Alasdair Wallace was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1967. He trained at Glasgow School of Art from 1987 to 1991.
Over his career Wallace has distilled a unique vision. One touched with humour, mystery and a subtle sense of pathos. Though the work often intrigues and baffles in equal measure his affinity with materials, openness of form and the accessibility of familiar motifs, invites audiences to engage with the work imaginatively and form significance of their own.
Wallace is primarily a painter, but he has had an ongoing interest in printmaking for many years. He is drawn mainly to etching, but has also editioned screenprints with Glasgow Print Studio. He has explored monoprinting as well as the possibilities of using print and paint together - aspects of which are reflected in this show. In 2019 Glasgow Print Studio presented Wallace's first major solo show in Glasgow in over twenty years, entitled “Oscillate, Vacillate, Orbit & Revolve”.
He exhibits regularly in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, and has won numerous awards including the prestigious Noble Grossart Painting Prize in 2001 and the W.Gordon Smith Award in 2018.
