CV
Bibliography 1963
Born, Scotland
Lives and works in Edinburgh.
Lives and works in Edinburgh.
EDUCATION
1987
MFA, Yale University School of Art, USA
1985
BA, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Edinburgh City Dome, Collective Gallery Commission, Edinburgh Art Festival
2021
MATTER
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
2019
Moyna Flannigan
A-M-G5, Glasgow
A-M-G5, Glasgow
2018-19
Tear
NOW| Monster Chetwynd, Henry Coombes, Moyna Flannigan, Betye Saar, Wael Shawky
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
NOW| Monster Chetwynd, Henry Coombes, Moyna Flannigan, Betye Saar, Wael Shawky
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
2015
earth sky body
Gimpel Fils, London
Gimpel Fils, London
white heart beating
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
2014
Stare, part of GENERATION: 25 years of Contemporary Art in Scotland
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
2013
The Body Stretches to the Edge
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
2010
New Work by Moyna Flannigan
What you see is where you're at: Part 3
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
What you see is where you're at: Part 3
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
2009
Trouble Loves Me
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2008
Sphinx
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2007
Moyna Flannigan: A footprint in the hall
Mount Stuart Visual Arts Programme, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Mount Stuart Visual Arts Programme, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
2006
well, Well
doggerfisher, Edinburgh, Scotland
doggerfisher, Edinburgh, Scotland
Poke
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
2005
A Pie in the Kisser
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2004
Once upon our time: Portrait Miniatures by Moyna Flannigan
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2003
Knucklehead
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2002
I'm a stranger here myself
doggerfisher, Edinburgh, Scotland
doggerfisher, Edinburgh, Scotland
I think about it almost all the time
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2001
I could be happy with you
Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000
Gallery Albrecht, Munich, Germany
1998
Lotta Hammer Gallery, London
1997
The British School at Rome
1996
CCA, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
New Acquisitions
Museum Arnhem, Netherlands
Museum Arnhem, Netherlands
Frontiers: Painting in Scotland Now
RSA, Edinburgh
RSA, Edinburgh
2023
Sarah Cameron, Keith Farquhar, Moyna Flannigan, Gregor Horne
Fire Station, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Fire Station, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Portrait
Edinburgh Printmaker’s, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Printmaker’s, Edinburgh
Twenty-Five
Ingleby, Edinburgh, UK
Ingleby, Edinburgh, UK
Scottish Women Artists Transforming Tradition
Dovecot, Edinburgh
Dovecot, Edinburgh
2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
London (Invited Artist)
London (Invited Artist)
Scottish Women Artists Transforming Tradition
The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK
The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK
Glasgow Print Studio at 50: A Retrospective
Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, UK
Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, UK
2021
Shifting Realities: Moyna Flannigan and Anne Wenzel
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
2020
Home: Andrew Cranston, Moyna Flannigan, Kevin Harman, Katie Paterson
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
2019
Cute Carnival curated by Rachel Maclean
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Mirrors: when we hunt reality and hang its skin upon our walls
Philip Akkerman, Ferdinand Bol, Moyna Flannigan, Merlin James, Michael Fullerton, Thomas Frye, Luigi Ghirri, Louise Hopkins, Simon Lewis, Mariana Mauricio
A-M-G5, Glasgow
Philip Akkerman, Ferdinand Bol, Moyna Flannigan, Merlin James, Michael Fullerton, Thomas Frye, Luigi Ghirri, Louise Hopkins, Simon Lewis, Mariana Mauricio
A-M-G5, Glasgow
2017
Where the f*ck is my sock
Gluklya, Moyna Flannigan, Kirsten Geisler, Ali Kazma, Stéphanie Saadé, Massinissa Selmani, Edwin Zwakman
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Gluklya, Moyna Flannigan, Kirsten Geisler, Ali Kazma, Stéphanie Saadé, Massinissa Selmani, Edwin Zwakman
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
The Female Gaze
Pallant House Gallery, Chicester
Pallant House Gallery, Chicester
Face 2 Face
Torre Abbey Museum, Torquay
Torre Abbey Museum, Torquay
Paper Trail: Drawings|Watercolours|Prints
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
INK: Public Archive - Five Decades of Printmaking at The Glasgow Print Studio
Glasgow, UK
Glasgow, UK
2016
That Which Remains
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
now now
Andrew Cranston, Moyna Flannigan, Graeme Todd West Barns Arts, Dunbar, Scotland
Andrew Cranston, Moyna Flannigan, Graeme Todd West Barns Arts, Dunbar, Scotland
Drawing on Drawing
Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
2014
Face to Face: British Portrait Prints from the Clifford Chance Art Collection
Sir John Soane's Museum, London
Sir John Soane's Museum, London
2013
The Miniature Museum, Gemeentemmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands
