Joseph Hargan

"Joe Hargan is the fourteenth President of the Paisley Art Institute in its 125 years and his work undoubtedly places him equal to the famous members of the past who include Sir Lamorna Birch, E.A. Hornel, James Kay and Sir John Lavery. This writer first found his work at Glasgow's famous Maclellan Galleries in 1981 in an image with a cat on a stair watching something invisible in the foreground. In the way brushwork and controlled colour displayed a combination of exceptional skill, rare imagination with gentle humor, and a solid heritage in Scottish Art...This art has a serious intellectual quality that distinguishes all of it from the merely decorative. It is inspired with a sensitive imagination and is expressed with supreme technical competence." Dr. George J. Addis M.D, F.R.C.P, H.P.A.I Vice President of the Paisley Art Institute

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Curriculum Vitae

Joe Hargan was born in Glasgow in 1952. He went on to study drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1970-74 under Danny Ferguson, R.S.W., R.G.I, Drummond Bone, R.S.W., James Robertson, R.S.W., R.G.I., R.S.A., Geoffrey Squire, D.F.A., R.S.W., R.G.I, R.S.A.,and Dr David Donaldson, R.S.A., R.P., R.G.I., L.L.D., D.Litt., (who was appointed Queen’s Limner in 1977).
Joe is a member of the Glasgow Art Club and a council member of the Paisley Institute. Presently, he is Chairman/President of the Paisley Art Institute and founder member of Group 81 Artists.
Joe’s work is strongly influenced by the Scottish Colorists amongst others.

PRIZES AND AWARDS
Painting Prize, Glasgow School of Art
First Prize, National Competition, Stirling
Cargill Award, Royal Glasgow Institute
Torrance Award, Royal Glasgow Institute
Meyer Oppenheimer Award, Royal Scottish Academy
Hunting Group, Observer Prize
Paisley Art Institute Award

COLLECTIONS
Lord and Lady MacFarlane
William Shellie Collection
British Broadcasting Company
Strathclyde Education Department
South of Scotland Electricity Board
Sir David McNee
Numerous private collections in Britain, France, Brazil, U.S.A., and many other.

EXHIBITIONS
He is a regular exhibitor at:
The Royal Scottish Academy
The Royal Glasgow Institute
The Royal Society of Watercolourists
Paisley Art Institute
British Watercolour Society
The Royal Academy, London
The National Portrait Gallery
The Dick Institute, Art Gallery and Museum
Open Eye Gallery
The Quinn Gallery
The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton

RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE
Hunting Group Observer Prize Exhibition, London
Paris and Edinburgh, 1989
Paisley Art Gallery and Museum, large one-man
Retrospective, 1989
The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, group
Exhibition, 1991
Hunger Expo, Hungary, 1993
Glasgow Group, 1993/4/5.6/7/8
Hunting Group Finalist (London, Bath) 1996
Art 95, 96, 97, 98, Islington, London
Sell-out solo exhibition, The Contemporary Fine Art
Gallery, Eton, 1996/7.

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