The artist in his studio

Diana & Actaeon
Artists edition of 10
184.5 x 202.2cm

Diana & Callisto
Artists edition of 10
187 x 204cm

Calum Colvin

Born in Glasgow in 1961, Calum initially studied sculpture at DJCA, Dundee, followed by an MA in Photography at the RCA. He currently works from his studio in Edinburgh and teaches part time as a Professor of Fine Art Photography at the University of Dundee.

Solo exhibitions of his work have been shown internationally and include art galleries in the USA, South America, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Gemany, Portugal, Greece and Egypt. In the U.K. he has exhibited at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, The Serpentine, the Barbican, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and at numerous other public art galleries.

He has been awarded numerous honours and in 2001 was awarded and OBE for his contribution to the Visual Arts.

Collections 

His works are included in many public collections including: The Victoria and Albert Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York; Scottish National Portrait Gallery; The British Council; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; Royal Photographic Society; Arnolfini Collection Trust; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Ferens Museum, Hull; Art Institute of Chicago; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow; Aberdeen Art Gallery; City Art Centre, Edinburgh; Columbus University, Georgia; Boswell Collection, University of St Andrews , Deutsche Bank.

Recent selected exhibitions include:

2002: ‘Scotland Calls – 20th Century Scottish Photography’ Boston Public Library.
‘Seeing Things:Photographing Objects ,1850-2001’ Canon Photography Gallery, V&A Museum, London.
2003: 2nd Triennale Internazionale D’Incisione, Chieri, Italy.
‘Figurative Fine Art Photography’ Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra, NSW Australia.
‘Fragments’ Edinburgh Printmakers; Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen; 2nd Triennale Internazionale D’Incisione, Chieri, Italy
2004: ‘Ossian, Fragments of Ancient Poetry’ Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; Iona Gallery, Kingussie; Swanson Gallery, Thurso; An Tuireann, Skye; Timespan, Helmsdale; St Fergus Gallery, Wick;  Inverness Museum and Art Gallery; Birnam Institute, Dunkeld; Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries.
‘Calum Colvin’ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Browns Gallery, Tain.

Publications

Calums work has been published extensively and mosty recently in ‘History of Scottish Art’ Murdo Macdonald , Thames & Hudson, 2000.
‘Still Lifes & Portraits’ Mattie Boom, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2001,‘A Companion Guide to Photography in the National Galleries of Scotland’, National Galleries of Scotland, 2001.
‘Ossian Fragments of Ancient Poetry’, Full colour 64 page catalogue published by The National Galleries of Scotland, text by Tom Normand 2002.
‘Leabhar Mor Na Gaidhlig / Great Book of Gaelic’. Malcolm Maclean and Theo Dorgan. Canongate Books, Edinburgh 2002. ISBN 1 84195 249 4.
‘Zombis, Castrados, Mantis Y Deformes, Notas Para una Exploracion de la Postfotografia (the confluence of the fantastic, the real and the sinister in the art of Calum Colvin, Jeff Wall and Inez van Lamsweerde)’ Pilar Gonzalez Prieto, Association Murciana de Criticos de Arte, 2003. ISBN 84 95815 33 8.
‘Antike und Gegenwart, Daphne. Narcissus. Pygmalion’ Rudolf Hennebohl, pub. C.C. Buchners Verlag, Bamberg 2004. ISBN 3 7661 5968 2.
‘Things, A Spectrum of Photography 1850-2001’ Mark Haworth-Booth, V&A/Jonathan Cape 2004. ISBN 0 224 07289 7.

BLIND OSSIAN I
50 x 40 inches
Digital print on canvas
Artists signed edition of 10

BLIND OSSIAN II
50 x 40 inches
Digital print on canvas
Artists signed edition of 10

BLIND OSSIAN VIII
50 x 40 inches
Digital print on canvas
Artists signed edition of 10

PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BURNS
50 x 40 inches
Digital print on canvas
Artists signed edition of 10

MUTE SWAN
40 X 50 inches
Digital print on canvas
Artists signed edition of 10

THE DEATH OF VENUS
1986
Digital print on canvas
Artists signed edition of 10

G.O.D. triptych
Digital prints on canvas
Artists signed edition of 10