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Visual Arts Scotland is now a leading platform for national and international contemporary fine and applied artists. Originally an organisation for women artists, the society since the 1980s has championed craft makers, designers and applied arts practitioners, as well as contemporary fine art practice.
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Visual Arts Scotland visit degree shows around Scotland every summer. We look for emerging artists and designers whose work best exemplifies the fresh and dynamic approach to contemporary applied and fine arts which Visual Arts Scotland seeks to...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Roisin Gallagher - Finalist
Roisin Gallagher
Contemporary Art Practice MFA
Edinburgh College of Art
The University of Edinburgh
"It is ma aim ae git fowk mair comfortable an acquainted wi Scots an through ma airt practice ah address the toat self-hatred weh huv...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Jamie Watt - Finalist
Jamie Watt
Contemporary Art Practice MFA
Edinburgh College of Art
The University of Edinburgh
Drawing on a darkly comedic and democratic ethos my multidisciplinary practice is an investigation into the distortion of historic truth through myth and...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Daphne Jiyeon Jang - Finalist
Daphne Jiyeon Jang
Contemporary Art Practice MFA
Edinburgh College of Art
The University of Edinburgh
In her large-scale video installations, new media artist Daphne Jiyeon Jang uses 3D animation, video projection and spatial mapping, to bring...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Sam Harley - Finalist
Sam Harley
Drawing and Painting
Glasgow School of Art
Sam M Harley lives and works in Glasgow. She will return to The Glasgow School of Art to study for a MLitt in Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art).
In 2018 she studied at Nova Scotia College...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Molly Kent - Finalist
Molly Kent
MA Fine Art
Edinburgh College of Art
The University of Edinburgh
My practice engages fibre and installation art. Through ‘rug tufting’, my work represents doubt in the digital age. Utilising glitch art’s...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Yitong Zhang - Finalist
Yitong Zhang
Silversmithing and Jewellery Design
Glasgow School of Art
These works investigate people’s relationships with everyday objects, stimulated by people’s subconscious way of using them, and questions from functional...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Ellen Martin - Finalist
Ellen Martin
Textiles
Glasgow School of Art
Ellen Martin is a designer specialising in printed and dyed textiles. With a focus on hand-drawn design and repeat pattern, her work has been greatly influenced by a term spent living and studying in Kyoto,...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Robert McCormack - Shortlisted Graduate
Robert McCormack
Drawing and Painting
Glasgow School of Art
EAT YOUR TOP MARKS
Drawings mark a point in an entropic looping process. Drawing tools are made from dog paws
cast in charcoal. Erasers are made from cast rubber tongues. The tools draw...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Kinga Elliott- Shortlisted Graduate
Kinga Elliott
Drawing and Paining
Gray's School of Art
Robert Gordon University
The paintings of RSA John Kinross scholar Kinga Elliott explore manifestations of light, colour, dynamism, balance and interconnectedness. The focal point of her...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Nicola Stead - Shortlisted Graduate
Nicola Stead
Photography
City of Glasgow College
The struggles and achievements of Glasgow women are highlighted within this project, offering a celebration of their lives. Forging links between Glasgow women’s history and women in the...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Catherine Eckersall - Shortlisted Graduate
Catherine Eckersall
Drawing and Painting
Gray's School of Art
Robert Gordon University
Through the lens of Celtic folklore, I seek to depict the unseen landscape: human interpretations of natural surroundings comprised of folklore,...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Shilei Fan - Shortlisted Graduate
Shilei Fan
MFA
Contemporary Art Practice
Glasgow School of Art
Within a wide range of the exploration of art, Shilie's artworks include installation art, video, oil painting and more. His distinctive personal style emanates ...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Lauren Patchett - Shortlisted Graduate
Lauren Patchett
Textile Design, specialising in knit
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD)
University of Dundee
“Whatever you say, say nothing" (Seamus Heaney).
Men’s mental health is a growing issue in...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Hayley Irving - Shortlisted Graduate
Hayley Irving
Jewellery and metal design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD)
University of Dundee
My work is inspired by growing up in Possilpark, one of Scotland’s most deprived areas, along with living in a...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Holly Evelyn Smith - Shortlisted Graduate
Holly Evelyn Smith
Sculpture/ Environmental Art
Glasgow School of Art
"Holly Evelyn Smith is an environmental artist creating work for outside spaces. The projects she makes confront the public with information, rather than labelling it as...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Sarah Vallance - Shortlisted Graduate
Sarah Vallance
Sculpture and Environmental Art
Glasgow School of Art
My practice follows personal encounters with natural landscapes, and addresses the archiving of found terrestrial form. I frequently make work connected to the seaside town I...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Benjamin Hall - Shortlisted Graduate
Benjamin Hall
Painting and Printmaking
Glasgow School of Art
I am a Glasgow-based artist, filmmaker, animator, creative computer and write. I frame my practice as contra-content creation, falling on a spectrum between passive complicity and...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Danielle Macleod - Shortlisted Graduate
Danielle Macleod
Photography
Glasgow School of Art
Danielle Macleod is a photographer from the Outer Hebrides. Her work depicts the oral traditions of the Gaidhealteachd where stories are passed down generationally, growing a new magical detail...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Sarah Murdoch - Shortlisted Graduate
Sarah Murdoch
Silversmithing and Jewellery Design
Glasgow School of Art
Objectification can be defined as seeing and/or treating a person, usually a woman, as an object. Exploration of the female form was the starting point of this research,...
