Education
2020 – 2021 Turps Art School: Correspondence Course.
2014 – 2018 BA (Hons) Painting - Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University.
2013 – 2014 BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - Edinburgh College.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Pictures that were not Pictures
October 3 – 6. Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.
2021 Annalisa Merrilees
April 19 - May 2. Gradcurate: Online Exhibition
2021 When are you going to make a real painting?
April 9 - May 2. The Rafiki Gallery: Online Exhibition - view here.
2019 Frame of Mind
May 10 – 31. Upright Gallery, Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh.
Artist Talk - May 21.
Group Exhibitions
2024 Brush & Beyond: 27 Artists at Upright
August 10 – 30. Upright Gallery, Edinburgh.
2023 Blend
August 25 – September 2. Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.
2023 RSA 197th Annual Exhibition
May 6 – June 11. The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh.
2023 Inception III
May 6 – 14. Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh.
2022 Under Construction
Nov 19 – 26. Look Again Project Space, Aberdeen.
2022 Overlap // Duo Show
May 21 – June 10. Upright Gallery, Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh.
2022 RSA 196th Annual Exhibition
April 23 – June 12. The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh.
2022 REVERB – Visual Arts Scotland’s Annual Exhibition 2022
March 19th – April 29th. Visual Arts Scotland: Online exhibition - view here.
2021 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
November 18 - January 18 2022. Cohort.Art: Online Exhibition - view here.
2021 Abstract Zeitgeist
September 10 - 12. The Rafiki Gallery: The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh.
2021 195th RSA Annual Exhibition
April 2 - May 30. The Royal Scottish Academy: Online Exhibition - view here.
2020 FLOW - Members’ Winter Exhibition
December 1 – January 31 2021. Visual Arts Scotland: Online Exhibition
2020 Exh 04
July 29 – August 12. Floorr Magazine: Online Exhibition - view here
2020 194th RSA Annual Exhibition
April 8 - May 31. The Royal Scottish Academy: Online Exhibition
2019 Xmashup
November 29 – December 21. Upright Gallery, Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh.
2019 Platform for Emerging Arts 23
August 28 – September 7. Leyden Gallery, Leyden Street, London.
Meet The Artists - September 7.
2018 20 Artists 20 Days
November 30 – December 22. Upright Gallery, Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh.
2018 BEST OF DEGREE SHOW 2018.
July 19 – August 17. Six Foot Gallery, Pentagon Centre, Washington Street, Glasgow.
2018 The Degree Show.
June 16 – 24. Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen.
2018 4th Year Painting Exhibition.
February 25 – March 10. Edinburgh Palette, St. Margaret’s House, London Road, Edinburgh.
2017 A Fleeting Moment.
April 21 – 23. Hatch, Belmont Street, Aberdeen.
2016 Looking Forward.
June 03 – 14. Pentland Fine Art, Holburn Street, Aberdeen.
2014 The Great Big Art Show.
June 05 – 11. Edinburgh College, Granton Campus, West Granton Road, Edinburgh.
In the studio: taping sections on 34811.
Awards and Residencies
2023 Shortlisted Freelands Studio Fellowship 2024/25
2022/23 Painting Graduate in Residence at Gray’s School of Art
2022 Longlisted Contemporary British Painting Prize.
2018 The Gordon Brown Memorial Prize for Painting.
2018 Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Showcase Shortlisted Artist.
Collections
2018 RGU Art and Heritage Collections.
34811, 2018. Mixed media on canvas.
Talks
2023 Belfast School of Art - Freelands Foundation
2023 Pictures that were not Pictures exhibition talk
2023 Physicality of Paint Part 1 workshop at Gray’s School of Art
2019 Platform for Emerging Arts 23 exhibition talk
2019 Frame of Mind exhibition talk
Publications
2023 Naming the Thing, Freelands Studio Fellowship
‘Esther Thorniley-Walker and Annalisa Merrilees, a conversation in Aberdeen’
Press
RSA Annual Exhibition Online 2020 review: https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art/art-review-rsa-annual-exhibition-2020-online-2543135
Frame of Mind exhibition review: https://www.artmag.co.uk/upright-gallery-annalisa-merrilees-frame-of-mind-2/