Ishbel Angus

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Ishbel Angus
Artist CV


Qualifications
  • MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London. 2024-2025

  • First Class BA (Hons) in Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art. 2020-2024

  • Central Saint Martins Fine Art Foundation Diploma with Distinction - 2D pathway. 2020

  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, US on exchange program. 2022


Awards  • Awarded the Sir William Bequest Award by the Royal Scottish Academy

  • Selected as a Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporary 2025

  • Winner of 18+ Years Category, Broad Canvas art competition selected by the Chairman of Oxford Art Society, June 2020
 


Publications and Features


  • Work featured in ArtEvol 2026: ‘A View from Everywhere’ exhibition catalogue

  • Shortlisted for the London Art Collective, ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere

  • Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2026

  • Longlisted for the Visual Art Open 2026

  • Highly Commended in the Homiens Art Prize Winter 2025-2026 edition

  • Work featured in ArtEvol 2025: ‘Voices from the undefined’ exhibition catalogue

  • Work featured in RSA New Contemporaries 2025 publication

  • Album Cover for ‘Umber’ by Mhairi with The Forgotten Fairground label. 2024

  • ‘Radio International’, collaborative work with Susan Philipsz featured in Frieze. 2024

  • Published work in ‘dà leth (two halves)’ zine with Glasgow School of Art. 2023

  • Published work in ‘Domestic Labour’ zine with Glasgow School of Art. 2021



Exhibitions
  • Bomb Factory, Archway. Central Saint Martins Foundation. 2019
  • Blythswood House.
Exhibited and curated a student led Glasgow School of Art Exhibition. 2021
  • Selected Works.
Exhibited and curated show in The Variety Bar, Glasgow. 2022
  • Bitter/Sweet.
Exhibited and curated in Box Hub, Glasgow. 2022
  • Showcase.
Exhibited in Reid Gallery in the Reid Building, Glasgow G3 6RQ Glasgow. 2022 
  • Away Show.
Selected to exhibit work in Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, US. 2022
  • French Street.
Exhibited work in French Street space, Glasgow. 2023
  • Old Hairdressers.
Group exhibition. September, 2023
  • NauArt exhibition.
Exhibited collaborative painting in NauArt, C d'Espronceda, 154, Barcelona, Spain. 2023
  • Glasgow School of Art Degree Show. Stow College, Glasgow. June 2024
  • Radio International.
For the Glasgow International Festival. Group work with artist Susan Philipsz and Hill52 Radio. June, 2024
  • Tiny Show.
The Royal College of Art, 2024
  • RSA New Contemporaries.
Group show at The Royal Scottish Academy for the New Contemporaries 2025, Edinburgh, UK
  • Who Let Them Out.
Online exhibition on EYTE Platform. June 2025
  • Summer Crush.
Seeing Loud gallery in Hootananny’s, Brixton, London, UK. June 2025
  • BabyDoll.
Group exhibition with ‘Home on Me’ collective at Indra Gallery, London. June 5th 2025
  • Royal College of Art Painting MA Show.
June, 2024
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Starter Pack. Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, UK. August 12th 2025
  • ArtEvol2025 at Saatchi. Group exhibition. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK. September 12th 2025

  • PADA 54 Residency Exhibition. Barreiro, Portugal. November, 2025
  • Mall Galleries x The Scalpel (The Chaucer Project). Mall Galleries Consultancy, London, UK. August 2025 - August 2026
  • Cafe Objets, Galleria Objets. Brick Lane, London, UK. April, 2026
  • What Remains. Dual-Solo Exhibition. Ripple Verse Gallery, Fitzrovia, London, UK. June, 2026




Talks
  • Invited to give Graduate Talk about dissertation essay and Q&A panel discussion at Glasgow School of Art, October 2024

  • Artist Talk at The Royal College of Art, 2025

  • Visiting Artist Lecturer and Tutor at Cardiff School of Art and Design, April 2025




Other

  • Experience in Lithography 
  • Experience in wood workshop machinery 
  • Experience Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Blender