Artist

I find inspiration for my art in landscape. I enjoy the landscape of mountains, where geological time manifests itself through gigantic landforms; the landscape of the edge, where land meets water; the icy landscapes of the North, where ice presents itself as a mysterious and ever changing material with links to the past, present and future histories of our planet; and the landscape of memory, an intangible, elusive, yet powerful melting pot of images and ideas.

But it is the impermanence of these landscapes which is of paramount interest – rocks which seem solid are constantly engaged in a process of reformation. The relatively insignificant human marks – the rust, the cracks, the scratched graffiti, the distressed surfaces and the torn edges – also contribute to the layered interplay and re-invention. This is the natural cycle of growth, decay and re-birth.

Exhibitions and residencies

pending:

selected for Arctic Circle alumni residency Svalbard and Arctic ice sheet. August 2024

group show: Layering the Landscape (working title) Custom Lane, Leith , Edinburgh. July 2023

residency with Arctic Culture lab, Illulisat, Greenland. June 2023 – confirmed

further exhibition of Glacial Narratives – a report from the Arctic. Custom House, Leith, Edinburgh. April 2023 (pending funding decisions)

• Porty Art Walk open house, September 2022
• selected for Nature Works Upright Gallery artists’ book show December 2021

• selected for Edinburgh Printmakers members’ exhibition December 2021
• Glacial Narratives : a report from the Arctic. with artists Elizabeth Bourne, Adam Sebire and Martin Disley. Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust, North Uist. October 2021 – January 2022 (funded by Creative Scotland Open Fund and Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust)
• Fragile Futures: with Jude Nixon, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh. November 2021`
• Porty Art Walk open house, September 2021
• Points of Departure, Solo show, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh. April/May 2021 (virtual and in real time – covid dependent)
• selected for Upright Gallery artists’ book show December 2020
• Galleri Svalbard residency, Longyearbyen, Svalbard. February/March 2020
• Spoondrift – pop-up gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, with Jacqui Higgs and Jude Nixon, December 2019
• selected for RSA open annual show, RSA galleries, Mound, Edinburgh November 2019
• awarded Roy Wood prize for excellence in print-making, RSA open, November 2019
• Time Spent with Trees selected for SSA professional members’ exhibition , Meffan gallery, Forfar. October 2019
• Glacial Narratives – Extinction rebellion exhibition, Summerhall, August 2019
• awarded Luminate bursary for research travel to Svalbard, April 2019
• SSA annual exhibition, RSA galleries, the Mound , Edinburgh. December 2018
• awarded professional membership of Scottish Society of Artists. November 2018
• selected for Arctic Circle residency to Svalbard, October 2018
• Stillpoint 2 with Jacqui Higgs, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, May 2018
• Convento Mertola residency, Portugal. March 2018
• creation of the Ice Collective to exhibit projected material onto ice ( with artists Mirja Koponen and Michael Wolchover)
• part of ProjectSummerhall – exhibition of residents and open studios Summerhall, Edinburgh February – March 2018
• artist in residence St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh January 2018
• Stillpoint – with Jacqui Higgs. Gallery 2, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh. October 2017
• Lines of Enquiry – with Mesh Artists’ Collective, Maclaurin gallery, Ayr. July/August 2017

• Responses to Iceland – visual artists respond to the landscapes of Iceland – the Factory, Djupavik, Western Fjords. June/July 2017
• Light Land Latitude – with visual artists Sandi Anderson and Thorunn Bara – Summerhall, Edinburgh, May/June 2017
• NES artist residency – Skagastrond, Iceland. June/July/August 2016
• Outskirts – (group show), Gallery 1, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh. May 2016
• Journey – solo exhibition, Whitespace Gallery. February 2016.
• Arteles Creative Centre – artist residency, Hymeenkyro, Finland. July/August 2015
• Biennale de l’Estampe – Espace Culturel du Four Pontet, Magne, France. May 2015
• Earthworks – Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh. April 2015 (group show)
• Rhythms – Patriothall Gallery Edinburgh. March 2015 (group show)
• VAS:T – Visual Art Scotland annual show RSA Galleries, Edinburgh. February 2015
• RSW annual exhibition – RSA galleries, the Mound, Edinburgh. January 2015
• 20-20 print exchange – Edinburgh Printmakers’ workshop. Winter 2014
• Gallery Heinzel – Aberdeen, Winter show. December 2014
• Galerie 1940 – Edinburgh winter exhibition. December 2014
• Society of Scottish Artists’ annual show – RSA galleries, the Mound, Edinburgh. December 2014
• Black Cube Collective print exchange and exhibition – Whitespace, Edinburgh. November 2014
• Cirriform – a collaboration of artists-in-residence, Olafsfjordur, Iceland. August 2014
• Trollaskaga Art Exhibition – at Listhus Residency, Olafsfjordur, Iceland. July 2014
• Listhus artist residency – Olafsfjordur. Iceland, July 2015
• An Talla Solais – members’ summer show, Ullapool. July – August 2014
• Surface Memory – with Mesh collective, Peebles Museum and Art Gallery. December 2013
• Landworks – with Annie Peel, Gallery 1, Arts Complex, Edinburgh. November 2013
• This Land – a travelling gallery exhibition – sketch books in complementary programme
• Black Cube Collective show – Old Ambulance Depot. Autumn 2013
• Edinburgh College of Art degree show – June 2013
• Combin(ed) – group show, Embo cafe, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Autumn 2012
• Solo show – Embo cafe, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. October 2012
• Print(ed) – group exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art. March 2012
• Combin(ed) Textiles – group exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art. 2011
• Response to Tanera Mor group show – McNaughton’s Bookshop, Edinburgh. 2010
• Annual part-time combined study exhibitions – Edinburgh College of Art. 2005 – 2012
• “Mixing Fibres” – group exhibition, WASPS Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh. 2009
• “Mixing Fibres” – group exhibition, WASPS Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh. 2007
• Churchill travelling scholarship to Cuba to study the use of papier mache in a Cuban community context 2001.
• Production of major photographic exhibition and book (Yet We Survive) undertaken with the Carib (now Kalinago) people of Dominica, Eastern Caribbean. (Published by Papillotte press.)
• Earth Nocturnes – Scottish Arts Council award for travelling light sculpture
• The Image Machine – Scottish Arts Council award for light projection performance piece