Burnsiana, the exhibition! 2013

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Contemporary mixed media exhibition Solo show of recent work by Calum Colvin – Venue: Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayr, KA7 4PQ – Dates: 7 June – 15 September 2013 Calum Colvin’s blends – the photographic and the painterly, the traditional and … Continued

Camera Lucida 2012

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The series of images here collectively entitled ‘Camera Lucida’ were made especially for the publication In Memoriam (Dundee University Press ISBN 9781845861391).  The original drawing they are based on is one of a series of eighteen from 1508 by the Renaissance master … Continued

Twa Plack 2009

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The work of the same title is based on the ‘Twa Plack’ label/stamp (above) produced in 1959 by the Scottish Secretariat (a radical organisation founded in 1926) as part of an unsuccessful campaign to persuade the Postmaster General to issue … Continued

Perception 2009

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Guest editorial essay (volume 38, pages 633 – 637) by Professor Nick Wade on ‘Natural Magic’ at The Royal Scottish Academy 2009. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1068/p3805ed

Fragments, Calum Colvin and Tom Leonard, 2003

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Calum Colvin and Tom Leonard, Edinburgh Printmakers 2003 The series of images in the portfolio entitled ‘Fragments’ are the result of a collaboration between visual artist Calum Colvin and poet Tom Leonard. This portfolio of five large-scale etchings and complimentary … Continued

The Breathing House, Edinburgh Lyceum Theatre, 2003.

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Edinburgh Lyceum, a play by Peter Arnott, set design by Calum Colvin This commission was a set design for Glasgow playwright Peter Arnott’s Victorian drama at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh (25/4/03 – 17/5/03).  Directed by Kenny Ireland, this … Continued