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Leah

MacMillan

Disciplines: Mixed Media

Location: Glasgow

Leah focusses on tactility and materiality and works with a wide range of media such as textiles, felt, wood, insulation foam, toothpaste, glue, plaster, silicone, sand etc. Leah’s main influence is her Nana, who was a keen painter but was registered blind at old age and was unable to experience art the way she once could; this inspired Leah to create work that could be experienced in alternative ways other than visually. Being able to create fully accessible and inclusive work for the blind and partially sighted community is important in Leah’s practice as the exhibition aims to be a space where blind people can physically engage with the work which is typically prohibited in a typical art gallery setting. Influenced by organic forms and nature, Leah creates abstract artworks focusing on texture, tactility and sensibility using a wide range of materials and mediums in an expressive, exploratory way. Leah works in a minimalist and raw colour palette to allow for texture to be the pronounced focus of the work.

Previous Experience

Leah Macmillan studied Fine Art, BA (Hons) at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (2022-2025) and before, studied Contemporary Art (HND) at Glasgow Clyde College (2019-2021). Since exhibiting at DJCAD Degree show in 2025 she was awarded the DCA Award 2025 as well as the VAS Graduate Showcase Award. Leah has exhibited at many exhibitions including The Thread That Pulls at the RSA with VAS and the Edge of Matter at the Old Paper Factory with VAS and Hidden Door. She has been featured in Publications; Rising Stars- Home, Bodies and Environments 2025 and in DJCAD Fine Art Catalogue 2025. Leah has also gave artist talks at charities such as Sight Support and Social Hub, Dundee and Deaf Blind Scotland as well as being a featured artist at the VAS Symposium at Leith School of Art and DJCAD Dissertation Conference 2025.

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