Gill Tyson

Gill Tyson specialises in lithography, a printmaking process that combines direct and expressive mark making with deliberate and aforethought building of layers. In cool, atmospheric colours the artist explores remote landscapes. Her ever-present brushstrokes indicate a distilled image; an abstracted world that only hints at a human presence. Printmaking has been her primary form of expression throughout her career; its balance of process, control and unpredictability informing her work.

BIOGRAPHY

Tyson trained at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art, where she graduated with an MA in Fine Art. In 2012 she was one of the artists representing Britain in The International Print Exhibition in Kyoto, Japan and in 2014 was Printmaker Of The Year at Printfest. In 2018 she was a prizewinner at the Society Of Scottish Artists and was also selected for The Masters Screen And Stone at The Bankside Gallery in London. In 2019 her work was in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She has completed several printmaking residencies, in Wales, Ireland, England and Belgium.

She is a former Chairman of Edinburgh Printmakers. Her work is in several public collections, including Aberdeen Art Gallery, Art in Healthcare, Ritchie Collection, University of Dundee, Fife Council, Readers Digest, Smithsonian Institution, City Of Edinburgh Coty Art Centre, Mobil Oil, Royal Bank of Scotland, Melon Financial Corporation, George Watson’s College, The Parliamentary Art Collection-House of Lords and the Southern General Hospital. Gill lives in Edinburgh and on Morvern.