Catriona Millar (born 1956)
is a Scottish
figurative painter born in Milngavie, Glasgow. She studied at
Grays School of Art,
Aberdeen, where her tutors included
Joyce Cairns RSA and Keith Grant. Since the success of her 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the
Royal Scottish Academy
The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art. It promotes contemporary Scottish art.
The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy, it became the ...
, Edinburgh. Her works are in both private and public collections. In October 2006 she came to the attention of
Charles Saatchi
Charles Saatchi (; ar, تشارلز ساعتجي; born 9 June 1943) is an Iraqi-British businessman and the co-founder, with his brother Maurice, of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The brothers led the business – the world's largest a ...
with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. In April 2007 ''
The Herald'' ranked her in the top five most collectable artists in Scotland.
In 2012 she moved from Scotland to England, and currently resides in East Sussex.
References
External links
Artist's website
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1956 births
Living people
20th-century Scottish painters
20th-century Scottish women artists
21st-century Scottish painters
21st-century Scottish women artists
Alumni of Gray's School of Art
Artists from Glasgow
Scottish women painters