Anna Somerville, born in Edinburgh 1978, studied Drawing & Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, and graduated in 2000. In her graduation year, she was awarded the Elizabeth Blackadder & John Houston Travel Award, which she took up in Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2002 she held her first solo show of paintings, inspired by her travel to Mexico, at Friction Gallery in Edinburgh. In 2003, she was awarded the Anne Redpath prize for painting.
She has exhibited internationally and is represented by &Gallery in Edinburgh.
BA Hons Drawing & Painting, Edinburgh College of Art, 2000
Gallery Representation: &Gallery 3 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, info@andgallery.co.uk
Art Collections
Bank of Montreal Financial Group Corporate Art Collection
Exhibitions & Awards
2022 Reminiscence, Solo Show, &Galley, Edinburgh
2022 Group Exhibition, On paper, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2021 Group Exhibition, Winter Exhibition, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2021 Group Exhibition, Tiny Yet Mighty, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 Group Exhibition, Winter Exhibition, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 Viewpoints, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Annual Winter Exhibition, &Gallery Edinburgh
2019 Solo Show, Reflections, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 Group Exhibition, Unrestricted, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 Summer Exhibition, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 Group Exhibition, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2017 Group Show, Connection, &Gallery Edinburgh
2017 Edinburgh Art Fair, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2017 Solo Show, Horizon, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 Solo Show Paintscapes, &Collective, Bridge of Allan
2016 Moving Mountains, An Ealdhain Arts Trust, Fort William
2015 Solo Show, 25 White Space Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 Solo Show, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2015 Tendenze Contemporanee, Galleria Merlino, Florence
2014 Motion in Paint, Patriot Hall, Edinburgh
2010 Group Show, The BackGate Gallery, Pittenweem
2009 Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition
2008 Solo Show, Covet, Edinburgh
2007 Group Show, Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2005 Joan Eardley & Lill Neilson Retrospective, Phoenix 369, Edinburgh
2005 Group Show, Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2004 Invited Artist, Edinburgh International Conference Centre
2004 Solo Show, Alternative Gallery Space, Glasgow
2003 Group Show, Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2003 Anne Redpath Painting Prize, VAS, Edinburgh
2003 VAS Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
2002 Solo Show, Friction Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 VAS Annual Exhibition, NGS, Edinburgh
2000 Elizabeth Blackadder & John Houston Travel Award, RSA, Edinburgh
2000 RSA Annual Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
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