MacKenzie’s process is intuitive and is driven by memory and feeling of place. She is interested in painting’s relationships to place and time, through the non-linear accumulation of imagery and forms. Compositional concerns such as relationships between colours, and the materiality of the paint, together with speed or slowness of marks are driving forces in her work.

Lynsey MacKenzie lives and works in Glasgow and graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2019 with a first class BA (Hons) in Painting and Printmaking. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Chronochromia’, The Briggait, Glasgow (2022); ‘HERE AND NOW’, SaltSpace, Glasgow (2020). Group exhibitions include ‘Platform: 2022’, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh (2022); ‘RSA Annual Exhibition’, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2021, 2022); ‘Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition’, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2021); ‘Interactions of Colour’, Royal Glasgow Institute, Online (2021); ‘New Contemporaries’, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2020). Recent awards include the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Award, the RSA Latimer Award, the Wasps Award and the Tatha Gallery Award.

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Education

2019 BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Beyond the Surface, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay

2022 Chronochromia, The Briggait, Glasgow

2020 Here and Now, SaltSpace Gallery, Glasgow

2019 Tower View Solo Show, Kent

2018 Quick! Before We Airbnb It, Elderslie Street, Glasgow

Group Exhibitions

2025

(Upcoming) Visual Arts Scotland Biennial Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Start with Something, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow

2024

I won’t stay in a world without love, BEEP Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea &
Show No.5, Morgans, Falmouth
Now & Then, Visual Arts Scotland, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
Frontiers: Painting In Scotland Now, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Paper Pieces Auction, Lyon & Turnbull, London
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Then and Now, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Coalesce, Reid Gallery, Glasgow

2023

Wanderings, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
Jackson's Painting Prize: Rising Artists, Bankside Galleries, London
Wasps x Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright Galleries
A Hint of Salón, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh

2022
130 Years | SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Platform: 2022, Edinburgh Art Festival, French Institute, Edinburgh
UNMUTE, Society of Scottish Artists, Dunoon Burgh Hall, Dunoon
Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition 2022, Online
VAS REVERB, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2021
Society of Scottish Artists 123rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Abstract Zeitgeist, The Rafiki Gallery, The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh
RE:CONNECT, Society of Scottish Artists, Online
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition 2021, Online

2020
Interactions of Colour, Royal Glasgow Institute, Online
FLOW, Visual Art Scotland, Online
GRADCURATE Summer 2020 Exhibition, Online
No Borders, Art Thou, Online
Thoughts Are Free, Royal Glasgow Institute, Online
On The Table, MARRAM, Online
Visual Arts Scotland Spotlight, Borders Art Fair, Kelso
RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2019
Society of Scottish Artists | Visual Arts Scotland OPEN, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
LSA Festival Fundraiser, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
Control Tower Gallery Group Show, Kent
Breakout Artists 2019 - Best of Scottish Art Schools Show, Art Pistol, Glasgow
AucArt Lab Residency Show, London
Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Glasgow
Visual Art Scotland ALIGHT 2019, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2018

Something Like That, The Glue Factory, Glasgow

2017

Series Two, McLellan Gallery & Grace and Clarke Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow
Toner Cartridge is almost empty, Stereo Cafe Bar, Glasgow

Residencies

2023 VAS Scotland x Cornwall Exchange Residency, Cornwall

2019-2020 SaltSpace Residency, Glasgow

2019 AucArt Lab Residency, London

2018 Royal Drawing School, Dumfries House, Cumnock

Awards

2023 Jacksons Painting Prize Shortlisted

2022 Tatha Gallery Award

2021 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Award

2021 RSA Wasps Award

2021 RSA Latimer Award

2019 Great Art Award

2019 RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition 2020 Award

2019 VAS Graduate Showcase Award Shortlisted

2016 Leith School of Art Painting Prize

Collections

Dumfries House, Cumnock

Edinburgh and Lothian Health Foundation, Edinburgh

Private collections: UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Greece, Canada

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