Pam Carter Biography

Pam was born in Tanganyika, East Africa to an Austrian mother and Scottish father. At the age of thirteen came Scotland where she was schooled in Bearsden Academy. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in the seventies and began her teaching career. After teaching in Braidfield High School for four years she took a year out to study at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. She spent a further two years teaching art in the Seychelles whilst on voluntary service with African Inland Mission.

Pam Carter CV

From the mid-eighties until recently she has taught in various colleges, including Falkirk College. There she was instrumental in developing the HND Public Art in 1991and helped write BA Design. In August 2004 she gave up lecturing to concentrate on painting full time.

She has had numerous solo exhibitions throughout Britain and also in the USA and has participated in several group shows including the Royal Scottish Society (RSA), the Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI), Visual Arts Scotland (VAS), and the Paisley Art Institute (PAI). She gained an award from each of the latter three venues.

Awards
1993 Work selected for the Laing calendar
1996 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Award, RGI 1996
1998 Paisley Institute Award
1999 Visual Arts Scotland

Collections
Royal Bank of Scotland, University of Liverpool, Baillie Gifford (Edinburgh) Cameron House, Port Charlottte Hotel (Islay), Hotel Eilean Iarmain (Isle of Skye) Glebe House, Tiree

Artist's Membership
Paisley Art Institute, Visual Art Scotland, Glasgow Art club

Publishing
Ecosse Fine Art - A range of Lithograph Limited Edition Prints, Tartan 2CV - "Scotland's Artist Series" Cards and Calendars, Laing Calendar 1993, Academy Calendar 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, DeMontfort Fine Art - A range of Giclee Prints, Dunoon Ceramics - A range of Mugs

Media
Various articles including:
The International Artist's Magazine (Issue 28 and 29) At Home, Scotland on Sunday, March 2004, The Glasgow Herald, April 2003, Executive Lifestyle, Winter 2004, The Hebridean, September 2004, Inside Readers Homes, October 2004, The Bute Man , November 2004 Build It, January 2005, Evening times October 2005 West Highland Free Press July 2006, The Glasgow Herald, November 2006, BBC2 TV "Castle in the Country" November 2006, The Scots Magazine May 2007, Artist & Illustrator Magazine Oct 2007