Elizabeth Ogilvie facts for kids

Elizabeth Ogilvie (born in 1946) is a Scottish artist. She is famous for her art that looks at the impact of climate change on our planet. Her artworks are kept in many public and private places, and she shows them all over the world. Many people think Elizabeth Ogilvie is one of the most important Scottish artists of her time.

About Elizabeth Ogilvie

Elizabeth Ogilvie was born near Montrose, Angus in Scotland. She grew up close to the beautiful Cairngorms mountains. From 1964 to 1969, she studied art at Edinburgh College of Art. There, she learned how to create sculptures.

At first, Elizabeth mostly made sculptures. But over time, she started to focus more on drawing on paper. In the 2000s, she traveled to Greenland to do research. She worked with scientists and met the local Inuit people. This amazing trip led to a project called Out of Ice. More recently, her art uses many different things like water, music, light, buildings, and videos.

Elizabeth Ogilvie has also taught at the University of Edinburgh. She is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow there, which means she helps with important research. She has turned an old movie theater in Kinghorn into her home and art studio. From this special place, she helps new artists through her cultural trust, called Lateral Lab.

In August 2018, a book about her Out of Ice project was published.

Awards and Special Art Projects

Elizabeth Ogilvie has received many awards and has been asked to create special artworks. Here are some of them:

• She created an art installation called 'Liquid Room'. She received a Creative Scotland Award from the Scottish Arts Council to help her make it.
• In 2015, she was honored by the Saltire Society. They gave her the Outstanding Women of Scotland Award.
• The Forth Valley Royal Hospital asked Elizabeth to make two digital artworks. These were called 'Cloud Gate'. She got help from Artlink Central and the Baring Foundation for this project in 2018.
• In 2018, Elizabeth won an international art competition. This competition was held by Culture Perth and Kinross. She worked with another Scottish artist, Rob Page, on the winning idea. Their artwork, called Meander, is the biggest public art project in the city. It was shown for the first time in November 2019.

Art Shows

Elizabeth Ogilvie's art has been shown in many places. Here are some of her past exhibitions:

• Summer Show 2, Serpentine Gallery, London, 1981
• A Poetics of Water, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London, 1999
• Liquid Room, Kirkcaldy, 2001
• Bodies of Water, Dundee Contemporary Arts, 2005-2006
• Elizabeth Ogilvie: Out of Ice, Ambika P3, London, 2014
• Out of Ice - The Secret Language of Ice, CASO Gallery, Osaka, 2014
• The Artist and the Sea, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 2015-2016

Artworks in Collections

Many of Elizabeth Ogilvie's artworks are kept in public art collections. This means they are owned by museums or galleries for everyone to see. Here are some examples: