Mardi Barrie (1930–2004) was a Scottish artist and teacher.

Biography

Barrie was born in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; ; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, making it Fife's second-largest s ...

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. She attended the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

before studying art at the

Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, histor ...

from 1948. After graduating in 1953, she taught at Broughton High School in Edinburgh. Barrie's first solo exhibition was at the Douglas & Foulis Gallery in Edinburgh in 1963, after which she participated in several group shows, both in the UK and overseas. A second solo show at Douglas & Foulis took place in 1966. She also exhibited regularly at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh and at the Bruton Gallery in Somerset. During the 1980s she had three solo exhibitions at the Thackeray Gallery in London. Works by Barrie are held by several museums and other organisations in Scotland, including

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, adjacent to Argyle Street. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Mu ...

, the

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art National Galleries Scotland: Modern (the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art) is part of National Galleries Scotland, which is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Modern houses the collection of modern and contemporary art dating from about 1 ...

and also the

Scottish Arts Council The Scottish Arts Council (), was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland. The Council primarily distributed funding from the Scottish Government as well as National Lottery funds ...

and some Scottish Education Authorities. Outside of Scotland,

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and the

Laing Art Gallery The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is located on New Bridge Street West. The gallery was designed in the Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements by architects Cackett & Burns Dick and is now a Grade II listed building. It ...

hold examples. Barrie was a member of the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrie, Mardi 1930 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Scottish painters Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art People from Kirkcaldy 20th-century Scottish women painters