1942
Born, Port Seton, Scotland
1960-65
Edinburgh College of Art
Studied painting under Sir Robin Philipson
1965-8
Royal College of Art, London
Studied under Carel Weight and Peter de Francia
1967
Official cultural visit to East Germany with Alan Bold and Alexander Moffat: visited Dresden, Halle, Weimar, East Berlin and the concentration camp of Buchenwald
1968
Lecturer in Painting, Brighton College of Art
1969-73
Lecturer in Painting, Winchester College of Art
Visiting lecturer at Royal College of Art and Goldsmith's College of Art
1978-84
Lecturer in Painting, Goldsmith's College of Art
1983
Artist in Residence, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
1988
Elected Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1994
Awarded CBE by Her Majesty, The Queen
Awards, Commissions and Prizes
1962
Andrew Grant Scholarship. Travel to Paris.
Postgraduate travelling scholarship. Travel to Holland and Belgium
Commissioned by Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to paint murals for Chesser House, Edinburgh
1965
Burston Award, Royal College of Art, London
1980
John Moores Prize Winner
1981
Major Arts Council Award
George Wallaston Prize for best work in Royal Academy, London
1985
Athena International Art Award (joint first prizewinner)
1987
Wollaston Award, Royal Academy, London
1991
Commissioned to paint Lord Renfrew and Sir Roy Calne by the National Portrait Gallery, London
1992
British Council visit to Central Europe, Prague, Vienna, Budapest
1993
Korn/Ferry Picture of the Year, Royal Academy, London
1995
Glasgow Herald Award for Excellence
Retrospective Exhibitions
1986
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Serpentine Gallery, London
1988-89
Hamburger Kunsthalle and Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
Solo Exhibitions
1965
Dromidaris Gallery, Holland
1968
Edinburgh College of Art
1969
Winchester School of Art
1970
Drian Gallery, London
Hendrix Gallery, Dublin
1971
New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
Drian Gallery, London
1972
Royal College of Art, London
1973
Triad Arts Centre, Bishop's Stortford, Royal College of Art
Edinburgh City Arts Centre
Drian Gallery, London
1974
Drian Gallery, London
1975
Aberdeen City Art Gallery
1977
Acme Gallery, London
1978
Glasgow Print Studio
Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh
Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews
1979
Glasgow Print Studio
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
Southampton City Art Gallery
Newcastle Polytechnic
Glasgow Print Studio
1980
Acme Gallery, London
Moira Kelly Fine Art, London
1981
Goldsmiths College of Art, London
1982
Rosa Esman Gallery, New York
1983
Paintings 1971-82, touring exhibition: Ikon Gallery; Birmingham; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Third Eye Centre, Glasgow; Rochdale Art Gallery; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; MacLaurin Art Gallery, Ayr; Rosa Esman Gallery, New York; Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.
1984
Dusseldorf Gallery, Perth
Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney
Mercury Gallery, Edinburgh
Rosa Esman Gallery, New York
1986
National Portrait Gallery, London
Fischer Fine Art, London
Galerie Krikhaar, Amsterdam
Inaugural Exhibition for the opening of the Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and touring Scotland
1987
The Peacock Gallery, Aberdeen
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
The Old Man and the Sea: Paintings and Prints, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
Hendricks Gallery, Dublin
MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr
Bellany as Printmaker 1965-1985, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow; Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh; Aberdeen Art Gallery, and Beaux Arts, Bath
Recent Acquisitions, National Portrait Gallery, London
1988
Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York
Workshop Gallery, Edinburgh; Aberdeen Art Gallery; Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
1989
The Renaissance of John Bellany: watercolours painted in Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Fischer Fine Art, London
John Bellany: A Renaissance, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
1990
Raab Gallery, Berlin
Ruth Seigel Gallery, New York
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1991
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Fischer Fine Art, London
1992
A Long Night's Journey into Day: A 50
50th Birthday: A Celebration, Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
1993
Prints, Drawings and Watercolours 1970-1993, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1994
Recent Paintings, Flowers East at London Fields, London
1995
Recent Pantings, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York
John Bellany: New Paintings, John Bellany; Print-Maker, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
1996
Monoprints, Flowers East, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
