Curriculum Vitae
Mairi Clark - Contemporary Artist

Much of Mairi Clark`s evocative paintings are inspired by the Scottish coastline particularly the East Neuk, where the ever changing interplay between sea, sky and landscape affect colour and mood.
Mairi began her career as a painter studying at the Chelsea and Central St. Martins School of Art where she gained a BA Honours in Fine Art. She has exhibited extensively throughout Scotland, and the U K.
Her influences are artists such as William Turner, Van Gogh and Joan Eardly, while her gestural mark-making suggests an affinity with the Abstract Expressionists methods of working.
Mairi uses mainly oil paint for its rich, deep and subtle qualities . She enjoys scratching into the surface to create textural effects. There is an obvious passion in her energetic application of colliding layers of paint that intimate atmosphere and changing weather conditions.
Mairi’s use of a vibrant unfettered tapestry of colour and light ensures that her abstract landscapes have a real `sense of place` reflecting her love of the Scottish sea and landscape.

"It is very important to me to capture a free and energetic mood in my work".
I have exhibited work at he following…
• Menzies Castle, Weem, Perthshire 1986
• Crystal Palace, Blenheim Art, London1999
• Cafι Cyberia, Edinburgh 1999
• The Fisheries Museum, Boat Drawings (permanent exhibition) Anstruther 2000
• Paisley Institute, The Royal Bank of Scotland Drawing Competition 2000
• Spring/Summer Exhibitions, The Fishers Gallery Pittenweem 2000
• Byre Theatre St Andrews, (Solo Show) 2001, Fife
• The Cross Keys Art Gallery, Christmas Exhibition 2001, Perthshire
• The Hunter Gallery, Long Melford, Suffolk Spring Exhibition 2002,
• Frames Gallery, Summer Exhibition 2002, Perthshire
• Strathearn Gallery, Summer Exhibition 2002, Perthshire
• The Old Course, St Andrews Fife 2002
• The Fishers Gallery Pittenweem , Fife Christmas Exhibition 2002
• Indigo Gallery, St Andrews Fife 2003
• The Lomond Gallery Gateside, Fife Spring/Summer Exhibition 2003,
• The Fishers Gallery Pittenweem, Autumn Exhibition, 2003
• The Leith Gallery, Autumn Exhibition Edinburgh 2003
• Di Rollo Gallery, Christmas Exhibition Edinburgh 2003
• Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington 2003
• Colours, Dundas Street Edinburgh 2004
• Fraser & Sons Fine Art, Dundee 2004
• Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh 2004
• Scotland Art.Com, Edinburgh 2004
• Greens and Blues, Berwick 2004
• Royal Glasgow Institute, 2004
• The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle 2004
• Scotland Art.com, Edinburgh 2004
• Paisley Institute and Museum 2005
• Iona House, Autumn Show 2005
• The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh & Wemyss Art 2005
• The Scottish Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition 2005
• Ainscough, London 2006
• The Jerdan Gallery, Crail Spring Exhibition 2006
• The Ceres Gallery, Spring, Summer, Winter Exhibition 2006
• The Watermill, Aberfeldy (Solo Show)July 2006
• Pittenweem Arts Festival, Fife(Solo Venue) 2000 – 2007
• The Pump Gallery, Surrey Autumn Exhibition 2006
• Di Rollo Gallery, Spring Exhibition, Edinburgh 2007
• John Adams Fine Art, Ebury Galleries, London (Solo Show) 2007
• The Panik Gallery, Strathern, 2007 Mixed Show
• The London Art Fair, (John Adams Fine Art) October 2007
• Scotland Art.com, Edinburgh, Christmas Show 2007
• The Ceres Gallery, Fife Christmas Show 2007