Nigel Grounds

Armadale, Skye, born 1962

About MeBrought up on Skye, he attended Grays School of Art, Aberdeen graduating in 1986. Is primarily known for his landscape painting, and has numerous exhibitions including at the Rendezvous Gallery in 1991 where this work (ABDMS095766) was commissioned.
In 2024 he was owner of a studio gallery at Armadale in Skye.

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
BA (Hons's) Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen Art Gallery 1986.
Aberdeen Artists Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery 1986, 1987.
RSA Students Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh, 1985, 1986.
Romance Realism and Risk, Artspace, Aberdeen, 1986
The 3rd Gray's Degree Show, 1986.
New Generation in Scotland, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, 1986.
Scottish Drawing, Paisley Art Institute, 1987
Highland Open, Travelling Exhibition, 1988, 1989, 1990..
The Laing Exhibition, Talbot Rice Gallery,
University of Edinburgh, 1990.
Two-Person Shared Exhibition, Eden Court Theatre Art Gallery,
Inverness, 1990.
Highland Open 1990, Selected for Highland Regional Council
Purchase Scheme.
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, 1990.
The Rendezvous Gallery, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005,
2007, 2011, 2014, 2020, 2021
Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld, 1992, 1994.
Stenton Gallery, Stenton, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000.
Edinburgh Gallery, 1992.
The Royal Scottish Academy, 1993.
Colours Gallery, Edinburgh, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001.
Gallery, An Talla Dearg, Skye, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Highland Council
Robert Gordon University
Herriot Watt University
Aberdeen University
Clydesdale Bank
Royal Bank of Scotland
Paul Mellon Foundation
HRH the King
Aberdeen Asset Management
Aberdeen Maritime Museum