Researching Calum Colvin
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Calum Colvin and the Colvin Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Calum Colvin
Calum Colvin
Calum Colvin (born Glasgow, 1961) is a Scottish artist whose work combines photography, painting, and installation, and often deals with issues of Scottish identity and culture and with the history of art. He has had solo exhibitions at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and Royal Scottish Academy and has a number of works in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, Tate Galleries, and the British Council. He is also Professor of Fine Art Photography and Programme Director, Art & Media at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, part of the University of Dundee.
Source: Calum Colvin, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Colvin
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