BORN: 1939 EDUCATION 1943-1949 Reform Street School Kirriemuir 1949-57 Arbroath High School 1957-62 University of St. Andrews. 1963-66 Courtauld Institute, London. SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1975 Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh 1978 House Gallery, London 1980 Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London 1981 Art Placement, Saskatoon, Canada 1982 Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen, touring to Dundee, St Andrews, Edinburgh Byck Gallery, Louisville, USA 1983 Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London 1984 Mark Gerrard Gallery, Edmonton, Canada 1985 Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh 1986 Department of Architecture, University of Edinburgh 1987 Kapil Jariwala, London 1988 Kapil Jariwala, New York, USA Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London 1989 Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London Edinburgh College of Art 1991 Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London 1994 Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh 1997 Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London 1998 Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh 1999 Flowers East, London Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh 2000 Flowers East, London Flowers Graphics, London Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh Flowers East, London Art Placement, Saskatoon, Canada 2003 Flowers Central, London Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh 2005 Flowers, New York 2006 Flowers East, London Cross Street Gallery, London 2007 Broadbent, London Poussin Gallery, London Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London 2008 Cross Street Gallery, London 2009 Poussin Gallery, London Broadbent, London PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Arts Council of Great Britain Basildon Development Trust British Council Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Contemporary Art Society Dundee Museum and Art Gallery Edinburgh City Art Centre Federated Union of Black Artists, South Africa Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries Government Art Collection Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride Hunterian Collection, Glasgow Jesus College, Cambridge London University Norwich Cathedral Pallant House, Chichester Royal Jamaican Academy Scottish Arts Council Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh Southampton City Art Gallery Swindon Art Gallery Tate Gallery, London University of Edinburgh University Hospitals, Coventry and Warwickshire University of Saskatchewan, Canada University of St Andrews Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: AEGON Scottish Equitable, Edinburgh Archant, Norwich Accenture Anglo American, London Arjuna Maritime, Greece Arthur Andersen and Co., London Bain & Co., Boston, USA Broadgate Centre, London Brown Foreman, USA BZW, London Canadian Potash Corporation Canpotex, Saskatchewan, Canada Capital Holdings, USA De Beers, London Heron Marine Ltd., London H.J. Heinz Corporation, USA Linklaters, London Michael Laurie & Partners, London Morgan Grenfell Royal Bank of Scotland Sainsbury p.l.c. Schroeders Investment Management, London Scorpio Aviation and Marine, London Shearman & Sterling, London Simmons & Simmons, London Standard Life, Edinburgh Stanhope Properties, Stockley Park Wellcome Foundation AWARDS: 1974 Arts Council Award 1980 Arts Council Major Award 1981 British Council Travel Award 1984 British Council Travel Award 1993 British Council Travel Award Lorne Award 1994 Critics Award, Edinburgh International Festival 1995 Short-listed for Jerwood Prize 2000 British Council Travel Award 2008 Bryan Robertson Trust Award SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1977 Four Abstract Artists, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. Catalogue introduction by Duncan Macmillan, essay Four Scottish Painters by Clement Greenberg. 1978 Critic’s Choice, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, catalogue by John McEwen. John McLean, House Gallery, London, catalogue introduction by Tim Hilton. 1979 Contemporary British Artists, by Saranjeet Walia, Bergstrom and Boyle Books, London. 1980 The New Generation: A Curator’s Choice, catalogue introduction by Kenworth Moffet. The Hayward Annual catalogue introduction by John Hoyland, essay A Force Against the Basilisk by Tim Hilton. The British Art Show, Arts Council of Great Britain touring exhibition, catalogue essay by William Packer. 1981 The Heritage of Jack Bush, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Ontario, catalogue essay by Ken Carpenter. John McLean, Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen, catalogue essay by Tim Hilton. 1986 Side by Side, Contemporary British and Malaysian Art, British Council Exhibition, catalogue essay Contemporary British Art by Mary Rose Beaumont. 1987 Freeing the Spirit, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, catalogue essay by Catherine Wallace. ALBA, Winter interview by Bill Hare. 1988 The Presence of Painting, South Bank Centre touring exhibition, catalogue essay by Michael Tooby. 1989 Scottish Art Since 1900, Scottish National gallery of Modern Art, catalogue essay by Keith Hartley. 1990 Scottish Art 1460-1990, by Duncan Macmillan, Mainstream. The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present, by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby, Canongate. 1991 John McLean Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, exhibition catalogue, London. 1994 John McLean: Recent Paintings, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, catalogue introduction by Duncan Macmillan, essay by Martha Kapos. British Abstract Art: Part One – Painting, catalogue essay by Bryan Robertson, Flowers East, London. 1996 Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow: The First Years, by Julian Spalding, Scala Books. 1998/2006 Artists in Britain Since 1945, by David Buckman, Art Dictionaries Ltd. 1999 Scotland’s Art, catalogue to exhibition at City Art Centre, Edinburgh, by Duncan Macmillan. 2001 John McLean exhibition Flowers East, catalogue essay by Ian Massey. 2002 Art Crazy Nation, catalogue by Matthew Collings, Milton Keynes Gallery. 2003 John McLean exhibition Talbert Rice Gallery and Flowers East catalogue essay by Duncan Macmillan. 2007 John McLean: New Works, Broadbent Gallery catalogue essay by Chris Yetton.