1963
Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, hung on railings at Castle Terrace (with Alexander Moffat)
1965
Young Contemporaries, London
Edinburgh Festival Exhibition on Mound steps (with Alexander Moffat)
1966
Young Contemporaries, London
1967
Young Contemporaries, London
London Artists, Shrewsbury
John Moores Exhibition 6, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1968
London Group
Twenty by Fifty-Seven, New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
1970
The Nude, New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
1971
Arcadia Fine Art, Edinburgh (with William Crozier; Rodick Carmichael and Peter Stitt)
Scottish Realism, Scottish Arts Council Touring Exhibition
Twenty by Fifty-Seven, New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
10 Scottish Printmakers, Sussex University
1972
British Figurative Art, Nova London Gallery, Copenhagen
Scottish Artists, (touring exhibition, New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh)
15 Scottish Printmakers, (touring exhibition, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London)
1973
Fanfare for Europe, Drian Gallery, Edinburgh
Figures in the Landscape, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
London Group, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1974
A Choice Selection, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh
British Painting '74, Hayward Gallery, London
British Art '74, Germany, (British Council touring exhibition)
John Moores Exhibition 9, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1975
4 Scottish Realists, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (with Neil Dallas Brown, Bill Gillon and Alexander Moffat)
English and Scottish Painting '75, Fieldborne Galleries, London
1976
John Moores Exhibition 10, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1977
25 Years of British Painting, Royal Academy, London
Expressionism And Scottish Painting, Scottish Arts Council (touring exhibition)
London Group, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
Scottish Painting, Edinburgh College of Art
British Painting
1979
Scottish Artists, Amos Anderson Gallery, Helsinki
Tate '79, Tate Gallery, London
Independent Irish Artists Exhibition, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin (with Bacon, Crozier and Freud representing Britain) British Painting, Oxford University
The British Art Show, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, and touring
1980
John Moores Exhibition 12, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (Prizewinner)
British Art 1940-1980: The Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
1981
National Portrait Gallery, London
The Triptych, Ian Birksted Gallery
Peter Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Goldsmiths College, London
The Nude, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
13 British Artists, British Council exhibition touring Germany
Art and the Sea, touring exhibition
1982
The Subjective Eye, touring exhibition
John Moores Exhibition 13, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Contemporary Choice, Serpentine Gallery, London
Inner Worlds, Arts Council touring exhibition
Drawing Towards Prints, Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
1983
Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
Self Portraits, Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition
Scottish Expressionism, Warwick Arts Trust, London
The Hard Won Image, Tate Gallery, London
The British Art Show, touring exhibition
1985
Athena International Awards, Mall Galleries, London (joint first prize)
British Painting, Manchester City Art Gallery; Fine Art Society, Edinburgh
1986
Man and Animals, Arts Council exhibition, Nottingham Castle
Celtic Vision, touring exhibition, opening Madrid
1987
Scottish Painting 1954-87, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh; Warwick Arts Trust, London
Represented Britain in Ljubljana Print Biennale, Yugoslavia;
2
The Self Portrait, selected by Edward Lucie-Smith and Sean Kelly, Artsite Gallery, Bath; Fischer Fine Art, London
The Scottish Bestiary, The Banqueting House, London (portfolio of prints, touring exhibition)
1988
British Romantic Painting, touring exhibition, opened Madrid
The Royal College of Art Print Portfolio Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1989
El Greco Exhibition, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (guest artist)
Eros in Albion (House of Massaccio), British Council Exhibition, Italy
British Figurative Painting, selected by Norbert Lynton
Every Picture Tells a Story, British Council touring exhibition, Hong Kong; Singapore, Africa
Scottish Paintings since 1900, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Barbican Art Gallery, London
1990
Glasgow's Great British Art Show, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
The Compass Contribution, Tramway, Glasgow
8 Scottish Printmakers, British Council touring exhibition, Singapore; Glasgow
