Artist’s Statement

I graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2015, and am currently working from my studio at the Fire Station Creative in Dunfermline, Fife.  I am a painter, my preferred medium being oil or acrylic on linen or canvas. As a starting point for my work, I am inspired by architecture and the contemporary urban environment. I am a professional member of Visual Arts Scotland.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Painting, Edinburgh College of Art (2015)

Awards

Shortlisted for the Astaire Art Prize at ECA 2014

Detail Framing Award at VAS ‘Then and Now’ 2024

Creative Edinburgh Award at SSA Open Exhibition, 2024

Exhibitions

‘Solo 6’, group exhibition, Dundas St Gallery, April 2024

‘Then and Now’, VAS centenary exhibition, February 2024 (Award Winner)

Artists’ Book Market, Fruitmarket Gallery, February 2024

SSA Open exhibition, November 2023/January 2024 (Award Winner)

Macmillan Art Show, November 2023

Tenants’ exhibition, Fire Station Creative, November 2023

‘Paperwork’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2023

Aberdour Art Festival, July 2023

‘Solo 6’, group exhibition, Dundas St Gallery, March 2023

Artists’ Book Market, Fruitmarket Gallery, February 2023

SSA 130 Years, December 2022/January 2023

‘North’, VAS Compass exhibition, December 2022

‘Solo 6: Small Works’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, November 2022

‘Paperwork’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2022

Aberdour Art Festival, Aberdour, July 2022

‘Unmute’, SSA, Dunoon Borough Hall, June 2022

‘Horizons’, group exhibition, Dundas St Gallery, Edinburgh, May/June 2022

‘Subtext’, group exhibition, Glisk Gallery, Burntisland, May 2022

‘Solo 6’, group exhibition, Dundas St Gallery, Edinburgh, April 2022

‘Montage@Glisk’, group exhibition, Glisk Gallery, Burntisland, March 2022

Macmillan Art Show, 2021

‘Paperwork’, group exhibition, Whitespace Edinburgh, 2021

FLOW, VAS Members’ show, 2020/21

Macmillan Art Show, 2020

Upright Gallery Xmas Show, 2019

‘ALIGHT’, VAS/SSA Open 2019

‘Solo 6’, group exhibition, Dundas St Gallery 2019

Macmillan Art Show 2019

‘Building on the Past’, solo exhibition, Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline, October 2019

‘Paperwork 6’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2019

RSW 138th Open exhibition 2018

‘Paperwork 5’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2018

RSA Open, RSA galleries, June/July 2018

‘Paperwork 4’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2017

‘Lines of Enquiry’, group exhibition, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, 2 July – 6 August 2017

FLY 2016, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, 3 – 27 December, 2016

‘Reworked’, group exhibition, Summerhall, Edinburgh, 4 – 27 November, 2016

‘Fine Lines’ group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, 24 September – 1 October 2016

‘Paperwork 3’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, 18 – 29 August, 2016

‘Restricted Code’, group exhibition, Iota Gallery, Hyndland St, Glasgow, 7 – 21 May, 2016

SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, December 2015/January 2016

‘Animalia’, group exhibition, Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh, October 2015

‘Paperwork 2’ group exhibition, Working Lines Collective, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2015

MACART exhibition, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, June – July 2015.

Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show, June 2015

Indaba Café installation, group exhibition, Indaba Café, Edinburgh, February/April 2015

‘Ten Revealed’, group exhibition, Space Club, Argyle House, Edinburgh, January 2015

‘Printmaking in the Vaguest Sense’, group exhibition, Dundas St Gallery, Edinburgh, January 2015

‘Fo[u]rmat’, group exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, November 2014

‘Paperwork’ group exhibition, Working Lines Collective, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2014

‘Number Crunching’, group performance, with the artist Roddy Buchanan, Randolph House, Edinburgh, August 2014

‘Side Salad’, group exhibition, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, March 2014

Model Project group Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art, December 2013

‘Surface Memory’ group Exhibition, Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Peebles, December 2013

‘Working Lines’ group Exhibition, Edinburgh Ski Club, August 2013

Maclaurin Gallery Open Fine Art Exhibition, Ayr, July 2013

Edinburgh College of Art Painting Stage 2 group Exhibition, March 2013

Combin(e)d 3 Textiles group Exhibition, Embo Café, Edinburgh, June 2012

Combin(e)d 2 Textiles group Exhibition, Southside Property Management Gallery, Edinburgh, April 2012

Combin(e)d 1 Textiles group Exhibition, Wee Red Lounge, Edinburgh College of Art, May 2011

BA Combined Studies group Exhibition, Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, April 2011

BA Combined Studies ‘Printed’ group Exhibition, Wee Red Lounge, Edinburgh College of Art, March 2011

Contact: marion.barron@ed-alumni.net

Online information:

Instagram/Facebook @artistmarion

Artist’s page on SSA and VAS sites

Artist’s page at Concrete Cube online Gallery