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jila peacock

jila peacock

  • 1948 Born Teheran, Iran.
  • 1959 Moved to U.K.
  • 1968-80 Studied and practiced Medicine, London University
  • 1980-84 BA Fine Art (Painting) St Martins School of Art, London
  • 1986-88 Painted and Exhibited in Colorado, U.S.A.
  • 1990- Moved to Scotland
  • 1995-02 Visiting Lecturer in Painting and Drawing, Glasgow School of Art.
  • 2003-04 Visiting Scholar New Hall, Cambridge.
  • Currently works and lives in Glasgow.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 1987 Salisbury Playhouse Gallery, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
  • 1988 Holland Gallery, London.
  • 1989 Holland Gallery, London.
  • 1990 Hambledon Gallery, Blandford Forum, Dorset.
  • 1991 Holland Gallery, London.
  • 1992 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • 1993 Holland Gallery, London.
  • 1994 Lillie Gallery, Milngavie.
  • 1996 MacRobert Gallery, Stirling.
  • 1996 Glasgow Print Studio.
  • 1996 Piano Nobile, London 'Jila Peacock's Other Worlds'.
  • 1998 Loft Gallery, Glasgow.
  • 1998 Piano Nobile, London 'Silent Opera'.
  • 2000 Newhall College, Cambridge 'Deep Water'.
  • 2004 Newhall Collage, Cambridge '10 Poems from Hafez'.

Selected Group Shows

  • 1987 Beaux Art Gallery, Bath.
  • 1990 Berkley Square Gallery, London.
  • 1991 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • 1991 Oxford Gallery, Oxford.
  • 1992 Roger Bilcliffe Gallery, Glasgow.
  • 1993 Paperworks, Seagate Gallery, Dundee.
  • 1993 John Hughson Gallery, Glasgow.
  • 1996 Glasgow Print Studio.
  • 1996 Crossreference, Contemporary Scottish Printmakers (touring).
  • 1997 Paula Bennet Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • 2004 Glasgow Print Studio
  • 2004 SOLAS Exhibition
  • 2004 Agnew's, London.
  • 2005 Crossley gallery Dean Clough, Halifax (8th International Contemporary Artist's Book Fair)

Next shows

  • 2005 Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London
  • 2005 Glasgow Print Studio (September-October)

Publications

  • A World of Folk Tales, edited by Sue Stewart. Scottish Cultural Press 1996.
  • Jila Peacock's Other Worlds, Prof. Ludmilla Jordanova, University of East Anglia. Piano Nobile Publications 1996.
  • Ten Poems from Hafez by Jila Peacock. Published in Glasgow August 2004.
  • New version of Ten Poems from Hafez by Jila Peacock. Published by Sylpheditions.com editions May 2006.

Collections

  • Paintings in Hospital, Scotland
  • New Hall collection of British Women's Art
  • The FitzWilliam Museum, Cambridge

Awards

  • 2003-04 Arts and humanities Research Board (A.H.R.B), Department of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University