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: 4 stories with Jacqui Higgs, Nicky Sanderson and Nicky Becket, Coburg House Studios October 2023

Hidden Door festival May-June Edinburgh

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

Glacial Narratives: Cracks in the Ice. with Adam Sebire, Elizabeth Bourne, Mettje Hunneman, Martin Disley, Andra Black, Peter Nienow. Custom House Gallery, Leith, Edinburgh. April 2023 (for Edinburgh Science Festival). funded by Creative Scotland Open Fund, Scottish Historic Buildings Trust, Edinburgh University School of Geosciences and Tinderbox.

• selected for Edinburgh Printmakers Members” exhibition Kinship, December 2022
• selected for Upright Gallery Artists’ Book exhibition, December 2022
• 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