006
Co-edition Print Project, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop. 

Public Collections

March 2006
Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, purchased by the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland
www.contempart.org.uk

Publications

Collective 1984 - 2009, Kate Gray, Revolver, February 2011, ISBN: 9783868950335.

The Associates, Dundee Contemporary Arts, March 2009, ISBN: 9780955876912.

1st Athens Biennial 2007: Destroy Athens, September 2007, ISBN: 978960664572.

Young Athenians , The Royal Scottish Academy, October 2006, ISBN: 0905783069.

Dr Skin , Perth and Kinross Council Libraries and Life-Long Learning, May 2005, ISBN: 0905 452 47X.

Press

‘The Exhibitionist: The best art shows to see this week’. Laura McLean Ferris, The Guardian, 3 April 2009.

‘The Associates: A decade in the making’. Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman, 31 March 2009.

'Schaufenster: Ellen Munro, Cosima Fuchs, Béton Brut, 01/08' May 2008.

‘The Young Athenians', Susannah Thompson, Art Review, December 2006.

‘The Young Athenians', Alex Kennedy, Map, Issue 7/Autumn 2006.

‘Michael Mallett and Ellen Munro', Jenny Brownrigg, Untitled Magazine, Summer 2005.

‘Dr Skin', Neil Mulholland, Untitled Magazine, Summer 2005.

‘Pick of the Week', The Guardian, 10 th March 2004. (Northern Edition)

‘… Ellen Munro', Sorcha Dallas, a-n Magazine, March 2004.

‘School's Out: Scotland ', Sorcha Dallas, a-n Magazine, September 2003.

‘Past Standing…', Sorcha Dallas, The List, 14- 21 August 2003.

‘Where the art is', Helen Monaghan, The List, 6-22 June 2002 .

‘Never mind the bollards', Moira Jeffrey, The Herald, 11 March 2002.

Awards and Scholarships

March 2008
Visual Arts Award, Edinburgh Visual Arts & Crafts Artists Award Scheme.

March 2008
Visual Arts Grant, The Hope Scott Trust.

March 2006
Creative Development Award, Scottish Arts Council.

June 2004
Helen A. Rose Bequest, Edinburgh College of Art.

March 2002
Chalmers Bursary, Royal Scottish Academy Students Exhibition.

June 2001
Carnegie Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship, study visit to Iceland.

Selected Curation

January – February 2005
Born Under A Bad Sign , Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh.

November 2003
A Tonic to the Nation, Lower Foyer Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee.

Employment and Experience

February 2006 – present
Board Member, Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh.

July2004 – February 2006
Committee Member, Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh.

September 2004 – 2008
Part – Time Teaching Fellow, General Course, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee. 

Links

www.youngathenians.co.uk

www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk

www.openfrequency.org

www.collectivegallery.net

www.doctorskin.org

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