Contact:

ellen_munro@yahoo.co.uk


Ellen Munro
DOB: 24 th May 1980

Education & Qualifications

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.

Selected Group Exhibitions

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

10th September - 18th November 2007
Young Athenians , Part of 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

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 .

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

Selected Bibliography

'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 .

Selected Web Sites

www.youngathenians.co.uk

www.scottisharts.org .uk
(Visual artist of the month, November 2004)

www.openfrequency.org

www.collectivegallery.net

www.doctorskin.org



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