Dame Barbara Rae CBE, RA, RSA, RE, FRWS, RGI FRCA, FRSE, HFRIAS studied at Edinburgh College of Art, going on to have a teaching career in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow. Solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally have been a regular feature of Rae’s output. Her work features in private collections in Britain, Europe, India and the USA, as well as public and corporate collections. She was elected a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1992; a Royal Academician in 1996; a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland in 1995 and a Member of the Board of the British School at Rome in 1998. In 1999 Rae received an Honorary Doctorate from Napier University in Edinburgh, and was also appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE). Rae was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours, for her services to art.