https://www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/calum-colvin-celebrated-new-book The new book, published by Luath Press, was described as “brilliant” by Scottish sculptor and installation artist David Mach, who added, “It’s rare to find an artist that gives you history, myth, comedy, tragedy, pathos and drama all at … Continued
The EPScope (2019), is a site-specific public artwork by Colvin, in collaboration with architects Suzy O’Leary and Peter Smith of Paige Park Architects. It was commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers, and funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, as a permanent installation integral to the fabric of Edinburgh Printmakers’ new £12.3m new location in the old North British Rubber Company (NBRC) Headquarters at Castle Mills in Edinburgh, a 2000m2 ‘at risk’ building of significant industrial heritage value.
Galleries/Venues: Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art 1540 to Now, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Dates: RSA Ages of Wonder Edinburgh, 4 November 2017 – 7 January 2018 / RSA Annual Exhibition 2018, 5 May 2018 – 6 June 2018 This project … Continued
“In 2017 Colvin completed his second study of the Dundee-based singer and songwriter, the Portrait of Michael Marra. When Colvin came to reflect upon the qualities of his subject, he gathered together the public and the private Marra in a paean … Continued
Location: The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum. Dates: Friday 7th July to Sunday 29th October 2017. Museography was a solo exhibition commissioned as part of a year-long programme marking the 150th Anniversary of The McManus, Dundee’s Art Gallery & … Continued
This blog was originally posted on the National Galleries for Scotland website during my exhibition ‘Jacobites by Name’ at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 14/11/15 – 28/3/16. ‘Jacobites by Name’ is a project which had been on my mind for some … Continued
‘Jacobites by Name’ was a solo exhibition of 27 new works by Calum Colvin at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (14 November 2015 – 27 March 2016), presented as an intervention within ‘Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the … Continued
An essay by Fiona Stafford, from The Magic Box publication, 2014.
https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/calum-colvin-interview-artist-photography-scotland
