1971-72 Academie Roderer, Musee du Louvre, PARIS
1972-76 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, DUNDEE
1976-77 Edinburgh College of Art, EDINBURGH
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1982 369 Gallery, EDINBURGH
1983 Compass Gallery, GLASGOW
1991 Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, EDINBURGH
1994 The White Gallery, BUDAPEST
1995 The Bruton Street Gallery, LONDON
1996 L’Institut Francais d’Ecosse, EDINBURGH
1999 Galerie Samy Kinge, PARIS
2000 Belleview Gallery, Edinburgh International Festival, EDINBURGH
2007 Kunstraum, STARKOW, GERMANY
Selected Group Exhibitions
1983 The Chicago Art Fair, CHICAGO
1986 The Warwick Arts Trust, LONDON
1987 John Player Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, London
1991 EAST International, NORWICH
1992 The Figure in the City, EDINBURGH, AMSTERDAM, BRUSSELS, UTRECHT
1993 Flowers East, LONDON
1995 Grands et Jeunes Aujourdui, Le Grand Palais, PARIS
1995 Salles Edouard Sandoz, PARIS
1995 The Rotunda,HONG KONG
1997 The Fine Art Programme, The British School at Rome, ROME
1997 THE DISCERNING EYE, Mall Galleries, LONDON
2000 Catherine Shearn Fine Art, BRUSSELS
2000 PAINT, Vertigo Gallery, LONDON
2001 Happy the World So Made, Bows Arts Trust, LONDON
2003 FLESH, Pilgrim Gallery, LONDON
2004 CONFLUENCE, Pilgrim Gallery, LONDON
2007 BEYOND APPEARANCES, Survey of Scottish Painting, City Arts Centre, EDINBURGH
2011 RUTH BORCHARD SELF-PORTRAIT COMPETITION & EXHIBITION, Kings Place Gallery, LONDON
2011 THE DISCERNING EYE, Mall Galleries, LONDON
2012 RUTH BORCHARD SELF-PORTAIT COLLECTION, Recent Acquisitions. Northumbria University Gallery, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.
2013 RUTH BORCHARD SELF-PORTRAIT COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION. Kings place Gallery, LONDON
2013 THE NATIONAL OPEN ART COMPETITION. (Work selected by Brian Sewell) Royal College of Art Gallery LONDON;
the Minerva Theatre Gallery, CHICHESTER.
2015 THE RUTH BORCHARD SELF-PORTRAIT COMPETION AND EXHIBITION. Piano Nobile at Kings Place Gallery, LONDON.
2016 THE DISCERNING EYE (Invited artist). Mall Galleries, LONDON
2016 RUTH BORCHARD SELF-PORTRAIT COLLECTION: THE NEXT GENERATION.Piano Nobile at Kings Place Gallery. LONDON
2016 LES FEMME DE........curated exhibition including Victor Brauner and Niki de St Phalle. Gallerie Samy Kinge, PARIS
2016 THE SCOTTISH ENDARKENMENT: Art and Unreason: 1945 to the Present. (Edinburgh International Festival Exhibition) Dovecot Gallery, EDINBURGH.
Awards
1978 Artist’s Award, GREENSHIELDS FOUNDATION, CANADA
1980 Amsterdam Bursary, SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL
1994 Travel Award, THE BRITISH COUNCIL
1995 Major Award, SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL
1996 MODERN PAINTERS’MAGAZINE Prize
1997 ABBEY AWARD IN PAINTING, British School at Rome. Edwin Austin Abbey Scholarships, ROYAL ACADEMY
2011 Short-listed for Major Prize, RUTH BORCHARD SELF-PORTRAIT COMPETITION & EXHIBITION
Residencies and Teaching
1991-93 Invited to live and work in HUNGARY
1994 Invited artist/lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, GLASGOW
1994-96 Invited to live and work at the Cite Internationale des Arts, PARIS
1997 Living and working at the British School at Rome, ROME
2006-2008 Associate lecturer, The University of The Arts, LONDON
2008-2011 Senior Lecturer, The University of the Arts, LONDON
2012 (on-going) Tutor, Heatherleys School of Fine Art, Chelsea, LONDON.
Selected Bibliography
1979 Fred Crayk and Tam McGuiness. Cordelia Oliver, THE GUARDIAN
1986 New Art from Scotland. Mary Rose Beaumont, ARTS REVIEW
1991 EAST International. Tim Hilton, THE GUARDIAN
1991 Dark Days. Feature by Sue Wilson, THE LIST
1993 Contemporary Scottish Painting by Bill Hare, CRAFTSMAN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS
1993 Jam on the Southbound Carriageway. Tim Hilton, THE INDEPENDENT COLOUR SUPPLEMENT
1994 Article of Faith. Feature by Bill Hare, ARTS REVIEW
1995 Paris High Rise. Feature by W. Gordon-Smith, SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
1995 Scottish Painting in the 20th Century by Professor Duncan MacMillan, MAINSTREAM PUBLICATIONS
1996 The Art Lies in the Details. Feature by Jonny Jacobsen, THE SCOTSMAN
1996 Seine and Sensibility. Feature by Nicholas Powell, LE JOURNAL DES ARTS
1997 Ecco Roma: il Lavoro di Fred Crayk essay by Raffaello Gavarro
1997 Hand Made Paintings feature by Bill Hare, GALLERIES MAGAZINE
1997 Fred Crayk at The Lamont Gallery. Feature by Karen Wright, MODERN PAINTERS MAGAZINE
1997 Fred Crayk. Feature by Julian Bell, MODERN PAINTERS’ MAGAZINE
2001 Happy the World So Made. David Gleeson, TIMEOUT
2001 Happy the World So Made. Bill Hare, CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART
2007 Very Sexy: Tango vorm Altar. Frank Schnibben, STRALSUNDER ZEITNUNG