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Shaun

MacDonaldd

Location: Nairn

Materials: Acrylic, Assemblage, Found, Oil, Pencil, Watercolour

www.shaunieboyart.com

Shaunie Boy is a contemporary artist whose practice utilises digital technologies alongside traditional methods. His work is characterised by meticulously rendered paintings and crafted objects, blending precision with playful references. Drawing on childhood narratives filtered through the lens of adulthood. Toys, fragments of printed media, echoes of television, film, and music are gathered and reconfigured, creating a visual language that both celebrates and interrogates nostalgia. The resulting works are layered explorations of cultural memory—playful yet poignant, intimate yet universal. he explores memory and identity by reworking elements of popular culture.

Previous Experience

Solo Exhibitions: 2025, Wonderlands & Otherlands, Middle Room WASPS, Nairn, Scotland. 2020, EvaPlay, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. 2017, Adulteration, Town House, Nairn Scotland. 2013, Pyschogenic Fugue, Moray School of Art, UHI, Elgin, Scotland. 2000, The Lemon Tree, Invitational, Aberdeen, Scotland. Selected/Group & Invitational: 2023, Royal Society of Painter in Watercolour, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Scotland. 2023, Royal Scottish Academy Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2019, Links, Nairn Book & Arts Festival. 2019, Adulteration, Nairn Book & Arts Festival. 2019, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland. 2018, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2018, Royal Scottish Academy, Summer Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2018, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow. 2019, Further Adulteration, Moray School of Art, UHI, Elgin, Scotland. 2016, Royal Glasgow Institute, Mitchel Library, Glasgow, Scotland. 2015, Royal Glasgow Institute, Mitchel Library, Glasgow, Scotland. 2013, Royal Glasgow Institute, Mitchel Library, Glasgow, Scotland. 2013, Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish

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