Pinkie Maclure
Contemporary Artist, Sound Artist,
Contemporary Stained Glass, Singer
NEWS
My solo show 'Earthly Spirits', opens at East Quay, Watchet, UK, January 31 - May 4, 2026
'Beauty Tricks' has been acquired by the Stained Glass Museum, Ely, for the UK's national collection and is
now on permanent display in Ely Cathedral.
'Self-Portrait Dreaming of Portavadie' was acquired by the National Museum of Scotland in 2020.
"It's true, I can't get enough of Scottish artist Pinkie Maclure's stained glass works" Brian Boucher, ARTNET 2025
humble pursuit of gardening while thumbing its nose at the grandiose history of the medium. "
My first major solo show 'Lost Congregation' at CCA Glasgow closed after an extended 3 month run.
Selected Exhibitions
'Medieval Eyes' group show James Freeman Gallery, London 8th May - 31st May 2025
'The Glass Heart', Two Temple Place, London Jan-April 2024
The John Ruskin Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf London February 2024
'Lost Congregation' CCA Glasgow Solo Exhibition and Installation June 16 - Sept 9 2023
Michelangelo Foundation in Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy, May 2022.
'Collect', Somerset House, London 2022
An Tobar Arts, Isle of Mull, with Sam Ainsley and Eileen Cooper RA 2021
John Byrne Prize, Edinburgh 2020
Henry Boxer at Orleans House Gallery, London 2020
The John Ruskin Prize 2019 Exhibition, Manchester 2019
National Museum of Scotland 'Art of Glass' Edinburgh 2018
Henry Boxer at Outsider Art Fair New York 2018
Henry Boxer at Outsider Art Fair New York 2017
Outside In, Pallant House, Chichester, UK, touring 2016 - 2017
Solo, Birnam Arts, Perth 2016
Scottish Glass Society Edinburgh 2015
'Song Noir' Edinburgh Fringe, live performances, Summerhall, Edinburgh 2014
Public Art
'Dwelltime', Dodworth Railway Station, 2020
' Tree of Life' Windows, Muirhead Church, Dundee 2013
'The Family', Chalmers Sexual Health Clinic, Edinburgh 2011
Awards
Sequested Prize joint winner https://www.thesequestedprize.com/copy-of-long-list-finalists.
Creative Scotland Open Project Funding 2021
John Byrne Award for Skill & Artistry 2020
John Ruskin Prize 2019
Jerwood Makers 2018
Zealous Emerge Craft Prize 2018
Made in Scotland multimedia show 'Song Noir' Summerhall Edinburgh, 2014
Fergusson Art Prize shortlist 2014
Jerwood Makers shortlist 2013
Podcasts https://talkingoutyourglass.com/pinkie-maclure/
Press -
Stained Glass Association of America Quarterly feature April 2024
Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review 2022 and 2024
Mosaic and Glass magazine 5-page feature 2022
West Deutsche Zeitung 2022
Artmag front cover 2022
Hi-Fructose feature 2018
Glass Network front cover 2017
Brut Force 2017
The Times 2017
Hyperallergic 2017
Craft Magazine 2017
Raw Vision 2017
Artnet 2017
Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review 2014
Recordings - 10 albums written and recorded between 1985 and 2022
Education Class with Judith Schaechter, 2015.
Birmingham University BA Hons Theatre Performance and Design 1983
