Selected Exhibitions & Awards
John Martin Gallery, 2017
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EXHIBITIONS
Leonardo Sciascia amateur d’estampes XI edizione, ItalyGordon Contemporaries, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London, England
RESIDENCIES
Fossekleiva kultursenter og Berger museum, Norway
Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
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EXHIBITIONS
Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, ScotlandRoyal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London, England
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, England
RESIDENCIES
Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Peacock: a workshop for art, Aberdeen, Scotland
AWARDS
Mario Avati Engraving Prize - Academie des beaux-art, France
Tatha Gallery Award
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EXHIBITIONS
Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition - Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Contradictions [solo exhibition] - Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford, England
Parallel [solo exhibition] - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Phantom [solo exhibition] - The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle, England
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
Sarah Wiseman Gallery [solo exhibition] - Oxford, England
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London, England
RESIDENCIES
Marchmont House, Scotland
FUNDING & AWARDS
Creative Scotland Hardship fund
Eames Fine Art print prize
Scottish Arts Club Prize
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EXHIBITIONS
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Arte Laguna - Venice, Italy
Landscape of Memory - Koel Gallery, Pakistan
New Leaves [solo show] - Kilmorack Gallery, Scotland
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London, England
AWARDS
John Purcell Paper Prize
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EXHIBITIONS
Academicians in Isolation - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
RE Original Print - The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London, England
Royal Academy of Art - Summer Exhibition, London, England
Royal Academy of Art - Winter Exhibition, London, England
Summer Exhibition - Bankside Gallery, London, England
Twilight [solo show] - Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford, England
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London, England
FUNDiNG & AWARDS
Aberdeen City Creative Funding
For Art Sake, Framing Prize - RE Original Print
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EXHIBITIONS
A Decade On - Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
Allusion IV - Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art. Glasgow, England
Allusion V - Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art. Eton College, Scotland
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Aurora [solo exhibition] - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Aviary - Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh, Scotland
Botanical - Royal Scottish Academy - An Talla Solais Gallery. Ullapool, Scotland 2019
Hors de Question - Headmade Factory, St Martin, French West Indies, Caribbean
Mirage [solo exhibition] - The Gallery at Linlithgow, Livingston, Scotland
National Original Print Exhibition - Bankside Gallery, London, England
RE Original Print - The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London, England
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
SSA/VSA Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Great Print Exhibition - Rheged Centre, Cumbria, England
Ulsan International Woodcut Print Biennale - South Korea
Visual Art Scotland, Annual Exhibition - Edinburgh, Scotland
Winter Show - John Martin Gallery, London, England
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London, England
RESIDENCIES
Head Made Factory - St. Martin-French West Indies, Caribbean
FUNDiNG & AWARDS
Aberdeen City Creative Funding
John Purcell Paper Award - National Original Print Exhibition
RK Burt Heavyweight Paper Prize - National Original Print Exhibition
RSA Sir William Gillies Bequest Fund
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EXHIBITIONS
40/40 Vision: 40 Years of Wasps Artist Studios - Kirkcudbright Galleries, Scotland
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Art Dubai - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Beyond Reality [collaborative exhibition with June Carey] - Eton College, Eton, England
June Carey & Ade Adesina: a Collaboration in Print [collaboration exhibition] - Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair - London, England
Rene Carcan International Print Exhibition - Belgium
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition - Edinburgh, Scotland
Signs of Life [collaboration exhibition with David Mach RA] - Bo.lee Gallery, London 2018
The Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Exhibition - Edinburgh, Scotland
The View After the Questions [solo show] - Engramme, Quebec, Canada
Winter Flowers - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
RESIDENCIES
Engramme, Quebec, Canada
AWARDS
Open Eye Gallery Award - Society of Scottish Artists/Visual Arts Scotland Open Exhibitions
The London Original Print Fair Prize - London, England
The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Prize - National Original Print Exhibition
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EXHIBITIONS
Ade Adesina [solo exhiibition] - John Martin Gallery, London, England
Ages of Wonder - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Allusion Clutha to Tatha: Royal Glasgow Institute or Art, Members Exhibition, Tatha Gallery, Fife, Scotland
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Linocut Today - Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie Quedlinburg, Museum for Graphic Arts, Germany
Linocut Today - Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, Garmany
Micro MACRO: The Newly Elected Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts - Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Roots and Wings - Tatha Gallery, Fife, Scotland
National Original Print Exhibition - Bankside Gallery, London, England
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
Royal Scottish Academy, Summer Exhibition - Edinburgh, Scotland
Secrets of the Sand [solo exhibition] - The Suttie Arts Space, Aberdeen, Scotland
This Will Ruin Everything: 10 Years of Recoat - The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residency - Wasps Artist Studios, Admiral's House, Lower Ollach, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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EXHIBITIONS
