Scottish contemporary artists

The list Scottish contemporary artists includes Stuart Sutcliffe, Eduardo Paolozzi, Charles Avery (artist), Robert Montgomery (artist) and Wendy McMurdo. The list consists of 66 members.

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Stuart Sutcliffe

British painter and musician (1940–1962)

Overview: Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962), known as Stu Sutcliffe, was a Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the B ...

Date of birth: 23 June 1940

Date of death: 10 April 1962

Age: 21 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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People educated at Prescot Grammar School 11T

Male bass guitarists 788T

English male painters 2,044T
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John Byrne

Scottish playwright and artist (1940–2023)

Overview: John Patrick Byrne (6 January 1940 – 30 November 2023) was a Scottish playwright and designer. He wrote The Slab Boys Trilogy, plays which explore working-class life in Scotland, and the TV dramas Tutti ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1940

Date of death: 30 November 2023

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

Partner: Jeanine Davies (Married)

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British theatre designers 27T

2023 deaths 8,392T

20th-century Scottish male artists 224T
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Anya Gallaccio

British artist (born 1963)

Overview: Anya Gallaccio (born 1963) is a British artist, who creates site-specific, minimalist installations and often works with organic matter (including chocolate, sugar, flowers and ice).

Date of birth: 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Female

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English contemporary artists 388T

LGBT artists from the United Kingdom 71T

Artists from Paisley 16T
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Eduardo Paolozzi

British artist

Overview: Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi CBE RA (, 7 March 1924 – 22 April 2005) was a Scottish sculptor and artist. He is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art.

Date of birth: 7 March 1924

Date of death: 22 April 2005

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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People from Thorpe-le-Soken 7T

20th-century British printmakers 200T

Scottish male sculptors 77T
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Jimmy Boyle

British artist

Overview: James "Jimmy" Boyle (born 17 May 1944) is a Scottish former gangster and convicted murderer who became a sculptor and novelist after his release from prison.

Date of birth: 17 May 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Criminal

Gender: Male

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Scottish male criminals 6T

People from Gorbals 67T

Scottish male sculptors 77T
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Alison Watt (Scottish painter)

Scottish painter

Overview: Alison Watt OBE FRSE RSA (born 1965) is a Scottish painter who first came to national attention while still at college when she won the 1987 Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Date of birth: 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Painter

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21st-century British women artists 353T

20th-century British women artists 1,115T

21st-century women artists 2,023T
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Alasdair Gray

Scottish writer

Overview: Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories ...

Date of birth: 28 December 1934

Date of death: 29 December 2019

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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2019 deaths 9,204T

Academics of the Glasgow School of Art 21T

2019 deaths 6,613T
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Jack Vettriano

Scottish, Painter

Overview: Jack Vettriano (born Jack Hoggan, 17 November 1951 – 1 March 2025) was a Scottish painter, known for his distinctive figurative style, often depicting scenes of romance, mystery, and nostalgia. Largely ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1951

Date of death: 1 March 2025

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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2025 deaths 1,165T

20th-century Scottish male artists 227T

21st-century Scottish male artists 54T
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Robert Montgomery (artist)

Overview: Robert Montgomery (born c. 1972) is a Scottish-born, London-based poet, artist and sculptor known for his site-specific installations created from light and text, as well as his 'fire poems'. Montgomery ...

Date of birth: 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Sculptor

Gender: Male

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Scottish male sculptors 77T

Scottish sculptors 101T

Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art 284T
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Charles Avery (artist)

Artist

Overview: Charles Avery (born 1973) is a Scottish artist from Oban. He currently lives and works in London. Since 2004 he has devoted his practice to the perpetual description of an imaginary island. Through dr ...

Date of birth: 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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People from Oban 27T

Scottish artists 239T

1973 births 15,455T
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Peter Doig

Artist

Overview: Peter Doig ( DOYG; born 17 April 1959) is a Scottish painter. One of the most renowned living figurative painters, he has settled in Trinidad since 2002. In 2007, his painting White Canoe sold at Sotheby's ...

Date of birth: 17 April 1959

Age: 66

Nationality: British

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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Scottish male painters 350T

Trinidad and Tobago people of Scottish descent 3T

Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art 226T
12.

Charles Sandison

Scottish artist

Overview: Charles Sandison (born 24 April 1969) is an English born Scottish visual artist who lives and works in Tampere, Finland.

Date of birth: 24 April 1969

Age: 56

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Artist

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Finnish installation artists 9T

British contemporary artists 426T

Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art 264T
13.

Hew Locke

Artist

Overview: Hew Donald Joseph Locke (born 13 October 1959) is a British sculptor and contemporary visual artist based in Brixton, London. In 2000 he won a Paul Hamlyn Award and the EASTinternational Award.

Date of birth: 13 October 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Wendy McMurdo

British photographer

Overview: Wendy McMurdo (born 1962) specialises in photography and digital media. In 2018 she was named as one of the Hundred Heroines, an award created by the Royal Photographic Society to showcase the best of ...

Date of birth: 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: British

Occupation: Artist

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Senior Fellows of the Higher Education Academy 6T

21st-century women photographers 411T

21st-century British women artists 353T
15.

Philip Clemo

Musical artist

Overview: Philip Clemo is a British composer, musician, record producer, sound artist, filmmaker and visual artist, described as one of contemporary music's most innovative artists.

Date of birth: 3 August 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Composer

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British sound artists 13T

British installation artists 67T

British video artists 55T
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Christine Borland

British artist

Overview: Christine Borland (born 1965) is a Scottish artist born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland. Borland is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997 (won by Gillian ...

Date of birth: 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Artist

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21st-century British women artists 353T

Scottish women artists 113T

Women conceptual artists 160T
17.

Richard Demarco

British artist

Overview: Richard Demarco, CBE (born 9 July 1930 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish artist and promoter of the visual and performing arts.

Date of birth: 9 July 1930

Age: 94

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Manager

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Artists from Edinburgh 141T

Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis 97T

Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art 284T
18.

Rosalind Nashashibi

English artist

Overview: Layla Rosalind Nashashibi (born 1973) is a Palestinian-English artist based in London.

Date of birth: 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Artist

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English contemporary artists 388T

Feminist filmmakers 33T

English people of Palestinian descent 11T
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Martin Creed

British artist, composer and performer

Overview: Martin Creed (born 21 October 1968) is a British artist, composer and performer. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for exhibitions during the preceding year, with the jury praising his audacity for exhibiting ...

Date of birth: 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Artist

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Artists from Wakefield 7T

British conceptual artists 69T

People from Milton of Campsie 8T
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Ian Hamilton Finlay

Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener

Overview: Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.

Date of birth: 28 October 1925

Date of death: 27 March 2006

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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21st-century British male writers 720T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T

Scottish landscape architects 7T