Leigh Chorlton CV
Artist and manager of Whitespace, 11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3NT
Education
MA in contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art (2010)
First class BA (honours) degree in sculpture (1998), Edinburgh College of Art.
Exchange student to Purchase College New York State 1997
With Heriot-Watt Medal Received for being the most academically distinguished student within the sculpture faculty of Edinburgh College of Art
Art diploma (1993), Falmouth College of art.
Teaching
Running an ongoing Sunday drop in life class and weekend workshops in drawing and painting at Whitespace, 11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh.
Evening class tutor for classes such as life drawing, oil painting, portraiture, and proportional drawing. (2005- 2010) Leith Academy, 20 Academy Park, Edinburgh
Exhibitions
2013
Traces 10th October 2013 till January 2014 Traces (influences from W.G.Sebald) Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes St, Edinburgh Art in Mind...Downtown The Brick lane gallery, Brick lane, London, 28th Feb till 10th March 2013
2012
Portraits Whitespace gallery, Edinburgh 15.12.12 till 21.12.12
Young Masters Fundraising exhibition 18th June till 14th July 2012 at Rupert Cavendish Antiques, Kings Rd, Chelsea (Plus an auction 21st June)
Gallery 118, 118 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RR showing work from September to February 2012 THE LYRIC HAMMERSMITH FUNDRAISING EXHIBITION 4 October 2011 - January 2012 30 John Islip Street London
London, SW1 An off-site exhibition at The Mint Hotel, Westminster
2011
THE LYRIC HAMMERSMITH FUNDRAISING AUCTION 3 November 2011 The Mint Hotel, Westminster, 30 John Islip Street, ßLondon, SW1 Young Masters 2011 Thursday 13th Oct till Sat 5th NovVenue: Sphinx Fine Art
125 Kensington Church Street
W8 7LP London
Hunted Projects: The Green Room Hawke & Hunter, Picardy Place, Edinburgh Thursday, February 24th at 8:00pm - March 19 at 12:00pm Whitelines: Drawing Exhibition Whitespace, 11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3NT www.whitespace11.com 11.02.11 - 17.02.11 Salon Vert (members show), The Embassy Gallery The Roxy, Edinburgh 22.01.11 – 30.01.11
2010
On Voices,
IETM International Convention. Glasgow
4th till 7th November The Hairdressers space, opposite stereo, 7 Renfield Lane, GlasgowYoung Masters Revisited
Presented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Part 1 Sphinx Fine Art, 125 Kensington Church St, London W8
Part 2 The Old Truman Brewery, F BLOCK T2, London E1 Salon, Catalyst Arts, BelfastCurator and exhibitor of Out of the Blue studio artists exhibition 36 Dalmeny St, Edinburgh
Retro Renaissance solo exhibition (part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art) Hanson Street Project Space, Wasps Studios, Hanson Street, Glasgow.
'Salon' show, Embassy gallery, Edinburgh
2009
Fish Supper solo exhibition, 45 King Street, Glasgow.
Co-Curator for Gray Matter, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. Part of the MA in Contemporary Art Theory
2008
Rocket Gallery, St Stephen St, Edinburgh
The Phoenix Gallery, 3 Dundas St, Edinburgh
2006
Landscape commission For George Goldsmith, Sporting Estates, Edinburgh
Portrait commission for David Lauener, Standard Life, Edinburgh.
2005
Gang show’ at the Embassy Gallery, East cross Causwayside, Edinburgh
Wordplay/Colourplay solo show at The Red Gallery, 19 Osborne St, Hull;
2001
World Art media Stage in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
2000
Deployment at Havant Arts,Centre, East St, Havant, Hants.
1998
Group show Tweed Dale Museum, Chambers Institute, Peebles.
Part of the New Generation Show at the Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.
1997
Group show at Purchase College, State University of NY, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York State.
Installation in Simpson’s Memorial Hospital, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
