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Rowan

Ormiston

Disciplines: Ceramics

Location: Glasgow

Materials: Assemblage, Found, Objects

Rowan is a Scottish artist and is currently studying for their MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology at the UHI. Their work is an ongoing exploration into the influence of folklore, particularly in relation to discussions around the environment and gender. Utilising ceramics as a primary medium, they create sculptural pieces that fragment and reconstruct folkloric narratives and figures. Thinking about our relationship with the more-than-human, gender in folklore and of the importance of storytelling.

Previous Experience

April 2018 – 2022 Exhibitor, The Shetland Gallery, Shetland, Scotland April 2020 Rabbit Skin, Glue Factory, Glasgow, Scotland December 2020 The Scottish Portrait Awards, Online July 2021 The Aletrnative Degree Show Festival, South Block, Glasgow, Scotland August 2021 The Night Voyage, Online November 2021 Wunderkammer, Transmission, Glasgow, Scotland https://wunderkammer-exhibition.com/ April 2022 Fragments, the Old Haa, Shetland, Scotland December 2022 – Exhibitor, Sun Gallery, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland https://sungallery.co.uk/index.html April 2023 – Exhibitor, Ormus, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland https://www.shop-ormus.co.uk/ 4th – 9th August 2023 The Quarantine Canvas, Stories from Isolation, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland 16th – 19th May 2025 Third Space, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland

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