Collectors' Choice, RSA, Edinburgh
Dressed To Kill, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
2012
Teasers, Selected Works from the Pizzuti Collection by Women Artists
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pincushion, a Polarcap Exhibition
John Gray Centre, Haddington, Scotland
John Gray Centre, Haddington, Scotland
Twisted Sister
Dodge Gallery, New York
Dodge Gallery, New York
A Parliament of Lines
City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
To Have a Voice
Hernan Bas, Kaye Donachie, Moyna Flannigan, Chantal Joffe, Bruno Pacheco, Gideon Rubin, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Mackintosh Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Hernan Bas, Kaye Donachie, Moyna Flannigan, Chantal Joffe, Bruno Pacheco, Gideon Rubin, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Mackintosh Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
2011
VANHUIT HIER – OUT OF HERE: The Collectors Show
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Melting Point
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
2010
Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
2009
Moyna Flannigan/Julie Roberts
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
What you see is where you're at: Part 1
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Strike A Pose
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Moyna Flannigan, Isabel Nolan, Hanneline Visnes
doggerfisher, Edinburgh, UK
doggerfisher, Edinburgh, UK
The Fool
Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
Summer Exhibition 2009, (Invited Artist)
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Royal Academy of Arts, London
2008
Maternity: Images of Motherhood
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan
Collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, USA
Collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, USA
2006
Welcome Home
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2004
Moyna Flannigan, Gerben Mulder, Albrecht Schnider, Andrei Roiter
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
The Birthday Party
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
The Drawing Project
Vamiali's Gallery, Athens
Vamiali's Gallery, Athens
Solar Lunar
doggerfisher, Edinburgh
doggerfisher, Edinburgh
2003
Rendered
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
The Company We Keep
Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
Moyna Flannigan, Gerben Mulder, Elke Krystufek, Ronald Versloot
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Love Over Gold: Works from the Collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
2002
New
Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
New: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary British Art
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
2001
Beuys to Hirst: Art Works at the Deutsche Bank
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Here and Now: Scottish Art 1990-2001
DCA, Dundee, Scotland
DCA, Dundee, Scotland
Open Country: Contemporary Scottish Artists
Musáe cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland
Musáe cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland
2000
Annäherung an das Portrait: Moyna Flannigan, Konrad Klapheck & Monica Castillo
Galerie Albrecht, Munich
Galerie Albrecht, Munich
Moyna Flannigan & Chantal Joffe
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum Arnhem, Netherlands
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Aberdeen Asset Management, UK
Arts Council of England
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
City Art Collection, Munich
Clifford Chance LLP, London
Deutsche Bank, London
Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, USA
HBOS, Edinburgh
Flemings Bank, London
UBS Art Collection, London
The McManus, Dundee Art Gallery
Museum Pallant House Gallery, Chicester
Progressive Corporation, USA
Saatchi Collection, London
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
University of Edinburgh
SELECTED AWARDS
2023
The Bryan Robertson Award
2020
Open Fund, Creative Scotland
2013
Quality Production Award, Creative Scotland
2006
Hope Scott Trust Award
2005
Creative Scotland Award, National Lottery, Scottish Arts Council
2004
Artists Award, Scottish Arts Council
1999
Finalist, The NatWest Art Prize
1997
The Scottish Arts Council Scholar, The British School at Rome
1994
Artists Award, Scottish Arts Council
1990
Artist in Residence, Aberdeen Art Gallery
1985/6
Yale University Scholarship
1994
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University School of Music & Art
TEACHING
2023-24
Teaching Fellow, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
2015-2019
Teaching Fellow, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
1995-2005
Lecturer in Painting, The Glasgow School of Art
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Etgar, Yuval. Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art, Phaidon Press, London
2022
Rostek, Charlotte, Scottish Women Artists, Fleming Collection
2021
Flannigan, Moyna, Matter, an Artist’s Book, Edinburgh
2020
Moyna Flannigan: Girl with Tear, A-M-G5, Glasgow
2015
Cahill, James. Contemporary round up: Gimpel Fils, London. The Burlington Magazine,
December 2015, p869
December 2015, p869
2015
Khan, Tabish. Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week: Moyna Flannigan at Gimpel Fils. FAD Magazine, November 9, 2015.