8th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro - Portugal
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Awake [solo exhibition], New Wave Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
Beyond the Light [solo exhibition] - Eton College. Eton, England
Just Before the Light - The Gallery Tweeddale Museum, Peebles, Scotland
Linocut Today - Stadtische Galerie, Bietigheim Bissingem, Germany
National Original Print Exhibition - Bankside Gallery, London, England
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
The Long Walk [residency exhibition], Highland Print Studio, Inverness, Scotland
There Will Be Light [solo exhibition], Edinburgh Science Festival, Summerhall, Scotland
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence - Eton College, Eton, England
Artist in Residence - Highland Print Studio, Inverness, Scotland
AWARDS
Aberdeen Visual Artist and Craft Makers Award
The Deloitte Prize - Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Open Exhibition
Torrance Memorial Award - Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Art Open Exhibition
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EXHIBITIONS
Ade Adesina [solo exhibition] - Gallery At Fifty Five, Stonehaven, Scotland
Ade Adesina [solo exhibition] - Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
National Original Print Exhibition - London, England
Nature’s Footprint - BP Atrium Gallery, BP Headquarters, Aberdeen, Scotland
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
The 2ND Global Print - Portugal
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, England
Tribuna Graphic - Romania
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence - Highland Print Studio, Inverness, Scotland
RSA Artist in Residence - Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland
AWARDS
Royal Academy of Art, Arts Club Trust Award - London, England
Hawthorn Printmaking Supplies Award
Wasps Residency Award - Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition
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EXHIBITIONS
Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition - Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Ade Adesina [solo exhibition] - Woodend Barn Gallery, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy - Edinburgh, Scotland
Day Watchers [solo exhibition] - Peacock Visual Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
Generation - Royal Scottish Academy - Edinburgh, Scotland
Heal the World [solo exhibition] - Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
Rise of the Sun [solo exhibition], Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, Aberdeen, Scotland
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
RESIDENCIES
RSA Artist in Residence - Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland
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EXHIBITIONS
Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition - Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Annual Exhibition - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Cabinet Show - Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Hard Ground - Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
Ink and Ivory, Artist in Residence Exhibition - Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
Linocut Today - Stadtische Galerie, Bietigheim Bissingem, Germany
New Contemporaries - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Resident 13 - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition - London, England
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence - Gray's School of Art. Aberdeen, Scotland
RSA Artist in Residence - Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland
AWARDS
Art in Healthcare Purchase Prize
David & June Gordon Memorial Trust Award
New Contemporaries Awards - Royal Scottish Academy
The Aberdeen Artists Society, Wellhead Electrical Supplies Prize
Walter Scott Global Investment Award
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EXHIBITIONS
Aberdeen Artist Society Annual Exhibition - Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy - Edinburgh, Scotland
New Generation - Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence - Gray's School of Art. Aberdeen, Scotland
AWARDS
RSA John Kinross Scholarship to Florence, Italy
The Drawing Schools, Eton College, 2016
CV
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Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
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David Mach RA, Chris Gibbons, Michael Agnew RSA, Lennox Dunbar RSA, June Carey RSW, Florence Poirier Nkpa, Barry McGlashan, Ian Burke, Ahmad Ahmad, Tomasz Wrobel, Tosin Oyeniyi.
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2023 - Recoat. Lambhill Stables, Glasgow, Scotland.
Antonine Wall mural project.2022 - Marchmont House, Scotland.
Linocut Print diptych.2021 - Art on a Postcard. London, England
2021 - Northeast Scotland Climate Action Network, COP26 project. Glasgow, Scotland
2021 - Tusk, Lion Trail, Charity Commission. Edinburgh, Scotland
2021 - Art in Mind, Mental Health Charity Commission. Scotland
2018 - Light the North, Trail. Aberdeen, Scotland
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Jean F Watson Committee, the City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries, Edinburgh. Since 2019
Council Member of the Royal Society of Painters and Printmaker, London. Since 2020
General Purpose Committee, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Since 2018
Selection, Hanging and Arrangements Committee for the 195th RSA Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 2020
Selection, Hanging and Arrangements Committee for the RSA New Contemporaries 2019, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
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2023 - City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
2023 - Aberdeen Art Gallery (With friends of the Aberdeen Art Gallery), Aberdeen, Scotland
2023 - Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
2020 - The Big Draw Festival. Printmaking demonstration
2019 - Stonehaven Art Club, Stonehaven, Scotland
2019 - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 - Bo.lee Gallery, London, England
2018 - Collabor8, Aberdeen, Scotland
2018 - Engramme, Quebec, Canada
2018 - Maritime Museum (With friends of the Aberdeen Art Gallery), Aberdeen, Scotland
2016 - Eton College, England
2016 - Highland Print Studio, Inverness, Scotland
2015 - Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Edinburgh Printmakers, Ednburgh, Scotland
Linocut classes.Fife Contemporary Summer School, Scotland
Linocut classes.Grays School of Art (Summer School), Aberdeen, Scotland
Linocut classes.Peacock: a workshop for art. Aberdeen, Scotland
Linocut classes.