Ken Currie Study (Cream), 2022

Scottish artist Ken Currie (b. 1960) studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1978 to 1983 and rose to prominence within a generation of painters known as The New Glasgow Boys in the 1980s. Currie is renowned for his unsettling portrayal of the human figure, with major works, including The Three Oncologists (2002), Unknown Man (2019), and Peter Higgs (2009) on permanent display in Public Collections. Currie's suggestive paintings depict mysterious rites, rituals, and quasi-medical practices, offering a meditation on humanity and mortality in its many guises. 

Solo exhibitions include Story from Glasgow, Kevingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, 1990; New Works, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 2013; and An Turas: The Crossing, An Lanntair, Stornoway, 2025.