2014
Barratt, Martha. GENERATION Scotland. The Burlington Magazine, September 2014 p619-620.
2007
Crichton Stuart, Anthony. Moyna Flannigan: An Intervention at Mount Stuart, Mount Stuart Visual Arts Programme, Isle of Bute *
Black, Catriona. "Sex, death and wood in a stately home", Sunday Herald, Seven Days, June 17
Mansflield, Susan. "Portraits and the artist", The Scotsman, Review in-depth,
May 11
Gale, Iain. "Turning up the heat on cold Masters", Scotland on Sunday, May 20
Black, Catriona. "Sex, death and wood in a stately home", Sunday Herald, Seven Days, June 17
Mansflield, Susan. "Portraits and the artist", The Scotsman, Review in-depth,
May 11
Gale, Iain. "Turning up the heat on cold Masters", Scotland on Sunday, May 20
2006
Dannatt, Adrian. Moyna Flannigan Paintings 1998-2006. Edinburgh.
Doggerfisher *
O'Reilly, Sally. "Edinburgh Round-Up". Art Monthly, October: 40-41
Mulholland, Neil. "Edinburgh News". Contemporary, September: 21
Clark, Robert. "Moyna Flannigan, Edinburgh." The Guardian, August 19: 36
Mansfield, Susan. "Rave Reviews of Bygone Youth." The Scotsman, August 29
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O'Reilly, Sally. "Edinburgh Round-Up". Art Monthly, October: 40-41
Mulholland, Neil. "Edinburgh News". Contemporary, September: 21
Clark, Robert. "Moyna Flannigan, Edinburgh." The Guardian, August 19: 36
Mansfield, Susan. "Rave Reviews of Bygone Youth." The Scotsman, August 29
2005
Monaghan, Helen. "New York, Moyna Flannigan, Sara Meltzer Gallery 7 Apr - 14
May, MAP, Issue 2/Summer 2005
Johnson, "Moyna Flannigan: A Pie in the Kisser", New York Times, May 6
Scott Bill, "Picture in Focus", Scottish Art News, Issue 4 Autumn 20
May, MAP, Issue 2/Summer 2005
Johnson, "Moyna Flannigan: A Pie in the Kisser", New York Times, May 6
Scott Bill, "Picture in Focus", Scottish Art News, Issue 4 Autumn 20
2004
Lapham, Lewis. "Moyna Flannigan", Harper's Magazine, November, p23
Renton, Jennie. "Figurative Figments Imaginary Lives in Miniature", Scottish Book Collector, Summer 2004
Black, Catriona. "Perfectly Formed", Sunday Herald, 13 June, p10
Lack, Jessica. "Portrait Miniatures", The Guardian, Guide, May 15-21
Jeffrey, Moira. "Return of the small faces", The Herald, May 1
Mansfield, Susan. "Small can still be beautiful", The Scotsman, May 11, p16
McGlone, Jackie. "Through the keyhole are some disturbing secrets", The Sunday Times, May 9
Boyce, Martin. "Moyna Flannigan" Scotland on Sunday, Critics' Choice, May 9
Cripps, Charlotte. "Small faces make a comeback", The Independent, May 6
Flockhart, Susan. "Moving Pictures", Sunday Herald, May 2, p6
Hedges, Ruth. "Peering at the little people", The List, 29 Apr-13 May, p91
Hartley, Keith. "Once upon our time: Portrait Miniatures by Moyna Flannigan", The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh *
Renton, Jennie. "Figurative Figments Imaginary Lives in Miniature", Scottish Book Collector, Summer 2004
