Alfons Bytautas,
ARSA, DA (Edin)

Art Education:
1972 - 1976   Edinburgh College of Art - Diploma in Drawing and Painting
1976 - 1977 Post-Diploma (with Distinction) - Drawing and Painting
1983 Atelier 17, Paris (with S.W. Hayter)
 
Biography:  
1978   Lecturer in Printmaking, Edinburgh College of Art
1978 - 1979   Assistant to Town Artist, Livingston, Scotland
1979   Printmaking Assistant, Edinburgh Printmakers
1986 Printmaker-in-Residence, Soulisquoy Printmakers, Kirkwall, Orkney 
1992 Artist-in-Residence, Les Rencontres Internationales de l'Aquarelle, Hirston, Thièrache, France
1994 Elected Associate Member of the Royal Scottish Academy
1995 - 1996 L'Hérault, South of France. 3 months leave of absence to produce artwork for exhibition.
1998 Invited Artist, Iwate Art Festival, Japan
 
Artwork in the Collections of:
H.M The Queen
Edinburgh College of Art
Leeds City Art Gallery
"Paintings in Hospitals", London and Edinburgh
Newbattle Abbey S.R.C.
Scottish Arts Council
Arts in Fife
Central Library, Edinburgh
Tayside Regional Council
Moray District Council
Ettrick & Lauderdale District Council
Central Library, Aberdeen
Municipal Collection, Hirson, Thièrache, France
Borders General Hospital
National Library of Scotland
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Standard Life Insurance
Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Museum
   
Publications:  
1988   "Inchcolm" (Limited Edition Folio), Bonfire Editions, Edinburgh
1990   "Twenty of the Best - A Galliard Anthology of Contemporary Scottish Verse" (Illustrations),
Galliard, Edinburgh
1991 "A Song for Yarrow", Verse by Walter Elliot with drawings by Alfons Bytautas 
1996 "Human Circus", Etchings by Robert Shaw. Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Pier Arts
 Centre, Orkney. Catalogue essay.
 

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