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Brandon

I am a visual artist based on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands, working across painting, collage, photography, books, and interventions. My practice responds to the landscapes, architecture, spaces, and places I inhabit and explore, drawing upon my deep connection to the environment. Recent work focuses on the concept of the ‘constructed landscape,’ exploring how human intervention shapes and reshapes natural spaces. Since relocating from the city to the Scottish Highlands in 2015, my work has become more attuned to the rhythms of the landscape. My creative process is now intertwined with the changing seasons and the ever-shifting environment. The varying energies of spring, summer, autumn, and winter shape my work, and I aim to reflect this cyclical nature in my practice. This approach also aligns with my awareness of the ongoing climate and ecological crisis, prompting me to consider how my art can engage with these urgent global issues. As a regenerative gardener, I explore connections between permaculture, site-specificity, and constructed landscapes. Both my gardening and artistic practices are rooted in observation, pattern recognition, and the mapping of natural cycles—weather patterns, seasonal changes, and landscape transformations. Through my art, I invite viewers to consider the landscapes we inhabit—not only as physical spaces but as constructs shaped by human hands.

Disciplines: Painting

Location: Muir of Ord

Materials: Acrylic, Assemblage, Paper, Pen & Ink, Pencil, Photomontage, Screenprinting, Watercolour
I am a visual artist based on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands, working across painting, collage, photography, books, and interventions. My practice responds to the landscapes, architecture, spaces, and places I inhabit and explore, drawing upon my deep connection to the environment. Recent work focuses on the concept of the ‘constructed landscape,’ exploring how human intervention shapes and reshapes natural spaces. Since relocating from the city to the Scottish Highlands in 2015, my work has become more attuned to the rhythms of the landscape. My creative process is now intertwined with the changing seasons and the ever-shifting environment. The varying energies of spring, summer, autumn, and winter shape my work, and I aim to reflect this cyclical nature in my practice. This approach also aligns with my awareness of the ongoing climate and ecological crisis, prompting me to consider how my art can engage with these urgent global issues. As a regenerative gardener, I explore connections between permaculture, site-specificity, and constructed landscapes. Both my gardening and artistic practices are rooted in observation, pattern recognition, and the mapping of natural cycles—weather patterns, seasonal changes, and landscape transformations. Through my art, I invite viewers to consider the landscapes we inhabit—not only as physical spaces but as constructs shaped by human hands.

Previous Experience

Solo • 2015 Travelogue/Northern European Residencies 2013-14, The Briggait, Glasgow • 2011 Strategies, Contingencies & Failures, Galerie Hubert Baechler, Zurich • 2007 Work Makes Dust, Galerie Hubert Baechler, Zurich • 2004 3 Route Dislocation, Galerie Hubert Baechler, Zurich Selected Group Exhibitions • 2025 Awkward Objects, Circus Artspace, Inverness • 2025 Mind the Gap, Moray School of Art, Elgin • 2018 Trace Ingredients (collaboration with Cat Meighan), IMAG, Inverness • 2014 AxisWeb, London Art Fair, London • 2012 End of the Future, Transition Gallery, London • 2012 Jam Tomorrow, APT Gallery, London • 2011 Points of Non-Interest, Mint Hotel, London (Whitechapel Gallery and London Met MA Curating students) • 2009 Olympic Visions, The Nunnery, London • 2008 M is for MA, Wimbledon College of Arts, London • 2006 PreviewBerlin, Backfabric, Berlin • 2006 Points of Non-Interest, WalkWalkWalk, London • 2005 The Wrong Map, Three Colts Gallery, London 2004 E9: An Anatomy

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