Senior Lecturer, School of Fine Art, The Glasgow School of Art
Founder and former Head
of Master of Fine Art programme, The Glasgow School of Art.
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2007
Forthcoming Paper for IACA (International association of Art Critics)
conference (Dublin) to be published 2007.
2006
“The end of a lifetime
project, the beginning of a new one” Profile by Andrew Eaton, The Scotsman, 6th June.
2005
“The Red Queen” profile in Glasgow Herald,
Jan 22nd
“The One Hundred most influential
people in Glasgow” Profile, Evening Times, Jan 25th.
2004
Catalogue Essay for Tramway exhibition, "Show
me to the Tradesman’s
entrance”
2003
Catalogue essay, Glasgow Inbox, MFA exhibition at National Centre for
the Arts, Mexico City.
2002
Year long absence due to major illness.
2001
Witness, Listen and Sign as Having Seen, Wim Catrysse. Interview with
Sam Ainsley. Argos, Editions ISBN 90-76855-07-02, Brussels.
Satoshi Watanabe Exhibition catalogue. Mitaka Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan and
Mackintosh Museum, GSA. Essay: Here and There, Then
and Now. The work of Satoshi Watanabe. Published Mitaka City Arts Foundation 6-12-14 Kami-renjaku,
Mitaka, Tokyo.
Haiku Installation Curated by Aya Iguchi, Glasgow & London. Introductory
essay by Sam Ainsley.
no small feat, review, Elizabeth Mahoney,
The Guardian, July 20th
Diplomatic Immunity, MFA work at Times Square Gallery, New York, 120 page
colour catalogue, ISBN 0 901904 18X
1999
Review of Mapping the Difference, Stella Sevastopoulou, Athens News.
Ainsley, S. essay contribution, ‘Step
it up and Go’, in Directions,
Vol. 18 No.1 Journal of Nat. Assoc. for Education in Art and Design
Review,
Clare Henry, The Red Space exhibition, Glasgow Herald, November 1999.
1998
Ainsley, S. essay contribution to the book "Decadent;
Public Art; Contentious Term and Contested Practice” Ed. David Harding and Pavel
Buchler, published by the Foulis Press, Glasgow, February.
Review of Mapping the Difference, Davina Thackera, Sculpture Magazine, June
'98
Ainsley, S., essay contribution to book on art outside the gallery, “Outside
in the distance”published by Platform Artists Group Inc. Melbourne,
Australia.
1997
Ainsley, S. "Hello, this is a wake up call “ Make magazine,
September (Education) issue.
Ainsley, S. ‘Shroud’ catalogue essay, exhibition by
Patricia Mackinnon Day, Collins Gallery, Glasgow and Wrexham Arts Centre.
Ainsley, S. and McKee F. catalogue essays, "Made
in Glasgow" exhibitions
and events, Brussels, Belgium
Ainsley, S. Report on "Memory and Legacy” Symposium, Berlin, published
in NICA notes, Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin.
1996
Connors, T. Mapping the Difference. Dialogue magazine. U.S.A. Nov/Dec.
1995
Ainsley S. and Henderson K. "On Research", CIRCA arts magazine,
Scottish Supplement, September.
1991
Patrick, A.'Sam Ainsley’ Women’s Art Magazine, Sep/Oct
1990
Currah, M. City Limits, 8 March
Henry, C. 'Sam Ainsley', Glasgow Herald, 8 June.
Smith, W.G.'Sam Ainsley', Glasgow Herald, 8 June
Simpson, A. Glasgow Herald, 29 August
1989
Dorsey, J. 'Institute Shows Cover Wide Range of Work', Baltimore Sun,
USA. 24 January.
Purchase,'Show of Works by visiting Artists is a Good
Reason to Visit MICA Galleries' The Evening Sun, Baltimore, USA.
Henry, C. Glasgow Herald, 31 March.
1988
Henry, C. Arts Review, Autumn
1987
Henry, C. 'Red Signals A StunningShow', Glasgow Herald, 23 January
Bain, A. 'Theatre Call', The List, 23January-5 February, p18.
Robbie, J. 'Red Alert', The Scotsman Magazine, Vol8, No.4, July, pp7.
Henry, C. 'The Scottish Phenomenon', Arts Review, 31 July, pp6-8.
Henry, C. Studio International, Vol200, August, pp? -48
Arthur, J. Review of 'The Vigorous Imagination’ Art Line, August,
pp31
Bain, A. 'Flying the Flag', Festival Visitor, August, pp31
Feaver, W.'Scottish Painters', Vogue, August, pp 18-20.
Bain, A. 'New Art in Scotland', The List, 7 August, pp49
The Times, 8 August.
Hall, D. 'Scottish Art Alive and Kicking', The Scotsman, 10 August,
pp7.
Coia, E. 'Explosive impact of the young Scots', Festival Scotsman, 10
August, pp6-8
Jones, T. 'Glasgow Boys, Glasgow Girls',Country Life, 13 August
Ferguson, W. 'The Vigorous Imagination', 14 August
Henry, C. 'Bulls-Eye’ Glasgow Herald, 14 August
Feaver, W.'Queen Bee's Buzz', The Observer, 16 August
1984
Anderson, G.N. 'Five Artists', Aspects, No.28, Autumn.
1983
Liddle, D. The Observer, 6 March
Henry, C. 'Double Celebration' Glasgow Herald, 15 March
Innes, S. 'Women Artists Take to War-Paint',
The Scotsman, 18 March
1981
Henry, C. 'Contemporary Abstractions', Glasgow Herald, 12 June Cage,
E. 'Bias away from Euclid to Expression', The Scotsman, 15 June
Oliver, C. 'Contemporary Abstraction', The Guardian, 30 June
Scottish Young Contemporaries, 1981 Exhibition at the Talbot Rice Centre,
Edinburgh, Craftwork, 44 Nov/Dec