Barry McGlashan: Invisible Lines, Immortal Beams

Barry McGlashan was born in 1974 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He studied painting at Gray’s School of Art, graduating in 1996, and taught in the painting department at Gray’s between 1998 and 2005. In 2001, McGlashan was awarded The Alastair Salvesen Scholarship through the Royal Scottish Academy, by whom in 2024 he was elected academician. Examples of his work are held in numerous private and public collections including Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland; The Scottish Society, New York, USA; and the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland. Today, McGlashan lives and works in Edinburgh.