Alastair R Ross
Biography
Born Perth, Scotland 1941
Higher Education
1960-66 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee.
(Tutors Hugh Adam Crawford, R.S.A.,
Scott Sutherland, R.S.A., F.R.B.S.).
Also Vienna, Florence, Rome, Amsterdam and Athens on extensive
travel/study abroad.
1965 Graduated D.A. (Dundee) with distinction.
1965-66 Awarded Scottish Education Department Post-Graduate
Scholarship.
1962 Awarded Dickson Prize for Sculpture.
1962 Awarded Holokrome (Dundee) Sculpture Prize and Commission.
1963 Awarded Scottish Education Department Travelling Scholarship.
1964 Awarded Royal Scottish Academy Chalmers Bursary.
1965 Awarded Royal Scottish Academy Carnegie Travelling Scholarship.
1965 Awarded Duncan of Drumfork Scholarship.
1965 National Academy of Fine Art, Athens, Greece
1965 British School at Rome,(Carnegie Scholarship)
1966 Greek Academy of Fine Art, Athens, (Post-graduate study)
Teaching Appointments
1966-69 Part-time Lecturer, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art,
Dundee.
1969-2003 Full-time Lecturer, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art,
Dundee.
1969 Tutor, University of Dundee, American Summer School
1969-94 Hon. Lecturer, University of Dundee.
1991-93 Invited Tutor, School of Scottish Artists in Malta.
1994-2003 Lecturer in Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College,
University of Dundee.
1996 Guest Lecturer, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, U.S.A.
2007 Guest Lecturer, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
2008 Guest Lecturer, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley
2008 Guest Lecturer, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
2012 Masterclass at Glasgow Caledonian University
2013 Guest Lecturer at University of Stirling
2013 Guest Lecturer to Burgesses of the City of Dundee
2014 Guest Lecturer to Dundee Rotary Club
2015 Guest Speaker to University of Abertay Dundee Honorary Fellows
Reference Works
Debrett's "People of Today"
"Who's Who in Scotland"
"International Directory of Arts"
"Who's Who in Art"
"Whitaker's Almanack"
"R.I.A.S. Illustrated Directory"
"Directory of International Biography"
"Landscape Specification"
"Directory of Scottish Art & Architecture"
"External Works"
"Current Research in Britain"
"Catalogue of Works in the Scottish Arts Council Collection"
"The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitions 1826-1990"
"The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945"
"Journals of the Royal Society of British Sculptors"
Also entered in Scottish Arts Council I.V.A.C. Index and AXIS Index
based at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Archive of Academicians, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh