At the age of sixteen she exhibited work at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts (The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts from the age of 19, and the Royal Academy from 20 [REF].
Reid's painting Fieldworkers, 1883 (Fleming-Wyfold Foundation) was included in the Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors 1885-1965 exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2016.