Ron O‘Donnell wird 1952 in der schottischen Stadt Stirling geboren. Er studiert Fotografie an der Napier Hochschule in Edinburgh und wird anschließend von der Universitätsabteilung Hoch- und Tiefbau als Fotograf angestellt. Seit 1984 setzt Ron O'Donnel extra etwas in Szene, um es zu fotografieren. Erst zwei Jahre vorher war er von der Schwarz-weiss Fotografie zur Farbe übergegangen, um seine Arbeiten individueller und zugänglicher zu machen. Seine ersten Arbeiten dazu haben den Zustand der Fauna des Waldes zum Thema und erweitern so sein erzählerisches und bildnerisches Potential.

Ausgewählte Einzelausstellungen

2014 All the worlds a stage, King’s Theatre Edinburgh.
Frames: Projecting International Photography, Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA).
2013 A Silvered Light, Scottish Art Photography McManus Art Gallery Dundee.
2012 Romantic Camera - Scottish Photography & the Modern World. Scottish National Portrait Gallery
2010 Invited Artist Royal Scottish Academy Summer Show
2009 The Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery Las Vagas USA
2008 The Scottish Show University of Las Vagas USA
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Scotland
2007 Digital VD, Edinburgh College of Art
Sculpture Court, Crane Arts The Ice Box Philadelphia
Gallery Weissraum, Kyoto, Japan
Groenhazengracht, Gallery Liden, Netherlands
Work from the Collection, Museo De Art Contemporanea De Vigo Spain
2006 Taigh Chearssabhagh Museums & Art Centre North Uist.
Kelvingrove Museum and Art gallery
2005 Op & Pop 108 Fine Arts Harrogate.
2004 The Big Draw National Galleries of Scotland.
Day of the dead National Galleries Education Dept.
2003 Still Life is Alive and Kicking, Barbican Arts Centre London.
2002 Scottish gallery Photo Works.
A tribute to Edwin Morgan Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh.
2001 Scottish Photography, Art kiosk, Brussels, Belgium.
Photographic Art in Scotland Museo de Arte Trento.
2000 National Museums Scotland “Day of the Dead Installation” Centro De La Imagen Mexico City, “Day of the Dead”
Travel to Mexico City, for the National Museums of Scotland Collecting artefacts From Dayas de Mertos
Scottish Gallery, Art in Scotland.
1999 The Mus’ee National d’art Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou.
Leverhume Scholarship Award To study the Day of the Dead in Mexico.
1998 Flesh and Fell, Art Kiosk, Brussels, Belgium.
Scottish Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Fictions Intimes, Miro Foundation, Barcelona.
1997 De Composition, Museum Sztuki Lodz, Poland.
Museo d’ Arte Moderna di Trento, Italy.
The Vigorous Imagination 10 years on, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
Neue Gesellschaft, Kunst, Berlin, Germany.
1996 Centro de EstudosFotograficos, Vego Spain.
Braga Portugal.
Endangered Spaces, Christies, London.
1995 The Last Most Recent Thing That Happened. Touring
Harewood House. Bradford.
The National Museum Of Photography film and Television, Bradford
Houston Photofest, Texas USA.
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City. Exhibition and Installation.
Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Scottish Academy, Light from the Darkroom.
De Composition, Kingston, Jamaica. Exhibition and Installation.
1994 The Bigger Picture, McLennan Gallery, Glasgow.
Revisions, Scottish Photography, Munich.
1993 I.D. International, Edinburgh.
Billboard Art BBC London.
Northern Centre of Contemporary Art, Touring.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery,.Edinburgh. Photographs from the Collection.
Art on the Underground, Photographers Gallery, London.
1992 Addressing the Forbidden. Brighton, Edinburgh.
Fotografie Biennale, Rotterdam.
De Composition, Madrid Spain.
II International, Foto Triennial, Esslingen, Germany.
Centre George Pompidou. Paris.
1991 Northern Centre of Contemporary Art, Sunderland Exhibition and Installation.
Out of Order, McLennan Gallery, Glasgow.
De Composition, Constructed Photography in Britain. Touring.
Kunst Europa, Frankfurt, Germany.
Centro Insular de Cultura, Las Palmas, “Otro Colour”.
Images en Miettes, Centre Georges Pompidou, Museum National D’ Art Modern, Paris.
1990 Camera Art in Scotland, Houston Photofest, Houston Texas.
The Great British Art Show, McLennan Galleries Glasgow.
The New North, Tramway, Glasgow.
The New North, Tate Gallery, Liverpool.
5000 Years of Scottish Art and Design, McLennan Galleries, Glasgow. Installation.
California State University ,Los Angeles. Exhibition and Installation
1989 Raab Gallery, Berlin
Betzalel, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Scottish Art since 1900, National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh,
Lucas Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
Anima Mundi, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. Exhibition and Installation. Montreal.
Through the looking glass, Barbican Centre, London.
L’Invention D’un Art,Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, Photo Sculpture.
Museum Nardowe, Cracow, Poland.
1988 Impressions Gallery, York.
Olympus Gallery, Amsterdam.
The British Council, Barcelona.
The Rampant Scots, Art Space, San Francisco.
1987 True Stories and Photofictions, The Fotogallery, Cardiff.
The Vigorous Imagination, Scottish Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
Photography in the 1980s, British Council, Touring Exhibition.
Mysterious Coincidences, Photographers Gallery, London.
Cross References Sculpture into Photography, Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis Exhibition and Installation.
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington DC.
Sanders Gallery, New York.
1986 Masters of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1985 Image and Exploration, The Photographers Gallery, London.
British Council, Touring Exhibition.
Constructed Narratives, The Photographers Gallery, London.
1984 City Arts Centre, Aberdeen.
Make them Laugh, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
1983 Contemporary Camera, Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
1982 Seven Photographers in Scotland, Stills Gallery Edinburgh.