info — Charlene Scott

Charlene Scott is a visual artist working primarily with material, research and the extraction of botanical pigments to create works on paper and cloth.

Scott’s creative practice is concerned with the parallels she finds between minimalism and the principals of ecology; intimate observation, distillation and attention to nuance. These qualities are essential in her practice where she works with botanical colour and repetition through line, folds and pattern in order to explore quietude and the softness of experience. Her works serve as a trace of her creative process which at times may develop quietly through experimentation or otherwise distilled from a particular experience or sense of place.

selected solo exhibitions

2026 INSTALMENTS | Charlene Scott, Ingleby, Edinburgh, UK

selected duo exhibitions

2024 Quiet, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

selected group exhibitions

2025 Nature turns, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
   The Thread That Pulls, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
       Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
   Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 Touring Exhibition, London; Salisbury; Falmouth; Dundee;
   Manchester, UK

2024 Works on Paper, Fidra Fine Art, Gullane, UK
   Artists at Glenfiddich, Glenfiddich Gallery, Dufftow, UK
   Brush & Beyond, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh
   Now & Then, VAS Centenary Show (Part 2), Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith, UK
   Bookmarks Showcase, Edinburgh College of Art Library, Edinburgh, UK
   RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
   Then & Now: 100 Years of VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

2023     Graduate Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
   Escalate, The Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK

2022     SSA 130 years | Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
   Cartography of Care, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh, UK
   Barnacle Dust and Amber Rocks, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
   Library of Ideas, BOOKMARKS and The University of Edinburgh’s online exhibition platform.
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   Three, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK

2021     tides that bind, tides that break, pop-up gallery, Aberdour, UK
CRTL-ART-DEL, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK

2020    CAPsule, Edinburgh College, Edinburgh, UK

2019 Art Island, Pig Rock Bothy, Modern, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Re:Birth, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh, UK
2Dimensional, HubCap Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

education

2023 BA(hons) (1st Class) Intermedia Art, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
2020 HND Contemporary Art Practice, Edinburgh College
2018    UAL Art and Design Foundation Diploma, Edinburgh College

residencies & scholarships

2025    Linkshouse Residency, Orkney. VAS/Pier Arts Centre/Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
2024    The Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award, Scotland
2023    RSA John Kinross Travel Scholarship to Florence, Italy

awards

2026    Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award (VACMA)

2025    Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award (VACMA)

2024    Shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
   Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation New Contemporaries Award
   Glasgow Print Studio Award
NHS Lothian Charity Tonic Arts Award (Purchase Prize)
VAS Lily McDougall Award

2023    The Bookmarks Prize, Edinburgh College of Art
Winner of the Astaire Art Prize
Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Showcase Award
   Selected Artist for the RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition 2024
James Cumming Award for Draughtsmanship