Becs Boyd
- Work
- Biography
Becs Boyd uses painting and sculpture to create installations that challenge narratives of control and anthropocentrism in an unpredictable, largely non-human world. Often motivated by a specific experience or event, she uses natural and man-made materials to interrogate our tangled relationships with the environment, from the lived experience of time and daily rituals to climate change. Her work as an ecologist fuels her interest in the way physical experience places us within a universe of other life-forms and time-frames. The resulting work explores vulnerability and resilience, separation and connection, and the creative energy of what is unknown and unresolved.
Education
2020: Moray School of Art UHI – BA Fine Art (First Class Hons)
2011-2012: Bridgehouse Art Ullapool – Portfolio Course
Exhibitions
6 July - 28 September 2024
Society of Scottish Artists, Ulaidhean/Treasures, Gairloch Museum
28 February - 9 March 2024
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
17 February - 15 March 2024
Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
19 November 2023 - 14 January 2024
Society of Scottish Artists 125th Annual Exhibition, the MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr
18 November 2023 - 2 March 2024
Borrowed Land - Reinventing the Scottish Landscape, Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly
1 - 11 November 2023
The Natural Eye, The Society of Wildlife Artists, The Mall Galleries, London
November 2023
Connect & Grow: Society of Scottish Artists Mentorship Showcase, CASS Art, Glasgow
August 2023 - July 2024
13 Stone Miles: Residency and Workshops on the Art and Ecology of the North Ronaldsay Sheep Dyke
May 2023
Work included on cover of Northwords Now magazine of contemporary Scottish writing, Issue 44 https://www.northwordsnow.co.uk/
March 2023
Commission for The Marian Anderson, London
3 - 16 February 2023
Solo show Northlight Windows Gallery, Stromness
2 - 21 December 2022
Visual Art Scotland: NORTH, the first exhibition of VAS Compass exhibition programme; a series of exhibitions connecting the North, South, East and West of Scotland
14-22 October 2022
Royal National Mod Art Exhibition, City Contemporary Art Gallery, Perth. Work submitted for The Highland Art Prize 2022
17 September – 14 October 2022
An Talla Solais Members Exhibition, An Talla Solais Gallery, Ullapool
29 March - 2 April 2022
Installation 'Do My Fences Keep Me Safe?' at #Terrafabulations with artists Isabel McLeish, Fiona Percy, Rosie Newman, Inverness Creatove Academy CiRCUS Artspace
2020: Moray School of Art UHI – BA Fine Art (First Class Hons)
2011-2012: Bridgehouse Art Ullapool – Portfolio Course
Exhibitions
6 July - 28 September 2024
Society of Scottish Artists, Ulaidhean/Treasures, Gairloch Museum
28 February - 9 March 2024
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
17 February - 15 March 2024
Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
19 November 2023 - 14 January 2024
Society of Scottish Artists 125th Annual Exhibition, the MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr
18 November 2023 - 2 March 2024
Borrowed Land - Reinventing the Scottish Landscape, Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly
1 - 11 November 2023
The Natural Eye, The Society of Wildlife Artists, The Mall Galleries, London
November 2023
Connect & Grow: Society of Scottish Artists Mentorship Showcase, CASS Art, Glasgow
August 2023 - July 2024
13 Stone Miles: Residency and Workshops on the Art and Ecology of the North Ronaldsay Sheep Dyke
May 2023
Work included on cover of Northwords Now magazine of contemporary Scottish writing, Issue 44 https://www.northwordsnow.co.uk/
March 2023
Commission for The Marian Anderson, London
3 - 16 February 2023
Solo show Northlight Windows Gallery, Stromness
2 - 21 December 2022
Visual Art Scotland: NORTH, the first exhibition of VAS Compass exhibition programme; a series of exhibitions connecting the North, South, East and West of Scotland
14-22 October 2022
Royal National Mod Art Exhibition, City Contemporary Art Gallery, Perth. Work submitted for The Highland Art Prize 2022
17 September – 14 October 2022
An Talla Solais Members Exhibition, An Talla Solais Gallery, Ullapool
29 March - 2 April 2022
Installation 'Do My Fences Keep Me Safe?' at #Terrafabulations with artists Isabel McLeish, Fiona Percy, Rosie Newman, Inverness Creatove Academy CiRCUS Artspace
Collections
- 2024
- Becs Boyd
- What is My Culture?
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