The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton: Artist Biography - STUART SIM

STUART SIM WAS BORN IN ORKNEY IN 1955. HE TRAINED AT DUNCAN OF JORDANSTONE COLLEGE OF ART IN DUNDEE. AND WAS AWARDED THE DUNCAN OF DRUMFORK TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP, THE JOHN MILNE PURVIS AWARD FOR PAINTING, AND A HIGHLY COMMENDED NOTATION AT POSTGRADUATE LEVEL. AFTER RECEIVING THE ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS AWARD IN 1979 THERE FOLLOWED A YEAR IN PARIS. AT THE SIR STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER ATELIER EXHIBITION. FROM 1983-1994 HE WORKED FOR THE BBC IN LONDON AS A SCENIC ARTIST/DESIGNER, AND THEREAFTER AS A FREELANCE ARTIST FOR THE INDEPENDENT FILM STUDIOS. HE ALSO UNDERTOOK A B NUMBER OF PRIVATE COMMISSIONS INCLUDING PORTRAITS. IN 1991 HE MOVED TO GLASGOW WHERE HE LECTURED AT THE METROPOLITAN COLLEGE IN ART AND DESIGN AND CONTINUED TO PAINT AND EXHIBIT. A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE GLASGOW ART FAIR HE WAS ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF THE ARNOLD CLARK AWARD FROM PAISLEY ART INSTITUTE. IN 2004 HE RETURNED TO ORKNEY SETTING UP A STUDIO AND EXHIBITION AREA IN FINTOWN. HE MOST RECENTLY EXHIBITED AT THE EXHIBITION AREA IN FINTOWN.