Alison Kinnaird MBE MA FGE
Wednesday 12th December 2017
Bed of Roses
Synopsis
Alison Kinnaird MBE will talk about her career as an artist in glass, and how her work as an engraver combines an ancient technique with modern LED technology, producing magical imagery in light and colour. Her work ranges from small intimate pieces to major architectural installations. She will particularly focus on her major commissions in the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and her installation ‘Unknown’, which recently toured major historical venues in Scotland. Alison is also well known as a player of the Scottish harp, and will talk about how both strands of her arts have run parallell throughout her career.
Lecturer’s CV
Alison Kinnaird : born Edinburgh 1949
She has an international reputation as an artist working in glass, with work in many public, private and royal collections. Her work can be found in the collections of the V&A Museum; Corning Museum of Glass, New York; the Tutsek Foundation, Munich and the Fitzwilliam Museum. She is in demand at home and abroad as a lecturer and teacher, and is also wellknown for her contribution to Scottish music.