MACLEAN, Iain

1949 - ?

Iain Maclean was born in former named Kabwe in Zambia in 1949, to a Scottish father and Polish mother. After living for a time in Zimbabwe, he returned to Zambia where he lived until 1969 when he moved to England. Iain's attitude to art can be traced back to an incident when, aged 13 and living in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, he discovered some prehistoric cave paintings in a mysterious place called the Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe. In England he studied at Goldsmiths College and St Martin's School of Art in London, working evenings backstage at London theatres to pay his way through college but eventually lack of funds caused him to discontinue his studies. Iain then joined the advertising industry and became an advertising copywriter and then, creative director at several leading London advertising agencies, winning over some forty creative awards. In 2006-2007, he returned to art school, this time at Byam Shaw School of Art, Central St Martins. In 2016 he retired to concentrate on his art. An associate member of Suffolk Open Studios from Rickinghall, Suffolk.

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