George Macpherson: Ceòl na Tìr-dhàimh | The Music of Home

George Macpherson RSA was born in Invershin and educated at Golspie High School. He attended Edinburgh College of Art and graduated in 1958. Macpherson travelled to Spain for the Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship in 1959, returning the following year to take up the position of Lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. He held this position until his retirement in 1990. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1987 and was made a full Academician in 2005.

Macpherson had numerous solo exhibitions, most notably with 57 Gallery (1966 and 1968), Alan Alexander Gallery (1975), the Scottish Gallery (1981), the Torrance Gallery (1986), and the Stichill Smithy Gallery (1990). Important group exhibitions include Contemporary Art from Scotland, Scottish Arts Council (1981/82); Celtic Connections, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (1995); Gathering - Scottish Printmaking, Galerie Beeldspraak (1995); An Leabhar Mor, touring worldwide (2002 - 2010); Highland - Works from the Royal Scottish Academy, An Lanntair (2008); and Confluence (with Alfons Bytautas RSA, Norman McBeath RSA and Bill Scott PPRSA), Gracefield Arts Centre (2008).