Patricia Cain

Brief Biography

Patricia Cain initially studied at St Martins School of Art but changed course to study law. She practised as a lawyer for 15 years then completed a Fine Art degree in 2004 and returned to art on a full time basis by studying for a PhD at Glasgow School of Art.

Her current work focuses on the landscape of Glasgow and, in particular, the River Clyde and its regeneration. She has also spent time exploring aspects of the construction of the new water plant at Milngavie and is currently working on site during the construction of Glasgow’s New Riverside Museum.

Patricia’s work links the landscape to both explicit and implicit ways of thinking that arise during the production of her drawings. She experiments with drawing conventions used in art and architecture as tools to make visible logical and intuitive thought processes, closing observing how she makes her drawings and how connections are formed. By this means, her work is progressed both in terms of process and subject matter.

The artist exhibits widely across Scotland but also in London, Sydney and Venice. She received the Royal Glasgow Institute Prize in 2005 and, in 2007, was awarded the RSA Kinross Scholarship to study in Florence. She has recently completed a residency at Hospitalfield House , Arbroath.