CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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Solo Exhibition

 

1-22 September 2023

finissage Friday 22nd September, 6-8pm in conjunction with Culture Night

 

Boiler Room

Blue House Gallery

Main Street

Schull

West Cork

Ireland

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Self Portrait Prize, Ruth Borchard Collection, online here 

​online until 20th December 2023

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BIO

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Born in Yorkshire, Harriet is an Edinburgh based painter and photographer. 

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For information on portrait commissions, click here.

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For information on wedding photography, click here.

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PRESS

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2022   BBC Radio Scotland, The Afternoon Show, 13 minute interview with Janice Forsyth

       Sunday Post feature by Jan Patience

2021   Sky Portrait Artist of the Year Season 8, Episode 4

       Review of Portrait Artist of the Year on blog Making a Mark

2019   Blogpost by Vivien Devlin

2018   Mention in blog Roaring Water Bay Journal

2017   Winkball video interview at The Other Art Fair

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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2023   Waterscapes (solo show), Blue House Gallery, Schull, West Cork, Ireland

       The Four Seasons, West Cork Creates, Cnoc Buí Arts Centre, Union Hall, Ireland

       Self Portrait Prize, Ruth Borchard Collection, online

2022   Scottish Portrait Awards 2022 Edinburgh, Banff, Glasgow, UK

       Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022 (invited artist) London, UK

       Mythical Political,  Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline, Fife, UK

       Bones (solo show),  Wasps South Block, Glasgow, UK

2021   Splint, studio of David Mach RA, London, UK

       Figurative Art Now, Federation of British Artists / Mall Galleries (online)

       SSA Contemporary Figures, Scottish Society of Artists (online)

       Harriet Selka artist in residence, Mayvn, 127 George Street, Edinburgh, UK

       Screen Test, Wasps Artist Studios (online)

       Paint Matters, ESOP, The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London, UK

2020   Harriet Selka Mini Exhibition at Jessica Buckley Interiors, Edinburgh, UK

       Harvest with West Cork Creates, Skibbereen, Ireland

2019   Fresh Zest (solo show), Pop Up Edinburgh, 17 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, UK

       Into the Woods, with West Cork Creates, Skibbereen, Ireland
       Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2019, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London, UK

2018   Scottish Portrait Awards 2018, Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh and Glasgow, UK

       Under Shelter with West Cork Creates, Skibbereen, Ireland

2017   Inscape, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
       Scottish Portrait Awards 2017, Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, UK

       The Other Art Fair, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, UK

       RSA Open 2017, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
       West Cork History Festival, Skibbereen, West Cork, Ireland

2016   RSA Open Exhibition 2016, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

       Harriet Selka, The Barn, Spencertown, NY, USA

       space: dependent on the mind/ independent of time, 3 Ada Road, London, UK

2015   ex, blip blip blip, East Street Arts, Patrick Studios, Leeds, UK

       Upstairs @ Blue House, Blue House Gallery, Schull, West Cork, Ireland

       Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, UK

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AWARDS

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2023   Self Portrait Prize, Ruth Borchard Collection, selected artist

       Scottish Landscape Awards, longlisted

2022   Scottish Portrait Awards, selected artist

2020   The Essential School of Painting Scholarship, awarded for The Bigger Picture

2019   Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, selected artist
2018   Scottish Portrait Awards, selected artist
2017   Royal Scottish Academy Latimer Award, winner

       Scottish Portrait Awards, selected artist

2015   Astaire Art Prize, Edinburgh College of Art, shortlisted

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EDUCATION

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2020 – 2021   The Essential School of Painting, London

              The Bigger Picture (Post-graduate)

2012 – 2015   Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh

              BA (Hons) Painting

2011 – 2012   Leeds College of Art
              Foundation Diploma in Art & Design

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