Turning the Century, The New Scottish Painting , The Raab Gallery, London; Milan; Berlin; USA (Bellany, Howson, McFadyen)
Scotland Creates, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
1992
New British Art, British Council Exhibition, Denmark
Modern Masters (prints), Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1993
Scottish Painting, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful Part XI: Homages, Flowers East, London
Contemporary Trends in British Art, Hayward Gallery, London
The Line of Tradition, Scotland
John Moores Exhibition 18, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1994
The Bigger Picture, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
After Redoute: Recent flower paintings, drawings and photographs, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful, Part 12: Night and Day, Flowers East at London Fields, London
1995
The 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East at London Fields, London
Contemporary British Art in Print: The Publications of The Paragon Press 1986-95, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1996
The Power of Images, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
Naked, Flowers East at London Fields, London
Rye Art Gallery
Virgin Airways Upper Class Lounge
Realism, Kunstlersondebud of Deutscheland, Berlin
Angela Flowers (Ireland) Inc., Co. Cork, Ireland
Small is Beautiful, Part XIV: Sex, Flowers East at London Fields, London
1997
Heads, Flowers Graphics, Flowers East, London
Angela Flowers Gallery 1997, Flowers East at London Fields, London
British Figurative Art, Part I: Painting, Flowers East, London
Print, Riverside Studios, London
Small is Beautiful Part XV: Death, Flowers East at London Fields, London
1998
Small is Beautiful Part XVI: Music, Flowers East at London Fields, London
1999
Small is Beautiful Part XVII: Millennium, Flowers East at London Fields, London
Public Collections
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Arts Council of Great Britain
Belfast Polytechnic
British Council
British Museum, London
Chesser House, Edinburgh
Contemporary Art Society
Dundee Central Museum and Art Gallery
Edinburgh Corporation
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Glasgow Art Galleries and Museums
Government Art Collection
Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Isle of Man Arts Council Collection
J.F Kennedy Library, Boston
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery
Leeds City Art Gallery
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
MacLaurin Art Gallery, Ayr
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Middlesbrough Art Gallery
Museum of London
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Gdansk
National Gallery of Poland, Warsaw
National Library of Congress, Washington
National Portrait Gallery, London
New York Public Library
Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Royal College of Art, London
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Sheffield City Art Gallery
Southampton City Art Gallery
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Tate Gallery, London
Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh
University of Western Australia, Perth
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Wolverhampton Municipal Art Gallery and Museum
Yale Centre of British Art
Zuider Zee Museum, Holland
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Positive evidence of new Edinburgh School, Edward Gage, The Scotsman, 4 September 1969
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Scottish Realism, Cordelia Oliver, The Guardian, 14 May 1971
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Barbara Wright, Art Review, no. 20, 8 October 1973
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Alexander Moffat, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, catalogue essay, Alan Bold, 1975
Acme Gallery, London, catalogue essay, Alan Bold, 1977
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Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (and subsequent tour), 1983
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John Bellany at the Ikon, Rasaad Jamie, Artscribe, no. 40, April 1983
James Burr, Apollo, no. 117, May 1983
Bellany goes to extremes to reflect the hard life, John Fowler, Glasgow Herald, 7 June 1983
William Packer, Artline, no. 6, 1983
Glasgow Herald, 9 June 1983
Mary Rose Beaumont, Art Review, October 1983
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, catalogue essay, Alexander Moffat, 1984
Art Monthly, no. 79, 1984
Felix McCullough, Arts Review, August 1984
John Bellany in Australia: a conversation with Jeff Makin, Studio International, vol. 197, no. 1005, 1984
The British Council Collection 1934-1984, catalogue, introduction by Julian Andrews, Director, Fine Arts Department, 1984
Max Wykes-Joyce, Art and Artists, vol. 215, August 1984
The Times, 21 August 1984
Clare Henry, Glasgow Herald, 26 March 1985
John Bellany at Rosa Esman, Gerrit Henry, Art in America, no. 73, March 1985
