Peter Howson was born in London in 1958. Howson was a focal member of the group of young artists to emerge from the Glasgow School of Art during the 1980s dubbed the New Glasgow Boys, and one of his generation’s leading figurative painters. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1975 - 1977, and returned in 1979 to complete a Masters degree. In 1985 he was the Artist in Residence at the University of St Andrews and also a part-time tutor at Glasgow School of Art. Howson witnessed the harrowing realities of combat as an official war artist appointed by the Imperial War Museum during the Bosnian War from 1993-4, culminating in a solo exhibition at IWM London in 1994. In 1996 he was awarded Doctor of Letters Honoras Causa, University of Strathclyde. Howson has exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe. His work is represented in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NewYork;Tate, London; theVictoria & Albert Museum, London; the British Museum, London; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow; LYC Collection, Guangzhao, China; and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. His work was the subject of a feature documentary film Prophecy by director Charlie Paul in 2019.

18 November 2022 - 14 January 2023

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