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VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND | GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2020
Michelle Currie - Shortlisted Graduate
Michelle Currie
Silversmithing and Jewellery Design
Glasgow School of Art
Ever captivated by the unseen forces that govern and shape our universe, this collection is determined by an exploration and celebration of the interconnected realms of science...
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Featured Update
THE EMERGENCY ART WORKERS SUPPORT FUND
In light of recent events, it was clear we needed to come together collectively in solidarity to help our creative community and support freelance creative practitioners at this difficult time. In response to the uncertainty and loss of work caused by the coronavirus...
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FRIDAY FORUM
Visual Arts Scotland spent the Spring and Summer of 2020 collaborating with Creative Informatics to create Friday Forum, a series of free online events showcasing a range of folks in the creative industries. Featuring studio tours, talks, demos, performances and...
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Featured Update
BID - 24 hour Auction
UPDATE
B!D raised over £20,000 to go to towards the next round of EAWSF!!!
With huge thanks to our supporters, donators, donating artists, our bidders, John Ayscough and all of our Council members who worked long hours to make this...
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Meet the VAS Council
Meet Visual Arts Scotland's council members for 2020/21!
Our council work on a voluntary basis throughout the year, meeting every six weeks to keep the society running. As working artists and makers wth commitments and jobs, they devote spare...
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Featured Update
CREATIVE EDINBURGH AWARD SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED - 2020 AWARD
For all the strangeness and difficulty of recent times, we were very excited to share some cheer with you all: Visual Arts Scotland were shortlisted for The Creative Edinburgh 2020 Award:
“Because it’s been a year! This is for those who have pivoted,...
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Featured Update
Hardship Funds for Visual Artists NOW OPEN
Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) are proud to announce a partnership with Creative Scotland to help deliver part of the £5m Creative Freelance Hardship Funding designated by the Scottish Government earlier this year. At this unprecedented time, Visual Arts Scotland...
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Featured Update
VAS | Bothy Project - Members' Residency Open Call
Visual Arts Scotland is delighted to announce forthcoming partnership with Bothy Project which will offer a VAS member the opportunity to spend a week long residency at Sweeney’s Bothy, Isle of Eigg.
Bothy Project is a network of small-scale, off-grid creative...
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Featured Update
F L O W - Members' Winter Exhibition Open 1st December 2020
Visual Arts Scotland is delighted to present FLOW, our first Members’ winter show, running online throughout December 2020 and January 2021.
In place of our usual annual show, sadly cancelled due to the pandemic, we wanted to bring our members'...
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Featured Update
OPEN CALL FOR MAKERS - ADAPT / ADJUST
Visual Arts Scotland
ADJUST / ADAPT
In partnership with the Scottish Furniture Makers Association
Visual Arts Scotland invite submissions from makers and applied artists to be part of ADJUST / ADAPT in partnership with the SFMA. The exhibition will be held in the...
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OPEN CALL - Without Boundaries - Residency Opportunity
WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
Introducing a new residency partnership with Marchmont House
Visual Arts Scotland and Marchmont House are proud to partner to deliver a fully funded week at sea from 11th-17th April 2021 for two artists to explore the islands and wild...
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2020 - Before & Ahead
VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND - 2020 RECAP
Dear reader,
I shall not focus about the year of trials for we have all lived it and felt it and live and feel it still. What I will highlight is the golden moments of hope that have sprung from this year of years. And what...
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2020 - Before & Ahead
Dec 23rd 2020
VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND - 2020 RECAP
Dear reader,
I shall not focus about the year of trials for we have all lived it and felt it and live and feel it still. What I will highlight is the golden moments of hope that have sprung from this year of years. And...
RT @aandbscotland: 📢Are you recharged & ready for 2021?📢 We've lots of professional development opportunities, specifically designed to ad…
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Visual Arts Scotland is committed as a society to supporting and exhibiting a diverse range of contemporary Scottish art, in a wide variety of media.
