Biography

Calum Stevenson (b. 1997, Falkirk, Scotland) graduated with a BA(Hons) in Fine Arts from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in 2019. Stevenson went on to graduate from Glasgow School of Art with a MA in Fine Art Practice in 2020. 

In 2021, Stevenson became the youngest and first ever Scottish artist to win Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, a national televised competition. He was commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery to paint Nicola Benedetti, one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. Stevenson’s work is now part of the permanent collection on display in Edinburgh. 

Stevenson’s work has since been added to many public and private collections including the Kia Oval in London and the City Chambers in Glasgow.

Exhibitions

  • PAOTD Judi Dench, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2023

  • Solo Show - SYNTHESIS, Gallery Heinzel, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, 2022

  • Portrait Artist of the Year: The Exhibition, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 2022

  • Annual Show, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2021

  • Scottish Portrait Awards, Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow, 2021

  • Winter Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen, 2020

  • Scottish Portrait Awards, Scottish Art Club, Edinburgh, 2020

  • Postgraduate Showcase, Glasgow School of Art, 2020

  • 30th Year Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen, 2020

  • Gallery Heinzel Group Show, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen, 2019

  • Degree Show, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, 2019

Awards

  • Winner of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year Series 8, 2021

  • Artists Collecting Society Studio Prize Finalist, 2020

  • Scottish Portrait Awards Shortlisted, 2020

  • Sandra McNeilance Award for Drawing & Painting, 2019

  • John Byrne Award [Editors Pick], 2019

  • Artists Collecting Society Materials Prize, 2018

Calum Stevenson painting Nicola Benedetti, 2021.

Collections

  • Glasgow City Council, City Chambers, Philip Braat, 2023

  • The Oval, Surrey County Cricket Club, Richard Thompson, 2022

  • Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Nicola Benedetti, 2021

  • Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, Deconstructed, 2021