Jock McFadyen
b. 1950, United Kingdom
Jock McFadyen was born in Paisley in 1950 and studied at Chelsea School of Art. He has had over 40 solo exhibitions and his work is held in many public and private collections in the UK and abroad, including Tate, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, National Gallery and the V & A. He was made a Royal Academician in 2012 and became an HRSA in 2021. In 2020 and 2021, four exhibitions were held to celebrate McFadyen’s 70th birthday: Jock McFadyen Goes to the Pictures (City Art Centre, Edinburgh), Jock McFadyen: Lost Boat Party (Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh), Jock McFadyen Goes to The Lowry: A Retrospective (The Lowry, Salford) and Jock McFadyen: Tourist without a Guidebook (Royal Academy, London).