June Carey RSW RGI SWA SSA PAI was born in 1942 in Bannockburn. She studied at Glasgow School of Art in 1959 and Edinburgh College of Art in 1981. Her imagination, combined with her fastidious skill have resulted in her receiving numerous awards for her work, including Scottish Arts Council Awards, Glasgow district Council Residency in Quebec Award, Anne Redpath Award, Hope Scott Trust Award, BP Award (travel) European City of Culture Woman 2000 Award, British Council Travel Award, Sennelier Award, Bruce Finnie Award, Connell Award, Dundee District Council Award, Forth Valley and Creative Scotland Award; Creative Scotland Award, Angus Council Award, Scottish Arts Club Award, McDonald Orr Ltd Award.
Since 1989, June has had 20 solo exhibitions, which include invitations from Linlithgow Burgh Halls, Stirling Smiths Art Gallery and Museum and The Meffan Museum and Art Gallery. In 2021 June was invited by The Folio Society in London, to create a set of drawings to illustrate the Limited Edition book ’Rob Roy’ by Sir Walter Scott, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.