Athena takes a leaf out of Booker's Books, Hugh Clayton, 1985
The Times, 4 September 1985
Max Wykes-Joyce, Art Review, 11 October 1985
One City, A Patron, British Art of the 20th Century from the collection of Southampton Art Gallery, 1985
Catalogue essays, William Packer and Robin Gibson, 1986
John Bellany: New Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, Robin Gibson, 1986
Bellany's Voyage, Fischer Fine Art, London, catalogue essay, Richard Cork, 1986
Personal view of Botham the folk hero, Clare Henry, Glasgow Herald, 28 January 1986
Fish Philosopher, Giles Auty, The Spectator, 8 March 1986
Richard Cork, The Listener, 13 March 1986
British Art Since 1900, Christies Auction, London and New York, catalogue, Frances Spalding, 1986
Academics Denied, Alistair Hicks, The Times, 25 March 1986
Newhart New World, Reproduction of Southern Cross, AA, 22 April 1986
Illustrated Catalogue of Acquistions, 1982-84, Tate Gallery, reproduction of Death Knell for John Knox, 1972 and Janus 1982, 1986
Celtic Vision, introduction, Dennis Bowern and Derrick Culley, June 1986
Fifty Twentieth Century Artists in the Scottish National Gallery, Christopher Johnstone, introduction by Douglas Hall, 1986
Ninth British International Print Bienniale, March 1986
John Bellany:Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours 1964-86,(retrospective exhibition), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and The Serpentine Gallery, London, preface by Douglas Hall, Keeper, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; introduction by Keith Hartley, Assistant Keeper, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 1986
Our Apprenticeship Years, essay by Alexander Moffat, 1986
John Bellany: A Portrait of the Artist, essay, Alan Bold, 1986
The Voyage of John Bellany. A Triptych, poem, Alan Bold, (Trustees of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art), 1986
A Feast of Freshness, The Sunday Telegraph, 10 August 1986
The Glasgow Herald, Clare Henry, 12 August 1986
Bellany Wins a Titanic Struggle, (retrospective exhibition), John Russell Taylor, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 1986
Edinburgh Festival, The Times Review, 12 August 1986
Mary Rose Beaumont, The Financial Times, 12 August 1986
Profile on John Bellany, John Fowler, The Glasgow Herald, 14 August 1986
A Voyage to Hell and Back, Edward Gage, The Scotsman, 12 August 1986
Edge of Darkness and Beyond, Waldemar Januszczak, The Guardian, 14 August 1986
Giles Auty, The Spectator, 16 August 1986
Hot Scots, Marina Vaizey, The Sunday Times, 17 August 1986
William Feaver, The Observer, 24 August 1986
Terence Mullaly, The Daily Telegraph, 25 August 1986
Face to Face with Bellany, Edward Gage, The Scotsman, 8 September 1986
Bellany's Glowing Summer, Peter Jones, The Scotsman, 28 October 1986
New Scottish Colourists, Alistair Hicks, Vogue, October 1986
John Bellany Retrospective Exhibition, Scottish National Gallery and The Serpentine Gallery, Studio International, Winter Issue, 1986
Trienniale Europea Dell' Incisione, Grado, Italy, catalogue, 1987
William Feaver, The Observer, 7 June 1987
Rare Thrills Among the Royal Academy's Conformity, Waldemar Januszczak, The Guardian, 8 June 1987
The Whitechapel Auction, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Sotheby's catalogue, 1 July 1987
Bellany at Kilkenny Castle, Dorothy Walker, The Irish Independent, 29 August 1987
Flower of Scotland, John Hutchinson, Sunday Press, 6 September 1987
Aidan Dunne, Sunday Tribune, 30 August 1987
Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, 31 August 1987
Bienniale of Graphic Art, Ljubiljana, Yugoslavia, catalogue, 1987
Artist Face to Face, Sarah Howell, The Observer Colour Supplement, 13 September 1987
The Self Portrait: A Modern View, Sean Kelly and Edward Lucie-Smith, (Sarema Press), 1987
Bakewell's View, The Sunday Times, 27 December 1987
John Bellany, Ellen Lee Klein, Arts Magazine, April 1988
Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, catalogue introduction, Alistair Hicks, 1988
Thomas Schnurmacher, The Gazette, Montreal, 6 April 1988
A Voyage to Hell and Back, Edward Gage, The Scotsman, 12 August 1988
Exhibition Road: Painters at the Royal College of Art, ed. Paul Huxley, (Phaidon Press), 1988
Prometheus Restored, Sarah Jane Checkland, The Times, 1989
Portrait of the Artist as a Patient at Death's Door, Clare Henry, Glasgow Herald, 24 March 1989
View from a Visionary, Alan Bold, Observer Scotland, 26 March 1989
Survivors and Debtors, Alistair Hicks, The Times, 4 April 1989
New Liver, New Life, Peter Fuller, The Sunday Telegraph, 9 April 1989
John Bellany Painting on the Edge, Alan Bold, Modern Painters, Spring 1989
A to B and Back Again, Mike von Joel, Artline, vol. 4, no. 5, February/March 1989
Back from the Brink, Clare Flowers, Scotland on Sunday, 19 March 1990
Turning Point, William Packer, Royal Academy magazine, no. 26, Spring 1990
Scottish Painting,1837 to the Present, William Hardie, 1990
Scottish Art 1460-1990, Duncan McMillan, 1990
