Joseph Urie
{{short description|Scottish painter (born 1947)}}
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Royal Academy Schools
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Joseph Urie (born 1947) is a Scottish artist living in Glasgow.
Biography
Born in Glasgow in 1947 he trained at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1977 to 1981 and after working in sculpture attended the Royal Academy Schools from 1981 to 1984, concentrating on painting."[http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-entertainment/rare-opportunity-to-see-urie-s-artwork-1-7200635 Rare opportunity to see Urie’s artwork]", Yorkshire Evening Post, 9 April 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.Jewels of the Ancients, Royal Academy of Arts, 1987, p. 45. 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 Peter Howson, Ken Currie, and Stephen Conroy.Henry, Clare (1993) "[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/deadly-sins-of-space-age-print-making-1.758649 Deadly sins of space-age print-making]", Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1993. Retrieved 11 July 2015.Richardson, Craig (2011) Scottish Art since 1960, Ashgate, {{ISBN|978-0754661245}}, p. 143 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){{Art UK bio|ref=1}} and [http://www.fidrafineart.co.uk/index.php/artists/view/urie-joseph#sthash.KqfXJaRR.dpuf] and [https://www.pinterest.com/fidrafineart/joseph-urie/] and [http://www.findartinfo.com/english/art-pictures/2/144/0/Linocut/page/510.html]
Art auction results for a number of his works may be found at [http://www.findartinfo.com/english/list-prices-by-artist/199059/joseph.html]
Exhibitions
- Work on Paper 1978 – 2014, 13 September – 5 October 2014
- Sayle Gallery Douglas Isle of Man{{cite web| url = http://www.three.fm/island-info/event/4830/| title = 'Phantasmagoria' Exhibition by Joseph Urie {{!}} Island Info {{!}} 3FM Isle of Man radio station - on-air, online, on Apple and on Android| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150712073621/http://www.three.fm/island-info/event/4830/| archive-date = 12 July 2015}}
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Category:20th-century Scottish male artists
Category:21st-century Scottish male artists
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools