Awardees
Since 2002, the Dewar Arts Awards have funded over 1200 artists in a wide range of disciplines. Find out more about them here. You can also find a selection of Awardees’ work on our Showcase page.
If you are an Awardee who would like to update or make any changes to your profile, please get in touch with us at online@dewarawards.org.
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Brendan Norris
Brendan Norris is a double bass player who is passionate about pursuing an orchestral career while writing and arranging music for the double bass.
Alasdair Campbell
Alasdair Campbell is a Scottish violinist and fiddle player, who has been playing since early primary school.
Keavie Holliday
Keavie Holliday is a talented dancer who has performed internationally. She studies at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance.
Ciorstaidh Chaimbeul
Ciorstaidh Chaimbeul is a musician who is influenced by traditional Gaelic music as well as a passion for classical music.
Arouge Salim
Arouge Salim is a textile designer and researcher from Glasgow, currently based in New York.
Eve Pearson Maxwell
Scottish soprano Eve Pearson Maxwell is a Leverhulme Scholar at the Royal College of Music in London.
Kirsty Crawford
Kirsty Crawford is a talented writer from the Isle of Arran, who is currently working on her first novel.
Laura Penman
Laura is a clarsach player, pianist and composer, who has enjoyed playing traditional music from a young age.
Mary Lydon
Mary Lydon is a multidisciplinary artist from Ukraine, who currently lives in Glasgow. She is the art director and curator of Skarbnytsya.
Victor Dutor Davidson
Victor is a talented young musician who studies classical trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.
Aya Fetah
Aya studied Textile Design at Glasgow School of Art, before pursuing a Masters at Birmingham City University.
Tammy Dyson
Tammy is a multimedia artist and musician who performs as part of Saint Sappho. She is a recent graduate of the Glasgow School of Art.
Tessa Mackenzie
Tessa is a glassworker and illustrator based in Glasgow. She is interested in research-led projects, material focus in the built environment, and storytelling.
Shubbe Kabanda
A runner-up in Glasgow’s Scottish Young Musician Competition, classical guitarist Shubbe Kabanda has been involved in music from an early age.
Erin McQuarrie
Erin is a textile artist and researcher from Glasgow based in the Scottish Highlands.
Ryan Corbett
Born in Glasgow, Ryan Corbett is a classical accordionist who has been described as “one of Scotland’s most exciting young musicians” by The Scotsman.
Mollie-Mae Aiken
Mollie-Mae Aiken has has achieved success on the competitive Highland Dancing circuit.
Gina Wright
Gina is a talented young violist whose Award enabled her to join the Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Haneen Hadiy
Haneen is a talented visual artist, whose work explores her Scottish and Iraqi identity.
Kira Charleton
Kira Charleton is a soprano singer from Ayrshire, who possesses a fresh sounding voice and the ability to sing both classical music and music theatre.
Blise Orr
Blise’s practice looks at urbanism and interior architecture through the design of more sustainable and considered cities.
Layla Ballard
Layla is a talented cellist from Edinburgh who studies at Royal College of Music in London under the tuition of Melissa Phelps.
Alana Smith-Saville
Alana was the first person from Orkney to be accepted into the Dance School of Scotland.
Sam Marston
Sam is a talented tenor vocalist, who is currently studying for a Masters in Opera Studies.
Rylan Gleave
Rylan is a Leith-based composer and vocalist who has been described as ‘one of the brightest lights in Scotland’s new music.’
Caitlin Forbes
Caitlin is a dedicated musical theatre performer, with ambitions to take her skills to the highest level.
Sarah McCormack
Sarah is an idiosyncratic fashion designer, who uses experimental techniques to pair the old and the new.
Rachel Neil
Rachel is an award-winning brass player who has worked as a tutor and soloist with bands across Europe.
Craig Manson
Craig creates performance art using comedy and improvisation, and aims to develop audiences from working class backgrounds.
Taylor Hall
Taylor is a talented actor from Glasgow, who received support from the Dewar Awards to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Ceri-Ann Townsend
Ceri-Ann is a multi-instrumentalist, who gained a place to study at the Junior Conservatoire before applying for a BA at the RCS.
Harris Beattie
Harris Beattie is a truly exceptional dancer and choreographer from Aberdeen, who played the role of ‘Billy Elliot’ in London’s West End.
Rhianne Goldie
Rhianne is a textile designer who creates innovative, body-adorning textiles that raise awareness of ocean waste.
Timothy Edmundson
Timothy is a British baritone who is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and a Master of Music.
Mari-Anne Green
Mari-Anne is a jazz vocalist, songwriter and composer from Glasgow, who was selected to perform her original music at the Royal Albert Hall.
Tiger Mitchell
Growing up in St. Andrews in a Scottish/Thai household, Tiger is passionate about physical theatre, voiceover and music.
Lea Shaw
Lea is an award-winning Mezzo-soprano from the Rocky Mountains of Denver, Colorado, who came to Scotland to study at the RCS.
Rosie Dignan
Rosie is a passionate and talented musical theatre performer from Dundee, whose Award supported her studies at Laine Theatre Arts.
Ellie Jack
Ellie is a determined and talented young actor whose Award enabled her to study at The Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol.
Charlie Duncan
A talented actor and theatre-maker, Charlie has impressed the Scottish arts community with fresh and detailed performances.
Anton Ferrie
A talented and creative writer with a background in acting, Anton works across multiple mediums to tell his stories.
James Lyon
With a love of teaching and travel, James is an actor with big ambitions to explore the social & cultural benefits of acting.
Edward Howat
A talented prop-maker and sculptor, Edward has worked on TV shows and received numerous commissions.
Georgina MacDonell Finlayson
Georgina is a violinist, composer, sound artist, and community arts practitioner from the North East of Scotland.
Sonya Smullen
Hailing from Glasgow, Sonya Smullen is a well-rounded practitioner in film & theatre set design with a background in music.
Ryan MacKenzie
Growing up around the folk music scene of Strathspey, Ryan is an accomplished pianist with many credits to his name.
Myrna Tennant
A versatile vocalist, Myrna studied on the Artist Masters programme at the Guildhall School of Music, thanks to her Dewar Arts Award.