John Bellany lives and works in Cambridge, Edinburgh and Barga, Italy. In 2005 he suffered two heart attacks.

Dateline:

• 1960-65: Studies painting at Edinburgh College of Art

• 1962: Gains an Andrew Grant Scholarship. Travels to Paris

• 1965: Receives a Postgraduate Travelling . Travels to Holland and Belgium. Solo exhibition at Dromidaris Gallery, Holland. Burston Award at the Royal College of Art. Mural commission for Chesser House, Edinburgh

• 1965-68: Attends the Royal College of Art, London

• 1968: Lecturer in Painting at Brighton College of Art. Solo exhibition at the Edinburgh College of Art

• 1969: Solo exhibition at the Winchester School of Art

• 1969-73: Lecturer in Painting at Winchester College of Art. Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art and at Goldsmiths College of Art

• 1978-84: Lecturer in Painting at Goldsmiths College of Art

• 1980: John Moores Prize Winner

• 1981: Major Arts Council Award

• 1982: Solo exhibition at the Rosa Esman Gallery, New York

• 1983: Artist in Residence at Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne. Touring retrospective which takes in UK, the United States and Australia

• 1985: Athena International Art Award (joint first-prize winner)

• 1986: Solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrospectives at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and the Serpentine Gallery, London. Made Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy

• 1987: Royal Academy’s Wollaston Award

• 1988: Retrospective at the Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York. Made Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge

• 1988-89: Retrospective at the Hamburger Kunsthalle and Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund

• 1990: Solo exhibitions at the Raab Gallery, Berlin; Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York; Compass Gallery, Glasgow

• 1991: Made RA. Solo exhibitions at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and Fischer Fine Art, London

• 1992: Receives a British Council visit to Central Europe. Solo exhibitions at the Flowers East Gallery, London and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

• 1993: Wins the Korn/Ferry Picture of the Year Award at the Royal Academy. Solo exhibitions at the Flowers East Gallery, London and the Berkeley Square Gallery, London

• 1994: Solo exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, Scotland and at Beaux Arts, London. Made CBE

• 1995: Solo exhibitions at the Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York; Edinburgh Festival Exhibition; Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh; Strathclyde University Gallery, Glasgow

• 1996: Made Honorary Doctorate by the University of Edinburgh. Solo exhibitions at Peacock Gallery, Aberdeen; the MacGeary Gallery, Brussels; the Galeria Kin, Mexico

• 1997: Solo exhibition at Beaux Arts, London

• 1998: Made Honorary D Lit by Heriot Watt, University of Edinburgh. Made Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, London. Solo exhibition at Beaux Arts, London

• 1998-99: Solo exhibition at the Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida

• 2000: Solo exhibitions at Beaux Arts, London and the Solomon Gallery, Dublin

• 2001: Solo exhibition at the Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow

• 2004: Solo exhibition at Beaux Arts, London

• 2005: Solo exhibition at Mitchell Library, Glasgow

• 2006: Solo exhibition at Beaux Arts, London

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