Compass Gallery, Glasgow, catalogue introduction, Peter Fuller, 1990
Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, catalogue introduction, Edward Lucie-Smith, 1990
Raab Gallery, Berlin, catalogue introduction, Peter Fuller, 1990
Son of the Sea, John McEwen, photograph by Lord Snowdon, Telegraph Magazine, 19 May 1990
John Bellany in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, catalogue introduction, Jane Munro, 1991
Highland Regional Council touring exhibition, catalogue introduction, Susan Pirnie, 1991
The Rape of Titian, Sister Wendy Beckett, Modern Painters, vol. 4, no. 2, 1991
British Contemporary Art 1910-1990: Eighty Years collecting by the Contemporary Art Society, 1991
The Art of Creation, Ajay Close, Scotland on Sunday, 5 July 1991
An Artist with Vibrant Good Hope, Allen Wright, The Scotsman, 10 July 1992
John Bellany, Bill Hare, Galleries Magazine, July 1992
Portrait of an Artist now Bursting with Life, Robert Dawson Scott, Sunday Times Scotland, 12 July 1992
To the End of the Night, Miranda France, The List, 3-16 July 1992
Vision of the Artist in Three Acts, Clare Henry, The Glasgow Herald, 13 July 1992
Bellany's Day, The Ticket, July 1992
Feature, The Preview, July/August/September 1992
A Long Night's Journey into Day: The Art of John Bellany, The Scotsman, 18 July 1992
A Portrait of My Love, Anne Simpson, The Herald, 28 July 1992
Metaphorically Speaking, Tom Lubbock, The Independent on Sunday, 2 August 1992
Back from his Brush with Death, Andrew Gibbons Williams, The Times, 4 August 1992
Life, near-death, sin and wickedness, Mary Rose Beaumont, The Financial Times, 25 August 1992
A Long Night's Journey into Day: The Art of John Bellany, Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, catalogue essay, Alexander Moffat, 1992
A Long Night's Journey into Day, Keith Patrick, Contemporary Art Magazine, Autumn 1992
Scottish Painters, Sue Hubbard, Time Out, September 1993
John Bellany, Art Review, October 1993
My Country Childhood, John Bellany, Country Living, October 1993
Pulse, John Keenan, The Big Issue, 19 October 1993
John Bellany, Simon Corbin, What's On, 20 October 1993
Revisiting the Trauma of Surgery, James Bustard, The Scotsman, 27 October 1993
John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 18, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, catalogue, 1993
Painting the Town, W. Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday, 7 November 1993
Bellany's Talent Recognised, Audrey Gillan, The Scotsman, 31 December 1993
Contemporary Painting in Scotland:The Concise Catalogue of Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, ed. Bill Hare, compiled by Patrick Elliott, 1993
Yin the Picture, Richard Mowe, Scotland on Sunday, 9 January 1994
Billy's Been Framed...and the Big Yin Likes It, Maggie Barry, Evening Times, 20 January 1994
Under the influence of genius, Alison Roberts, The Times, 21 March 1994
Pilot on a summer-blue sea, John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph, 13 November 1994
Thrown back by the devil from the deep, John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph, 20 November 1994
Kasen Summer coll...., Alf Young, The Herald, 24 November 1994
Sea shore beasts and graffiti, William Packer, The Financial Times, 26 November 1994
Simon Corbin, What's On, 30 November 1994
A haunted life..., Duncan Macmillan, The Scotsman, 5 December 1994
Art & Part, W Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday, 11 December 1994
David Ekserdjian, The Spectator, 17 December 1994
More than a footnote, W Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday, 1January 1995
Sculptural Graces..., William Packer, The Financial Times, 3 January 1995
Portrait artists, Tamasin Doe, The London Evening Standard, 17 January 1997
Dintenfass listing, The New Yorker, 30 January 1997
Scotland Reviews, Arts Review, February 1997
The right impressions, Lila Rawlings, The List, 24 February - 9 March 1997
Galleries, The Scotsman, 4 March 1997
John Bellany:Paragon of print, Scotland on Sunday, 12 March 1997
Dundee united, W Gordon Smith, The List, 5 March 1997
Lifelines, Lila Rawlings, The List, 28 July - 10 August 1997
Flesh and bone, W Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday, 20 August 1997
The fear factor, Richard Jaques, The Scotsman, 21 August 1997
Battery of beasts and symbols, William Packer, Financial Times, 22 August 1997
The master waxes lyrical, Clare Henry, The Herald, 24 August 1997
Films and Documentaries
1975
John Bellany, BBC Television (Scotland), 30 minute film directed by W Gorden Smith
1986
A Portrait, BBC Television, 15 minutes
John Bellany: A Retrospective, BBC Television, directed by Keith Alexander, 30 minutes
Heart of the Matter: John Bellany, BBC Television, with Joan Bakewell, 30 minutes
1989
Heart of the Matter: Is Life Worth Living? It Depends on the Liver, BBC Television
1991
John Bellany, ITV film with Vivien Hamilton, 30 minutes
1994
The Bigger Picture, BBC2
The Late Show, BBC2
