Joseph Urie (born 1947) is a

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artist living in

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Biography

Born in

in 1947 he trained at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in

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from 1977 to 1981 and after working in

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attended the

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from 1981 to 1984, concentrating on painting.Rare opportunity to see Urie’s artwork
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'', 9 April 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015. He won a number of awards including the Chalmers Jervis Prize and the British Institute Prize in 1980, the Farquhar Reid travelling scholarship in 1981, and the J van Beuren Wittman prize in 1984. He is an expressionist painter, often autobiographical with use of symbols, rich colours and thick, textured brush strokes. Included in the influential “Vigorous Imagination” exhibition at SNGMA in 1987 along with rising stars

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'', 21 May 1993. Retrieved 11 July 2015. His work is included in the City collections of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee.

Works

Some examples of his works may be found on Art UK (works in oils in public collections) an

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Art auction results for a number of his works may be found a

Exhibitions

*''Work on Paper 1978 – 2014'', 13 September – 5 October 2014 *Sayle Gallery Douglas Isle of Man

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Urie, Joseph Living people 1947 births 20th-century Scottish male artists 21st-century Scottish male artists Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools Alumni of the University of Dundee Painters from Glasgow