Curriculum Vitae
LESLEY BANKS

1962 Born
1980-84 Studied at Glasgow School of Art in the Drawing and Painting B.A. Hons.
1985-86 Received an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. Travelled
around Europe and lived in Amsterdam for 6 months.
1987-89 Part-time assistant in Compass Gallery. Left in 1989 to paint full-time.
1990 Visiting artist – Castle Toward, Strathclyde Education Art Course
1999 Artist in residence – Edinburgh Zoo

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1991 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1994 Gerber Fine Art, Glagow
Portland Gallery, London
1995 Beaux Art, Bath
1997 The Substation Gallery, Singapore
1997 Royal Overseas League, London and Edinburgh
1998 Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow
1999 Edinburgh Z00 Residency Exhibition
2000 Corrymela Scott Gallery (at Geoffrey Hugall Antiques)
2001 “From Glasgow to San Gimignano” - Bohun Gallery
2001 Arlington Revisited – Cyril Gerber Fine Art – Glasgow
2001 The Bride Stripped Bare – The Edinburgh Gallery

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1984 New Generation Artists - Compass Gallery Glasgow
1984-88 Scottish Society of Artists, The Mound, Edinburgh
1987/88 The Christmas Show, Compass Gallery
1988 Aberdeen Artists Annual Exhibition, Aberdeen
Fruitmarket Gallery Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, The
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
1988/89 Bath Contemporary Art Fair
1989 The Paisley Drawing Competition
Scottish Contemporaries, The Barbizan Gallery, Glasgow
The John Player Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery. London
David Morrison Portrait Award, R.S.A. Edinburgh
The Spectator, Adam & Co "An Artists Life" Exhibition. Edinburgh and
London, "Spink & Son"
1990 Critic's Choice" - Clare Henry Selects Scottish artists for Bohun
Gallery, Henley on Thames
1990 Five Girls from Glasgow, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Small Paintings, Bohun Gallery's Christmas Show
1992 Edinburgh Art Fair
‘Jobson’s Choice’ Jill George Gallery, London
1993 BP Portrait Competition
Royal Glasgow Institute Glasgow
1994 Royal Glasgow Institute
1995 BP Portrait Competition
The Scottish Morrison Portrait Award, RSA Edinburgh
‘A Sense of Place’, SSA Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
1996 Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Mall Galleries, London
The Laing Landscape Competition
Royal Overseas League Annual Open Exhibition
Robert Burns Bi-Centennary Exhibition toured to several venues including The Scottish Museum, Edinburgh SSA and RSA Edinburgh,
Elected Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Roger Billcliffe Fine Art Summer Exhibition
1997 Glasgow Art Fair
1998 Collector’s Choice, Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
Portland Gallery, London
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
Quantum Fine Art, London
Society of Scottish Artists
2000 The Edinburgh Gallery Festival Exhibition
2000 DFN Gallery, New York
2001 Thompson’s Gallery, London
2001 ‘New Paintings from Scotland’, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
2002 Richmond Hill Gallery, London
and annually at:
Islington Art Fair, London
Glasgow Art Fair
Edinburgh Festival with the Edinburgh Gallery

AWARDS

1988 The Spectator, Adam & Co, "Three Cities"
Competition - 2nd Prize
1989 The Spectator, Adam & Co, "An Artists Life"
Competition, 3rd Prize
1990 The Lady Artists Trust Club Award
Teachers Whisky Travelling Scholarship
Royal Institute – David Cargill Award
1991 The Scottish Prize The Royal Overseas League London
Royal Glasgow Institute Scottish Amicable Award
1995 Laing Landscape Award – Highly commended
The Scottish Prize Royal Overseas League
Hope Scott Trust Award
1996 Leverhulme Trust Research Award
Royal Glasgow Institute – Arthur Anderson Prize
1997 Winner The Britannia Life Lord Provost Prize Glasgow
1998 Royal Glasgow Institute, Scottish Amicable Award
2000 Macroberts Open Award – Art Exposure Glasgow

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTION

Aberdeen Art Gallery
BBC Scotland
Motherwell District Libraries
Leicestershire Schools Collection
Lillie Art Gallery
Unilever
Trustee Savings Bank
Goma – Gallery of Modern Art – Glasgow

WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Italy
Australia
Belgium
Canada
USA
and throughout Britain


PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

Homes and Interiors, Scotland – Issue 13
Taking Risks by Clare Henry
The Spectator (April 1988, April 1989, August 1989)
Harpers and Queen (April 1990)