Norman McBeath is a photographer, printmaker and member of the Royal Scottish Academy. The National Portrait Galleries in London, Edinburgh and Canberra have over seventy of his portraits in their collections. Portraits held in the National Portrait Gallery, London can be seen here.

Equinox, opposite, is from the Nature turns exhibition currently showing at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. The exhibition marks the beginning of the Academy's 200th Anniversary.

"Winter can be seen as a season of contrasts, outwardly still and restrained yet quietly preparing for transformation. 'Nature turns' reflects this dual character, inviting contemplation of the beauty of the season."

CURRENT

CZECH REPUBLIC: Moravian Museum, Brno. Photographs from the Barbara Day collection of Czech President Václav Havel’s visit to Oxford University in 1998. The exhibition is called Sparks of Freedom: British Support of Brno Dissent Groups in the 1980s, organised by the Moravian Museum's Department of the History of Anti-Totalitarian Culture, 15th October 2025 - 19th April 2026.

EDINBURGH: Royal Scottish Academy, invited artist, Nature turns, Lower Galleries, The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL. 6th December 2025 - 18th January 2026.

EDINBURGH: Studies in Photography Gallery, Festive Show along with 18 other artists at 6 William Street, Edinburgh EH3 7NH. Wednesdays - Saturdays (12noon - 5pm), 15th November - 20th December 2025.

RECENT

FRANCE: University of Lille. The artists' book Exceptional Subjects (Collectors' Edition), a collaboration with Melissa McCarthy, exhibited at the international conference Quand la création s'empare de l'édition | When Creation Takes Over Publishing at the University of Lille, 12th - 14th November 2025.

DALKEITH PALACE: Perdendosi, a collaboration with Edmund de Waal, as part of PHOTO Dalkeith 2025, 30th August - 5th October 2025.

KIRKUDBRIGHT: Kirkudbright Galleries, Dumfries and Galloway. Scottish Landscape Awards. 5th July - 28th September 2025

AUSTRALIA: Home of the Arts, Gold Coast. Portrait of the poet Linton Kwesi Johnson on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, London. 'Writers Revealed', "Treasures from the British Library and National Portrait Gallery, London" 12th April - 3rd August 2025.

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