Black, Catriona. "Perfectly Formed", Sunday Herald, 13 June, p10
Lack, Jessica. "Portrait Miniatures", The Guardian, Guide, May 15-21
Jeffrey, Moira. "Return of the small faces", The Herald, May 1
Mansfield, Susan. "Small can still be beautiful", The Scotsman, May 11, p16
McGlone, Jackie. "Through the keyhole are some disturbing secrets", The Sunday Times, May 9
Boyce, Martin. "Moyna Flannigan" Scotland on Sunday, Critics' Choice, May 9
Cripps, Charlotte. "Small faces make a comeback", The Independent, May 6
Flockhart, Susan. "Moving Pictures", Sunday Herald, May 2, p6
Hedges, Ruth. "Peering at the little people", The List, 29 Apr-13 May, p91
Hartley, Keith. "Once upon our time: Portrait Miniatures by Moyna Flannigan", The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh *
2003
Herbert, Martin. "Moyna Flannigan", Freize Art Fair Yearbook 2003, London *
Chambers, Christopher. "Moyna Flannigan," FlashArt, July-September, p. 67
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Body Art," Houston Press, July 24, 2003
Chambers, Christopher. "Moyna Flannigan," FlashArt, July-September, p. 67
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Body Art," Houston Press, July 24, 2003
2002
Mulholland, Neil. "Moyna Flannigan," FlashArt, November-December
Gale, Iain. "Strangers to convention who are all dressed up with nowhere to go," Scotland on Sunday, September 1
Sweet, Lucy. "Secret Lives of Odd Faces," The Sunday Times, Edinburgh Festival, August 18
Monaghan, Helen. "Stranger and Fiction," The List Festival Guide, August 8
Monaghan, Helen. "Moyna Flannigan: I'm a Stranger Here Myself," The List Festival Guide, August 22
Devine, Rachel. "New: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," The Sunday Times, June 30
Gale, Iain. "Strangers to convention who are all dressed up with nowhere to go," Scotland on Sunday, September 1
Sweet, Lucy. "Secret Lives of Odd Faces," The Sunday Times, Edinburgh Festival, August 18
Monaghan, Helen. "Stranger and Fiction," The List Festival Guide, August 8
Monaghan, Helen. "Moyna Flannigan: I'm a Stranger Here Myself," The List Festival Guide, August 22
Devine, Rachel. "New: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," The Sunday Times, June 30
2001
Tufnell, Rob and Katrina M. Brown, Here and Now: Scottish Art 1990-2001, DCA, Dundee *
Nicod, Caroline, et. al. Open Country - Scotland: Contemporary Scottish Artists, Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland *
Hartley, Keith. Locale, City Art Centre, Edinburgh *
Nicod, Caroline, et. al. Open Country - Scotland: Contemporary Scottish Artists, Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland *
Hartley, Keith. Locale, City Art Centre, Edinburgh *
1999
Marlow, Tim. The NatWest Art Prize 1999, Lothbury Gallery, London *
1997
Mania, Patrizia. Fine Art Scholars 1997, British Art School at Rome *
1996
Kingston, Angela. Moyna Flannigan, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow *
Catalogue *